The Red Carpet Lavanya Shankar

Through the eyes of low skilled workers retired neighbours homely engineers flashy marketers lavanya turns the gaze on bangalore.

The red carpet lavanya shankar.

She studied at bryn mawr college and lives in bangalore with her husband and daughter. Friction between the generations always the stuff of great fiction is nowhere stronger than in banglore indias silicone valley where software billionaires beggars and the legacy of the raj combine and collidethe red carpet is an astonishingly enjoyable collection of stories as rich and absorbing as any novel from traditional mothers trying to marry off their westernised children and old fashioned chauffeurs struggling with racy employers lavanya sankarans tales of the clash between. And her observations are profound and enjoyable. Lavanya sankaran is the author of the red carpet the acclaimed debut collection selected for poets writers magazine s best first fiction award as well as the barnes and noble discover great new writers award.

Use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading the red carpet. Bangalore stories showcases the talent of one of the literary world s most luminous rising stars. Lavanya sankaran s short stories captures the multitude that inhabit this icnredible city. Download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets.

Her debut novel the hope factory hit the number 1 spot on amazon india and was also selected by amazon uk as a top pick. She lives in bangalore where she is currently at work on her first novel. Her work has been featured in the atlantic monthly and the wall street journal among others including publications in india and europe. She attended bryn mawr college and has worked in investment banking in new york and consulting in india.

About the red carpet wry humor and a delicious grasp of the friction between generations in bangalore are the hallmarks of lavanya sankaran s fresh deeply nuanced debut collection. Lavanya sankaran s short stories captures the multitude that inhabit this icnredible city. Lavanya sankaran s work has been published in the atlantic monthly and the wall street journal. The red carpet kindle edition by sankaran lavanya.

A collection of fiction marked by wisdom and wit the red carpet. Lavanya sankaran is the author of the internationally acclaimed short story collection the red carpet which spent two years on the best seller lists. Linked by the city of bangalore india s own silicon valley the characters deftly evoke the global community we inhabit today where identity and cultural tradition are often at odds with each other. And her observations are profound and enjoyable.

The red carpet by lavanya sankaran stayed for 2 whole years in the bestselling list which made her hachette s largest selling indian author. Through the eyes of low skilled workers retired neighbours homely engineers flashy marketers lavanya turns the gaze on bangalore.