It seems unlikely to be suicide, and the large joint family around her has many characters who emerge, amid the numerous turns and twists, to be leading suspects, at different stages of the novel. In One Arranged Murder, Bhagat’s plot revolves around a young, professional woman (Prerna) and her sudden death through a fall from the terrace of her three-storey house. This is the psyche that Bhagat taps into in his latest thriller, a continuation of his exploration of the genre that began with The Girl in Room 105. This is salutary to remember when one wonders what it is that is so compelling about the violent death of the young – what turns readers, viewers and citizens into such unabashed voyeurs? Why is this voyeurism completely without censure or sanction or introspection in India today? As the philosopher William James remarked over a century ago, it is the possibility of violent death that is the soul of all romance. ‘The Company We Keep’ takes a critical look at what’s ailing in Indian corporate cultureĬhetan Bhagat’s thriller One Arranged Murder seems apt in this era of the media-drenched coverage of a Bollywood star’s suicide (no-longer-a-murder).An Indian sanyasi’s myth-busting account of Tibet.Watch: BJP IT cell convenor Amit Malviya’s outburst on live TV as party faces defeat in Karnataka.Karnataka results: BJP rules in Delhi but wins very few states (and is absent in South India).Starbucks #ItStartsWithYourName: It’s all about selling yet another cup of coffee.Start the week with a film: ‘Cape Fear’ is a terrific thriller (but watch the original).Congress will lift hijab ban in Karnataka, says the party’s only Muslim woman MLA.Caught on live TV: Congress spokesperson gives 50% credit for party’s win in Karnataka to PM Modi.Modi and Hindutva: Why did BJP’s two big guns fail to fire in Karnataka?.Fact check: Was an Islamic flag raised in Karnataka’s Bhatkal with communal motives?.‘Pakistan’s erasure of the 1971 Liberation War from conversations is dangerous’: Author Aamina Ahmad.Art and revolution: Vivan Sundaram, an artist whose work captured the turmoil of contemporary times.

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