Author Interview

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• 2026
• Interview

“When writers, artists, scientists, and innovators are guided by compassion, their work can shape awareness and inspire collective responsibility.” Kailash Satyarthi

2 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi as we speak about his latest book, Karuna...

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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)

5 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

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

6 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

“In my approach, I have retold these stories to captivate contemporary readers, staying true to their spirit without being constrained by a need to balance or navigate between tradition and accessibility.”- Nalin Verma (Author & Journalist)

8 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with veteran journalist, media educator, independent researcher in folklore, and author, Nalin Verma, to discuss...

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• 2025
• Interview

“To love is your right. To be loved is your blessing”: Jagari Mukherjee interviews poet Rajorshi Patranabis

11 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Jagari Mukherjee is in conversation with poet and Wiccan practitioner Rajorshi Patranabis as they discuss his latest poetry collection, Gossips...

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• 2025
• Interview

“The story sprang from a disquieting question: when a husband dies, does his wife truly become a widow if her heart has long loved another, be it a poet, an actor, or merely an idea?”- Pinaki Gangopadhyay (Author- Yet, Remember Me)

11 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab was in conversation with Pinaki Gangopadhyay author of Yet, Remember Me (Bloomsbury India, 2025) to talk about the...

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• 2025

“My books’ themes are the subject of extensive literary and historical analysis.”- Ari Gautier (Author & Poet)

12 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Ari Gautier, the first French Dalit Writer to speak about his writings, the inspiration...

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• 2025
• Interview

“I think the biggest challenge was to constantly change my “voice” to suit a writer’s style and idiom.”Arundhati Nath (Author, Translator, Editor)

1 year ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Arundhati Nath, author and translator of The Phantom's Howl (Speaking Tiger, 2025) where we...

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• 2025
• Interview

“I began writing about her from a place of sympathy, and as she developed I began to see the depths of her complicity…” Arunima Tenzin Tara (Author- The Ex Daughters of Tolstoy House)

1 year ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Arunima Tenzin Tara author of The Ex Daughters of Tolstoy House (Speaking Tiger, 2025)...

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• 2024
• Interview

“Faith is deeply personal to people. In our country, it is also deeply embedded in everyday life. “- Siddharth Kapila (Author- Tripping Down the Ganga: A Son’s Exploration of Faith)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Siddharth Kapila on his first book, Tripping Down the Gange: A Son's Exploration of...