Buffering Love

A film star posts something deeply private to Twitter by mistake. A young woman hoping to become a writer launches a dating app in an office reception, minutes before a job interview. In Buffering Love, the people on the page are rarely far from their phones, which they use sometimes to escape reality and sometimes to dress it up.

The book gathers fifteen short stories set in urban India. Each one looks at love and everyday life through a different mobile app, from the screens people hide behind to the ones that expose them.

The stories take unexpected turns, and the collection moves between the funny and the heartbreaking. Readers who like contemporary Indian fiction about modern relationships and life lived online will find plenty to recognise here.