Deccan Queen: Take Two by Farrukh Dhondy. First published in 2024 by Om Books International, A-12, Sector 64, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201 301. Pp: 265. Price: Rs 295.
Farrukh Dhondy’s (pictured) Deccan Queen: Take Two is a conundrum for readers. There is no "Deccan Queen: Take One” as one would assume. Several of the characters who appeared in the "supposedly” earlier collection were based on people whom the author knew; in fact, the book is dedicated to his cousins with whom he has lived "through the years on which this fiction is based.” Though the characters were represented "dramatically” and Dhondy......