In Custody by Anita Desai

In Custody by Anita DesaiA classic from one of India? s greatest writers with a stunning new cover in water colour . In this sensitive portrayal of human nature, Anita Desai, one of India? s foremost writers, paints an intimate portrait of lives impacted by the quest for identity and purpose. Deven, a Hindi lecturer in small town Mirpore, lives a humdrum existence. A chance to interview Nur? India? s greatest living Urdu poet? offers him an escape from his dreary life. But

The book has tried to link the past with the present

and the thirteen texts of the “Principal Upanisads”—which comprise this volume—form a series of philosophical discourses between teacher and student that question the inner meaning of the world

The mind needs stretching and exercise just like the muscles in your body

Perhaps now

For every question addressed here-be it time travel

Without them there is neither strength and stability

the politics of Bitcoin

for unless the Aes Sedai are reunited

we can do what want

From learning what creatures lurk beneath tree roots to finding your way around the woods without a compass

Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”

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