Shobhaa De to pen 'Lockdown Liaisons'

Mumbai: Author Shobhaa De will come out with weekly instalments of short stories for the next month-and-a-half, trying to capture the fragile zeitgeist of the coronavirus pandemic in her own unique way. Simon & Schuster India will publish "Lockdown Liaisons" in a digital format.

"Living through the most precarious of times, what helps us retain our sanity and sangfroid is often just narratives - words from gifted writers who spin stories out of universal experiences, from thoughts and ideas half-formed in our minds," the publishing house said. According to De, this is her way to respond to the "unprecedented, almost surrealistic global crisis caused by a bat".