William Donaldson (The Independent)
Surinder K. Datta creates for his readers a symphony in character study in The Luminous Circle. I enjoyed this novel immensely because I found myself in tune with the musicality of the language he uses to conduct us on this absorbing journey.
David Watts (The Times)
Memories and dreams. Hallucinations and delusions. The all-consuming search for the absolute in relationships. A poetic, irreverent and intensely personal journey to grace and understanding through turmoil. A surreal look at relationships through its protagonists K, Mira, Sanjeev and Marie. A book brimming over with existentialist dilemmas, a surreal passage through life.
Sasha de Suinn (Harper & Queen)
A riveting psychodrama. A real page turner, which brings the trauma of partition vividly to life.
Mike McGrath (International Journalist)
A modern day epic in the style of Vladimir Nabokov — a stunning achievement
Yogendra Bali (Times of India)
Fascinating, disturbing, provocative and volcanic story of the traumas and tensions of contemporary humanity…Must-to-read novel for those starved for the new and the original in modern Indian English Literature…First one of its kind.
Namita Kohli (The Asian Age)
An attempt to widen the scope, the arena of human thought and psyche. The language cuts across gender barriers, as the author starts to explore and relate to the female psyche.