Vivek Shanbhag is the author of five story collections, two plays and three novels, including Ooru Bhanga (Hometown Breaks). He is an engineer by training and lives in Bengaluru.
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Vivek Shanbhag recommends
The Complex (2026)
Karan Mahajan
"This novel's rare achievement lies in its masterful portrayal of the intimate relationship between personal lives and political realities. Through the story of a family, it captures the larger movements shaping the nation, revealing how political and social transformations seep into everyday life and quietly shape human choices. . . . Through a powerful mode of storytelling, Mahajan constructs the intricate connections between a society's moral upheavals and its political and familial aspirations. The strength, intensity, and momentum of his narrative are such that nothing needs to be pointed out deliberately; everything unfolds with organic necessity. There is a constant sense of danger lurking beneath the story, lending the narrative a palpable, high-stakes intensity that holds the reader in its grip."
