PODCAST · history
Travelling Time With Books
by Kamini Gupta and Nidhi Mishra
A passion for literature, history and culture brings together two old IIM batchmates Kamini Gupta, Award-winning faculty at Kings Business School, London and Nidhi Mishra, Founder of Bookosmia(smell of books)-India's largest publisher 'for kids, by kids' as they read, analyse and discuss with the author, books of history that take us back in time. But more importantly, realizing that the past itself is not past. It constantly feeds into our present and shapes our future and hence the need to know it from the right sources.Traveling through the centuries is possible only in books and in this podcas.t #indianhistory #bookspodcast
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Lords of the Deccan- With Anirudh Kanisetti
Co-hosts Kamini Gupta and Nidhi Mishra talk with an award-winning history researcher and writer, Anirudh Kanisetti about his very well reviewed and acclaimed book Lords of the Deccan that caters to this massive unfulfilled need, bringing the deccan alive for us from the 6th century CE to the 12th century CE, allowing us a peek into the rise and fall of powerful rulers of the Chalukya, Pallava, Rashtrakuta and Chola dynasties, in all their splendor, action and glory.
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Feminism and Rashid Jahan , with Rakshanda Jalil
Kamini Gupta chats with from the acclaimed and prolific writer Rakshanda Jalil about the need for feminist writing broadly and Rakshanda's book A Rebel and Her Cause the Life and Work of Rashid Jahan.
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Urdu-Is the language Rest in Peace or Work in Progress, with author Rakshanda Jalil
Kamini Gupta and Nidhi Mishra hear from the acclaimed and prolific writer Rakshanda Jalil about the past, present and future of Urdu as a language, documented in her book But You Don't Look Like A Muslim, its status in Bollywood and pop culture and fleetingly about what it is like to work with Gulzar Sa'ab! Is Urdu a dying language? Listen in to reach your conclusion.
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Wanderers, Kings, Merchants- The story of India through it's languages -with author Peggy Mohan
Co-hosts Kamini Gupta and Nidhi Mishra talk with liguistic historian Peggy Mohan about how language goes much beyond being a tool for communication today. Through it's evolution, it informs us of the past. Listen in to know how if there is such a thing as purity of language and race, migration of the Indo- Aryans, early Sanskrit and it's mutation and unknown aspects of India's social history.
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Rebel Sultans with author Manu Pillai
Manu Pillai packs in 400 years of tumultous Deccan History in the fantastic book Rebel Sultans, giving us a much needed window to the this often and unfairly ignored pages in our history books. Listen in to how Manu's writing makes history palatable to the uninitiated and prepares us to be confronted by full civilizations of great antiquity and magnificence.
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A Dust Storm In Delhi- A book on Razia Sultan
Why do we want to forget Razia Sultan, the first and last female emperor of the Delhi Sultanate? Why do we not know enough of this phenomenal woman hero? Time to make amends. Catch up on Razia's dramatic life in this podcast.
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Tawaifnama- A rare account of the lives of tawaifs with author Saba Dewan
What can be more fun than reading a brilliant 600+ pages book? Discussing it with a good friend and finally getting to chat with the author! Kamini Gupta and I are really looking forward to our live podcast chat today on FLYX with the renowned author and documentary film-maker, Saba Dewan.
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A passion for literature, history and culture brings together two old IIM batchmates Kamini Gupta, Award-winning faculty at Kings Business School, London and Nidhi Mishra, Founder of Bookosmia(smell of books)-India's largest publisher 'for kids, by kids' as they read, analyse and discuss with the author, books of history that take us back in time. But more importantly, realizing that the past itself is not past. It constantly feeds into our present and shapes our future and hence the need to know it from the right sources.Traveling through the centuries is possible only in books and in this podcas.t #indianhistory #bookspodcast
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A passion for literature, history and culture brings together two old IIM batchmates Kamini Gupta, Award-winning faculty at Kings Business School, London and Nidhi Mishra, Founder of Bookosmia(smell of books)-India's largest publisher 'for kids, by kids' as they read, analyse and discuss with the...
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