In Custody and Beyond: A Conversation with Anita Desai
https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_ETAN_623_0370--in-custody-and-beyond-a-conversation.htm
In this 2009 interview with Études anglaises, Anita Desai discusses In Custody in relation to her other works.
MOVIE REVIEW: 'In Custody' a Paean to a Dying Language
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-04-ca-53492-story.html
In his review of the 1993 film for the LA Times, critic Kevin Thomas describes the movie as loving and leisurely, very different in tone from the novel.