Readers of Instincts of Beauty are saying

"Well, dear, life is a casting off. It's always that way." (Arthur Miller, "Death of a Salesman")

“In his mosaic of a memoir, Amit Shah offers tesserae of an extraordinary life.

The gemstones dazzle, set out as they are with darker pieces from darker places. Seen as a whole, Shah creates an unforgettable picture.”

(Carol Jago is past president of the National Council of Teachers of English and serves on the International Literacy Association board of directors.)

“My human just gave me Amit Shah’s Instincts of Beauty. I am looking forward to this read. My human said it is a lovely set of essays and that Amit is a fine memoirist and storyteller. All humans and felines should indulge….” (Carol Young, Amherst, MA)

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“Amit writes from his heart for your heart. No doubt the material has to flow through your thinking brain, but that's not where it stops. It finds your heart. I particularly liked the longer India-related stories because I could relate to them directly.

‘The Homecoming' tells you such an emotional and complicated set of events but you get it easily. And, then you think_ how could he be so honest and transparent about his family?

'Crossing Chowringhee’ is not even a story. It's just a set of mini anecdotes. But they hang together like shers in a gazal, and even has a makta at the end, as required in a gazal.

'A Cold Case' brings out India of the past so clearly - and also the India of the unknown. The Lady Vanishes. Why? How?

Do read. You will love it.” (Subodh Mathur, Bethesda, MD)

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(Kevin Duffy, Arlington, MA)

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