Jeet Thayil believes in second chances ... Today he is a renowned poet, musician - and now author. His debut novel Narcopolis, about the lives of people in an opium den in 1970s Bombay, in ...

Performance poet, librettist, and novelist Jeet Thayil was born in Kerala ... His first novel, 'Narcopolis' (2012), was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won a DSC Prize for South Asian ...