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Books and Authors — 347 episodes
The Road to Zanskar
Slow and steady wins the race
The quiet pull of the Pune police procedural
A return to the land
Using stick figures to demolish dubious politics, doublespeak and more
A fight against forgetting
A people willing to sacrifice their lives to save nature
Jewellery: Of ornamentation and adornment
Tatti tales: The things you can learn from animal poop
From poffertjes to perad and pepper water
Reading, writing, rocking
On journeying through life
Space operas, dystopias, and the perfect worlds of the far future
Train through India
Irony, 'influenza', and Internet mythology in contemporary India
Jagat Murari & the FTII: art, argument and institution building in young India
On the multi-storeyed tower with no staircase and no entrance
Things that go bump...
Going with the mighty flow
Fraud, fear and loathing from Jamtara to Sihanoukville
The ache of a phantom limb
Grip of a godman
Stories from the Seven Sisters+1
On the record
A desi love story: adventures with Indies
Of birds, bees and educated fleas
Hymn to Hanuman
Following her own beat
Brayed of tongue
Of public chaos and amateur Indians stranded on islands of privilege
Of Hawa Hawai and writing for his life
Homage to the fruit of the gods
Awe-inspiring ophiolatry
The Hymn to Nikkal, Einstein's violin, musical space odysseys and beyond
Of promises broken over centuries
Of anda halwa, taar gosht and more
Only connect
Much food for thought
The original mother of many tongues
Of raab, kadhi and more
Of unforgettable soundtracks and an emotional core
Greed, greenwashing, and the perils of convenience
Remembering not to forget
Of trances, theta states, and shamans
Of spiritual churning and identity umbrellas
Company Painting: A transformative moment in Indian art
Sojourn in South Korea: In the land of the morning calm
Of Bakharwals, Jonangis and more
Intrepid Americans in India
Delhi underbelly
Barking up the right tree
Delhi; tales of a city with multiple pasts
A sampling of some of the best Indian short fiction
The incredible story of the most successful escape of WW2
Exploring the multiple layers of truth
The power of absence to shape the world
Breaking up is hard to do
The power and the glory
Battling alternate reality
Of flying yoginis, Trojan elephants, and kings who ghost their girlfriends
Tibetans: From Lhasa to Dharamsala and the wider world
In the land of the lotus eaters
Cosy Delhi crime
Cuba: Will the revolution endure?
Indian ink
Identity, consumerism and the Indian middle class
The man who thought with his eyes
A taste of heaven on the street
Recipes from Jahangir and Nur Jahan's kitchen
Speaking in many tongues
Terrorists, tawaifs and secret superstars
Theyyam: Parapsychology, Paradox and Folk Belief
An extraordinary intellect
Video Ga Ga: Excavating a forgotten cultural moment
The Less Remembered Bits of Modern India’s Origin Story
Fan Favourite | Medieval Dynasties of Southern India
Of belief and belonging
Inspirational flashback to the golden era of Hindi cinema
All about the sumptuous Onam sadhya
Of insiders, outsiders, and insiders outside!
Fantastic tales about trees
The Millennial Hero Complex and other stories
Of khichdi, kheer and khayali pulao: Tales of Indian food
The Great Nicobar Island Project: Staring at Certain Disaster
Finding Moments of Tenderness in a Conflicted City
Mango Nation; On India's Favorite Fruit
Crossing Borders
Of Jaws 3, Rat Curry and Diamonds on Snake Heads
Masala Chai Magic and More
Women, Dalits and Contextualizing the Manusmriti
The social and cultural evolution of the Indian Foreign Service
Of guilt lit and suffocation by morality
Not a fraction but a whole
Of rose beds and avenues lined with amaltas
Magnetic women, Oxbeas accents, and 1980s Bombay and Delhi
A promoter and a patron
The story of a family; the story of a nation
Of rasa, Raja Ravi Varma, and Raza
Different stories about India
Of passportism and pseudiscovery
Refreshing retellings of traditional tales
On the complex Indian village
No last words in history
A word to the wise
Of carpets and memories
Sex and the Indian woman: It's complicated
Big tech, profit, loss, and AI
Detective fiction and the search for justice
By hook or by book
A Himalayan feast
Birds, bees, blinding fog and scorching sunshine
Journey to the End of the Empire
Keepers of the sacred fire
The mad genius within the flawed cop
The good poets society
Lessons from Rajasthan's camel herders
The trajectories of Buddhism in modern India
The stuff of food fantasies
The battle for your mind
14 Historic Walks of Delhi
The West, Indian gurus and the search for Enlightenment
A glimpse of the world behind bars
Doing heuristics & showing chutzpah
A taste of heaven on the street
Cutting for stone; the jali in India
Scents and sensibility
On women who have broadened our understanding of the natural world
Change and fluidity in rural India
Wounded by the Word
On the cusp of change
On chanelling Anandibai
The secular fundamentalist
Shaping India's Leadership
Borders of Diversity
The unflinching gaze
Change starts with mothers
Much food for thought
"Koi hai? Who's there?"
