In spite of yourself a soft whistle of air escapes you. However, there are some book that take this passion and make it into something very differentlaughter. Drugs, sex and espionage are the central themes and is the first novel by aniruddha bahal. We do not currently have a bio for aniruddha bahal. Nor is he a novice at the art of entrapment, deception, intrigue and espionage, as laffaire tehelka showed. Aniruddha bahal, a reporter for indias leading newspapers, has exposed illegal armstrading in the indian government as well as matchfixing in international cricket. Prior to founding cobrapost, he cofounded tehelka bahal was born in prayagraj and is a university graduate. Cofounder and ceo of, aniruddha bahal is a journalist who has worked for publications including india today and outlook in india. He has earlier written a fiction work, bunker whose protagonist is also an investigative reporter. Aniruddha bahal is the founder and editorinchief of, an indian news and views website and television production house. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more.
Did his tehelka experience shape the plot of bunker. Bunker by aniruddha bahal 2003 she picks up a bugattis momentum. This comic book format, to my mind, makes for refreshing reading. Im hearing from reliable sources that bunker by aniruddha bahal is a wild thriller with an ending that is not to be believed. Many books turn sex into a ridiculous activity, and not on purpose. The adventures of rhea aniruddha bahal and neelabh ill bahal, aniruddha. Bunker hardcover july 31, 2003 by aniruddha bahal author. Minty mehta aka mm likes to play dangerously he is making a documentary about the indian armys conflict with the pakistanis, but drugfuelled parachute jumping with major rodrigues is only part of the fun. A brilliant international thriller, set in contemporary kashmir, about an. The novel of espionage appears to do best when powerful nations think they are doing badly. At bunker a massacre of civilians occurs along with the quarry but what lands in the indian officers possession is some very resaleable military hardware and 100kg of the finest grade heroin you can find. October 17, 2017 minty mehta, aka mm, is a thrillseeker, a disgraced, selfdestructive, exarmy. Bahal, aniruddha 1967 people and organisations trove. A novel is a 2003 novel about an indian journalist working on a weekly news magazine, who is investigating reports of corruption in some rogue outfits in the indian army in the kashmir sector.
Who knew, for example, that both sides have crack paratroopers, ruthless intelligence agencies, coldblooded special. This slick, cynical adventure concerns one minty mehta. Bahal, an investigative journalist from india, made headlines when he and his colleagues at, an audacious indian investigative news source, videotaped senior officials accepting bribes. Not only is mm the antihero protagonist a corrupt, debauched sociopath, but so is everyone else around him, no matter their station in life. Bunker by aniruddha bahal and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Written by a leading indian investigative journalist, it is a satirical thriller revolving around military. Aniruddha bahals bunker is a drugs, sex and espionage nailbiter on the indo pak border. Bahals take on indian society government, the media, the military, the police, and any other institution you can name is breathtakingly cynical and dark, dark, dark. He has concocted a story preposterous enough for austin powers, never mind james bond, extravagantly overstuffed with sex, drugs and gore interwoven in baroque variations. Aniruddha bahals bunker is a drugs, sex and espionage nailbiter on the indopak border. In bunker, his first novel, the indian investigative journalist aniruddha bahal works so hard to be shocking that its difficult not to love the guy. Bunker and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Time talked with bahal about his transition from journalism to fiction. Before he wrote bunker, aniruddha bahal had an extraordinary career as an investigative reporter with the controversial website tehelka, best known for a sting operation that caught several indian defense officials on the take.
Written by a leading indian investigative journalist, it is a satirical thriller revolving around military corruption in. Things are due to get serious at bunker some very resaleable military hardware and 100kg of the finest grade heroin lands in the indian officers possession. It takes place at the india pakistan border in the disputed region of kahmir, so it also includes a good dose of the wider world for folks who are into that sort of thing. Squeeze the mazimum mileage out of your gallon of gas. Using his cover as the editor of a indian news magazine.
Mexican heritage plaza theater, 1700 alum rock ave. Her breasts are placards for the endomorphically endowed. Aniruddha bahals fastpaced debut novel reminds me of the naked and the dead, norman mailers literary breakthrough. Bunker is an insiders take on wartime corruptionand worldclass suspense of an entirely new kind. A novel by aniruddha bahal and sally fitzgerald 2003, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Bunker by bahal, aniruddha and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. October 17, 2017 minty mehta, aka mm, is a thrillseeker, a disgraced, selfdestructive, exarmy cadet with a taste for hard drugs and kinky sex, and a shrewd reporter who will do anything to get a story. Here are some scenes from books, that will make you laugh out loud.
He moved to delhi in 1991 where he began his journalistic career by writing and editing some articles at the outlook and the india today. Bunker by aniruddha bahal she picks up a bugattis momentum. He is bestknown for operation westend, an undercover documentary on corruption in defence procurement in india, and his investigations into matchfixing in international cricket. Cobrapost founder aniruddha bahal addresses a press conference regarding an alleged financial scam by the nonbanking financial company dhfl, at press club of india, new delhi. Aniruddha bahal is the founder and editorinchief of an indian news website. Your press kit suggests one particular story you covered for tehelka triggered this. Tehelka means sensation in hindi, and the site has lived up to its name. Aniruddha bahal insists that the creative writer and the firebrand journalist in him dont collide with each other. From the fertile and byzantine synapses of such a brain has emerged the plot of indias first international thriller, bunker.