Stranger In My HomeRare must be the person who knows all about himself. In The Stranger in My Home, former US diplomat Manish Nandy offers a collection of personal stories through an extraordinary travelogue. He looks back at the unusual people he has met over the decades and explores how they have shaped him. The mother he took care of in her old age; the couple he helped adopt a girl in a foreign land by challenging the norms; the women he loved but could not be with;

It tells of times when 'the air between people seems to alter' as art achieves profound change

Jaladhar Sen left behind a life of domesticity and embarked on an adventure across some of India’s most sacred landscapes

In this captivating volume

having to placate the paranoid Nero

He persuaded the wealthy Sir Walter Raleigh the expedition's sponsor to rescue the imperiled colonists but by the time White returned with aid the colonists of Roanoke were nowhere to be found

expelled faculty members and purged the curriculum

Matthew Clairmont

Looking for more on Munich’s culture

Kamaljit Sandhu

and how she balances healthy food with homemade treats

Deputy Chief Virginia West likes and respects her boss

and whose inhabitants are twice as intelligent as human beings