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Tinsel is the story of Mumbai. A story that spans 3 decades of the city of Mumbai (Bombay). It follows the lives and travails of three friends fighting against all odds in this crime, glamour and financial capital. Tinsel is a story that can be woven only by a person who has lived that life in Mumbai. Having lived in and being well versed with the murky underbelly of this magnificently decadent city, Manoj Vaz has woven a hard-hitting story about the times and crimes of three friends who were trying to do the impossible… Survive!
THE GRIME BENEATH THE GLAMOR
Tinsel is the story of Mumbai. A story that spans three decades of the ruthless metropolis known to have no boundaries.
No boundaries between good and bad, honest and corrupt, cops and gangsters, politicians and businessmen, prostitutes and artistes, sex and adultery, right and wrong.
It follows the lives and travails of three friends growing up against odds in the crime, glamour and financial capital of India.
Tinsel is a story that can be woven only by a person who has lived that life in Mumbai. Unfortunately, most people who lived that life have not lived long enough to tell the story. Even those who managed to survive have not been articulate enough.
Having lived in and being well versed with the underbelly of this magnificently decadent city, Vaz has woven a hard-hitting story about the times and crimes of people who were trying to do the impossible… Survive!
Manoj Vaz Ramchandran
MANOJ (VAZ) RAMCHANDRAN
Manoj Vaz is a multiple Golden Book Award Wnner. Born in the middle-class underbelly of Mumbai, Manoj started his advertising career as a copywriter in Madison Advertising but soon realized that he was too independent to toe a line. He started his own Ad agency, Touché Communications in 1991.
25 years, 50 clients and a few awards later, he realized that writing for clients did not give him the inner creative satisfaction he craved. On an impulse, he shut down his running ad agency and started writing for himself.
TINSEL, was his first book with the inaugural edition published in 2014. Next, he wrote a mystery series for teenagers – CHILDREN OF EVIDENCE. Then came his historical bestseller QUEENDOM. That was followed up by his collection of ten evocative short stories - TBC (To Be Continued). RANDOM MUSINGS, his book of original quotes is also very popular among netizens.
