"On the surface a book about a bus journey, THE BUS STOPPED is a novel that reflects deeply into the nature and circumstances of human mobility in our modern, unforgiving world." - Siddhartha Deb in OUTLOOK.

"Khair manages to carry of his tale, or rather tales, with something close to aplomb. In the hands of a less gifted or less sensitive writer, the device [of connecting a number of stories through a bus ride] can easily look contrived, and fail to work. But Khair makes it work; he manages to be funny and irreverent, serious and compassionate in turn." - Shiv K. Kumar in THE HINDU

"There is much to enjoy here...the twist at the end is hilarious. Khair's talent is as a miniaturist." - Fiona Hook in THE TIMES

"It's a fine work: short, sweet and brutal." - James Smart in the SUNDAY HERALD

"A lyrical journey through small-town India." -- THE INDEPENDENT

"...allows stories to emerge with immediacy and leisure, with abrupt shafts of humour..." - THE GUARDIAN