Family Planning

Author ofThe Association of Small Bombs, longlisted for the National Book AwardRakesh Ahuja, a Government Minister in New Delhi, is beset by problems: thirteen children and another on the way; a wife who mourns the loss of her favorite TV star; and a teenaged son with somereallystrong opinions about family planning.To make matters worse, looming over this comical farrago are secretsboth personal and politicalthat threaten to push the Ahuja household into disastrous turmoil. Following father and son as they blunder their way across the troubled landscape of New Delhi, Karan Mahajan brilliantly captures the frenetic pace of India's capital city to create a searing portrait of modern family life.