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#DesiCraftChat: Wajahat Ali on living with one foot in the American dream and one in the American nightmare
Hello and welcome to Episode 66 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 Wajahat Ali discussing his . In this conversation, we talked about how literary translation can help bring languages and cultures closer, the…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Rejimon Kuttappan on the serious risks of telling stories about undocumented migrants
Rejimon Kuttappan discusses his new book, Undocumented: Stories of Indian Migrants in the Arab Gulf, and his own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiCraftChat: Manu Pillai on spotlighting those who’ve been footnoted in history
Hello and welcome to Episode 64 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 Manu Pillai discussing his latest book: False Allies: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma. In this conversation, we talked about…
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#DesiCraftChat: Rafia Zakaria on how feminism can be more egalitarian and diverse
Hello and welcome to Episode 61 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. This entire week, we have the brilliant ladies from Brown Girl Bookshelf as guest hosts. Today, they’ll be talking with Rafia Zakaria about her groundbreaking book, Against…
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#DesiReads: Anjali Enjeti reads from her essay collection, Southbound
Hello and welcome to Episode 55 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 Anjali Enjeti reading from her essay collection, Southbound.
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#DesiCraftChat: Venkat Srinivasan on the fascinating circumstances of the birth of India’s states and union territories
Hello and welcome to Episode 50 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 Venkat Srinivasan discussing his book, The Origin Story of India’s States. In this conversation, we talked about the genesis of the book,…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Jessica Namakkal on how colonial projects like French India persist beyond decolonization
Jessica Namakkal discusses her latest book, Unsettling Utopia, and her own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiCraftChat: Suchitra Vijayan on making the political deeply personal; #DesiReads: Ayesha Chaudhry reads from her memoir, The Color of God
Hello and welcome to Episode 28 of Desi Books — news and views about desi literature from the world over. In today’s episode, we have Suchitra Vijayan in the #DesiCraftChat segment. She’ll be discussing her debut nonfiction, Midnight’s Borders, And we have Dr. Ayesha Chaudhry reading from her profound and moving memoir, The Color of…
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#DesiReads: Taran Khan reads from her travel memoir, Shadow City; #DesiBoost: Satish Prabasi on his favorite desi works
Hello and welcome to Episode 17 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, we have Taran Khan reading from her memoir, Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul, in #DesiReads. We also have Satish Prabasi sharing his…