Dancing for her life
Seaweed as humanity's saviour
From the tiny shrew to the giant elephant
Of mistaken identity and police excess
The great contributions of tawaifs and devdasis
Swede dreams of masala dosa and wada sambar
Why cheetahs aren't exotic aliens - The Story of India's Cheetahs
Even Google maps can't beat this 1847 map of Shahjahanabad!
Aasheesh Pittie talk about the pleasures of birds and birdwatching
"The Panchatantra's animals are actually humans wearing animal masks" - Meena Arora Nayak
Charmaine O'Brien - "Women have been maintaining India's food culture forever!"
Books & Authors podcast with Ashok Gopal, author, 'A Part Apart; The Life and Thought of BR Ambedkar'
Books & Authors podcast with Anirudha Bhattacharjee, author, 'Basu Chatterji and Middle of the Road Cinema'
Books & Authors podcast with Avijit Ghosh, author, 'When Ardh Satya Met Himmatwala'
Books & Authors podcast with Aashima Dogra, co-author, Lab Hopping
Books & Authors podcast with Sudeshna Guha, author, A History of India Through 75 Objects
Books & Authors podcast with Srinath Rao, author, Meow Meow; The Incredible True Story of Baby Patankar
Books & Authors podcast with Sam Miller, author, Migrants; The Story of Us All
Books & Authors podcast with Rahaab Allana, editor, Unframed
Books & Authors podcast with Swapna Liddle, author, The Broken Script; Delhi Under the East India Company
Books & Authors podcast with Umesh Gaur, whose art collection is the subject of Paper Trails
Books and Authors podcast with Sara Rai, author, Raw Umber
Books and Authors podcast with Pratibha Karan, author, The Book of Dals
Books & Authors podcast with Colleen Taylor Sen, author, Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty
Books & Authors podcast with Ruth Harris, author, Guru to the World; the LIfe and Legacy of Vivekananda
Books & Authors podcast with Annapurna Garimella, editor, The Long Arc of South Asian Art
Books & Authors podcast with Andrew Quilty, author, August in Kabul
Books & Authors podcast with Nilosree Biswas, author, Calcutta On Your Plate
Books & Authors podcast with Jitendra Dixit, author, Bombay After Ayodhya
Books & Authors podcast with Abhay K, editor, The Book of Bihari Literature
Books & Authors podcast with Nandita Iyer, author, The Great Indian Thali
Books & Authors podcast with Manohar Shetty, Editor, The Greatest Goan Stories Ever Told
Books & Authors podcast with Anirudha Bhattacharjee, coauthor Kishore Kumar; The Ultimate Biography
Books & Authors podcast with V Sudarshan, author, Tuticorin; Adventures in Tamil Nadu's Crime Capital
Books & Authors podcast with Kavery Nambisan, author, Cherry Red Cherry Black; The Story of Coffee in India
Books & Authors podcast with Aparajita Datta, co editor, At the Feet of Living Things
Books & Authors podcast with Jubanashwa Mishra, author, 28 Jobs, 28 Weeks, 28 States
Books & Authors podcast with Nilakantan RS, author, South vs North; India's Great Divide
Books & Authors podcast with Ravindra Rathee, author, True To Their Salt
Books & Authors podcast with Bibek Debroy, author Inked in India
Books & Authors with Dr Ekta Chaudhary, author, Garden Up
Books & Authors with Renuka Narayanan, author, Learning from Loss
Books & Authors with Vaibhav Purandare, author, Shivaji, India's Great Warrior King
Books & Authors with Saaz Aggarwal, author, Losing Home; Finding Home
Books & Authors podcast with Pravin Sawhney, author, The Last War
Books & Authors podcast with Dr Pallavi Joshi, author, Fast but Lost; Overcoming Depression in City Life
