Every day, we leave something behind— and every day, we return to something we thought we had let go. A love. A loss. A memory. A trauma. A friendship. A relationship. A city or a home. A life, even. A stone thrown in a pond is an intimate, deeply personal collection of essays and poems by fifteen critically acclaimed writers, each exploring the many registers of leaving, as well as the paradox that we never truly leave anything behind. These are reflections of uncommon depth and candour: on letting go, moving on, starting over. Because leaving is rarely simple... and sometimes, even impossible. Featuring geeta patel jerry pinto sabyn javeri stephen alter aamer hussein ritu menon adania shibli ranjit hoskote bulbul sharma anita anand chaitanya kalbag kshama kaul gagan gill manjula narayan arundhathi subramaniam