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Books and Authors episodes

January 20, 2022 Books & Authors podcast with Rahul Rawail, author, Raj Kapoor: The Master at Work
Raj Kapoor's passion for film making made him literally chase clouds across the country to get the perfect shot, his great ear for music that ensured that songs and the background score added to the storytelling, his ability to get just what he wanted from his actors, his willingness to teach his team, and his eccentricities. Filmmaker, Rahul Rawail, who began as RK's assistant, talks to Manjula Narayan about his new book, Raj Kapoor: The Master at Work.

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44 min
January 13, 2022 Books & Authors podcast with Nalin Mehta, author, The New BJP
"If the ground is shifting beneath your feet at the mass level in this country, you have to figure out why it is shifting," says Nalin Mehta, author of The New BJP, a massive book that presents fresh data and insights on a range of subjects including the new caste coalitions that have changed the party and the making of a new woman-voter base.

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58 min
January 07, 2022 Books & Authors podcast with Sagarika Ghose, author of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
"Vajpayee was a ruthless politician but he couldn't do with Modi what he did with others like Madhok and Govindacharya," says @sagarikaghose, author of 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee'. She talks to @utterflea about the first BJP Prime Minister's humour, likeability, unconventionality and great belief in Parliament on this week's Books& Authors podcast

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1 hr 15 min
December 30, 2021 Books & Authors podcast with Anupama Chopra, author, A Place in my Heart
"I'm sure there are a lot of people who are not very fond of me. I'm like that proverbial Trishanku figure," says film critic and Bollywood insider Anupama Chopra in a conversation on her new book 'A Place in My Heart' with host Manjula Narayan on the Books & Authors podcast.

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37 min
December 09, 2021 Books & Authors podcast with Manash Ghosh, author, Bangladesh War; Report from Ground Zero
The ethnic discrimination and genocide that preceded the birth of Bangladesh exactly 50 years ago, international apathy to the carnage, factionalism among the Bengali freedom fighters, the role of the Indian armed forces in training the MuktiBahini and underwater demolition squads... Manash Ghosh, the first journalist to report on the unfolding crisis in erstwhile East Pakistan, and author of 'Bangladesh War; Report From Ground Zero' talks to Hindustan Times' Manjula Narayan on this week's Books & Authors podcast.

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45 min
December 02, 2021 Books & Authors podcast with Rukmini S, author, Whole Numbers and Half Truths
Why some states need to shut down family planning departments, the possible story behind the improved sex ratio, the truth about the higher minority fertility rate, why states that show the highest rates of COVID are not the ones that are worst afflicted, the criminalisation of young love under Sec 376, the consequences of treating an FIR as the basis for crime statistics and an understanding of women's safety... @Rukmini, author of Whole Numbers and Half Truths that interprets data to present a clear picture of contemporary India talks to @utterflea about all that on this week's Books&Authors podcast.

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46 min
November 25, 2021 Books & Authors podcast with with Adrija Roychowdhury, author, Delhi, in Thy Name
The lotus in the Kashmiri Pandit imagination, the falcon in the north Indian Muslim one, the growth of East Pakistan Displaced Persons Colony... @AdrijaRoychow, author, 'Delhi, In Thy Name' talks to @utterflea about the stories contained within the names of Delhi neighbourhoods like Pamposh Enclave, Shaheen Bagh, CR Park and Saket and what they reveal about the post-independence history of the city and the country

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56 min
November 18, 2021 Books & Authors podcast with Pranay Lal, author, Invisible Empire; The Natural History of Viruses
Vaccine hesitancy, cannibalism and immunity to prion disease, viruses and depression, the streaked tulip crisis and the potyvirus, industrial foods and poor gut health... @pranaylal, author of Invisible Empire; The Natural History of Viruses talks to @utterflea about all that on the Books & Authors podcast.

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48 min
November 12, 2021 Books & Authors with with Ramya Ramamurthy, author, Branded In History
Ordering a Rolls Royce through a catalogue, Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore endorsing products, companies advertising that their rivals use human waste to make soaps, the cachet of swadeshi goods in the pre-Independence era, and the business losses of Partition, @crypticcaprice, author, Branded in History talks to @utterflea on the Books and Authors podcast.

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47 min
November 02, 2021 Books & Authors with Neema Shah, author, Kololo Hill
In August 1972, the Ugandan government under Idi Amin decreed that all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in 90 days and that they must take only what they could carry. Thousands of Indians, many of whom were born and brought up in Africa were suddenly rendered stateless. Kololo Hill is the story of one such family. Author @NeemaMShah talks to @utterflea about her debut novel that looks at immigration, the idea of home, and the things that people will do to protect those they love.

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44 min

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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