Scandalous Housewives

Scandalous Housewives: Mumbai, written by Madhuri Banerjee, is a story about honest and brave housewives in Mumbai. These women are in search of love and are unafraid to follow their hearts blindfolded by rejecting their present lives. Life in Mumbai is pretty hectic and above all, it is monotonous at times, especially with people working like a machine.

The story in the book, Scandalous Housewives: Mumbai, revolves particularly around a residential area in Mumbai known as the Sapphire Towers, which is similar to any other place in Mumbai. Some high-profile people of Mumbai live here. The book brings to limelight the lives of housewives and their daily routine activities. This work is carried out with precision, so much so that one can adjust their watch according to their work. But this is just the outer cover and as one digs deeper, some graciously hidden secrets are uncovered. The author has given examples about this monotonous life and the reason why these illegitimate activities are carried out.

Scandalous Housewives: Mumbai gives us an example of Gita, a mother of two young daughters, who is bored with her daily monotonous way of living and is desperate to escape from it. The book also describes a Gujarati housewife, who is a mother but is also addicted to sex and is even ready to pay for it.