Battle For Bittora: The Story Of India's Most Passionate Lok Sabha Contest (National Bestseller)

Anuja Chauhan

Sep 2010 · Sold by Harper Collins

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Twenty-five-year-old Jinni lives in Mumbai, works in a hip animation studio and is perfectly happy with her carefree life. Until her bossy grandmother shows up and announces that it is Jinni's 'duty' to drop everything and contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from their sleepy hometown, Bittora.

Jinni swears she won't, but soon ends up swathed in cotton saris and frumpy blouses, battling prickly heat, corruption and accusations of nymphomania as candidate Sarojini Pande, a daughter of the illustrious Pande dynasty of Pavit Pradesh. And if life isn't fun enough already, her main opposition turns out to be Bittora ex-royal Zain Altaf Khan -- an irritatingly idealistic though undeniably lustworthy individual with whom Jinni shares a complicated history.

Enlivened by Anuja Chauhan's characteristic brand of wicked humour and sexy romanticism, this is a rollicking new tale of young India.

Ratings and reviews

..a romance between scions of rival political parties which are very thinly veiled references to India's Congress and BJP. Good political intrigue but extremely shady prose.

I love the way auhor tries to put the witty lines...........first 30 pages were boring.....yet the story picks up from 3oth page, n u wouldn't feel bore at all. Actuaaly u will start njoying the novel from 30th page on wards. Totally I LOVED IT.....havent finished the novel...........overall a must read this political season.

Who proof read this book? Needs to do it again.... Quite filmy and very feel good but with a dash of hope too. Good read. And yes, DP won't make a bad choice for Jinni :)

About the author

Anuja Chauhan worked in advertising for over seventeen years and is credited with many popular campaigns, including PepsiCo's Nothing Official About It, Yeh Dil Maange More, Mera Number Kab Aayega, Oye Bubbly and Darr ke Aage Jeet Hai. She is the author of six bestselling novels (The Zoya Factor, Battle for Bittora, Those Pricey Thakur Girls, The House that BJ Built, Baaz and Club You to Death), the screen rights for all of which have been acquired by major Bombay studios. She lives outside Bangalore in an empty nest with her husband, Niret Alva, with whom she shares three valiantly adulting children and a varying number of dogs and cats.