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by Vinod Pande

n a small North Indian town one night, a nurse disappears while visiting a Ipatient. The police smells abduction, but there is no demand for ransom. The CBI and police are at their wit’s end when the mysterious layers of the story begin to unfold through the painful reflections of the ones closest to the protagonist. What emerges is a moving saga of a young girl of the Nat tribe...Saanvri’s tale is about decadence in high palaces of power; the story VINOD PANDE has walked many a path: a of a woman who learns to use the wanton carnality in men, both as a means civil servant with the British Government, of material gratification and a weapon for ascendancy, in a society that uses a broadcaster with the BBC, the maker of and abuses her. It is also about the three most important people in her life, several documentaries and ad-films, he all of who use her with impunity—the one she wed, the one she loved and helmed one of the popular TV networks launched during the late nineties and ran his the one she chose to manipulate with unbridled impudence—paving the own advertising agency in London. After his way for her unique transformation, from a victim to an exploiter. foray into , he was a member of the jury for important award ceremonies and chaired the selection committees of the Indian Saanvri is the story of a woman who fights to emerge from the folds of entry for the Oscar Awards on two occasions. subjugation and exploitation with focus on her advancement, without He is, however, most well known as the compromising her dignity. producer, writer and director of the film Ek Baar Phir; other notable ones like Yeh The book not only mirrors the degenerative fault lines of our society but Nazdeekiyan and Sins; and acclaimed TV serials also points at its rotting value system. Air Hostess and Reporter. He lives and works The book highlights the present day society, where pelf and power is the as a filmmaker and author in . After solitary goal, and which uses sexuality as a weapon for ascendance. Don’s Wife, a story on forbidden love, born in the crucible of crime, this is his second novel.

‘Ek baar phir’ Vinod Pande has gifted the world with a creative piece, which has woven into its fabric the subtle desires of man and his deepest emotions. Suresh Oberoi, Actor

A story of lust, power, intrigue... compellingly told in a racy style. Amit Khanna, Filmmaker, Lyricist and Writer

The callous chicanery in political corridors, the murky subterfuge in the boudoirs of palaces, the ruthless debauchery of man…Vinod Pande’s book is a scorcher! Romi Mittal, Film journalist and Columnist, Minneapolis, USA