Yesterday, Rupa launched a new novel, Can’t Die for Size Zero, the story of a 30-year-old professional, Joyeeta Naik, who has no man, no career, not even size on her side. To add to her humiliation, her best friend, Lara, offers to fix her up for a makeover show on TV. Joyeeta’s weight loss journey is studded with experiments with fancy diets and improbable exercises. But will she lose herself in the metamorphosis from XXL to Size Zero?
Mumbai-based author Vrushali Telang who was a TV reporter for a decade, moved to writing and producing shows and has been working as an independent screenwriter for the last couple of years, admits that she was also asked to be a ‘star’ in a makeover show. She refused, but it became the starting point for her first novel.
“Lately,
Size Zero has become a major talking point and had me thinking about its trickle-down effect on those on the other side of the fence. I’m comfortable in my own skin, but there are many who aspire to be a Kareena Kapoor,” Telang says, pointing out that while she can understand Kapoor’s motivation given that she’s in the glam business where the camera adds 10 pounds and Size Zero did give her career a boost, it’s not imperative for the girl-next-door to allow herself to be cut down to size so drastically.
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