Paro Dreams of Passion

First published in 1984 to both notoriety and critical acclaim Paro remains a social comedy without parallel in contemporary Indian writing. Paro heroic temptress glides like an exotic bird of prey through the world of privilege and Scotch that the rich of Bombay and Delhi inhabit. She is observed closely by the acid Priya voyeur and obsessive diarist who lost her heart to the sewingmachine magnate BR and then BR to Paro. But he is merely one among a string of admirers. Paro has seduced many Lenin the Marxist son of a cabinet minister the fat and sinister Shambhu Nath Mishra Congress Party éminence grise Bucky Bhandpur test cricketer and scion of a princely family Loukas Leoras a homosexual Greek film director and very nearly Suresh the lawyer on the make whom Priya has married . . . About the Author Namita Gokhale is a writer publisher and festival director. She is the author of eighteen works of fiction and non-fiction. Her acclaimed debut novelParo Dreams of Passion published in 1984 has remained a cult classic and has been issued in a double edition with its sequelPriya. Gokhale has worked extensively across genres on Indian mythology including her retelling of the Indian epic in thePuffin Mahabharata and her novel for young readersLost in Time Ghatotkacha and the Game of Illusions. The edited anthologiesHimalaya andThe Himalayan Arc East of South East provide valuable resource material on the culture and politics of the region. Gokhale is also founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival and of Mountain Echoes the Bhutan Literature Festival. She is director of Yatra Books a publishing house specializing in translation.