New Delhi, Dec 7 (PTI) A new book by writer Aatish Taseer has Sanskrit as the central metaphor and touches several issues like Ayodhya, 1984 riots and the Emergency.

"The Way Things Were" is a family saga set in Delhi amid the commotion of the last 40 years of Indian history.

Skanda's father Toby, the Maharaja of Kalasuryaketu who is a master of Sanskrit, has died, estranged from Toby?s mother and from the India he loved.