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Link to my recent novel The Wrong Way Home below.
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She is Fun, just like her Books, just like the characters in her stories!
So do join us LIVE [on our YouTube - RISHAIL Reads]
cz it’s gonna be entertaining, fun & a peak into the ‘behind the scenes’ of the book - The Wrong Way Home!

I will also be announcing the Coming up Giveaway!
So make sure you come LIVE!
Tomorrow 3PM (Sunday, 18th Oct.)
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Excited to meet you all
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#youtube #author #indian #bookstagram

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Generally, I’m not someone who gets emo 🖤 about shows ending or seasons coming to an end. I’ve always believed that everything in life is temporary, and every phase has its own time.

But Koffee with Karan hits a little differently. ☕✨#koffeewithkaran

When Karan Johar started the show, I was young, and access to our favourite stars felt so limited.
It was the OG celeb convo before social media made everything so accessible!
And I felt that Karan Johar was our answer to the international talk-show hosts we grew up watching ,bringing that same star power, candid conversations, and iconic celebrity moments into our living rooms. ☕✨
Even now the seasons were so fab , I mean @iambobbydeol honest episode is my absolute favourite which left me 🥹

I’ve always been a fan, and every time( literally 5 times🫡 now) I’ve met @karanjohar , I’ve found him incredibly presentable, articulate, and someone who leaves an impression.

Now, as podcasts and long-form conversations take centre stage, I’m curious and just wish 🤞to see if Karan can take to this format. Because when Karan Johar talks, there’s always a story, a perspective, or a little bit of tea ( or I should say 😉coffee) waiting to unfold!

A special thank you to my friend @shunalikhullarshroff1 whose book launch gave me the opportunity to meet Karan more closely and hear more from him.

Maybe that’s why this one feels different. Some shows are just entertainment. Others become a part of the era you grew up in. And Koffee with Karan was definitely one of those for me. ❤️ tussi naa jao😭Salman Khan righty said
#karanjohar #salmankhan

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These Books will make you fall in love with Indian Stories & their Indian Writers!
Just trust me & go for it!
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This is Part 1

I have recommended 6 books like that but the video got too long so dividing it in 2 parts.
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Stay connected for more such interesting recommendations 🤗
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If you wish to order them, comment LINK
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#books #indian #booktok #bookstagram

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Here’s the Giveaway Question - email us your Answer and you will have a chance to WIN the Book - “The Wrong Way Home” with a TOTE BAG!!!!
The author of the book “Shunali Khullar Shroff” sent me the Tote Bag on time for you all. So you can imagine how sweet she is!

& you’ll know more about her in the LIVE that’s coming on next Sunday - 18th Oct, 2026.

Hope to see you then.

& thank you so soooo much for joining us in LIVE.
So grateful 😊🙏✨

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🍀Three woman centric book recommendations

- Lightning in a shot glass by Deepanjana Pal
- Girls who Stray by Anisha Lalvani
- The Wrong way home by Shunali Khullar Shroff

(Three women-centric books to add to your TBR, Featuring Lightning in a Shot Glass, Girls Who Stray and The Wrong Way Home — stories about women, identity, relationships, choices, anxiety, love and finding your way through life.)

#WomenCentricBooks #BookRecommendations #IndianAuthors #BookstagramIndia #TBR

🍀QOTD
➡️Which kind of female character do you love reading about — messy, ambitious, romantic or completely lost?

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Unfiltered. Unapologetic. Unstoppable

They told us there was “no market for women’s voices” - so we rewrote the narrative. From dismantling gendered labels in literature to redefining independence, vulnerability, and radical self-ownership, these stories aren’t gendered and agency isn’t negotiable.

➡️ Swipe through to read sharp truths and bold reflections from the artists, authors, filmmakers and leaders featured at the Nainital Literature Festival.

✍️ Which quote spoke to you the most? Drop the speaker’s name or your thoughts in the comments below! 💬👇

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The Wrong Way Home by Shunali Khullar Shroff follows Nayantara, a forty-year-old woman trying to rebuild her life after divorce—just when her ex-husband moves on with a much younger influencer.

And honestly? Nayan is not your perfectly inspirational protagonist.
She’s messy, vain, insecure, ambitious, sometimes petty—and that’s exactly what makes her feel so real.

What I loved about this book is how it takes you beyond the usual “woman gets divorced and starts over” story. It explores ambition, friendships, love, social media, loneliness, ageing, and the pressure to always look like you have it together.

