"There's more to life than books," says a character in Namita Gokhale's delightful novel Jaipur Journals. And the author proceeds to demonstrate just that with her multiple tales of love and longing, yearnings and disappointments, unfolding against the backdrop of the teeming Jaipur Literary Festival. Funny, insightful, mordant and moving in turn, Jaipur Journals is the work of a writer in full command of her craft. An unalloyed pleasure!' - Dr Shashi Tharoor, author and Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram