TINSEL  (English, Paperback, Manoj Vaz Ramchandran)

THE GRIME BENEATH THE GLAMOR Tinsel is the story of Mumbai. A story that spans three decades of the ruthless metropolis known to have no boundaries. No boundaries between good and bad, honest and corrupt, cops and gangsters, politicians and businessmen, prostitutes and artistes, sex and adultery, right and wrong. It follows the lives and travails of three friends growing up against odds in the crime, glamour and financial capital of India. Tinsel is a story that can be woven only by a person who has lived that life in Mumbai. Unfortunately, most people who lived that life have not lived long enough to tell the story. Even those who managed to survive have not been articulate enough. Having lived in and being well versed with the underbelly of this magnificently decadent city, Vaz has woven a hard-hitting story about the times and crimes of people who were trying to do the impossible… Survive!