# Happy Birthday!

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- Book: [Happy Birthday!](https://www.bookquiver.com/meghna-pant/happy-birthday) ([Happy Birthday!.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/meghna-pant/happy-birthday.md))
- Authors: [Meghna Pant](https://www.bookquiver.com/meghna-pant)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-81-8400-403-8
- Pages: 296
- Published: 2013-07-01
- Language: en_IN
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Happy Birthday! is a celebration of the complex, mysterious inner lives of our fellow human beings, by the award-winning novelist Meghna Pant. A dedicated friend undertakes one last labour of love for a childless woman. Nadia—married into money—finds herself facing uncomfortable truths about her comfortably numb marriage. A Mumbai slum-girl dreams of speaking words valuable enough to be translated into English. An American tourist seeking nirvana sets off a sudden chain of events when his bag is stolen, and destiny plays her hand. A retired civil servant of modest means struggles to support his snooty foreign-returned daughter. Meghna Pant’s knife-sharp stories are compelling, emotionally intelligent and provide a rare glimpse into the strange workings of the human heart. They evade neat categorization, and are the perfect read for all curious spirits.