Mythologist, storyteller and author Sunita Pant Bansal has been writing for over four decades. And now, she is back with another book. Titled ‘The Return of Vikram and Betaal’, the book was released in 2022. The story follows justice Vikram and the angel of death, Doot. Doot offers justice Vikram a deal. He has to solve some complicated cases. If Doot approves his verdict, Vikram gets a fresh lease of life… till Doot gives him another tough case. The deal is, if Vikram is unable to reach the right verdict, he has to leave with Doot.The cases are based on actual criminal cases with unusual, dramatic and often unpredictable verdicts, solving which Vikram revisits his relationships and unravels the knots that have bound him to life.
In an interview with The Times of India, the author spoke about the book, the ideas and the work behind it, and the future prospects of the book. Excerpts:
