Dharini Bhaskar’s new book, ‘Like Being Alive Twice’ is a tale of contemporary times. It holds you in thrall as a gifted writer weaves a compelling tale in an innovative way with regard to both its content and form. Set in an unknown country, the book begins with a love story between Poppy (Priyamvada), a Hindu and Tar (Tariq), a Muslim who plan to marry and make a life together. That was the time “when life, sweet and yielding, offered possibilities”. But soon they sense their world turning insidiously dystopian with every passing day,---r