Shweta Bachchan Will Dedicate This To Her Dad Amitabh Bachchan On His Birthday!
Shweta Bachchan-Nanda's debut novel, which talks about everyday lives and is set in a Mumbai apartment, will be launched on the eve of her father Amitabh Bachchan's birthday on October 10.
Shweta
Bachchan-Nanda's
debut
novel,
which
talks
about
everyday
lives
and
is
set
in
a
Mumbai
apartment,
will
be
launched
on
the
eve
of
her
father's
birthday
on
October
10.
Published
by
HarperCollins
India,
Paradise
Towers
is
billed
as
a
"quirky,
intimate
debut
that
explores
the
intertwined
lives
in
the
building
-
a
forbidden
romance,
an
elopement,
the
undercurrents
of
tension
in
corridor
interactions
and
an
explosive
Diwali
celebration".
Speaking
about
how
she
came
to
write
'Paradise
Towers',
Shweta
says,
"I
grew
up
with
my
grandfather
who
was
a
poet
and
a
writer.
Writing
and
reading
was
always
a
very
important
part
of
our
lives.
I've
been
writing
a
diary
ever
since
I
was
a
little
girl,
and
wrote
stories
that
I
never
shared
with
anyone."
"Then,
one
day
I
just
said,
I
am
going
to
take
this
plunge.
I
started
writing
a
column
for
a
newspaper
in
Mumbai
and
it
gave
me
a
lot
of
confidence
to
go
ahead
and
do
this
full
time,
and
that's
where
'Paradise
Towers'
comes
from."
In
the
book,
Dinesh
opens
the
door
to
the
Kapoor
flat
one
day
to
find
Lata,
the
enchantress
who
works
at
Mrs
Aly
Khan's,
carrying
a
hot
case
with
freshly
made
gaajar
ka
halwa.
On
the
first
floor,
the
inquisitive
Mrs
Mody
wipes
the
dust
off
her
precious
binoculars
to
spy
on
the
building's
security
guard.
The
Singhs
open
the
doors
of
their
SUV,
their
four
boys
creating
a
ruckus
-
they
are
the
newcomers,
the
outsiders.
Through
the
peephole,
the
ever-watchful
Mrs
Ranganekar
observes
their
arrival.
At
the
Paradise
Towers
in
central
Mumbai,
everyone
has
a
story
to
tell
or
maybe
stories
to
hide.
Filmmaker
Karan
Johar
finds
the
book
"observant,
moving,
hilarious
and
exceptionally
astute".
"Paradise
Towers"
is
no
slice
of
life",
it's
an
entire
loaf,
he
says,
adding
Shweta
"builds"
her
debut
novel
with
the
ease
of
a
literary
veteran.
According
to
Shreya
Punj,
Assistant
Editor
at
HarperCollins
India,
"Paradise
Towers" is
fresh,
insightful
and
a
story
that
will
resonate
with
everyone.
"I
fell
in
love
with
the
story
when
I
first
read
it.
Now,
'Paradise
Towers'
is
ready
to
meet
its
readers,
and
I
cannot
wait
for
people
to
fall
in
love
with
this
quirky,
intimate
world
Shweta
has
created,"
she
says.