Interview

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• 2025
• author

“The tension of exile, of adopted nation and home country, has always been present in my work; I am constantly navigating it.” – Mandy Moe Pwint Tu

7 months ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Mandy Moe Pwint Tu, author of Fablemaker (September 2025, Gaudy Boy). Mandy Moe Pwint...

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• 2025
• Interview

“It is only as The New New Delhi Book Club was published that I saw that there was a distinct thread linking all my apparently disparate works. ” Radhika Swarup (Author- The New New Delhi Book Club)

1 year ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Radhika Swarup, author of The New New Delhi Book Club (Tranquebar, 2024) where we...

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• 2024
• Interview

“I do my best to stay true to my voice, writing freely and innocently, but it’s not always easy.”- Tagore Almeida (Writer & Filmmaker)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab in conversation with writer and filmmaker Tagore Almeida where we spoke about his latest book The Goan Who...

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• 2024
• Interview

“The modern audiences are increasingly inclined on living by intent rather than being driven by circumstance.”- Barnali Ray Shukla (Writer, Film-maker & Poet)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Writer, Filmmaker, and Poet Barnali Ray Shukla about her latest movie Joon. Barnali Ray...

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• 2024
• Interview

“The sense that our lives are constantly visible to the world, as other people’s lives are visible to us, makes us want to curate our existence.”- A.M. Gautam (Author- Indian Millennials: Who are They, Really?)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with author A.M. Gautam where we discussed his latest work Indian Millennials: Who are they,...

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• 2024
• Authors

“For me, Sinema started from an interesting, albeit completely unconnected, anecdote.” Vikram Singh (Author- Sinema: The Bollywood Bungle of Andy Duggal)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Vikram Singh, author of Sinema: The Bollywood Bungle of Andy Duggal (Published by Speaking...

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• 2024
• Authors

“It is difficult to write fiction which turns its gaze away from the planet and continues with the self-conscious navel-gazing of modernist writing.”- Rajat Chaudhuri (Author -Spellcasters)

2 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Rajat Chaudhuri, author of Spellcasters (Published by Niyogi Books, 2024) where we talk about...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“Writing really happens to you I feel, it’s like being chosen to do something wonderful for mankind.”- Sufia Khatoon (Indian Poet & Author)

3 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Sufia Khatoon, a multi-lingual performance poet, artist, literary translator, and facilitator based in India....

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“I look at my writing career as a long-distance marathon rather than a short-distance sprint.”- Smita Das Jain (Indian Author)

3 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Indian author Smita Das Jain as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. For the...

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• 2023
• South Asian Women Writers

“Women Writing as a genre should only come into play when selling a story, not when writing or reading!”- Aneeta Sundararaj (Malaysian Author)

3 years ago Editor_Kitaab

Team Kitaab is in conversation with Malayasian author Aneeta Sundararaj as a part of the South Asian Women Writers Feature. Starting...