A Cut-Like Wound (47 page)

Pradeep Menon of Dark Arts The Tattoo Studio, Bangalore, for generously sharing information on tattoos.

Chetan Krishnaswamy, for countless tit-bits and trivia, insights and information, and weeding out errors of incomprehension. (And for all the beer, chilli chicken and laughs.)

And Junoo Simon, old friend and sty mate for all the fun times, and then for designing a knock-out cover!

And as always, this book wouldn’t be what it is were it not for V.K. Karthika, who shares my vision for every book I have written and with unflagging faith nurtures the light and passion.

Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, who with quiet and great efficiency saw the book through to its final form.

Camilla Ferrier and the team at The Marsh Agency for their sustained support.

Mini Kuruvilla for continued back-up.

Sukhita Aiyer, Madhu Ambat, Sumentha and Franklin Bell, Francesca Diano, Leela Kalyanraman, Gita Krishnankutty, Achuthan Kudallur, Carmen Lavin, Dimpy and Suresh Menon, S. Prasannarajan, Rajesh M.B., Sunita Shankar, Abhijeet Shetty, Navtej Singh, Rajani Sunil, Jayapriya Vasudevan and Patrick Wilson – friends who make most days so much easier to deal with in countless ways.

The cornerstones of my life: my parents, Soumini and Bhaskaran; and Unni, Maitreya and Sugar for being there for me. Always.