
- 320 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Cat People
About this book
In Karachi, a writer house-sits for her father and hiscat, while keeping track of his - thecat's - list of obsessions: ironed white sheets, kheer, KFC fries, warm custard, finely chopped sausages, and the flaky tops of chicken patties. In San Francisco, a couple adoptacat, without anticipating what it will do to their relationship. In Noida, acatand two dogs line up peacefully every morning for their daily dose of vitamin syrup. In Bombay, a lyricist and screenwriter roots through the litter tray first thing in the morning, to investigate if hiscat's UTI is better. In wintry London, a young millennial wonders if she is actually acat.Capturing the many moods of felines and their humans, in many forms and voices, CatPeople, is a timely celebration of the most memed creature today: thecat. This collection of short stories, personal essays, lists, original art and photographs is are a treat, not just forcatlovers everywhere, but for all who love a story well-told –and, on occasion, a theory well-spun.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- 1. Cats of Summer by Saba Imtiaz
- 2. Vincent by Janice Pariat
- 3. A Home for Eecha by Anushka Ravishankar
- 4. Prayishchit by Bhagwaticharan Verma, translated from Hindi by Sakshi Agarwal
- 5. The Wet, the Fast, and Mao by Anukrti Upadhyay
- 6. The Cat That Got My Tongue by Gayathri Sankar
- 7. Rahat by Natasha Badhwar
- 8. The Writer and Her Cat by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan
- 9. Seventy Per Cent Cat by Vangmayi Parakala
- 10. Nine Lives by Aneela Babar (Epilogue by Arhaan Babar Ray)
- 11. Weather Forecast by Aditi Sriram
- 12. Along Came Billo by Maneesha Taneja
- 13. Stray Cat Blues by Nilanjana Roy
- 14. Trouble With a Cat by Sandip Roy
- 15. Real, Imaginary and In-Between Or A Short History of My Life in Cats by Shreemayee Das
- 16. Through the Sands of Time by Jai Arjun Singh
- 17. MusCat Tales by Sonali Singh
- 18. Ambitions of Twilight by Vibha Balaji
- 19. Cats and Smoke by Kulfi Mohammad Saidali
- 20. Dog-Cat by Payal Nagpal
- 21. The Cat by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha
- 22. Cheeni by Meera Ganapathi
- 23. The Secret Life of Cats by Ipsa Samaddar
- 24. Khairi by M. K. Ranjitsinh
- 25. These Particular Cats by Sonal Shah
- 26. House of Saints by Anukriti Prasad
- 27. Cat Food by Priya Sebastian
- 28. Talent by Gautam Chintamani
- 29. Do My Parents Have Four Cats and One Child or Five Cats by Teesta Rawal
- 30. 16 Things About Cats (and Boys) by Gurmehar Kaur
- 31. Scenes from a Marriage (with Cats) by Varun Grover
- 32. Love story by Vidya Rao
- Author Bios