Ranjit Lal

Different pockets of the city have completely different cultures. I'm a bit surprised by the paucity of fiction, because Delhi can be so full of interesting stories for people to write about.

The moment you walk down the steps, you enter another century, another city, another country. And Delhizens become another people altogether.

Keeps you turning the pages rapidly, chuckling all the while, painlessly teaching you a great deal about Indian elephants and their increasingly troubled lives.