Lockdown Liaisons, three of which are out online so far. In true lockdown-style, the series has also had a digital launch, with actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood reading out excerpts and talking to De about the books.Drawn out of the chaos into which the country is plunged, these fictional outbursts reckon with the tragedy, frustration and uncertainty in which urban Indians remain trapped since the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic.
Set mostly among the rich salaried classes, De’s stories simmer with rage, anxiety, fear and heartbreak. Sex is a pivot to the plots—there’s lust, thwarted desire, even martial rape.
The travails of women—locked up with their useless, egomaniacal, and often jobless husbands—are vividly imagined. A wedding is.