Mumbaistan

Three fast-paced crime thrillers set in the streets of Mumbai. Mumbai a city of dreams for many. But for others a nightmare. Behind the faade of lustre and glamour churns a seething underbelly of squalor corruption and crime. Mumbaistans three explosive crime novellas unravel the subterranean secrets of maximum cityfrom the teeming maw of Dharavi and the wanton streets of Kamathipura to the swank high-rises of Bandra. A prostitute her lover and a policeman play for high stakes in Bomb-Day. Injectionwala exposes chilling medical malpractices and a lovelorn vigilantes twisted game plan. In Coma Man a man awakens from coma after twenty years and sets out in search of his wife and himself. Macabre love stories conniving cops and hard-boiled slumlords form the backdrop of a schizophrenic city that is brooding...dying. Welcome to Mumbaistan; a gritty compelling take on the megalopolis that lives on the edge. About The Author Piyush Jha is an acclaimed film director ad filmmaker and a first-time novelist. A student political leader at university he pursued a career in advertising management later acquiring an MBA degree. Later he switched tracks first to make commercials for some of the countrys largest brands and then write and direct feature films. His films include Chalo America King of Bollywood and Sikandar. He lives in his beloved Mumbai where he can often be found walking the streets that inspire his stories