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Welcome to India’s No. 1 book podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover the stories behind some of the best-written books of our time. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, and insecurities to publishing journeys. And how these books shape our lives and worldview today.
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8.24 Roopa Kudva: The Anti-Formula Leader; Write Your Own Playbook!
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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8.23 Amish Tripathi: The Day-to-Day of a Bestselling Author
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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8.22 Apekshit Khare: Guess What? You Actually Do Have Time!
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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8.21 Volga & Purnima: On Why Mythological Women Deserve More
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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8.20 Gardiner Harris: On The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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8.19 Pushkar Anand: You're Manifesting All Wrong (And Here's Why)
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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8.18 Tarini Mohan: On the Changes We Choose, and the Ones We Don’t
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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8.17 Daisy Rockwell: On Ghosts, Secrets, and the Stories That Haunt Us
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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8.16 Sanjena Sathian: On the Illusion of Choice and Motherhood
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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8.15 Shikhar Goyal: On Writing Love, Obsession, and the Road to Publication
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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8.14 Tara & Michelle: Goodbye Michelle!
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Re-release. Devashish & Nidhi: Enter The Psyche Of Indian Psychological Thrillers
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Re-release. Abhishek Anicca: Disability, Desire, and Dating
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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8.13 Reenita Hora: On Fiction as a Weapon Against Forgetting
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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8.12 Dr. Samir Parikh & Divya Jain: Why Mental Fitness Wins the Game
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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8.11 Manasi Chaudhari: Are You Legally Protected, Or Just Hoping for the Best?
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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8.10 Yuvan Aves: On Losing Nature and Learning to Care
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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8.9 Bhawana Somaaya: What Partition Stole, and Writing Restored
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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8.8 Bhavika Govil: On Growing Up, Growing Apart, and Grieving Secrets
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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8.7 Ankush Datar: On Health and Wealth; Two Goals, One Answer
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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8.6 Gowri Ramnarayan & Kamlakar Bhat: On Why South Indian Lit Should Be Your Next Obsession
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May 27, 2025 |
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8.5 Sanjana Ramachandran: Turning 90s Chaos into Literary Gold
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May 20, 2025 |
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8.4 Jennifer Sundberg: How Smart Teams End Up Doing Dumb Things
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May 13, 2025 |
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8.3 Tara & Michelle: Can You Love a Book But Hate the Author?
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May 06, 2025 |
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8.2 Puneet Sikka and Nayantara Alva: Finding Love In Unexpected Places, Two New Coming of Age Stories
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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8.1 Atharva Pandit: On Fictionalising Crime Without Compromising Truth
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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7.16 Ministhy S & Arunava Sinha: Leaping Out Of A Page - Translation is More Than Putting Pen to Paper
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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7.15 Anisha Lalvani: Love, Crime, and Coming of Age in Noida
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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7.14 Saania Saxena: Friendships, Crushes and Growing Up
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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7.13 Prayaag Akbar: Love, Social Media, Class Struggles in Delhi’s Urban Chaos
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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7.12 Ram and Ammar: Exploring Identity, Migration, and Mystery in Fiction
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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7.11 Sriram Devatha: How Did an Indian Whiskey Brand find Global Market?
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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7.10 Dr. Ramchandra Guha: What Can We Learn from India's Environmental Heroes?
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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7.9 K. Hari Kumar: Oracles, Daivas, and Spirit Worship in Tulu Nadu
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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7.8 Dharini & Rupleena: Interfaith Romance, Identity and Coming-of-age Stories of Women in India
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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7.7 Manjiri Prabhu: Unraveling Secrets and Mysteries in Portugal’s Wine Country
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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7.6 Abhishek Anicca: Disability, Desire, and Dating
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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7.5 Priyanka Pathak Narain: A Treasure, A Secret, and India’s Mystical History
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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7.4 Laksh & Ashish: The Creative Duo Behind a Unique Myth-Fantasy Fusion
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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7.3 Ravi Wazir: A No-nonsense Roadmap to Becoming a Restaurateur in India
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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7.2 Minakshi Dewan: How Does India Mourn Its Dead?
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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7.1 Tara & Michelle: Why Are Books By Indian Influencers On the Rise?
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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6.25 Nitin & Nirmalya: Business Wars, Data Paradoxes, and the HiPPO Effect
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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6.24 Mitali Mukherjee: Why is India Falling for Crypto Scams?
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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6.23 Gigi Ganguly: A World Where Clouds, Crows and Cocoons Are One
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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6.22 Liz Nugent: The Secret to Award-Winning Irish Crime Thrillers
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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6.21 Vibha Kagzi: Cracking the Code to MBA Admissions With the Best
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May 28, 2024 |
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6.20 Aparna Sanyal: A Descent Into the Mind's Torture Chambers
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May 21, 2024 |
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6.19 Anita Mani: Meet India's Brilliant Women Wildlife Conservationists
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May 14, 2024 |
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6.18 Appupen & Laurent: What If AI Falls Into The Wrong Hands?
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May 07, 2024 |
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6.17 Shinie Antony: Meet Lilith - Adam's First Wife, Or Demon Who Devours Babies?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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6.16 Anand Neelakantan: Should You Be Evil To Succeed In Modern Times?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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6.15 Ankur Warikoo: His Take On Marketing, Money, And Writing Books
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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6.14 Tarun Saint: On Handpicking The Best Detectives From All Over India
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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6.13 Manjula Padmanabhan: Meet The Woman Who's A Taxi Driver In Delhi
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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6.12 Aisha and Shasvathi: The Real Reason Behind South Asia's <1% Divorce Rate
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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6.11 Bhaskar Roy: Witnessing The Horrors Of Post-Independence India As A Child
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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6.10 Santanu Bhattacharya: The Bloody Aftermath Of The Babri Masjid Demolition
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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6.9 Tarun Mehrishi: Art Heist Of Rs 400 Crore Holds India’s Biggest Secret
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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6.8 Amit & Shantanu: Modern Lessons From Ancient Epics
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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6.7 Shatrujeet Nath: Bharat - The Brother Who Never Got His Due
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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6.6 Andaleeb Wajid: Will The Sisters From Jasmine Villa Find Their Love This Valentine's Day?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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6.5 Anjum Hasan: On Being A Muslim In Modern India
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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6.4 Damyanti Biswas: The Murky World Of Mumbai's Dance Bars
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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6.3 Abraham Verghese: A Saga Through Kerala's Backwaters
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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6.2 Devashish & Nidhi: Enter The Psyche Of Indian Psychological Thrillers
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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6.1 Tara & Michelle: Why Is India Drawn To Real Stories?
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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5.41 Decoding Spiritual Self-help With A Karma Yogi
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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5.40 Rheea & Gargi: Women Who Defy All Odds To Get What They Want
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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5.39 Radhika Iyengar: Life Among The Dead in Banaras
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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5.38 Aditi & Shivalik: Unheard Stories From The Indian Army
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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5.37 Anirudh Kanisetti: Unearthing the Untapped History of South India
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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5.36 Vivek Shanbhag: Decoding Sakina’s Kiss, Ghachar Ghochar & Kannada Literature
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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5.35 Nadeem Zaman: Meet The Great Gatsby of Bangladesh
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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5.34 Hussain Zaidi: Capturing Criminals With India’s Biggest Crime Writer
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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5.33 Mehak Goyal: A Debut Poetry Collection Finds A Traditional Publisher
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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5.32 Neeraj Kumar: Corruption at the Grassroots Level in Indian Cricket
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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5.31 Ranjana Kaul: Why I Decided To Translate My Grandmother’s Book Into English
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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5.30 Ameer Shahul: How a Global Corporation Poisoned Kodaikanal
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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5.29 Shastri & Jai: Redefining Gender Stereotypes in Indian Diasporic Writing
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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5.28 Manish Gaekwad: My Mother was the Last Courtesan
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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5.27 Srinath Rao: Inside the Life of a Crime Reporter in Mumbai
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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5.26 Catherine & Nandini: Bringing South-Indian Epics to the World
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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5.25 Nidhi & Reshmi: Active Ageing- Living Life Without a Pause
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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5.24 Tejaswini Apte-Rahm: Time Travel to Bombay's Silent Film Era
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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5.23 Tara & Michelle: Mythology: What differentiates blockbusters from flops
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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5.22 Chitra Divakaruni: Meet Phenomenal Indian Women Through Partition, Migration, and Mythology
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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5.21 Yashodhara & Aruna: An exclusive peek into an inclusive Indian therapy room
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May 30, 2023 |
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5.20 Aravind Jayan: What happens when an intimate clip goes viral in an Indian family?
