ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE

NINE NUANCED STORIES THAT EXPLORE THE THEMES OF DESIRE INTIMACY AND LOVE... A contractor at a dam site develops so obsessive a desire for a tribal woman that he brings home and holds captive another man''s wife; a kathak dancer trapped in a marriage of convenience redefines notions of fidelity; an accidental step into an occupied bathroom changes a Delhi servant boy''s life forever; a young married couple beleaguered by infertility desperately tries to reignite the romance and passion of their honeymoon on a houseboat in Kashmir... Set across India each of the stories in this collection unerringly locates the defiant undercurrent of individual expression in people shackled by societal norms.