Things to Leave Behind
{{Short description|2016 novel by Namita Gokhale}}
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|release_date = July 2016
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Things to Leave Behind is a historical novel written by Namita Gokhale. It was published in 2016 by Penguin Random House India.{{Cite web |date=November 26, 2016 |first=Shreya Roy |last=Chowdhury |agency=TNN |title=Namita Gokhale talks about her novel Things to Leave Behind at Times Lit Fest 2016 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/litfest/litfest-delhi/news/-namita-gokhale-talks-about-her-novel-things-to-leave-behind-at-times-lit-fest-2016/articleshow/55636730.cms |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jalil |first=Rakhshanda |title=Namita Gokhale’s new novel of the Himalayas reminds us that history cannot be separated from fiction |url=http://scroll.in/article/824308/namita-gokhales-new-novel-of-the-himalayas-reminds-us-that-history-cannot-be-separated-from-fiction |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}
Reception
The Hindustan Times wrote in a review "Gokhale’s narrative is carefully researched and the events leading up to 1857 and shortly after deftly presented, human interest and suspense mingling with factual chronology."{{Cite web |date=2017-03-14 |title=Shrugging off convention; Namita Gokhale’s Things to Leave Behind |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/shrugging-off-convention-review-of-things-to-leave-behind-by-namita-gokhale/story-bjdSkesTF3EBpnhferPE3N.html |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
The Free Press Journal wrote in a review "Ms. Gokhale did some deep and pretty thorough research of the territory, its period in history, its people and their belief in caste, religion and customs."{{Cite web |title=Things To Leave Behind : Review |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-reviews/things-to-leave-behind-by-namita-gokhale |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}
The Hindu wrote in a review "Desire and asceticism are two opposing forces that power Namita Gokhale’s latest novel Things To Leave Behind."{{Cite news |last=Doshi |first=Tishani |date=2017-03-04 |title=Tishani Doshi reviews Things to Leave Behind by Namita Gokhale |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/myth-and-memory-from-kumaon/article17407061.ece |access-date=2022-08-24 |issn=0971-751X}}