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    • A Conversation with Kevin Kwan (Author of Crazy Rich Asians) About Sex and Vanity, Life During the Pandemic and BLM Movement (Mint Lounge)
    • Amrita Pritam: ‘I wanted to write at all costs, and I did’ (Mint lounge)
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Love in the Time of Affluenza / Press

This Novel is a Wicked Study of Love and Affairs Among the Rich Set of Mumbai (Scroll)

June 2, 2019
Shunali Khullar Shroff at the book launch of Love in the time of Affluenza in Mumbai
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An excerpt from Shunali Khullar Shroff’s novel probing the norms of marriage and adultery among the urban super-rich…..

“Patience, my dear, all will be explained.”

The lounge is deserted except for an undistinguished-looking man perched on the edge of the sofa by the window. A sickening feeling flutters in my stomach. His jeans, the polo shirt worn with the collar up, the dark glasses and the seriously dandy shoes, flashing the LV logo, all have Vasant Kunj, New Money, New Delhi written all over them. The rest of him belongs to Punjabi Bagh. He isn’t entirely unattractive, you can see him appealing to Emraan Hashmi’s fan base for example. He’s the same height as Hashmi too, I note.

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Shunali is the author of the bestselling books Love in the Time of Affluenza and Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother. She writes regularly for a host of publications including the Conde Nast Traveller, HT Brunch, Elle, Vogue, Mint Lounge and The Quint on travel, culture, modern Indian life and feminism. Shunali lives in Mumbai with her somewhat itinerant family and needy dogs.

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