Revisiting the Past: On Regret, Reflection and Writing Complex Characters with Amitabha Bagchi

In this episode of The Reading List, author Amitabha Bagchi joins Aashna Malhotra to talk about "Unknown City", an epistolary novel that explores memory, emotional growth, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we’ve been.As his protagonist rereads decades of emails with the significant women in his life, Bagchi shares how fiction can become a space for personal reckoning, and how learning to listen, as a writer and a person, shaped his approach to character and plot.Whether you're drawn to layered storytelling or curious about how feedback can deepen your writing, this episode is full of insight, honesty, and inspiration.