Books and Authors podcast with Meeti Shroff-Shah, author, The Death of Kirti Kadakia
Books & Authors podcast with Kubbra Sait, author, Open Book
Books & Authors podcast with Rajeev Shukla, politician, journalist and author, Scars of 1947: Real Partition Stories
Books & Authors podcast with Deepti Naval, actor and author, A Country Called Childhood; A Memoir
Books & Authors podcast with Simon Lamouret, author, The Alcazar
Books&Authors podcast Anita Bhogle, author, Equal yet Different
Books&Authors podcast with Meena Arora Nayak, author, Adbhut; Marvellous Creatures of Indian Myth and Folklore
Books and Authors podcast with Vidya Krishnan, author, Phantom Plague
Books & Authors podcast with Nasreen Rehman, translator, The Collected Stories of Saadat Hasan Manto
Books& Authors podcast with Seema Chishti, author, Sumitra and Anees
Books & Authors podcast with Aanchal Malhotra, author, In the Language of Remembering
Books & Authors podcast with Vijay Mahajan, author, Digital Leapfrogs
Books & Authors podcast with Jeet Thayil, editor, The Penguin Book of Indian Poets
Books and Authors podcast with Parvati Sharma, author, Akbar of Hindustan
Books & Authors podcast with Parul Dave Mukherji, co-editor, 20th Century Indian Art
Books & Authors podcast with Siddharth Sonkar, author, What Privacy Means
Books And Authors podcast with Satyabrata Rout, author, Scenography; An Indian Perspective
Books and Authors podcast with Nikhil Menon, author, Planning Democracy
Books and Authors podcast with Pallavi Nigam Sahay, author A Sip in Time
Books and Authors podcast with Nasreen Munni Kabir, author, Lata Mangeshkar... In Her Own Voice
Books and Authors podcast with Kavery Nambisan, author, A Luxury Called Health
Books & Authors podcast with Aloke Lal, author, Murder in the Bylanes
Books & Authors with Tanuj Bhojwani, author, The Art of Bitfulness
Books & Authors with GN Devy, author Mahabharata; The Epic and the Nation
Books & Authors with Anirudh Kanisetti, author, Lords of the Deccan
Books & Authors podcast with Rahul Rawail, author, Raj Kapoor: The Master at Work
Books & Authors podcast with Nalin Mehta, author, The New BJP
Books & Authors podcast with Sagarika Ghose, author of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Books & Authors podcast with Anupama Chopra, author, A Place in my Heart
Books & Authors podcast with Manash Ghosh, author, Bangladesh War; Report from Ground Zero
Books & Authors podcast with Rukmini S, author, Whole Numbers and Half Truths
Books & Authors podcast with with Adrija Roychowdhury, author, Delhi, in Thy Name
Books & Authors podcast with Pranay Lal, author, Invisible Empire; The Natural History of Viruses
Books & Authors with with Ramya Ramamurthy, author, Branded In History
Books & Authors with Neema Shah, author, Kololo Hill
Books & Authors with Farhad Dadyburjor, author, The Other Man
Books & Authors with Tarun K Saint, editor, the Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Volume 2
Books & Authors with Mytheli Sreenivas, author, Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India
Books & Authors with Jyotirmaya Sharma, author of Elusive Non-Violence; The Making and Unmaking of Gandhi's Religion of Ahimsa
Books & Authors with Upinder Singh, author of Ancient India; Culture of Contradictions
Books & Authors with Sid Mallya, author of If I'm Honest; A Memoir of My Mental Health Journey
Books & Authors with Rajesh Kasturirangan, authors of Who Are We? An Enquiry Into The Indian Mind...
