The nation's pet obsession Cricket, unbridled passion, blatant misuse of narcotics,steroids and such other banned substances to retain your place in the Indian cricket team and keep your coffers filled to the brim, love, passion, lies and damned lies and heart breaking betrayals of faith; veteran journalist Sowmya Aji's maiden effort "Delirium" offers all this and lots more to the discerning reader........
Anjana Narendra a reporter gainfully employed by the National Television Network or channel as you so desire is a jack of all trades and master of none covering political rallies, crimes committed against society, routine interview with the chief minister of an Indian state and last but not the least all matters related to Cricket in the course of a mundane work day........
Happily Married????? and hopelessly wedded to her work, Anjana finds her ordered and stereotyped world go into a tailspin as soon as she sets her eyes on the entire nation's current heartthrob Bangalore based Avinash Katagi who also happens to don the mantle of the Indian cricket team's vice captain........
Lo and Behold!!!! she soon finds herself inextricably sucked into a sordid vortex of corruption, drugs, steroids, whirlwind romance, long and soulful walks in the Lalbagh Botanical Garden, a faceless informant who helps her blow the lid off cricket's ugliest secret; rampant and widespread misuse of drugs, intoxicants, narcotics and other such substances by conscience less cricketers who have taken the expressway to superstardom........
Neck or then should I say head deep in trouble with her channel bosses and constantly wrestling with the constantly changing urges of a conscience that does not let her reveal the identity of her informant and source no matter what and last but not the least, trying to make sense of a sordid, intoxicating and scandalous world of steroids and cricketing celebs.......
Left to fend for herself most of the time and confront herculean forces that threaten to overwhelm and engulf her in every waking moment; she eternally finds herself groping in the dark futilely trying to draw a line between or then distinguish between friend and foe, ally and enemy........
As if all this and a lot more besides is not enough to her asunder from within and minutely examine her motives and beliefs as a wife, passionate lover, confidante and media professional who is being touted as the next big thing thanks to her exposing the seamier and murkier underbelly of the nation's elixir cricket; she is soon confronted with the ultimate betrayal by a self serving cricketer who prefers to jettison her and all that is dear to her in a spineless attempt to salvage his cricketing fortunes which are under the proverbial cloud following Anjana's searching story.........
Does Anjana rise like a phoenix and emerge triumphant against seemingly insurmountable odds or then is she sucked down under by a vile combination of forces far superior to her puny self, to find out you need to delve into the racy and heady pages of Sowmya Aji's potential blockbuster "Delirium" to satiate your insatiable curiosity..........
Running into 203 pages and affordably priced at an extremely pocket friendly Rs. 299/- by it's publishers Harper Collins India (available for Rs. 217/- on Infibeam and Rs. 222/- on Flipkart) "Delirium" is must read of all fans of the glorious game of cricket and connosieurs of the thriller genre........
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sowmya Aji constantly comments on all things political, developmental, social, criminal and cultural. Currently occupying the heady pedestal of Bangalore Mirror's Assistant Editor she is also a dutiful daughter, doting mother, friend, fellow, confidante and first time author.........
Anjana Narendra a reporter gainfully employed by the National Television Network or channel as you so desire is a jack of all trades and master of none covering political rallies, crimes committed against society, routine interview with the chief minister of an Indian state and last but not the least all matters related to Cricket in the course of a mundane work day........
Happily Married????? and hopelessly wedded to her work, Anjana finds her ordered and stereotyped world go into a tailspin as soon as she sets her eyes on the entire nation's current heartthrob Bangalore based Avinash Katagi who also happens to don the mantle of the Indian cricket team's vice captain........
Lo and Behold!!!! she soon finds herself inextricably sucked into a sordid vortex of corruption, drugs, steroids, whirlwind romance, long and soulful walks in the Lalbagh Botanical Garden, a faceless informant who helps her blow the lid off cricket's ugliest secret; rampant and widespread misuse of drugs, intoxicants, narcotics and other such substances by conscience less cricketers who have taken the expressway to superstardom........
Neck or then should I say head deep in trouble with her channel bosses and constantly wrestling with the constantly changing urges of a conscience that does not let her reveal the identity of her informant and source no matter what and last but not the least, trying to make sense of a sordid, intoxicating and scandalous world of steroids and cricketing celebs.......
Left to fend for herself most of the time and confront herculean forces that threaten to overwhelm and engulf her in every waking moment; she eternally finds herself groping in the dark futilely trying to draw a line between or then distinguish between friend and foe, ally and enemy........
As if all this and a lot more besides is not enough to her asunder from within and minutely examine her motives and beliefs as a wife, passionate lover, confidante and media professional who is being touted as the next big thing thanks to her exposing the seamier and murkier underbelly of the nation's elixir cricket; she is soon confronted with the ultimate betrayal by a self serving cricketer who prefers to jettison her and all that is dear to her in a spineless attempt to salvage his cricketing fortunes which are under the proverbial cloud following Anjana's searching story.........
Does Anjana rise like a phoenix and emerge triumphant against seemingly insurmountable odds or then is she sucked down under by a vile combination of forces far superior to her puny self, to find out you need to delve into the racy and heady pages of Sowmya Aji's potential blockbuster "Delirium" to satiate your insatiable curiosity..........
Running into 203 pages and affordably priced at an extremely pocket friendly Rs. 299/- by it's publishers Harper Collins India (available for Rs. 217/- on Infibeam and Rs. 222/- on Flipkart) "Delirium" is must read of all fans of the glorious game of cricket and connosieurs of the thriller genre........
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sowmya Aji constantly comments on all things political, developmental, social, criminal and cultural. Currently occupying the heady pedestal of Bangalore Mirror's Assistant Editor she is also a dutiful daughter, doting mother, friend, fellow, confidante and first time author.........
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