India, June 30 -- You mentioned in your acknowledgements that Moni Mohsin inspired the title of your book.

I was catching up with Moni over a meal and she asked, "What have you called your book?' I told her we were struggling with the name and then she asked, 'What's the book about?' I told her in a nutshell. By the time I came back - this was in London -- 15 minutes later, I had a Whatsapp message from her: "How about The Long Way Home or The Wrong Way Home?' That's how it happened. It was very nice of her to give me that title.

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