Tikli and Laxmi Bomb  (English, Paperback, Aditya Kripalani)

A revolution in the sex trade, the story of which revolves around two sex workers in Mumbai, India who decide to attain autonomy in their profession by running a small part of the sex trade by women and for women||Laxmi Malwankar, 40, is a sex worker in Mumbai working for nearly two decades. She's jaded and has a deep-seeded loyalty towards Mhatre, the pimp. Putul, 22, hails from West Bengal and Mhatre has brought her to Laxmi to be taught the ropes||Putul is full of questions about how this system works, why all the men in this system profess to provide protection but then end up becoming predators themselves||Over time Putul is able to convince Laxmi that things need changing. Laxmi, though not fully convinced to take it up as her own cause, decides to stand by Putul thanks to a sequence of irrefutable events that occur on the street||Together they get to be known as Tikli and Laxmi Bomb and start off a mini revolution in which they set up a system for women, run by women the way they want||How far are they able to go? How tall is their new organization able to grow before it becomes too big a threat for patriarchy to let it exist?||About the Author||Singapore/India based director||Aditya Kripalani is a script-writing graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India. Aditya Kripalani has been the Creative Head of Idream Production, the company that distributed Monsoon Wedding in India. He's been credited as the Script Consultant on multiple award-winning films like Tahaan, and Jogwa. Since 2008 he's written three bestselling novels, Back Seat, Front Seat and Tikli and Laxmi Bomb. His third novel became his first feature film, which he wrote, directed and produced. Tikli and Laxmi Bomb had its Premiere in Singapore in May 2018 and received an overwhelming response from the audience||In 2018, Aditya Kripalani wrote and directed his second film, Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal which will soon be seen at various film festivals. Aditya Kripalani has also been a writer and Creative Director in advertising with wins at Cannes, the Korean Ad Stars and the Malaysian Kancil awards over the years.