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Mr Perumal Murugan is a renowned writer, scholar, and literary chronicler. He has authored 12 novels, ten of which have been translated into English, including the widely acclaimed One Part Woman , A Lonely Harvest , Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat , and Pyre . He has received several prestigious literary honors, including the Kiriyama Prize in 2005 and the JCB Prize for Literature in 2023....

Prof Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fates of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents. Prof Gurna is emeritus professor of English and post-colonial literatures at the University of Kent

Award-winning British novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls is the best-selling author of many books, most notably 'One Day' and 'Us'

Described as one of New Zealand's greatest living writers, the author discusses her forthcoming novel, The Book of Guilt, a compelling work of dystopian fiction

Dr Siobhan Lambert-Hurley is a cultural historian of modern South Asia with particular interests in women, gender and Islam. She has written on education, social and political organisations, Indian princely states, the culture of travel, missionaries, personal narratives, and most recently, food 

Ranjeet Pratap Singh is one of the founders and the CEO of Pratilipi, the largest Indian language storytelling platform across multiple formats, including online literature, audio stories, podcasts, comics, and traditional publishing. The online literature products have over 15 million stories whichare published in 12 Indian languages

Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author, known for his work as a staff writer at The New Yorker . He has authored five books, including the critically acclaimed Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty , which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in 2021. His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland won the...

Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author, known for his work as a staff writer at The New Yorker . He has authored five books, including the critically acclaimed Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty , which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in 2021. His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland won the...

Tan Twan Eng is an award-winning author born in Penang, Malaysia, who divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town. His debut novel, The Gift of Rain , was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007, while his second novel, The Garden of Evening Mists , was shortlisted for the same honor. The Garden of Evening Mists went on to win the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Walter Scott Prize in 2013...

Tan Twan Eng is an award-winning author born in Penang, Malaysia, who divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town. His debut novel, The Gift of Rain , was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007, while his second novel, The Garden of Evening Mists , was shortlisted for the same honor. The Garden of Evening Mists went on to win the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Walter Scott Prize in 2013...

Dr. Nalin Mehta is the Dean of the School of Modern Media at UPES and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. Previously, he served as the Executive Editor of The Times of India Online. Dr. Mehta is the author of five bestselling and critically acclaimed books. In the second part of this two-part conversation, Mehta discusses India’s di...

Dr. Nalin Mehta is the Dean of the School of Modern Media at UPES and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. Previously, he served as the Executive Editor of The Times of India Online. Dr. Mehta is the author of five bestselling and critically acclaimed books. In the first part of this two-part conversation, Mehta discusses India’s dig...

Santanu Bhattacharya is the author of One Small Voice , one of the Observer's Best Debut Novels of 2023. Bhattacharya studied at the University of Oxford and the National University of Singapore. He is the recipient of the 2023 Desmond Elliott Prize residency, the 2021 Mo Siewcharran Prize, the Life Writing Prize, and the London Writer's Prize. In this second part of a two-part conversatio...

Santanu Bhattacharya is the author of One Small Voice , one of the Observer's Best Debut Novels of 2023. Bhattacharya studied at the University of Oxford and the National University of Singapore. He is the recipient of the 2023 Desmond Elliott Prize residency, the 2021 Mo Siewcharran Prize, the Life Writing Prize, and the London Writer's Prize. In this first part of a two-part conversation, Bhatta...

Dr. Safiya Sinclair is the author of the acclaimed memoir How to Say Babylon , which has earned numerous accolades, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. It has been named one of the most notable books of the year by outlets like The New York Times, Washington Post, and Time Magazine, and was also featured in former US President Barack Obama's favorite books of 20...

Radhika Iyengar is an accomplished journalist and debut author of the book Fire on the Life Among the Dead in Banaras . A graduate of Columbia University, Radhika has garnered numerous accolades, including the prestigious Red Ink Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism. She is also a recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship. In this second part of a two-part conversation, Iyengar...

Radhika Iyengar is an accomplished journalist and debut author of the book Fire on the Life Among the Dead in Banaras . A graduate of Columbia University, Radhika has garnered numerous accolades, including the prestigious Red Ink Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism. She is also a recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship. In this first part of a two-part conversation, Iyengar d...

Paul Harding is the author of two novels centered around multiple generations of a New England family: Enon and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tinkers . Harding currently teaches at Stony Brook University. In this second part of a two-part conversation, we explore his latest novel, This Other Eden , a powerful and heartbreaking story that was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020.

Paul Harding is the author of two novels centered around multiple generations of a New England family: Enon and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tinkers . Harding currently teaches at Stony Brook University. In this first part of a two-part conversation, we explore his latest novel, This Other Eden , a powerful and heartbreaking story that was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020.

Dr. Sanjeev Singh is a distinguished journalist-turned-academic, currently serving as the Dean of Bennett University's Times School of Media. He has played a key role in the launch of several data-driven, interactive media properties, using data and video to cover significant events such as the Lok Sabha elections, Union Budgets, and various state assembly elections. In this second part of a t...

Dr. Sanjeev Singh is a distinguished journalist-turned-academic, currently serving as the Dean of Bennett University's Times School of Media. He has played a key role in the launch of several data-driven, interactive media properties, using data and video to cover significant events such as the Lok Sabha elections, Union Budgets, and various state assembly elections. In this first part of a two-pa...

Award-winning writer Laura Cumming has been the art critic of The Observer since 1999. Before that, she was arts editor of New Statesman, literary editor of The Listener, and arts producer at BBC

Nikesh Murali is an acclaimed author, as well as the writer, narrator, and producer of the critically acclaimed storytelling podcast, Indian Noir . His audio novel His Night Begins , praised for its terse action scenes and brutal energy, earned him widespread recognition and critical acclaim. The novel’s success led World Literature Today Journal to dub him the most hard-boiled of Indian crime wri...

Nikesh Murali is an acclaimed author, as well as the writer, narrator, and producer of the critically acclaimed storytelling podcast, Indian Noir . His audio novel His Night Begins , praised for its terse action scenes and brutal energy, earned him widespread recognition and critical acclaim. The novel’s success led World Literature Today Journal to dub him the most hard-boiled of Indian crime wri...

Paul Lynch is an award-winning Irish author known for his evocative storytelling and compelling prose. He won the Booker Prize in 2023 for his novel Prophet Song . In this conversation, Paul discusses how truly great books contain multiple layers that reveal themselves differently with each reading.