Books and Authors

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, In conversation with Ravinder Bhogal, regarding her upcoming new book, 'Jikoni'. She talks about her experience as an immigrant and how they have to adaptive of the food, as they cross so many landscapes. She says that this book is not just a recipe book but it's a book for immigrants who miss their own food in a new place. Learn more abou...

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Kavita Devgan, in regards to her upcoming new book, 'Fix It With Food'. This book gives knowledge regarding nutrition and how to acquire them from food? Tune in now  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Akhil Katyal and Aditi Angiras, editors of " The World That Belongs To Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia". The editors talk about the making of the book and how people from all walks of life came together to write it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times,  talks to Akhil Katyal and Aditi Angiras, editors of " The World That Belongs To Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia". The editors talk about the making of the book and how people from all walks of life came together to write it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing the conversation, Manjula Narayan talks to Ira Mukhoty, author of the book "Akbar: The Great Mughal". The author now unravels some lesser-known facts about the relationship of the king with his family members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Ira Mukhoty author of the book "Akbar: The Great Mughal". Listen in as the author talks about how the book delves deep into India's history from food, textiles, architecture, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TM Krishna's new book on mridangam makers highlights the central role of these dalit master craftspersons in Carnatic music, and examines the complex relationship they share with upper caste mridangam players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TM Krishna's new book on mridangam makers highlights the central role of these dalit master craftspersons in Carnatic music, and examines the complex relationship they share with upper caste mridangam players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dhaba food, blingy truck bodies, infernal heat, the generosity of truck drivers, and the ubiquity of corruption, Rajat Ubhaykar's book combines sociological and cultural insights with anecdote and reportage to give you a vivid picture of the lives of Indian truckers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dhaba food, blingy truck bodies, infernal heat, the generosity of truck drivers, and the ubiquity of corruption, Rajat Ubhaykar's book combines sociological and cultural insights with anecdote and reportage to give you a vivid picture of the lives of Indian truckers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing their conversation from the previous part, our guests talk about what is it like to witness a hanging? Was Ram Singh, one of the accused in the Nirbhaya case, murdered in prison? What were Afzal Guru's last moments like? Sunil Gupta, who worked at Tihar for 35 years, and journalist Sunetra Choudhury, who helped him put down his story, talk about their sensational book, Black Warrant. Le...

What is it like to witness a hanging? Was Ram Singh, one of the accused in the Nirbhaya case, murdered in prison?  What were Afzal Guru's last moments like? Sunil Gupta, who worked at Tihar for 35 years, and journalist Sunetra Choudhury, who helped him put down his story, talk about their sensational book, Black Warrant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Books And Authors with Manjula Narayan | Shubha Mudgal's Looking for Miss Sargam, a book of short stories about classical musicians, of 'music and misadventure', is both funny and full of pathos. Tune in to listen to the part-2 of the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Books And Authors with Manjula Narayan | Shubha Mudgal's Looking for Miss Sargam, a book of short stories about classical musicians, of 'music and misadventure', is both funny and full of pathos. Tune in to listen to the full interview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Namita Gokhale, director of the Jaipur Literature Festival, talks about her metafictional novel, Jaipur Journals, which looks at writers with both wicked humour and deep sympathy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amit Khanna, a film industry insider for six decades, who set up Reliance Entertainment and has worked across media, talks about Dev Anand, working with four generations of entertainment and media professionals, about Nehru's dictatorial side, and about the convergence of media and entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Farah Khan, who grew up in a tiny flat the size of her current living room carpet, offers insights in Kaveree Bamzai's book, No Regrets, as do Twinkle Khanna, Sania Mirza, and Smriti Irani, among others. Bamzai's guilt-free woman's guide to a good life tells us what NOT to do on everything from being a mother, to managing money, marriage, anger, and growing old. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Usha Uthup talks about being the voice of disco in India, her magical connect with the audience, singing in many different languages, and about the Samy Sisters, her older siblings who were famous in 60s Mumbai! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his latest book, Gandhi; The Years That Changed The World 1914-1948, Ramachandra Guha looks once more at one of the most revered and most controversial figures in modern Indian history. Here, he discusses why Gandhi continues to be relevant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fearless but flawed! James Hicky, editor of India's first newspaper, was passionate about freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and unafraid to take on even Warren Hastings, governor general of India. Author Andrew Otis, who spent five years researching Hicky’s life and work, talks about the man and his times, about the sorry condition of India’s priceless archives, and about how we are ess...

Growing anti-rationalism and hatred led to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Here, Chidanand Rajghatta, author of Gauri Lankesh and the Age of Unreason, talks about growing up in the era of Mandal and Masjid and the roots of the illiberalism that's threatening to engulf India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saba Naqvi’s eminently readable ‘Shades of Saffron’ combines straight reportage and in-depth analysis to present real insights into the rise of the BJP, which she has been covering since 1997. A first-person account of events as they happened that also goes deeper to examine the nature of our complex society, this book includes fascinating nuggets of information and great anecdotes too. Here, Naqv...

The author talks about the dynamic empresses, queens and begums of the Mughal Empire, who are the subject of her eminently readable new book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices