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(More customer reviews)Hi Aditya,
Hope you are doing fine. I am writing to you today with just one intention in mind, and that is to let you know exactly how much your book `Backseat' means to me.
I read your book during very unfortunate circumstances and whilst I was smack in the middle of a personal crisis. Just to elaborate a bit more (without which I will not be able to convey my appreciation for Backseat) ... this was the time when my dad was in the hospital as he had suffered from a stroke and one side of his body was paralysed. Basically, he was immovable and on the bed. And, the worst effect of the stroke was that it affected his ability to swallow. It was so bad the just so he would not choke on his own saliva the doctors had made a slit in this throat which was then used to extract the accumulated saliva every 1 - 1.5 hours.
What this also meant was, that although he was under medical supervision one member of the family had to stay awake each night to ensure that the process of extracting his saliva was done correctly and on time. The consequence of that not happening was risking him choking to death.
Now, I clearly remember that night when I was leaving my house to go to the hospital. I was searching for something that would help keep me stay awake the whole night and I happened to glance upon Backseat. My wife had already read it before and recommended to me and to most of her friends.
As I started to my personal endeavour to stay awake that night, I also simultaneously began my journey into the life of the protagonist and the other characters that you have described so well. I don't want to bore you with the details of my ups and downs during that night, but do want to tell you that, during that dark night of my life, each time as I read your book, I was able to transport myself into a world perhaps less painful and much more interesting than my own.
I love your writing style for that reason, it made it so easily for me visualise and slip away into the story as it unfolded while I read your book through the night. I finished reading Backseat just as the day broke and the world was woke up. I distinctly remember feeling that I had lived a lifetime during that night.
As it happened, that was the last night I spent with my dad as he passed away the next day. So, you see your book has somehow got associated to a very painful time of my life but as a silver lining in that dark-dark night.
So, I hope you now understand the depth of my words when I say to you "Thank You Aditya, Thank you for Backseat!"
P.S.: On a better note, can't wait for your next one buddy.
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The DANCE BAR culture is one of the strongest cultural dimensions of Mumbai's past. On the 15th of August 2005 minister R.R. Patil initiated a ban on Dance Bars citing the demise of dignity as his motivation.Less than a month later, the very girls whose morals so greatly concerned Patil, were newly unemployed, and as the majority continued to be illiterate and have no professional skills, they were also unable to acquire alternative means of sustenance.Despite his initial promise of rehabilitation, Patil retracted, leaving an immigrant population of an estimated 75,000 to choose between returning to their villages and starting from scratch, or turning to prostitution. As a result, Mumbai has another social problem to contend with, that of the dance bargirl-turned-escort and prostitute. He has forced these women out from a once legal profession, into the world's oldest, illegal profession. If the dance bars did ever function as pick up joints, Patil's demolition of their physical space certainly hasn't ended the proclivity to purchase the company of women, but merely given the men involved greater power to abuse the dancers, who no longer enjoy the stringent security under which most bars functioned.--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
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