Acknowledgements
The author and publishers would like to thank the following for permission to quote copyright materiaclass="underline"
The Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt of India for extracts from Letters to Chief Ministers, Vol. 2, 1950–1952 by Jawaharlal Nehru, general editor G. Parthasarathi (Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, distributed by Oxford University Press, 1986)
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd for extracts from The Koran Interpreted by A.J. Arberry (George Allen & Unwin Ltd; and Oxford University Press, 1964)
Oxford University Press for an extract from The Select Nonsense of Sukumar Ray translated by Sukanta Chaudhuri (Oxford University Press, 1987)
Faber & Faber for an extract from the poem ‘Law, Say the Gardeners’ published in W.H. Auden: Collected Poems edited by Edward Mendelson (Faber & Faber)
Penguin Books Ltd for extracts from Selected Poems by Rabindranath Tagore, translated by William Radice (Penguin Books, 1985)
Bantam Books Inc. for extracts from The Bhagavad-Gita translated by Barbara Stoler Miller (Bantam Books, 1986)
The Sahitya Akademi for extracts from Mir Anis by Ali Jawad Zaidi published in the series ‘Makers of Indian Literature’ (Sahitya Akademi, 1986)
The Gita Press, Gorakhpur, for extracts from Sri Ramacharitamanasa translated into English (Gita Press, 1968)
While every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and obtain permission, this has not been possible in all cases; any omissions brought to our attention will be remedied in future editions.
About the Author
A SUITABLE BOY
Vikram Seth is the acclaimed author of three novels: The Golden Gate, An Equal Music and A Suitable Boy, one of the most beloved and widely read books of recent times. He has also written five books of poetry, an opera libretto, a book of other libretti, and two highly regarded works of non-fiction, From Heaven Lake and Two Lives. He is at present at work on A Suitable Girl.