Friction between the generations, always the stuff of great fiction, is nowhere stronger than in Banglore, India's Silicon Valley, where software billionaires, beggars and the legacy of the Raj combine and collide. 'The Red Carpet' is an astonishingly enjoyable collection of stories as rich and absorbing as any novel. From traditional mothers trying to marry off their Westernised children and old-fashioned chauffeurs struggling with racy employers, Lavanya Sankaran's tales of the clash between East and West are a pleasure and a revelation.

About the Author

Lavanya Sankaran’s work has been published in the Atlantic Monthly and the Wall Street Journal. She attended Bryn Mawr College and has worked in investment banking in New York and consulting in India. She lives in Bangalore, where she is currently at work on her first novel.