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#DesiBooksReview 1: Dancing Around the Self
Shalvi Shah reviews Shruti Swamy’s The Archer.
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#DesiBooksReview 1: The Psychology of Violence in Fiction
Shalvi Shah reviews Shruti Swamy’s The Archer.
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#DesiBooks10QA: Annika Sharma on how to manage being held to higher standards as a writer of color
Annika Sharma discusses her novel, Live, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words, and her own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA. (Guest-hosted by Brown Girl Bookshelf)
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#DesiCraftChat: Kirthana Ramisetti on how journalism helped her write a novel about music and an older woman protagonist
Hello and welcome to Episode 59 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 #DesiCraftChat, we have Kirthana Ramisetti discussing her debut novel, Dava Shastri’s Last Day. In this conversation, we talked about the challenges of creating older women…
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#DesiReads: Geetanjali Shree reads from her novel, Ret Samadhi, and Daisy Rockwell reads from her translation of it, Tomb of Sand
Hello and welcome to Episode 54 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. Today, in the #DesiReads segment, we have Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell in the #DesiReads segment. They’re reading from both the Hindi original novel, Ret Samadhi, and…
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#DesiCraftChat: SJ Sindu on Hindu mythology in contemporary fiction and the loss of religion
Hello and welcome to Episode 53 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 #DesiCraftChat, we have SJ Sindu discussing their new novel, Blue-skinned Gods. In this conversation, we talked about the use of Hindu mythology in contemporary fiction,…
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#FiveDesiFaves: Vaseem Khan shares his favorite desi crime fiction works
Hello and welcome to Episode 52 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Today, in the #FiveDesiFaves segment, we have Vaseem Khan who has a new novel out titled The Dying Day. He’s sharing his five favorite desi crime fiction works from these writers: Aravind…
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#DesiCraftChat: Amanda Jayatissa on how rage-writing helped her find her protagonist’s voice
Hello and welcome to Episode 42 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. Today, in the #DesiCraftChat segment, we have Amanda Jayatissa, who has a debut novel out this month titled My Sweet Girl. In this conversation, we talked about…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Koral Dasgupta on re-visioning the tired stereotypes of motherhood
Koral Dasgupta discusses her latest book, Kunti: The Sati Series II, and her own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#FiveDesiFaves: Veena Muthuraman’s favorite historical works
Hello and welcome to Episode 39 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Today, in the #FiveDesiFaves segment, we have Veena Muthuraman, who has a debut historical novel out titled The Grand Anicut. She’s sharing her five favorite desi books.
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