{"product_id":"bedtime-story-black-tulip-hardcover-kiran-nagarkar","title":"Bedtime Story Black Tulip","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKiran Nagarkar Is One Of India's Most Significant Writers. Of A Piece With His Searing, Dark, Wickedly Funny Works Are These Experiments With Form: The Screenplay Black Tulip And The Play Bedtime Story, Both Of Which, In Keeping With The Author's Virtuosity, Push The Boundaries Of Their Forms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet Black Tulip, Aka Rani, A Seasoned Con Artist And Yoga Expert With A Taste For Expensive Jewellery. Hot On Her Trail Is Acp Regina Fielding, A Daredevil Cop Whose Style And Panache Rani Worships. Rani Executes One Eye-Popping Heist After Another And The Cat-And-Mouse Game Between The Two Heats Up. But Even As Things Come To A Head, Mumbai Is Held To Ransom By Terrorists And The Two Ballsy Antagonists, Along With Rani's New Boyfriend, A Computer Whizkid And Hacker, Must Come Together. The Fate Of The City Rests With Them. Black Tulip Is A Pacey, Entertaining Caper With A Host Of Seedy Characters - Corrupt Ministers, Mob Bosses, Petty Criminals, Religious Fanatics - In A World Where Nothing Is As It Seems.In Bedtime Story, The Author Uses The Epic Mahabharata As A Peg On Which To Hang A Shocking Tale Of Injustice And Oppression. As A Grandmother Narrates A Bedtime Story, Giving Delectable Twists To The Age-Old Stories Of Karna, Ekalavya And Draupadi, We See The Gender And Class Violence That Underlies The Old Tales Of Valour. Traversing The Landscape Of Wars Across The Centuries - The Ancient War Of Kurukshetra To The Second World War, From The Bangladesh War In 1971 And To Modern-Day Wars In Boardrooms, Nagarkar Reveals How Little Has Changed In The Centuries Since The Mahabharata.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBedtime Story Has Been Targeted By Religious Fundamentalist Groups Ever Since It Was First Written After The Emergency In 1975 And This Edition Includes A Trenchant Essay On Censorship And Freedom Of Expression. The Two Works In This Collection Are A Testimony To The Multifaceted Genius Of Kiran Nagarkar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46589271539929,"sku":"BK0379300","price":618.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/619EBBN4j-L._SL1400.jpg?v=1746642540","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/bedtime-story-black-tulip-hardcover-kiran-nagarkar","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}