Travelling in, travelling out : a book of unexpected journeys /

Eminent writer Namita Gokhale puts together an eclectic collection of twenty-five stories that take the reader on a journey that is surprising, moving and, sometimes, mischievous. This is an unusual collection of travel pieces by writers ranging from M.J. Akbar and Aman Nath to Devdutt Pattanaik, Je...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gokhale, Namita, 1956- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Noida, India : HarperCollins Publishers India, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Orientation / Namita Gokhale
  • The idea of travel : from place to place and thought to thought / Devdutt Pattanaik
  • The Maharajah of Patragarh / Ashok Ferry
  • A retreat to holy India / Marie Brenner
  • In search of lost time / Mayank Austen Soofi
  • Travelling to the hills in search of myself / Bulbul Sharma
  • Village on Treasure Hill / HM the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, Kingdom of Bhutan
  • Bhangarh: of darkness and light / Ipsita Roy Chakraverti
  • The land of seven hundred hills / M.J. Akbar
  • Hello, Bastar / Rahul Pandita
  • A house for Mr Tata: an old Shanghai Tale / Mishi Saran
  • Through the lens darkly / Dayanita Singh
  • Lost witout a trace / Avek Sen
  • Fear of flying / Advaita Kala
  • The foreigner's situation / Ali Sethi
  • F for Dharavi / Jerry Pinto
  • Moving to Bombay / Aakar Patel
  • Beauty in India: racial, reasoned or random / Aman Nath
  • Trailing the tongue / Wendell Rodricks
  • Gond art: of mysteries and market forces / Nisha Susan
  • Tirupati: the god for a modern age / Kota Neelima
  • A Muslim goddess: Sunderbans, West Bengal / Saba Naqvi
  • The persistence of memory / Urvashi Butalia
  • 'The door to his hospice was never closed' / Navtej Sarna
  • Maps for all times / Manosi Lahiri
  • Armchair travels / Namita Gokhale.