Interview

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• 2026
• Interview

In Conversation with Bishnupriya and Nadia Imam

6 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with the editor and the translator of The Flaming Flowers- Vol 2 anthology (Antonym Collection,...

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• 2025
• Interview

“We wrote the book that we wanted to read but couldn’t find.”- Nipun Jain & Mohit Mamoria

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Nipun Jain and Mohit Mamoria, authors of What the What?! (Hachette India, 2025). Nipun Jain and Mohit Mamoria started...

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• 2025
• Interview

“Being a translator myself, I understand that sometimes a work of translation is its own thing, a piece of art in itself, emanating from the original work.” – Tanzim Rahman (Author, Null)

9 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Tanzim Rahman, who originally wrote Null: A Novel of Infinity in Bengali, and...

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• 2025
• Interview

“It is always useful to pause, that is, take a step back and resist drawing an immediate conclusion, whether that applies to one’s own experience or to a practice that one is encountering externally.” – Sravana Borkataky Varma and Anya Foxen (Authors – The Serpent’s Tale)

9 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Anya Foxen, authors of The Serpent's Tale- Kundalini, Yoga, and the...

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• 2025
• Interview

“I think women in India are constantly burdened with various barriers and hurdles to navigate.” -Nelofar Currimbhoy (Author)

10 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Nelofar Currimbhoy, author of Tara: The Dream Chaser (Rupa Publications, 2025). Nelofar Currimbhoy is a gifted writer...

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• 2025
• Interview

“Experiencing pure fun that also leaves a trail of questions in the mind is something that young children need.” Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee (Translator)

10 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee and Prof. Sekhar Mukherjee, the translator and illustrator for The Invention...

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• 2025
• Interview

“Amed was uncompromising in what he chose to express, and he did so entirely on his own terms.”- Kathakali Jana (Translator)

10 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Kathakali Jana, translator of Qissa of Bibi in Black Burqa and Forty Men (The...

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• 2025
• Interview

In Conversation with the translators of Six Stories by Abhijit Sen

11 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with translators of Six Stories by Abhijit Sen as they explore their journey of working...

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• 2025
• Interview

“…my hope is that they will see the value of turning familiar stories upside down, the value of unpopular, non-mainstream perspectives, the value of using a feminist lens.”- K. Srilata (Author & Poet)

11 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author and poet K.Srilata to talk about her latest book, Footnotes to the Mahabharata...

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• 2025
• Interview

“Let’s be honest, children don’t come with instruction manuals.”-Lalitha Ramanathan

11 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Lalitha Ramanathan, author of Parenting Unplugged (Om Books, 2025), to know about her own...