Across the Line
Contents (65)
- NAYANIKA MAHTANI
- Contents
- Advance Praise for the Book
- 1947
- Drawing the Line
- Paper Boats
- Zero Hour
- The Referee
- Musaafir Khaana
- As if Nothing Had Happened
- No Man’s Land
- 2008
- Of Mice and Men
- There’s More to Life than Cricket
- Poster Girl
- Recess
- Talking in Riddles
- Blue-Black Nothings
- Selection Day
- We’ve Got News
- ‘That Voice’
- Winging It
- The Unspoken Code
- Mind the Gap
- Dragon Breath
- Nabeel’s Kitchen
- Sumo Wrestling
- War of the Roses
- Too Much to Digest
- Alphonso Season
- Glorious Uncertainties
- Stalkers
- Empty-handed
- The Bridge
- The High Road
- Houseful
- Acrylics and Oils
- Rukhsana
- Rahmat Bibi
- Threads
- Too Familiar
- Fireflies
- Four’s Company
- Howzat?
- The Little Green Dot
- Touching Distance
- Filter Coffee
- Deadlock
- Unforgotten
- The Envelope
- Highway Robbers
- Travel Companions
- Unseen
- 2012
- Pitching It Right
- Epilogue
- What Did I Miss?
- Erasure
- Author’s Note
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Read more in Penguin
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- THE BEGINNING
NAYANIKA MAHTANI
Across the Line
PENGUIN BOOKS
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Contents
1947
Drawing the Line
Paper Boats
Zero Hour
The Referee
Musaafir Khaana
As if Nothing Had Happened
No Man’s Land
2008
Of Mice and Men
There’s More to Life than Cricket
Poster Girl
Recess
Talking in Riddles
Blue-Black Nothings
Selection Day
We’ve Got News
‘That Voice’
Winging It
The Unspoken Code
Mind the Gap
Dragon Breath
Nabeel’s Kitchen
Sumo Wrestling
War of the Roses
Too Much to Digest
Alphonso Season
Glorious Uncertainties
Stalkers
Empty-handed
The Bridge
The High Road
Houseful
Acrylics and Oils
Rukhsana
Rahmat Bibi
Threads
Too Familiar
Fireflies
Four’s Company
Howzat?
The Little Green Dot
Touching Distance
Filter Coffee
Deadlock
Unforgotten
The Envelope
Highway Robbers
Travel Companions
Unseen
2012
Pitching It Right
Epilogue
What Did I Miss?
Erasure
Author’s Note
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
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ACROSS THE LINE
Nayanika Mahtani once harboured dreams of becoming a stage actor, but she followed the proverbial left side of her brain to do an MBA at IIM Bangalore and became an investment banker. A decade later, she followed her heart to live in Africa. Since then, she’s been following the right side of her brain and is now an author and screenwriter. Nayanika’s books include Ambushed and The Gory Story of Genghis Khan (aka Don’t Mess with the Mongols). She has also recently co-written the story and screenplay for a Hindi film based on the extraordinary life of the mathematical genius, Shakuntala Devi. Nayanika lives in London with her family, their dog, hamster and two goldfish named Sushi and Fishfinger.
Advance Praise for the Book
‘This evocative tale of heartache buoyed by hope, travels from 1947 towards the present, tugging at our heartstrings and sweeping us along. A compelling and uplifting story that lingers long after the last page is turned’—Vidya Balan
In loving memory of my grandparents,
Ved and Kishori Lal Suri, and
Indra and Manohar Lal Nanda,
who lit up my world
‘You—you alone will have the stars as no one else has them . . . In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night . . . You—only you—will have stars that can laugh.’
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,
The Little Prince
‘There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.’
—Terry Pratchett,
A Hat Full of Sky
