“A literary mixtape [with] perfect flow and variety.”
— The New York Times, March 2016
House of SpeakEasy continues its electrifying 2025 season at Joe’s Pub on May 13 with a night of fresh, original storytelling from four celebrated writers. Inspired by the theme “Let the Great World Spin,” each author will take the stage to share a brand-new, never-before-heard tale—live, intimate, and unfiltered.
I’m lucky to have an essay of mine published as the Weekend Essay at the New Yorker. Please read the piece here. I have also compiled a few images from my trip in my latest Substack newsletter.
Here’s an image that I was unable to include in the album, of Bihari migrant workers from one of the unreserved train cars.
Am offering a virtual workshop at A Public Space on the role of structure in writing.
Feb 11. Happy pub day. The paperback of A Time Outside This Time comes out today. When the hardcover was published, The New Yorker described the book as “a shimmering assault on the Zeitgeist.”
New York Times Book Review, February 9, 2025.
Here is the link to the story in The Hindu. And this is the New Yorker magazine’s recommendation from its 2024 list:
HarperCollins India announces the release on Dec 5, 2024 of The Green Book, the final volume in my trilogy of drawing books-plus-diaries. My eternal thanks to Udayan Mitra of HarperCollins India and to Hemali Sodhi of A Suitable Agency.
An excerpt:
Many of the drawings and paintings in this book are the result of the walks I have undertaken. Don’t stop walking! And keep a journal. What you draw is a way of keeping a diary, of course, but also write words to record what you see.
On a fast-heating planet, it has become more important than ever to hold on to every vestige of hope. We must save every drop of creativity to imagine new futures. We must remember that like leafy trees, art also offers us shade, and that literature quenches our thirst for finding the right words for every emotion.
Please watch this fun reel put out by my publishers. (And this one, showing the book’s arrival at my home!)
My first book-event is at The Bookshop, Inc. in Jor Bagh, Delhi, where I’ll be in conversation with Ravish Kumar. Use this link for tickets.
