CALL ME DAN by Anish Trivedi
This début novel of Mumbai-based Anish Trivedi is well-written, sharply-observed, and a great read. The main character, Gautam, is a 30-year old lower middle-class young man, still living at home with his parents and sister. Their life is frugal, traditional and distinctly joy-less. To his parents’ despair, Gautam doesn’t have …