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May 23, 2023 |
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5.19 Rukmini Shrinivasan: Numbers and Myth Busting: The stories behind the stats
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May 16, 2023 |
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5.18 Bora Chung: Cursed Bunnies, Ghosts, and Dark Lore of South Korea
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May 09, 2023 |
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5.17 Gauri Devidayal & Vishwas Kulkarni: Unveiling Bombay’s F&B Industry
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May 02, 2023 |
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5.16 Tara & Michelle: The Changing 'Big Indian Family'
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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5.15 Deepti Kapoor: Kalyug, crime and politics in Delhi
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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5.14 Tarana Hussain Khan: Narrating the Dastans of Rampur's Nawabs and Begums
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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5.13 Damodar Mauzo: Chronicling Goan culture for over 50 years in Konkani
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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5.12 Kamal Gupta: From IIT to Wall Street, the gambler who beat all odds
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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5.11 Neil D’Silva: On creating a spine chilling world of Indian horror
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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5.10 Rehana Munir: Bookstores. Bombay. Romance.
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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5.09 Aashisha Chakraborty: Mis (s) Adventures Of A Sales Girl
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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5.08 Can Tara Change Michelle's Mind About Self-help Books?
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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5.07 Aparna Piramal Raje: Juggling Business, Bipolarity and Motherhood
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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5.06 Ashok Banker: Epic And Unknown Love Stories From The Mahabharata
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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5.05 Leeza Mangaldas: The Sex Textbook We Wish We Had In School
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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5.04 Mansi Choksi: Investigating The Dangers Of Modern Marriages In India
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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5.03 Shehan Karunatilaka: Ghosts, Death and Humor- The Formula To Win The Booker Prize
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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5.02 Aniruddha Mahale: India's First LGBTQ Dating Guide
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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5.01 Tara & Michelle: Adventures, Mishaps And Wild Ways Authors Do Research
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Special: Arjun Gaind On writing a memoir for 25 years: Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Special: Sudha Menon On Food, Nostalgia And Journalism At Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Special: Hannah Lalhlanpuii On The Independence Struggle In Mizoram At Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Special: Sundeep Waslekar On Why Should We Make Peace, Not War At Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Special: Jerry Pinto On Loving Bombay And Helen At Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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4.24 Tara & Michelle: Does Winning A Prize Make A Book Successful?
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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4.23 Ritu Singh: On Tracing The Vast History Of Indian Advertising!
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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4.22 Hemali Sodhi: If You Have Dogs, Write About Them!
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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4.21 Shrabani Basu: Uncovering Arthur Conan Doyle’s Solitary Case As A Detective!
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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4.20 Anjana Menon: Writing About Your Backyard Through The Lens Of A Tourist
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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4.19 Shrayana Bhattacharya: Studying The Economic Reality Of Young Indian Women
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May 31, 2022 |
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4.18 Tara & Michelle: Books Vs. Movies - The Ultimate Adaptation Debate
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May 24, 2022 |
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4.17 Amitava Kumar: Decoding The Lives Of Writers
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May 17, 2022 |
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4.16 Anupama Chopra: Writing Unbiased Critiques Of The Biggest Blockbusters
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May 10, 2022 |
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4.15 Tony Joseph: Uncovering The Lives Of Early Indians
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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4.14 Taran N. Khan: An Unconventional Travel Story In Kabul
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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4.13 Tara & Michelle: Rise Of The Villains
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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4.12 Chandrima Das: Horror Stories Set In Indian College Campuses
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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4.11 Mira Sethi: Exploring Young Urban Pakistan
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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4.10 Krish Ashok: Deconstructing The Science Of Indian Food
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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4.9 Sudha Murty: On Being A Grandmother And Writing For Children
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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4.8 Tara And Michelle: What Are Migration Stories And Do They Need To Change?
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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4.7 Riva Razdan: Dissecting The Feminist Romance Genre
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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4.6 Aastha Atray Banan: What It Means To Be A Love Guru
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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4.5 Tanushree Podder: Representing Women In The Army Through Fiction
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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4.4 Shivani Sibal: Revealing Complex Class Equations in Delhi Society
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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4.3 Kavitha Rao: Chronicling The Lives Of India’s First Women Doctors
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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4.2 Amitav Ghosh: Highlighting The Reality Of Climate Change
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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4.1 Tara and Michelle: Do Indian Female Characters Pass The Bechdel Test?
