MEANTIME GIRL is a gripping story with deep psychological undertones. A feminist fable, it explores with insight and literary nuances a woman's right to choose her own path on the road to sexuality solely on the strength of her own wishes and desires and beyond the pressures or compulsions of family, friends or society.
The protagonist Anjali, a journalist and researcher, enters into a relationship with a married friend, Siddharth or Sid. Her conscience is clear and she is also clear that he cannot marry her.
But during her stay in the hill station of Shimla in the Himalayas for a research project, aspects of Sid's past get exposed putting Anjali in a quandary.
As the narrative progresses, what emerges is a tale of the new-age woman who does not want to be controlled by a man and seeks sexual freedom on her own terms.