A Book A Day - A Literary Podcast from India

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou | Bookcast #47 23.01.2021 2:23 ↓

I recite this passionate poem by Maya Angelou.

The Kerala Story by Shashi Tharoor | Bookcast #46 21.01.2021 12:14 ↓

In this episode, I read out some excerpts from Shashi Tharoor's book India: From Midnight to the Millenium.

We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar | Bookcast #45 18.01.2021 1:13 ↓

I recite this poem on The Mask. Not the ones we are wearing during the pandemic but the ones we have been wearing all alone.

Introduction to The Theory of Evolution | Bookcast #44 17.01.2021 17:23 ↓

It's a good idea to discuss some really good ideas out there. Which is exactly what I am doing in this podcast.

Arthur Schopenhauer on Authorship | Bookcast #43 15.01.2021 18:59 ↓

Schopenhauer's perspective on writers and authors is quite interesting. Here I narrate one of essays on the subject.

I Travelled Among Unknown Men by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH | Bookcast #42 14.01.2021 2:18 ↓

I recite this famous poem from an English poet.

A Journey Around My Room by Xavier de Maistre | Bookcast #41 13.01.2021 8:42 ↓

In this episode, I read out a passage from an 18th century book which can help you survive a quarantine.

I Sit Beside the Fire and Think by JRR Tolkien | Bookcast #40 12.01.2021 1:28 ↓

I recite this poem remembering Bilbo Baggins and the poet Tolkien himself.

How to Write a (Humorous) Story by Mark Twain | Bookcast #39 12.01.2021 6:19 ↓

Mark Twain, perhaps the greatest humourist to have ever lived, also wrote on writing humour. I read from his writings.

Stationary Point by Pablo Nerudo | Bookcast #38 11.01.2021 1:33 ↓

I recite the English translation of a Nobel-prize winning poem from Pablo Neruda. It is called "Stationary Point” and was published in Voyages and Homecomings, 1959, in Spanish.

Jonas Jonasson on Donald Trump | Bookcast #37 10.01.2021 9:39 ↓

Jonas Jonasson's comic novel The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred Year Old Man covers some of today's world politics. I read a passage from the novel.

You're by Sylvia Plath | Bookcast #36 10.01.2021 1:26 ↓

I recite this short and beautiful poem by Sylvia Plath.

Malgudi Days by RK Narayan | Bookcast #35 09.01.2021 18:54 ↓

Let's visit a small fictional town in India called Malgudi.

O Me O Life by Walt Whitman | Bookcast #34 07.01.2021 1:14 ↓

Reciting this beautiful poem from Walt Whitman.

Invictus by William Ernest Henley | Bookcast #33 06.01.2021 1:04 ↓

A poem that never gets old.

How to Get Published in India | Bookcast #32 06.01.2021 10:48 ↓

Meghna Pant's new book tries to answer this age old question: how does one publish a book in India?

January by Ruskin Bond | Bookcast #31 05.01.2021 6:24 ↓

How the life is like in January -- from the notebook of Ruskin Bond.

Introduction to Buddhism | Bookcast #30 05.01.2021 11:09 ↓

Let's talk about Buddhism.

Introduction to Jainism | Bookcast #29 04.01.2021 12:47 ↓

Let's learn about Jainism or Jain Dharma.

If by Rudyard Kipling | Bookcast #28 04.01.2021 2:23 ↓

Narrating this famous poem in this podcast.

Books Banned in Pakistan | Bookcast #27 03.01.2021 10:56 ↓

The list of books banned in Pakistan is really long. I try to give you some idea about it in this short podcast.

On Lying in Bed by GK Chesterton | Bookcast #26 02.01.2021 11:38 ↓

GK Chesterton wrote some beautiful essays in his lifetime. It would be unfair to not share them. I will bring more essays in the coming podcasts.

Manto: Why I Write | Bookcast #25 01.01.2021 5:35 ↓

I bring you the essay written by Saadat Hasan Manto. It's called Why I Write.

George Orwell: Why I Write | Bookcast #24 31.12.2020 6:31 ↓

From the pages of George Orwell's famous essay Why I Write.

December by Ruskin Bond | Bookcast #23 30.12.2020 7:38 ↓

From now on, every month I will bring a passage from Ruskin Bond's writing journals.