Alok Bhalla is a widely published critic, translator and poet. His most recent books include Stories About the Partition of India (4 volumes), Partition Dialogues: Memories of a Lost Home, The Place of Translation in a Literary Habitat and a translation of Dharamvir Bharati’s play Andha Yug. His translation of Nirmal Verma’s novel, Raat Ka Reporter (Dark Dispatches), will also be republished as a Contemporary Indian Classic by Penguin. Wild Verses of Wit and Whimsy is his book with Tulika.
In this alphabet symphony, imagination is unfettered and there's no need to play by the rules, except to get away from the ‘sullen, surly, sombre' use of language From A to zany Z, the 26 letters freely frolic in nonsense verse along with witty and refined illustrations. Funny and perceptive at once, this book is an invitation to a joyous, liberating and...
