Netherfield Ball – Arundhati Roy's Book Launch, Union Chapel's Bar, London

Netherfield Ball – Arundhati Roy’s Book Launch, Union Chapel’s Bar, London

Netherfield Ball – Arundhati Roy's Book Launch, Union Chapel's Bar, London

The party secrets.

[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]

She is in white.

One rainy evening The Delhi Walla is at Union Chapel’s bar attending the launch of Arundhati Roy’s novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. The bar is crowded with the pleasant people of London, including Ms Roy’s UK publisher Simon Prosser.

But did I tell you about the evening’s biggest scand… oh, for once, no gossip. Just see the pictures.

20 years after The God of Small Things

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Netherfield Ball – Arundhati Roy's Book Launch, Union Chapel's Bar, London

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Netherfield Ball – Arundhati Roy's Book Launch, Union Chapel's Bar, London