Author Interview

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• 2024
• Interview

“… It is important to note that not much is written on this period in Indian film and media history, so I was also overwhelmed with materials. – Ishita Tiwary (Author- Video Culture in India: The Analog Era)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Ishita Tiwary, author of Video Culture in India: The Analog Era (OUP Oxford, 2024)...

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• 2024
• Interview

“Every work of fiction must walk the fine line between being possible and being plausible.”- Payal Kapadia (Author- Woebegone’s Warehouse of words)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Payal Kapadia, author of Woebegone's Warehouse of Words (Hachette India, 2024). Payal Kapadia studied English...

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• 2024
• Interview

“The biggest challenge is to pitch your story to producers and get them interested in adapting it for screen.” Adite Banerjie (Author & Produced Screenwriter)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author and produced screenwriter Adite Banerjie where we spoke about being a writer and...

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• 2024
• Interview

“I think books can be powerful when they are read, spread and used by others and get a life of their own.” Alpa Shah (Author- The Incarcerations)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Journalist Umer Beigh is in conversation with author Alpa Shah on her latest book The Incarcerations (Published by Harper Collins...

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• 2024
• Interview

“My purpose was to try and show complexity of essentially a good person and of good people and that will include the not so good aspects.” Malavika Rajkotia (Author, Unpartitioned Time)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Malavika Rajkotia where she talks about her latest book, Unpartitioned Times (Speaking Tiger,...

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• 2024
• Interview

“Memoirs are never finished.” – Siddhartha Gigoo (Author- A Long Season of Ashes)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Siddhartha Gigoo, author of A Long Season of Ashes (Published by Penguin India,...

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• 2024
• Interview

“Different people have different ways of interpreting reality…” – Maaria Sayed (Author of From Pashas to Pokémon)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Maaria Sayed for her debut work From Pashas to Pokémon (Published by Vishwakarma...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“A woman’s perspective is so important in the world, in all aspects of life, but especially writing.”- Neerja Pawar (Indian Author)

3 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian author Neerja Pawar as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the whole...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“For someone like me that has recently begun her journey as a writer, it is an extremely empowering and encouraging time to exist and grow.”- Varunika Rajput (Indian Author) 

3 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian author Varunika Rajput as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the whole...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“Reading Women’s writing may well save us, if nothing else will.”- Swati Pal (Indian Author)

3 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian author Swati Pal as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the whole...