The world in an arc

The book might appear to lack unity of purpose, but the comprehensive collection of pieces definitely opens a window to a wider horizon

The Himalayan Arc

Journey East and South-east 

Namita Gokhale (Ed) 

Harper Collins 

333 pages 

Rs699 

 

Everyone knows that it’s tough to turn books into movies. How do you deal with internal monologues? With the world-building that good writers do effortlessly, and in the background? Do you just give up on conveying the tone of the writer’s words, and focus on the narrative? 

Three lines from an essay titled “A Poet’s Impressions of Nepal And Bhutan” sum up life in the Himalayas: “Steep climb in the Himalayas/ Mules and men walk together/ Each with their own burden”. But to