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India | 26th May 2023: Mr. Nidhi Dalmia launched his second book ‘Afternoon’ at the Embassy of France in Delhi. Set in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York, Kashmir and Delhi in the late 60s, the book is a story of a young student finding the love of his life and two young women whose lives intersect with his, at different points of time.
The launch was moderated by renowned actor and celebrity Kabir Bedi. Mr Christian Kamill, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden, Ms Sarah Storey, Deputy High Commissioner, Australia, Mr Jukka Holappa, Embassy of Finland, Ms Patricia A Lacina, Dy Chief of Mission, US Embassy, Ms Martine A Bottheim, Dy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Norway, Mr Gurcharan Das, author, commentator, public intellectual and ex-MD of Proctor & Gamble (India), and Mr RV Kanoria, ex-President of FICCI and Chairman of Kanoria Chemicals also graced the event with their presence.
Afternoon intertwines its characters with the significant cultural, student, sexual and intellectual revolutions taking place around the 60s. The major political events taking place at the time, the explosion of beautiful and timeless music and its interplay with their lives, finds complex yet capturing expressions in the literature. This is Nidhi Dalmia’s second book, the first one being Harp, launched by the then French Ambassador at his residence in 2016 . Harp got favourable reviews
The characters in the book offer a poetic glimpse into the intensity of love and longing in the swinging sixties.
Speaking at the launch, Mr. Nidhi Dalmia said, “Afternoon is a story about love. There is nothing more important than love and one experiences life more intensely and every moment is special. However, there is no certainty in life, even less in love. The tale of great change in the world, the novel weaves the words of cultural, sexual and student revolutions in Paris, Berkeley, Warsaw, Tokyo even here in Delhi. The book also portrays the hope and idealism of the 60s, that one thought would never end.”
The novel weaves jealousy, competition and the inevitable friction in the storyline . The decisions that are involved in inter-continental relationships and the belief that there is nothing more important than love lie at the heart of this immersive story.
Published by Rupa Publications, Afternoon will be available at all offline stores and online purchase through Amazon.
Link to Amazon: https://www.amazon.in/
About Mr. Nidhi Dalmia
An alumnus of St Stephen’s College in the University of Delhi, Mr. Dalmia pursued post graduate education at Oxford University - (PPE - Philosophy, Politics and Economics) and the Sorbonne and post experience Management education at Harvard Business School. He worked as a Trainee in factories in Finland, Norway and Express Dairy in the U.K. and spent time in Communist Poland. He did his Doctorate from University of Rajasthan in Jaipur on Strategic Management. His professional life exposed him to managing Dalmia Biscuits in Rajpura, Punjab and Edward Keventers in Delhi producing many Dairy products.
He cherishes the spiritual environment prevalent in his home, where Vedas, Upanishads were a part of his home schooling. His father, Ramkrishna Dalmia was one of the top three industrialists in India, who rose as a self- made entrepreneur, in a career spanning both British India and free India. His visit to the UK and the US in the early 1950s in pursuit of his ideal of One World Government got considerable media attention in the US.
This is Mr. Dalmia’s second novel. His first novel Harp was released in 2016 launched by then French Ambassador to India and received critical acclaim from leading newspapers and magazines including The Hindustan Times, Deccan Chronicle, among others. He was in his college table tennis team at Oxford and also enjoys Tennis and Swimming. His interests include Cinema, Theatre, Western Pop, Folk and Classical music. At heart he is a wanderer and a romantic. His peregrinations have taken him to Antarctica, the Northern Lights, the midnight sun and Tahiti.
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