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

“One important way to encourage translation and interpretation is having a translation included in college and university courses.” – Himansu S. Mohapatra (Translator)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with former Professor and translator Himansu S. Mohapatra where we talk about his journey as...

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• 2024
• Interview

“…It wasn’t easy to write a novel with more than three dozen characters and multiple sub-plots.”- Rakesh Kayasth (Author – Rambhakt Rangbaz)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Rakesh Kayasth and Varsha Tiwary, an author-translator duo to understand what went on behind...

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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 this is the challenge of writing about intimacy – to be bold and celebratory without being hurtful or demeaning to anyone.”- Saikat Majumdar (Author, The Remains of the Body)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Saikat Majumdar where we talk about his latest book The Remains of the...

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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
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“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

“I have tried to be faithful to the core thought, tone and nuances of each original Bengali poem that I have re-presented.”- Sohini Sen (Author- A Drop of Golden Sun: Representing Tagore’s Gitanjali)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Writer and photographer Sohini Sen is in conversation with Lalitha Sarma R where she shares insights on translating Tagore from content...

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• 2024
• Interview

“The characters in my novel may be immigrants but they are neither needy nor weak or appeasing.” Reshma Ruia (Author, Still Lives)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with award-winning author and poet Reshma Ruia where we talk about her latest book Still...