Books & Authors with Martyn Rix, author, Indian Botanical Art; An Illustrated History
Books & Authors podcast with Ruth Vanita, who has translated Mahadevi Varma's My Family
Books & Authors with Vaibhav Purandare, author of Hitler and India; The Untold Story of His Hatred for the country & Its People
Books & Authors with Akash Kapur, author of Better to have gone; Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville
Books & Authors with Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai, author of The Owl Delivered The Good News All Night
Books & Authors with with Coomi Kapoor, author of The Tatas, Freddiw Mercury & Other Bawas; An Intimate History of the Parsis
Books & Authors with Vikram Sampath, author, Savarkar; A Contested Legacy 1924-1966
Books & Authors with Pallavi Aiyar, author of Orienting; An Indian in Japan
Books & Authors with Vidya Dehejia, author of India: A Story Through 100 Objects
Books & Authors with Ritu Menon, author of Zohra! A Biography in Four Acts
Books and Authors podcast with L Somi Roy, author of And That Is Why; Manipuri Myths Retold
Books and Authors with Kanti Bajpai, author of 'India Versus China : Why They Are Not Friends
Books & Authors with Aditya Gupta, author of 7 Lessons from Everest
Books & Authors with Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland; How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
Books & Authors with Vijay Gokhale, author, Tiananmen Square; The Making of a Protest | Part 2
Books & Authors with Vijay Gokhale, author, Tiananmen Square; The Making of a Protest | Part 1
Books & Authors with Yatindra Mishra, editor of Akhtari; The Life and Music of Begum Akhtar | Part 2
Books & Authors with Yatindra Mishra, editor of Akhtari; The Life and Music of Begum Akhtar | Part 1
Books & Authors with Esther David, author of Bene Appetit; The Cuisine of Indian Jews | Part 2
Books & Authors with Esther David, author of Bene Appetit; The Cuisine of Indian Jews | Part 1
Books & Authors with Samrat Choudhury, author of The Braided River; A Journey Along the Brahmaputra | Part 2
Books & Authors with Samrat Choudhury, author of The Braided River; A Journey Along the Brahmaputra | Part 1
Books & Authors with Vaasanthi, author of Rajinikanth; A Life | Part-2
Books & Authors with Vaasanthi, author of Rajinikanth; A Life | Part-1
Books & Authors with Kabir Bedi, author of Stories I Must Tell | Part-2
Books & Authors with Kabir Bedi, author of Stories I Must Tell | Part-1
Books & Authors with Indranee Ghosh, authorof Spiced, Smoked, Pickled, Preserved | Part-2
Books & Authors with Indranee Ghosh, authorof Spiced, Smoked, Pickled, Preserved | Part-1
Books & Authors with Amit Chaudhuri, author of 'Finding the Raga; An Improvisation on Indian Music' | Part-2
Books & Authors with Amit Chaudhuri, author of 'Finding the Raga; An Improvisation on Indian Music' | Part-1
Books & Authors with Ritu Menon, author of Address Book; A Publishing Memoir in the time of covid | Part-2
Books & Authors with Ritu Menon, author of Address Book; A Publishing Memoir in the time of covid | Part-1
Books & Authors with Sanjay Gubbi, author of Leopard Diaries; The Rosette in India | Part-2
Books & Authors with Sanjay Gubbi, author of Leopard Diaries; The Rosette in India | Part-1
Books & Authors with Trisha Bora, author of How Not to Kill Your House Plants | Part-2
Books & Authors with Trisha Bora, author of How Not to Kill Your House Plants | Part-1
Books & Authors with Damon Centola, author of Change; How to Make Big Things Happen | Part-2
Books & Authors with Damon Centola, author of Change; How to Make Big Things Happen | Part-1
71: Books & Authors with Anuja Chauhan, author of Club You to Death | Part-2
70: Books & Authors with Anuja Chauhan, author of Club You to Death | Part-1
