A powerful, beautifully imagined novel from Githa Hariharan asks when the tide will turn to make this dream real.

``Powerful, no holds barred … A heart-stirring story of what happens to those who dare to dream of equality.`` Nayantara Sahgal

“… a thoroughly cosmopolitan sensibility… illuminating tours through cities rich in history… (giving) a voice to urban people from all over the world—Kashmir, Palestine, Delhi—trying to live with … dignity under circumstances of … repression or … poverty.” JM Coetzee

“…Spartan, elegant and nuanced prose… Deftly weaves political events into private lives…” Outlook

“Hariharan writes with anguish, pain and anger about what is happening to our country. I put In Times of Siege on top of my list of books that must be read.”Khushwant Singh

“... a beautifully written and evocative novel... as much about storytelling as about story tellers....” Times Literary Supplement

“A marvelously written book with wit as corrosive as dry ice...”India Today

“Compassionate yet ruthless in their honesty…”J.M. Coetzee

“Githa Hariharan's fiction is wonderful - full of subtleties and humour and tenderness.”Michael Ondaatje

“The voices and experiences of those battling for India through their private struggles and public activism...”

“These scholarly and committed essays allow us for the first time to consider the issue of Palestine outside the hopeless western frame of mind. The mutual, and at times troubled, relationship between India and Palestine, offer new, and hopeful, insights about the role both countries play in our times.” Ilan Pappe

“… `{`has the`}` freshness of a bundle of newly-harvested paddy.” Indian Express

“A must-read for every child aspiring to be a worthy citizen of secular India.”Khushwant Singh