Love and Loathing in Silicon Valley: A Novel

01 November, 2019

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Namit Arora

Set in 2003, this novel follows the life of Ved, a 36-year-old Indian working for the world’s largest computer-networking company in California’s Silicon Valley. Turbulent relationships, online dating, disillusionment about his job and hate crimes are among some of the life events that he has to navigate in a book that deftly picks apart the Indian-American dream.

Speaking Tiger, 234 pages, Rs 399

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