In a time when fast-paced narratives dominate the literary landscape, How to Forget: A Book of Short Steps and Long Walks by renowned writer and editor Meera Ganapathi offers a quiet, powerful alternative. Known for her storytelling across fiction, essays, and digital media, Ganapathi now turns her lens inward to craft a meditative exploration of memory, loss, and healing.
Blending lyrical prose with grounded emotion, How to Forget is a quiet, intimate journey that unfolds through the act of walking. Each step becomes a means to make sense of absence, to process grief, and ultimately, to navigate the landscape of forgetting—not as a void, but as an act of self-reclamation.
Written in spare, lucid lines, the book invites readers to pause, reflect, and walk alongside the author through physical spaces and inner worlds. It is both deeply personal and universally resonant, especially for those who have struggled with the complexities of letting go.
Published by HarperCollins, How to Forget by Meera Ganapathi will be released on 4 June on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.
Meera Ganapathi is the founder of The Soup, a platform for alternative storytelling, and her previous writing has appeared in The Hindu, Scroll, and other leading publications. Her voice—gentle yet precise—has earned her a dedicated following. In this latest work, she offers a narrative that is less about instruction and more about presence.
Whether read in one sitting or revisited slowly over time, the book is a companion for anyone learning to live with what remains, and what must be left behind.