Nilanjana S Roy<\/a> in Delhi. We haven’t yet finalized the details of the other events, so watch this space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The launch dates for my first novel, My Friend Sancho<\/i>, have been finalized, and I’m pleased to share them with you now. I had earlier mentioned that the book would be out by the middle of April, but we had to delay that just a bit, and it will now be in bookstores across India in the first week of May. The launch dates:<\/p>\n
Mumbai<\/b>: May 9, Crossword, Kemp’s Corner.
\nDelhi<\/b>: May 13, Agni, The Park
\nKolkata<\/b>: May 14 or 15, Oxford Book Store
\nBangalore<\/b>: May 16, Crossword
\nChennai<\/b>: May 18, Landmark<\/p>\n
I’ll confirm all these details closer to the dates. Barring Delhi, all the other events are open, and India Uncut readers are invited to come and throw tomatoes. I’ll be in conversation with Sonia Faleiro<\/a> at the Mumbai event, and with Nilanjana S Roy<\/a> in Delhi. 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