Dreams versus reality

WRITING appears to have become the fad with urban Indians. Or so it seems from the number of people attempting to write a novel these days. And when one happens to have tried a hand at journalism, then it is only natural to pick up the pen to write a novel.

While few ever get noticed, the very fact that they try to get their works published is a testimony to the growing confidence of the New Age Indians. Zafar H. Anjum is one such youngster. Just 25 and he tries to present what he calls a "tongue-in-cheek" view of the footloose dreams of his peers.

Taking a cue from run-of-the-mill Bollywood film-makers - who add sex and violence into their films to make them sell - Anjum has used a fair amount of references to sex in his novel, that is primarily a story of shattered dreams and the struggle that comes with youth.

Of Seminal Fluids, Zafar H. Anjum, Time Books, Rs. 95.

ANITA JOSHUA

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