''Things to Leave Behind'' is a historical novel written by

Namita Gokhale Namita Gokhale (born 1956) is an Indian writer, editor, festival director, and publisher. Her debut novel, ''Paro: Dreams of Passion'' was released in 1984, and she has since written fiction and nonfiction, and edited nonfiction collections. She ...

. It was published in 2016 by Penguin Random House India.

Reception

The Hindustan Times wrote in a review "Gokhale’s narrative is carefully researched and the events leading up to 1857 and shortly after deftly presented, human interest and suspense mingling with factual chronology." The Free Press Journal wrote in a review "Ms. Gokhale did some deep and pretty thorough research of the territory, its period in history, its people and their belief in caste, religion and customs."

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

wrote in a review "Desire and asceticism are two opposing forces that power Namita Gokhale’s latest novel Things To Leave Behind."

References

{{reflist 2016 Indian novels Indian historical novels in English Penguin Random House