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Telling Tales is a collection of non-fiction writings by Amit Chaudhuri. Summary of the Book In this book, Amit Chaudhuri collects some of his best non-fiction pieces from his entire writing career. He writes about his childhood, his fascination with playing “Cowboys and Indians” and his thoughts on the British class system. He also reveals his eyewitness account of the plane that was hijacked by Pakistanis and taken to Afghanistan. Displaying his innate ability to transform any topic into a page-turner, he writes about his perception of the works of V. S. Naipaul, his affection for “chanachur”, an Indian savoury, and his political engagements. About Amit Chaudhuri Amit Chaudhuri is an Indian writer and academic, currently a Visiting Professor at Columbia University, and Samuel Fischer Guest Professor of Literature at Freie Universität Berlin. Chaudhuri is also known for A Strange and Sublime Address, Afternoon Raag, Freedom Song and A New World. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Infosys Prize for Humanities-Literary Studies, Rabindra Puraskar and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.