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I miss book parties. Back in the golden days, there'd be one big book party every month and everyone would go and most people would buy the book as a sort of tax, because the author would be mingling and all of these events happened at fancy places, five star hotels or the British Council auditorium. Book launches were dying out even pre-pandemic, they became mostly just a vanity exercise and the press stopped writing about book launches and you couldn't guarantee that people would buy your book but I'm glad I had my glory days. The book party for You Are Here was the first of its kind, not stuffy or panel discussion-y, but young and hip, with signature cocktails and me sitting on the bar reading out loud. We picked Agni because I thought it was the hippest club in Delhi then, and it felt like hundreds of people were packed into the bar, it felt like I was getting married but better, because all this was mine and mine alone. I have the invite on my bulletin board now as proof, I did that, once upon a time, we had book launches that were so exciting you got paper invites and blocked them on your calendar. #tbt #nostalgia #booklaunch #youarehere

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