Chital Mehta’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Have You Seen Romit?

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Chital Mehta’s debut novel Have You Seen Romit? is a searing portrait of family and identity. R. O. Kwon wrote of the book: “A gripping, intensely moving portrayal of a woman whose ferocious love for her children ends up clashing with how others expect her to behave. I loved spending time with the rule-breaking Usha and with the complicated world Chital Mehta has conjured. Vivid, fresh, and resonant.” In her own words, here is Chital Mehta’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel Have You Seen Romit?: My novel, Have You Seen Romit? takes place in Southern India, where a middle-aged mother, Usha, goes looking for her missing son in the forests. Usha has never broken the…