A Mountain, A Lake and a Song: Manav Kaul’s Evocative Travel Writing on Cities, People, Music And Self Discovery

No matter how far you travel, you cannot escape that, which is within you, because it is inexplicably yours and yours alone to think about; to negate or to accept. In this deeply evocative memoir-travelogue, Manav the writer, the traveller, the theatre artist, the dreamer, the escapist embarks on a journey that’s both within and without. As he moves along, he traces his emotional process, the coming together with a city and its people, their music, their rhythms and then abandoning it all and moving to another. In doing so, sometimes he’s mesmerized by the beauty of a place and sometimes repulsed. Sometimes his writing flows, and sometimes he gives it up for life itself. Manav’s movement is with great sensitivity and understanding, as if trying not to disturb the equilibrium. A Mountain, a Lake and a Song is a contemplative read?sensuous and imaginative. The reader is more than welcome to join in and make it their own.