Three Dog Night
As Viva turns sixty-one, she decides to speed up the process of going jungle, as her husband once put it. But just as she has begun to back-pedal, de-clutter, disengage, go monochrome and all the other things people her age are supposed to do, life comes romping in again, with all its insistent, multi-coloured demands. Moni is dating someone whos just bad news. Perhaps Aidan, the vet with an interest in Indian mongrels, is the right man for her? What is Shrutis mysterious Nepal connection? How will her grandson Dhruv react to the arrival of Emanto? Should Viva be listening to the sinister Gautam-Gafoors suggestions about media and mandawli? Should she have gone on that date with Raghav? Viva deftly bats this googlys and doors that life throws at her, playing her second innings with an inventive grace. Three Dog Night is imbued with all the drama of a life passionately lived, a life lived with nerve and verve.
