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#DesiReads: Rajika Bhandari reads from her memoir, America Calling
Hello and welcome to Episode 33 of Desi Books—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, we have Dr. Rajika Bhandari reading from her new memoir, America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility, in the #DesiReads segment.…
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#DesiCraftChat: Vinod Busjeet on writing a novel with a diverse, ensemble cast of characters
Hello and welcome to Episode 32 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. In today’s episode, we have Vinod Busjeet in the #DesiCraftChat segment. He’ll be discussing his debut novel, Silent Winds, Dry Seas. As I mentioned in the last episode, we’re rolling out some changes based on listener feedback.…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Catherine Menon on writing about secrets that fester through the generations
Catherine Menon discusses her latest novel, Fragile Monsters, and her own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiBooksReco August 2021
This is a #DesiBooksReco roundup of August 2021 new and notable books by writers of South Asian origin.
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#DesiCraftChat: Sunjeev Sahota on braided narratives in historical fiction; #FiveDesiFaves: Gayatri Sethi on her favorite desi books by women writers
Hello and welcome to Episode 31 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. In today’s episode, we have Sunjeev Sahota in the #DesiCraftChat segment. He’ll be discussing his latest Booker-longlisted novel, China Room, And we have Dr. Gayatri Sethi discussing her five favorite books in the #FiveDesiFaves segment. Her new…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Manan Kapoor on writing a biography about the poet, Agha Shahid Ali
Manan Kapoor discusses his latest book, A Map of Longings: The Life and Works of Agha Shahid Ali, and his own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiBooks10QA: Tarana Husain Khan on writing about women and girls in small-town India
Tarana Husain Khan discusses her latest book, The Begum and the Dastan, and her own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiBooks10QA: Rajiv Mohabir on his hybrid memoir and the Caribbean poets and writers who cleared a space for him
Rajiv Mohabir discusses his latest book, Antiman, and his own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiBooksCollabs: A Conversation with Jenn Baker of Minorities in Publishing
Hello and welcome to Episode 30 of Desi Books — news and views about desi literature from the world over. Today’s episode is a special collaboration with another podcast, Minorities in Publishing, which is run by Jenn Baker. I met Jenn online because of the amazing work she’s been doing for years for minorities within…
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#DesiCraftChat: Nawaaz Ahmed on unconventional narrators; #FiveDesiFaves: Jyotsna Sreenivasan on her favorite desi works by women in English translation
Hello and welcome to Episode 29 of Desi Books — news and views about desi literature from the world over. In today’s episode, we have Nawaaz Ahmed in the #DesiCraftChat segment. He’ll be discussing his debut fiction, Radiant Fugitives, which was just longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel award. And we have Jyotsna…