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Manu Pillai: Uncovering The Real Lives Of India’s Maharajas (BONUS)
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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3.15 Tara and Michelle: Should Stories Have A Moral Responsibility?
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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3.14 Anubha Yadav: Capturing The Darkest Secrets of Men
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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3.13 Janaki Lenin: Bringing The Wildlife Into Every House Through Writing
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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3.12 Aanchal Malhotra: Remembering Partition Through Oral Histories
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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3.11 Farah Bashir: A Window To Growing Up In 1990s Kashmir
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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3.10 Yasser Usman: The Biographer That Captures Bollywood’s Golden Era
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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3.09 Saba Karim Khan: Writing An India-Pakistan Love Story
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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3.8 Rohini S. Rajagopal: The Reality Of Infertility In India - A Medical Memoir
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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3.7 Moni Mohsin: Using Social Satire To Capture The #MeToo Movement In Pakistan
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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3.6 Arunava Sinha and Anita Agnihotri: Farmers' Plight In India - A Translation
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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3.5 Sonia Faleiro: Uncovering Crime Against Women In Uttar Pradesh
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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3.4 Rituparna Chatterjee - How She Transformed Her Life Story Into A Magical Memoir
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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3.3 Clyde D’Souza - Escape Into The Villages Of Goa With This Powerpacked Book!
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May 25, 2021 |
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3.2 Diksha Basu: Old Families, New Money - Capturing The Growing Upper Middle Class in India
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May 18, 2021 |
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3.1 Tara and Michelle - On How To Beat The Reader's Block!
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May 11, 2021 |
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2.15: Tara and Michelle - Why We Read What We Read
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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2.14: Tara Kaushal - Going Undercover To Find Out Why Men Rape
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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2.13: Anukrti Upadhyay - Exploring Japanese Culture In Indian Fiction
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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2.12: Tanuj Solanki - Writing About Artificial Intelligence In Literary Fiction
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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2.11: Udayan Mukherjee - Indian Lockdown Stories Across Geography And Class
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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2.10: Tahira Kashyap Khurrana - On Writing About Body, Breasts and Bollywood
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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2.9: Rheea Mukherjee - Exploring Unconventional Relationships and Lives Through Fiction
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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2.8: Parmesh Shahani - Writing A Genre-Bending Business Book On LGBTQ Rights
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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2.7: Damyanti Biswas - Tackling Social Issues Through A Gripping Crime Novel
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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2.6: Sonali Gupta - Writing About Anxiety During the Pandemic
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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2.5: Anmol Malik - Writing Genre-bending Romantic Comedies
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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2.4: Samit Basu – Redefining Speculative Fiction In India
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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2.3: Radhika Vaz - The Unladylike Comedian
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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2.2: Ira Mukhoty - Reviving Forgotten Stories
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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2.1: Tara and Michelle - My Brilliant Friend
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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1.12: Amrita Mahale- On Writing A Literary Love Story Set In Bombay
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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1.11: Vivek Tejuja - India's Biggest Book Blogger And Author Of A Memoir On Growing Up Gay In India
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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1.10: Suhit Kelkar - Meet The Jack Of All Trades
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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1.9: Deepanjana Pal - Genre Is A Made Up Concept
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May 26, 2020 |
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1.8: Arshia Sattar – India’s Best Ramayana Scholar
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May 19, 2020 |
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1.7: Avni Doshi - What It Takes To Create A Literary Bestseller
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May 12, 2020 |
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1.6: Abhijeet Kini - The In's and Out's of Creating Comic Books
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May 05, 2020 |
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1.5: Jane Borges - Bombay’s Hidden Communities
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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1.4: Tashan Mehta - Fly into Fantastical Worlds
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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1.3: Rajat Ubhaykar - Travelling from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in Trucks
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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1.2: Lisa Ray - Not Just Another Celeb Memoir
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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1.1: Manu Pillai - History is a Living thing
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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1.0: Tara & Michelle - Get To Know Your Hosts
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Mar 17, 2020 |