Musafir Cafe: An Unusual Love Story
Sudha is a woman with firm views on what she wants from life and from a relationship. Chandar is anything but sure. He is a salaryman, forever postponing his dreams. He wants to do the ‘right’ things but he also sees the allure of living on the edge. The Sudha and Chandar of Musafir Café are attempting to negotiate the minefield of relationships, personal feelings and hang-ups, and also the travails of life in a big city—Mumbai. They are also talking back to their namesakes in Dharamvir Bharati’s path-breaking 1949 novel, Gunahon ka Devata, which cast a long, hard look at romantic relationships and the strictures of society in small-town Allahabad. Intriguing, challenging and sometimes annoying, the unusual love story of Sudha and Chandar is a refreshingly new take on modern relationships.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Divya Prakash Dubey is a best-selling Hindi author, poet, lyricist and also has a couple of short films to his credit. His three books—Terms and Conditions Apply (शर्तें लागू), Masala Chai (मसाला चाय) and Musafir Café (मुसाफिर कैफे) have changed the very fabric of modern Hindi writing. His other ground breaking efforts include the widely read Sunday Wali Chitthi and StoryBaazi. He is also the first person to present a TedX talk in Hindi. Musafir Café is his first book to be translated into English. An Engineer and MBA by education, he is now a content editor in leading TV Channel. Website: www.divyaprakash.in
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Prerna Singh is a writer and translator based in Delhi. She believes that language should never be a barrier when it comes to expression and translation is a wonderful way to make sure that a book reaches a wider audience.
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