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Mahesh Rao

Biography

Mahesh Rao

Mahesh Rao is the author of the award-winning novel THE SMOKE IS RISING and a book of short stories ONE POINT TWO BILLION, both published in the UK to wonderful reviews. He was born and brought up in Nairobi, has worked in the UK as a lawyer, researcher and bookseller, and currently lives most of the year in India. POLITE SOCIETY is his American debut.

Mahesh Rao

Books by Mahesh Rao

by Mahesh Rao - Fiction, Humor, Women's Fiction

Beautiful, clever and more than a little bored, Ania Khurana has Delhi wrapped around her finger. Having successfully found love for her spinster aunt, she sets her sights on Dimple: her newest, sweetest and most helpless friend. But when her aunt's handsome nephew arrives from America, the social tides in Delhi begin to shift. Surrounded by old money and new; relentless currents of gossip; and an unforgettable cast of socialites, journalists, gurus and heirs, Ania discovers that her good intentions are no match for the whims and intrigues of Delhi's high society --- or for her own complicated feelings toward her cherished childhood friend, Dev.