In the fictional suburb of Bandargaon, tucked away in Bombay, there's never a quiet moment. Dreams erupt, hopes shatter, in the heaving Sunrise Apartments, by a rickety tea- cart - Jinias Chai Hause, inside a seedy Jaanam Desi Bar, and by the dilapidated Purana Qila . Chagan, the dashing hero, who shines like a lm-star, spends hours wooing a beauteous Shalini. Shalini, ever ckle, oscillates between him and a pining Vinayak. Vinayak, in turn, tries desperately to win the favour of Shalini's mother, Lakshmibai. Elsewhere, the local politician, Sajjanpur, tries winning an impossible election; Miranda, a sullen mortician, seeks answers from an ailing priest; and Sultan, the irascible grocer contend s with an over friendly dog. Reminiscent of R. K. Narayan's Malgudi Days, Tamasha in Bandargaon, with its interlinked stories, with its e ortless dialogue and wry humour, is at once enriching and entertaining. In the young debut writer's imaginary world, there's sound, fury, and the distant glimmer of hope."