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Urban Shots, edited by Paritosh Uttam, is a collection of 28 urban tales by 13 writers. Summary of the Book Each of the fresh, vibrant and deceptively simple stories in this anthology centres on an epiphany. They are set against the backdrop of our urban metros with their bright lights, skyscrapers, swanky malls, apartments, crowds and all the chaos. A woman tries to come to terms with the loss of her baby that went missing; a young man and a young woman, strangers, but both with a love for Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment board the same aircraft; a woman deliberates over giving a second chance to her dishonest husband; a young man is in love with his best friend, who is all set for an arranged marriage; two old lovers meeting accidentally after 11 years; a child and his mother and their financially strapped family; love and other human relationships in the age of Twitter and fat-free gelatos; the morning after for a couple in an illicit relationship; and a man running away from his own life in the city wanting to find redemption, are the glimpses of some of the stories included in this anthology. About the Authors Paritosh Uttam, the editor of this book, is an Indian author, who has penned the bestselling book, Dreams in Prussian Blue. He is also the contributing author of 10 stories in the current anthology. Other stories are written by: Bishwanath Ghosh, the bestselling author of Chai Chai, Ahmed Faiyaz, the bestselling author of Love, Life & All That Jazz…, Abha Iyengar, Hasmita Chander, Malathi Jaikumar and Vrinda Baliga. The book also includes stories written by Rikin Khamar, the author of The Lotus Queen, Kainaz Motivala, Bollywood actor of Wake up Sid fame, and popular bloggers like Naman Saraiya, Sahil Khan, Kunal Dhabalia and Prateek Gupta.