#DesiBooksGiveaway

June 26, 2020

#DesiBooksGiveaway, #DesiBooksReco, #DesiLitBiz

2020, Partition, Writing and Translating Life

#DesiLitBiz: Mahmud Rahman on the current scene for desi literary translations

Hello and welcome to Episode 12 of DesiBooks — news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. In today’s episode, in addition to the usual roundup of new notable desi books, short stories, poems, essays, interviews, awards, and more, we have Dr. Reshma…
June 18, 2020

#DesiBooksGiveaway, #DesiBooksReco, #DesiReads

2020, Memoir, Nonfiction, Partition

#DesiReads: Maya Shanbhag Lang reads from her memoir, What We Carry

Hello and welcome to Episode 11 of DesiBooks — news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. In today’s episode, in addition to the usual roundup of new notable desi books, short stories, poems, essays, interviews, awards, and more, we have Dr. Reshma…
June 10, 2020

#DesiBooksGiveaway, #DesiBooksReco, #FiveDesiFaves

2020, Memoir, Nonfiction, Travel

#FiveDesiFaves: Jini Reddy on her favorite desi travel and place books

Hello and welcome to Episode 10 of DesiBooks — news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. In today’s episode, in addition to the usual roundup of new notable desi books, short stories, poems, essays, interviews, awards, and more, we have Dr. Pragya…
June 3, 2020

#DesiBooksGiveaway, #DesiBooksReco, #DesiCraftChat

2020, Essay Collection, Nonfiction

#DesiCraftChat: Sejal Shah on the art and craft of the literary essay

Hello and welcome to Episode 9 of DesiBooks — news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. In today’s episode, in addition to the usual roundup of new notable desi books, short stories, poems, essays, interviews, awards, and more, we have Sejal Shah…
May 27, 2020

#DesiBooksGiveaway, #DesiBooksReco, #DesiLitBiz

2020, Publishing Life

#DesiLitBiz: Aruni Kashyap on literary awards and being a judge for the JCB Prize

Hello and welcome to Episode 8 of DesiBooks — news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. Before we get started, I want to take a moment to say thank you to all of you listeners. This episode marks nearly two months of…
May 20, 2020

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2020, Memoir, Nonfiction, Partition

#DesiReads: Sopan Deb reads from his memoir, Missed Translations

Hello and welcome to Episode 7 of DesiBooks — news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. In today’s episode, in addition to the usual roundup of new notable desi books, short stories, poems, essays, interviews, awards, and more, we have the monthly…