69: Books & Authors with Jahnavi Misra, author of The Punished; Stories of Death Row Prisoners in India | PART-2
68: Books & Authors with Jahnavi Misra, author of The Punished; Stories of Death Row Prisoners in India | PART-1
67: Books & Authors with Neha Sinha, author of Wild and Wilful; Tales of 15 Iconic Indian Species | PART-2
66: Books & Authors with Neha Sinha, author of Wild and Wilful; Tales of 15 Iconic Indian Species | PART-1
65: Books & Authors with Sunita Dwivedi, author of Buddha in Gandhara | PART-2
65: Books & Authors with Sunita Dwivedi, author of Buddha in Gandhara | PART-1
64: Books & Authors with Aniruddha Bahal, author of A Taste for Trouble; Memories from Another Time | PART-2
64: Books & Authors with Aniruddha Bahal, author of A Taste for Trouble; Memories from Another Time | PART-1
63: Books & Authors with Yashaswini Chandra, author of The Tale of the Horse; A History of India on Horseback | PART-2
62: Books & Authors with Yashaswini Chandra, author of The Tale of the Horse; A History of India on Horseback | PART-1
61: Books & Authors podcast with Saaz Aggarwal, editor of 'Sindhi Tapestry; Reflections on the Sindhi Identity' | Part-2
60: Books & Authors podcast with Saaz Aggarwal, editor of 'Sindhi Tapestry; Reflections on the Sindhi Identity' | Part-1
59: Books & Authors podcast with Yasser Usman, author of Guru Dutt; An Unfinished Story | Part-2
58: Books & Authors podcast with Yasser Usman, author of Guru Dutt; An Unfinished Story | Part-1
57: Books & Authors with Vinay Sitapati, author of Jugalbandi; The BJP Before Modi | Part-2
56: Books & Authors with Vinay Sitapati, author of Jugalbandi; The BJP Before Modi | Part-1
55: Books & Authors with Sai Paranjpye, author of A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life | Part-2
54: Books & Authors with Sai Paranjpye, author of A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life | Part-1
53: Books & Authors podcast with Shoba Narayan, author of Food & Faith | Part-2
52: Books & Authors podcast with Shoba Narayan, author of Food & Faith | Part-1
51: Books & Authors podcast with Tim I Gurung, author of Ayo Gorkhali; A History of the Gurkhas | Part-2
50: Books & Authors podcast with Tim I Gurung, author of Ayo Gorkhali; A History of the Gurkhas | Part-1
49: Books & Authors podcast with Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi, author of Loss | Part-2
48: Books & Authors podcast with Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi, author of Loss | Part-1
47: Books & Authors with Arshia Sattar, who has retold the Mahabharata for Children | Part-2
46: Books & Authors with Arshia Sattar, who has retold the Mahabharata for Children | Part-1
45: Books & Authors podcast with Rujuta Diwekar, author of Eating in the Age of Dieting | Part-2
44: Books & Authors podcast with Rujuta Diwekar, author of Eating in the Age of Dieting | Part-1
43: Books and Authors with Amandeep Sandhu, author of Panjab; Journeys Through Fault Lines | Part-2
42: Books and Authors with Amandeep Sandhu, author of Panjab; Journeys Through Fault Lines | Part-1
41: Books and Authors with Ananth Krishnan, author of India's China Challenge। Part-II
41: Books and Authors with Ananth Krishnan, author of India's China Challenge। Part-I
40: Books & Authors with RK Raghavan author of A Road Well Travelled; An Autobiography। Part-II
40: Books & Authors with RK Raghavan author of A Road Well Travelled; An Autobiography। Part-I
39: Heart-to-heart with Manjiri Indurkar, author of 'It's All In Your Head, M'। Part-II
39: Heart-to-heart with Manjiri Indurkar, author of 'It's All In Your Head, M'। Part-I
38: Chetan Bhagat on his book 'One Arranged Murder' | Part-2
37: Chetan Bhagat on his book 'One Arranged Murder' | Part-1
