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My Friend Sancho
My first book, My Friend Sancho, was published in May 2009, and went on to become the biggest selling debut novel released that year in India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and had earlier been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.
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29 September, 2007
From Delhi to Siliguri
A radio jockey’s remarks against Indian Idol Prashant Tamang triggered clashes between his fans and local residents in Siliguri on Friday.
The trouble erupted when a 2000-strong procession of fans was marching to the Sub Divisional Officer’s office to submit a memorandum to protest against the derogatory comments by a FM radio jockey in Delhi against Tamang, said the police.
Tamang’s fans blocked an ambulance which was on its way to the Siliguri Zilla Hospital on Hospital Road. When the local residents protested against this, Tamang’s fans started vandalising shops in the area.
So some RJ saying something in Delhi triggers off something that threatens the life of a hospital-bound patient in Siliguri and leads to the damage of property of many other Siliguri residents, all unrelated to the Delhi RJ. Stunning—and oh so commonplace in India. Ah, mobs.
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