We travel all the time, from place to place, thought to thought. There are yet other journeys that we would like to make but are unable to, journeys that exist powerfully in the mind, day after day, month after month, for years.
In Travelling In, Travelling Out: A Book of Unexpected Journeys, eminent writer Namita Gokhale puts together an eclectic collection of twenty-five stories that takes the reader on a journey that is surprising, moving and, sometimes, mischievous. From Advaita Kala’s piece on her reaction to an intrusive security pat-down to communing with ghosts in India’s most haunted fort in a piece by Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, from an account of unusual encounters in Maoist territory by Rahul Pandita to the long journey finding an identity as an immigrant in Amsterdam in a superb piece by Ali Sethi, there is a wide range of experiences to choose from in this selection. With contributors like M.J. Akbar, Bulbul Sharma, Dayanita Singh, Mishi Saran, Urvashi Butalia, Marie Brenner and others, among the guides, the reader can expect an unusual journey, one without the fear, moreover, of getting lost.
About the Author
Writer and publisher Namita Gokhale is the author of eleven books. Her first novel, Paro: Dreams of Passion, published in 1984, created a furore with its candid sexual humour. Other novels include The Book of Shadows, Shakuntala: The Play of Memory, The Habit of Love and Priya, a sequel to Paro. A co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival and of Mountain Echoes, the Bhutan literary festival, Gokhale is committed to showcasing literature from across the Indian languages. She currently curates Kitaabnama: Books and Beyond, a multilingual book show on Doordarshan.
