One Afternoon

Fiery, naïve, unconventional, silly-Ria rathore is one eighteen year-old who has strutted through her well-heeled life brimming with confidence. In a conservative city like Ahmedabad she oftern ran the risk of being branded 'improper'. With a father who spoils her silly, Ria alwaya got what she wanted until she comes across Radha Chatterjee, her English professor at Spencer college... A firebrand intellectual and free spirit, Radha Chatterje is just the person who is unaffected by Ria's many wiles and does not give her enigamatic professor, Ria loses interest in her freinds and college till fate rolls out the dice one afternoon and changes the course of her otherwise predictable life. As she heads out on this untrddeon path, she experiences the many facets of life - love, heartbreak and realisation. One afternoon is a poigant bildungsroman of a bratty teengaer's journey to womanhood. Roma Bansal majories in psychology and has been freelancing with the Times of India for the past three years. She is a former all india national champion in speed skating and enjoys sports of any kind.