The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi's a bitch. You can smell conspiracies even in the most innocent dealings. One smog-filled evening The Delhi Walla was at the outdoor launch of Anglophone politician Shashi Tharoor's book An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India at The Taj Mahal Hotel (relax, it’s not a Trump property). This was an assembly of some recognizable names including the venerable Vice President, Hon’ble Shri M. Hamid Ansari. Poor man. He had worked hard on his speech and, therefore, it was memorably dull. What raised eyebrows, however, had nothing to do with Mr Tharoor. I'm talking of novelist Manu Joseph, a faithful fixture in the book launches hosted by HarperCollins India's