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In this podcast, National Books Editor Manjula Narayan tells you about books, authors and their journeys. This is a Hindustan Times production, brought to you by HT Smartcast

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"To be alive is, in many ways, to travel; it's to journey through time. We tend to think of travelling as something that involves space or place or geography; moving from one place to another. But the other aspect of travel is just journeying through... more

"Science and speculative fiction has always been about responding to the preoccupations of the time. I was attracted to the genre by the imaginative possibilities it offers by allowing the creation of a different world that then lets you shine a ligh... more

"Trains in India are public sites and they are sites for social exchange and its a collective identity but what the smartphone has introduced is not only the private sphere into the public one, but also a flagrant abuse of the public sphere by making... more

"I don't take the usual dystopian view of the Internet. I see it as a unit of society and use it to understand the self, the nation and politics. So, I didn't want to look at caste from the usual Dalit-Savarna perspective - a different kind of system... more

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Recent Guests

Pallavi Aiyar
Author of 'Travels in the Other Place' and former foreign correspondent
Episode: On journeying through life
Gautam Bhatia
Editor of Between Worlds, The IF Anthology of New Indian Speculative and Fantasy Fiction Vol 1
Episode: Space operas, dystopias, and the perfect worlds of the far future
Amitava Kumar
Author of 'The Social Life of Indian Trains, A Journey'
Episode: Train through India
Anurag Minus Verma
Author of 'The Great Indian Brain Rot, Love, Lies and Algorithms in Digital India'
Episode: Irony, 'influenza', and Internet mythology in contemporary India
Radha Chadha
Author of "The Maker of Filmmakers, How Jagat Murari and FTII Changed Indian Cinema Forever"
Episode: Jagat Murari & the FTII: art, argument and institution building in young India
Suraj Milind Yengde
Author of 'Cast A Global Story'
Episode: On the multi-storeyed tower with no staircase and no entrance
Sanjoy K Roy
Cultural impresario and author of *There's a Ghost in My Room, Living with the Supernatural*
Episode: Things that go bump...
Sanjoy Hazarika
Author of "River Traveller, Journeys on the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra"
Episode: Going with the mighty flow
Snigdha Poonam
Author of "Scamlands, Inside the Asian Empire of Fraud, that Preys on the World"
Episode: Fraud, fear and loathing from Jamtara to Sihanoukville

Host

Manjula Narayan
National Books Editor with expertise in literature and culture, known for guiding important conversations with authors and cultural figures.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 6 ratings
  • Great show!

    Manjula, host of the Books and Authors podcast, highlights all aspects of the author’s journey and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!

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Listeners praise the insightful conversations that highlight the author's journey and societal themes.
The host's ability to engage with guests leads to deep and meaningful discussions, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in literature.
Many reviews highlight the diverse range of topics covered, appealing to a wide audience interested in arts, culture, and societal issues.

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Train through India
Q: But do you think Indian Railways will ever regain that sheen that once had?
Kumar reflects on the significance of trains for ordinary Indians and the potential for railways to regain their importance.
Train through India
Q: So you do try to engage people in conversation, but many of them don't really engage anymore, right?
Kumar explains how mobile phones have created a private space in public spaces like trains, affecting social interaction.
Train through India
Q: But why did you decide to write this book?
Amitava Kumar speaks about wanting to engage people in conversation during his journeys across India as a means to understand the country.
Things that go bump...
Q: Why do the supernatural experiences seem to happen to you?
Sanjoy speculates that maybe those with heightened perceptions, like his acute hearing, attract these energies or messages.
Things that go bump...
Q: How did the seed for this book emerge?
Sanjoy explains that he wrote on flights, motivated by publishers urging him to share his experiences, eventually developing the courage to focus on his encounters with the supernatural.

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