The writing is sharp, witty and wonderfully observant, with plenty of moments that make you laugh and then quietly make you think.

And somewhere along the way, Nayan starts realising that coming home isn’t necessarily about finding the right person—it can be about finding your way back to yourself. My verdict:
✨ Witty
✨ Messy
✨ Relatable
✨ Full of heart

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. TheWrongWayHome #ShunaliKhullarShroff #BookstagramIndia #BookReview #IndianFiction (BookReels ,BookstagramReels ,CurrentlyReading ReadersOfInstagram ,BookRecommendation IndianAuthors ,WomenInFiction, Bloomsbury)

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the wrong way home by shunali khullar shroff 📖

nayan is a mumbai PR pro who built her whole image around having it together. then her filmmaker ex, jay sarabhai, remarries someone younger and more "instagrammable" and nayan's entire carefully curated life cracks open in public.

what i loved: this isn't a "heal in 200 pages" book. nayan doesn't get her together overnight - she keeps checking her ex's wife's instagram, keeps comparing, keeps making the wrong calls before she makes the right ones. it's messy in a way that actually feels honest.

rishi (her best friend) is doing the quiet grounding-force thing the whole book, and shroff's writing stays witty even when the subject matter isn't - that "equal parts satire and heart" line on the cover is not lying.

if you've ever rebuilt yourself after a relationship ended in public (or even just semi-publicly, group chat edition), this one's going to sit with you.

📚 for fans of: divorced-woman-finds-herself arcs, mumbai elite social satire, books that let women be a little unlikeable before they're okay

save this for your next "i need a grown-up book that isn't sad-girl lit" mood 🔖

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📖✨ REVIEW ⬇️

The Wrong Way Home by Shunali Khullar Shroff

I honestly didn’t expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. The Wrong Way Home looks like it might be a glossy story about Mumbai, relationships, money and the lives of people who seem to have everything figured out, but there’s so much more happening underneath.

At the centre of the story is Nayantara (Nayan), and I have to say, she is such an interesting character. She isn’t the perfect, effortlessly likeable. She’s vain, impulsive, insecure, ambitious and sometimes makes decisions that had me thinking, “Nayan, WHY?” 😂 And somehow, that made her feel more real.

Then there’s Jay, her ex-husband, whose life seems to move on a little too easily after their divorce. And of course, Arjun, with all his charm and glamour, versus Vikram, who feels much more grounded and steady. I really liked how different these two men were and how they represented the different things Nayan was looking for at different points in her life.

Rishi was another favourite for me. Every messy protagonist needs that one friend who knows exactly when to call them out, and Rishi brings that energy. And Kalpana, Nayan’s mother, was probably the character who stayed with me the most. Her life in Landour and her strong sense of purpose create such a beautiful contrast to Nayan’s chaotic Mumbai life.

What I loved most was that the book doesn’t make Nayan’s journey neat or perfect. She makes mistakes, gets caught up in appearances, social validation and ambition, and slowly starts figuring out what actually matters to her.

There’s humour, satire, messy relationships, ambition, loneliness and a lot of heart.

For me, this was ultimately a story about finding your way back to yourself, even if you have to take a few wrong turns first. 🤍

⭐️ 4/5

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Physicality of women takes precedence over their skills, more so in the world of humour and satire.

Shunali Khullar Shroff

Shunali is a Mumbai-based writer and author whose work spans fiction, essays, podcasting, and cultural commentary. Her writing has appeared across leading publications, where she examines womanhood, class, identity, popular culture, art, travel, and the absurdities of modern Indian life. She is the author of he bestselling novel Love in the Time of Affluenza, praised by Kevin Kwan and Manu Joseph for its razor-sharp satire and distinctive voice, and the memoir Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother, a cult favourite among
the over-scheduled and under-slept.

Shunali is also the co-host of Not Your Aunty, a popular culture podcast where nothing is sacred and everything is up for dissection with irreverent humour. It recently ranked among the Top 100 Podcasts in the World — at #73 globally, right after Oprah — in a cross-genre global listing by Goodpods.

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We come from a culture of smritis, hence, storytelling comes naturally to us. If writers choose subjects they relate to, their stories are bound to connect with the readers.

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Dilemma of Women Satirists

Women are generally expected to be kind and satire requires you to be unkind.
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