By wanderlust and rhyme

Vikram Seth, the celebrated author, was in a reminiscent mood at the launch of his four libretti, The Rivered Earth at the Penguin Spring Fever recently. Reciting some of his poems in the book, set to marvellous music by the composer Alec Roth, to a packed and rapt audience, he recalled his writing career. He had been on course to complete his PhD in Economics at Stanford and had even finished his fieldwork in China.

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