I go back and forth. I mean, o thinking on indian train journeys. Because they're so long, you certainly need some kind of diversion. And people arevy, gregarious. They want to ask you all kinds of questions. But also, i just like watching the passing scenery. That was my kind of formative experience as a child. travelling on trains and going to these different cities and approaching them through these kind of outer areas. Those places have been now transformed, but images and scenes are still very vivid n my memory. What's on your reading list? Well, there's always a few things. In recent months, i've manage to impose some discipline on
This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal Arthanayake is joined by renowned essayist and novelist, Pankaj Mishra, to discuss his new novel, Run and Hide. Together they discuss the meaning of art and the novel, the Tibetan landscape and the Himalayas, nostalgia, and wood-panelled train compartments.
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