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“Children’s books in particular need to work both in small clusters as well as a whole, funny, imaginative and adventurous”- Shobhita Narayan (Author, Kritika Kahawat 01#: The Last Dragon Of Kuruk)

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Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Shobhita Narayan, author of Kritika Kahawat 01#: The Last Dragon Of Kuruk (Scholastic...

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“I feel that keeping the human experience of deprivation and provisioning at the centre, we need to think what does it do to human life.”- Harsh Mander

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Team Kitaab is in conversation with social justice and human rights activist, Harsh Mander where we spoke to him about...

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“By grounding these stories where they unfold, I hope audiences better appreciate both the universality of scientific truth and the human circumstances from which it emerged.”- Nilanjan P. Choudhury (Author)

2 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Nilanjan P. Choudhury where he spoke about his latest book, Encounters with Infinity:...

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“Writing these poems did ask for honesty that was complete and more courageous.” – Nomita Kapur (Author- Days of Recovery)

2 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Nomita Kapur to talk about her latest poetry collection, Days of Recovery- Poems (Speaking...

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“Serendipity runs through every book experience — bookshops, even online platforms — but it peaks at the bazaar and bottoms out on Amazon.”- Kanupriya Dhingra (Author, The Sunday Book Bazaar)

2 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Kanupriya Dhingra where we spoke about her latest book, The Sunday Book Bazaar-Daryaganj...

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“Writing the scenes that required Shashi to shed her grandmotherly instincts and become a woman with desires didn’t come naturally.”- Sudha Subramanian

2 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Sudha Subramanian where we discuss her debut novel The Invisible Lines (Vishwakarma Publications,...

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“I started this translation as part of my project of putting together the oral history of my family. But not even halfway through, I realised this was a treasure trove.”-Rajyashree Dutt (Translator- The Maker of Eternity)

3 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with writer and editor, Rajyashree Dutt who translated The Maker of Eternity- A Memoir Across...

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“I have been investigating the Goan presence in East Africa for nearly two decades, and have written three books on the subject as well as headed a major grant-aided project in the UK to record their oral histories.”- Selma Carvalho (Author- Guts, Glory and Empire)

3 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with her to discuss her latest book, Guts, Glory and Empire (Speaking Tiger, 2026). Selma...

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“Each tradition in our plural society is fluid. It is this fluidity that has created a shared space; it is this fluidity that constructed our shared inheritance; our sanjhi virasat, that shaped a soft, gentle, tolerant culture.” Neera Chandhoke (Author, Languages of Freedom)

4 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Neera Chandhoke to discuss her latest book, Languages of Freedom (Speaking Tiger, 2026)....

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“I am notorious for bestowing main character energy on cities. And Calcutta felt like the perfect city for him to appear in.” – Sonia Bahl (Author, Eighteen Inches Apart)

4 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Sonia Bahl about her latest book, Eighteen Inches Apart (Fingerprint! Publishing, 2026) where...

“Children’s books in particular need to work both in small clusters as well as a whole, funny, imaginative and adventurous”- Shobhita Narayan (Author, Kritika Kahawat 01#: The Last Dragon Of Kuruk)

“I feel that keeping the human experience of deprivation and provisioning at the centre, we need to think what does it do to human life.”- Harsh Mander

“By grounding these stories where they unfold, I hope audiences better appreciate both the universality of scientific truth and the human circumstances from which it emerged.”- Nilanjan P. Choudhury (Author)

“Writing these poems did ask for honesty that was complete and more courageous.” – Nomita Kapur (Author- Days of Recovery)

“Serendipity runs through every book experience — bookshops, even online platforms — but it peaks at the bazaar and bottoms out on Amazon.”- Kanupriya Dhingra (Author, The Sunday Book Bazaar)

“Writing the scenes that required Shashi to shed her grandmotherly instincts and become a woman with desires didn’t come naturally.”- Sudha Subramanian

“I started this translation as part of my project of putting together the oral history of my family. But not even halfway through, I realised this was a treasure trove.”-Rajyashree Dutt (Translator- The Maker of Eternity)

“I have been investigating the Goan presence in East Africa for nearly two decades, and have written three books on the subject as well as headed a major grant-aided project in the UK to record their oral histories.”- Selma Carvalho (Author- Guts, Glory and Empire)

“Each tradition in our plural society is fluid. It is this fluidity that has created a shared space; it is this fluidity that constructed our shared inheritance; our sanjhi virasat, that shaped a soft, gentle, tolerant culture.” Neera Chandhoke (Author, Languages of Freedom)

“I am notorious for bestowing main character energy on cities. And Calcutta felt like the perfect city for him to appear in.” – Sonia Bahl (Author, Eighteen Inches Apart)

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