Aastha Atray Banan is a Delhi girl with her head up in the clouds. No wonder writing romance comes easy to her. As a journalist, for publications such as Tehelka and Open, she has written about India and its many facets right from movie stars to underprivileged Muslim girls playing basketball. As a romance writer, she aims to write about relatable love you know, the kind we all feel. Currently an assistant editor at Hindustan Times s Sunday magazine, Brunch, she lives and dreams in Mumbai.
Can two independent single women in Mumbai, who couldn't have less in common, be friends? When the prudish Siya, who dreams of writing a wildly popular bestseller someday ironically, a book about dating in Mumbai, meets the unabashedly promiscuous Natasha, both their lives change dramatically. Prodded by Natasha, Siya makes the daring decision to shed her inhibitions and put herself out there in the fiercely competitive dating market. And who better than Natasha, the 'bad girl' herself, to guide her through the glamorous, hidden world of the singles of Mumbai? Natasha, too, is on a quest of her own, she wants to find a man who will look beyond the merely physical and value her for her true worth. And even as she finds true love in the unlikeliest of men, she begins to find her self-worth anew. In the charged roller-coaster ride Siya and Natasha undertake, their deepening friendship will change them in ways they never expected. Games Girls Play astutely captures what it means to be a single woman in the big bad city, making for a racy and wickedly charming story of love and friendship.
