Games People Play

By Shanaya Taneja

Chinta, a young woman from an economically disadvantaged and rural background work’s in the big city. She loved and trusted the wrong man only to lose all that she held close to her heart.
Will Chinta gain what she lost or will she forever remain oppressed by the patriarchal and economical class divisions of our society.
Mahasweta Devi is famous for her work on the oppression of socially and economically disadvantaged class, and in that sense, this is one of her typical stories.
This translation keeps the original title unchanged.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Srishti Publishers
• Release date: Oct 10, 2017

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Games People Play

Shanaya Taneja

Srishti Publishers

Srishti Publishers & Distributors

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Srishti Publishers & Distributors in 2017

Copyright © Shanaya Taneja, 2017

This is a work of fiction. The characters, places, organisations and events described in this book are either a work of the author’s imagination or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to people, living or dead, places, events, communities or organisations is purely coincidental.

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Games People Play

I shouldn’t have come tonight. But I did.

As I approached the bar, the bartender gave me his instant attention. I knew too well he was smiling just to get a good tip, but I still smiled back and ordered a gin and tonic for myself.

She doesn’t want that. Get her a large shot of Malibu, came a voice from one side.

I didn’t turn to face the voice, which seemed rather familiar. I nodded at the waiter with my approval and he slid the shot glass toward me without another word.

I hated the guy who had ordered the drink, for his commanding tone. In

Reviews for Games People Play

[Destiny Lindsay · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Sexual gay shit don't read this if you are a sensible person