Urban Shots : Love Collection

Urban Shots: Love Collection is a compilation of love stories with a contemporary Indian twist, exploring themes of arranged marriages, extramarital affairs, and same-sex relationships. The stories range from touching to funny, offering a glimpse into the complexities of modern urban relationships.

Ioved Siddhartha, I told myself.oved him for his handsome dignity, for the way heoved me, for the way he cared about me, for the way heooked at me as if I was his Why was it that I could only think of Atul then? Of our illicit meetings, of his hungry kisses, of his cardamom-ey taste?'' Sometimes touching, at times funny and always straight from the heart, Urban Shots:ove Collection is a compilation ofove stories - with a distinctly contemporary Indian flavour. Spanning arranged matches, premarital sexual encounters, same-sex relationships and extramarital affairs, this book paints for us an urbanandscape of contrasts - where astrological charts and the need for parental consent coexist with casual dating. In the poignant ''Making Out'', motivated by compassion, a girl unlocks the painful secrets of her date''s past and offers a healing touch. In the funny ''High Time'', a potential groom''s conservative Tamil parents beat a hasty retreat when they realize that the NRI match they''ve chosen for their son has ''boyfriends'' hidden in her past. And in the grungily unromantic ''32 B'', a prank backfires when the protagonist realizes that she desires the guy she has beeneading on.