A New Delhi Family Learns To Navigate Wealth After A 'Windfall'
Diksha Basu's new novel was inspired by the explosion of wealth she saw in 1990s India. She says money is a complex thing, and it takes a while for her characters to see that.
In the novel The Windfall, a newly minted tech millionaire buys a big fancy house, a flashy car and leaves his middle-class life behind to rub elbows with the superrich. What follows is a delightful comedy of errors where he and his family navigate the unexpected pressures and pleasures of newfound wealth in modern India.
The book is set in New Delhi and it follows the Jha family from the mid-1990s to present day. Author Diksha Basu says,
