About the Book

Bhumika, an actor with soaring ambitions and eyes laden with dreams, is on the brink of a break that will catapult her to enviable echelons of Tinseltown. The only trouble is that the path to success is seldom so straightforward...
Lokesh and Sunil, two young men, drawn to the big city with the simple purpose of earning a living, are soon absorbed by its ways. Away from the shackles of caste dominance and the absence of opportunities, they take solace in the unabashed and sometimes reckless city life. What when the force of nature turns them back towards their roots? Will they be able to re-calibrate their expectations, or will they find themselves in a face-off against the established order?
Janki, the wife of an auto mechanic, is going about her life, one day at a time when it takes a momentous and unexpected turn. Silently bearing the atrocities meted out by an abusive husband is no longer an option. Will Janki be able to navigate through this severe turbulence, or will she go down fighting?

One upon a lockdown is a collection of three not-so-short stories, connected by the thread of the unexpected pandemic-induced lockdown. The realistic characters and their very real problems are artfully woven in a manner that promises to keep its readers on tenterhooks till the very end.