Unruly Times by Prashant Bhawalkar is a satire on the Indian novel in English. Prashant Bhawalkar was born in Mumbai and studied English Literature at St. Xavier's College. Upon graduation, he worked briefly as a journalist and went on to study journalism at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Sydney, Australia.
The main character, Dushyant, is an advertising copywriter in New York, who wants to publish a novel. He is told by people in the industry that he won't be marketable unless he writes a novel about something Indian, There is a double narrative running through the novel - Dushyant's struggle to write as well as the plot of the novel itself. Unruly Times main pre-occupation is the exploitation of identity politics by post-colonial writers. For a good list of related books click here
The main character, Dushyant, is an advertising copywriter in New York, who wants to publish a novel. He is told by people in the industry that he won't be marketable unless he writes a novel about something Indian, There is a double narrative running through the novel - Dushyant's struggle to write as well as the plot of the novel itself. Unruly Times main pre-occupation is the exploitation of identity politics by post-colonial writers. For a good list of related books click here
