Plato says the purpose of philosophy is to teach us how to die. - Jhumpa Lahiri

If I want to understand what moves me, what confuses me, what pains me — everything that makes me react, in short — I have to put it into words.

My grandfather always says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch.

I think it's a hesitant book and at the same time bold. A text both private and public. On the one hand it springs from my other books. The themes, ultimately, are unchanged: identity, alienation, belonging. But the wrapping, the contents, the body and soul are transfigured.