About the Book: All Our Evenings by Ruthvika Rao is a poignant contemporary fiction novel set in 1990s Hyderabad, following three teenagers whose friendship becomes a refuge from troubled family lives. Arjun, Ruhee, and Ganesh discover love, belonging, and intimacy at an abandoned house known as the Red House—until a violent incident changes their lives forever. A decade later, Ruhee’s return gives Arjun an opportunity to confront the past and reveal a long-held secret. Exploring first love, friendship, class, desire, trauma, guilt, and redemption, this emotionally powerful Indian novel is a moving story about memory, loss, and the people we never truly leave behind.