Travelling In, Travelling Out [HARDCOVER]

This is an unusual collection of travel pieces by writers ranging from M.J. Akbar and Aman Nath to Devdutt Pattanaik, Jerry Pinto, Rahul Pandita and Advaita Kala. Featured here are essays on the changing face of the popular hill resort-Nainital, living as a Pakistani in the remote city of Copenhagen, a woman traveller being strip-searched at an American airport and traversing the dark interiors of the haunted Bhangarh Fort in Rajasthan, among others. Focusing on the Indian experience, the book captures a country of shifting landscapes - physical, cultural, psychological. A departure from the traditional travel narrative, this is a unique collection for the travel-book buff.

About the Editor: Namita Gokhale is the author of several works of fiction and non-fiction including Paro: Dreams of Passion, Gods, Graves and Grandmother, A Himalayan Love Story and Priya: In Incredible Indyaa and the landmark anthology, In Search of Sita. Her much-acclaimed collection of short stories, The Habit of Love, was published in January 2012. Namita Gokhale is also co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival and Mountain Echoes: The Bhutan Literary Festival.