Book: A Temple of No Gods

(Original Hindi: Shirt Ka Teesra Button)

Author: Manav Kaul

Translator: Sayari Debnath

Page: 277

Publisher: Penguin Books

Price: ₹ 319 (on Amazon)

I was travelling on a train when I started reading the book and it instantly brought a smile to my face because, interestingly, the book opens with an intriguing scene where a boy named Ateet (which means 'the past') is traveling on a train where he meets a girl (whom he refers to as tragedy) who is reading Chitralekha. 

The book tel...