Shweta Bachchan-Nanda Set To Launch Debut Novel ‘Paradise Towers’

KJo says Shweta “builds” her debut novel with the ease of a literary veteran.

Shweta Bachchan-Nanda, who also started her own clothing label, MxS recently and Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter is set to unveil her debut novel - Paradise Towers - a slice-of-life tale set in an apartment building in Mumbai. The book explores the intertwined lives in this building – a forbidden romance, an elopement, the undercurrents of tension in corridor interactions and an explosive Diwali celebration. HarperCollins India has acquired the Indian subcontinent rights for the novel.

“I grew up with my grandfather who was a poet and a writer. Writing and reading was always a very important part of our lives. I’ve been writing a diary ever since I was a little girl, and wrote stories that I never shared with anyone. Then, one day I just said, I am going to take this plunge. I started writing a column for a newspaper in Mumbai and it gave me a lot of confidence to go ahead and do this full time, and that’s where Paradise Towers comes from.”

Shweta Bachchan-Nanda

“Observant, moving, hilarious and exceptionally astute... Paradise Towers is no slice of life...it’s an entire loaf. Shweta “builds” her debut novel with the ease of a literary veteran. Go find your Paradise between these pages!” says Karan Johar.

She earlier told IANS that the idea for the book came to her one morning on waking up.