In One Arranged Murder, Bhagat’s plot revolves around a young, professional woman (Prerna) and her sudden death through a fall from the terrace of her three-storey house. This is the psyche that Bhagat taps into in his latest thriller, a continuation of his exploration of the genre that began with The Girl in Room 105. This is salutary to remember when one wonders what it is that is so compelling about the violent death of the young – what turns readers, viewers and citizens into such unabashed voyeurs? Why is this voyeurism completely without censure or sanction or introspection in India today? As the philosopher William James remarked over a century ago, it is the possibility of violent death that is the soul of all romance. Why do young readers and social media find Jaun Elia's poetry so relevant today?Ĭhetan Bhagat’s thriller One Arranged Murder seems apt in this era of the media-drenched coverage of a Bollywood star’s suicide (no-longer-a-murder).

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