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“You’re the result of a faulty birth control pill!”

It’s the dawn of the new millennium. Vinaya Rajaratnam is about to turn 21. Having sued her parents for a divorce when she was a mere 13-year-old – court-mandated Vinaya returns home for the last time before she will decide if she will continue being in her parents’ and sister’s life or break away and start a new one. From the tony sophisticated world of Nungambakkam, Chennai to the lower middle-class world of central suburbs of Mulund, Mumbai, from the highs to the lows – the story navigates the world of Vinaya.

The novel is a coming-of-age story of a young girl who was the sole cause of the relentless domestic politics engaged by her parents and one who searches for a way to fit in – with her family, her friends – and never quite gets there.

It’s the story of an insider – but one who always found herself on the outside looking in.