36: In conversation with Luc Leruth, co-author of 'Rumble in a Village' | Part-2
35: In conversation with Luc Leruth, co-author of 'Rumble in a Village' | Part-1
34: In conversation with Aparna Karthikeyan author of "Woof! : Adventures by the sea" | Part 2
34: In conversation with Aparna Karthikeyan author of "Woof! : Adventures by the sea" | Part 1
33: In conversation with Puja Changoiwala, author of 'Gangster on the Run' | Part 2
33: In conversation with Puja Changoiwala, author of 'Gangster on the Run' | Part 1
32: In conversation with Shylashri Shankar, the author of Turmeric Nation; A Passage Through India's Tastes | Part 1
32: In conversation with Shylashri Shankar, the author of Turmeric Nation; A Passage Through India's Tastes | Part 2
31: In conversation with Parmesh Shahani on his new book, Queeristan Part 2
31: In conversation with Parmesh Shahani on his new book, Queeristan Part 1
30: Part 2 | In conversation with Ashutosh Bharadwaj on his new book, The Death Script: Dreams and Delusions in Naxal Country
30: Part 1 | In conversation with Ashutosh Bharadwaj on his new book, The Death Script: Dreams and Delusions in Naxal Country
29: Part 2 | In conversation with Janaki Lenin on her new book, Every Creature Has a Story- What Science Reveals about Animal Behaviour
29: Part 1 | In conversation with Janaki Lenin on her new book, Every Creature Has a Story- What Science Reveals about Animal Behaviour
27: Part 2 | In conversation with Farrukh Dhondy on his new book Rumi; A New Collection
28: Part 1 | In conversation with Farrukh Dhondy on his new book Rumi; A New Collection
26: In conversation with Dhruv Bogra, author of 'Away - Seven Real Adventures in the Wilderness' (Part 1)
25: In conversation with Dhruv Bogra, author of 'Away - Seven Real Adventures in the Wilderness' (Part 2)
24: In Conversation with Shobhaa De, author of 'Lockdown Liaisons' (Part 2)
24: In Conversation with Shobhaa De, author of 'Lockdown Liaisons' (Part 1)
23: Ravinder Bhogal, author of Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen
22: In conversation with Kavita Devgan, author of 'Fix It With Food'
21: In conversation with Akhil Katyal and Aditi Angiras, editors of " The World That Belongs To Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia" (Part-2)
20: In conversation with Akhil Katyal and Aditi Angiras, editors of "The World That Belongs To Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia" (Part-1)
19: In conversation with Ira Mukhoty, author of Akbar: The Great Mughal (Part-2)
18: In conversation with Ira Mukhoty, author of Akbar: The Great Mughal (Part-1)
17: TM Krishna, author of Sebastian & Sons (Part2).
16: TM Krishna, author of Sebastian & Sons (Part1).
15: Rajat Ubhaykar on his book 'Truck De India- A Hitchhiker's Guide to Hindustan' (Part-2)
14: Rajat Ubhaykar on his book 'Truck De India- A Hitchhiker's Guide to Hindustan' (Part-1)
13: In conversation with Sunil Gupta, Sunetra Choudhury on Black Warrant (Part-2)
12: In conversation with Sunil Gupta, Sunetra Choudhury on Black Warrant (Part-1)
11: In conversation with Shubha Mudgal (Part-2)
10: In conversation with Shubha Mudgal (Part-1)
9: In conversation with Namita Gokhale, author of Jaipur Journals
8: Amit Khanna on his new book Words, Sounds, Images
7: Books & Authors with Kaveree Bamzai, author of No Regrets
6: In conversation with music legend Usha Uthup at the JLF 2019- Throwback
5: Gandhi: The Years That Changed The World by Ramachandra Guha
4: The Untold Story of India's First Newspaper, Andrew Otis
3: Chidanand Rajghatta author of Gauri Lankesh and the Age of Unreason
2: Saba Naqvi, author, Shades of Saffron, talks about her tryst with gaumutra soap
1: Ira Mukhoty on her book, 'Daughters of the Sun'