Varkala, Kerala India is a place of stunning contradictions with surfers, sunbathers & sacred Papanasam Beach. It's where I met Willie who gifted me with her copy of Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.

Varkala, Kerala India is a place of stunning contradictions with surfers, sunbathers &amp; sacred Papanasam Beach. It's where I met Willie who gifted me with her copy of Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.

Episode 4 - Meeting Willie & 'Midnight's Children' in Varkala, India

Join me on an adventure. A literary romp through India. Bollywood and Books is a podcast for people who love travel, the written word and words into pictures - moving pictures. 

Discover magic, miracles and myths . . . from the Gateway of India and Bollywood in Mumbai to the canals of Kerala, and from the burning ghats on the Ganges in Varanasi to the Dalai Lama’s residence in McLeod Ganj. 

Experience India through chance encounters, conversations shared, and places stumbled upon as well as books and cinema discovered through travel. Bollywood and Books is about sharing stories and changing lives. Let’s explore ways we can grow and change by venturing outside our comfort zones, no matter our age.

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Join me on an adventure. A literary romp through India. Bollywood and Books is a podcast for people who love travel, the written word and words into pictures - moving pictures. Discover magic, miracles and myths . . . from the Gateway of India and Bollywood in Mumbai to the canals of Kerala, and from the burning ghats on the Ganges in Varanasi to the Dalai Lama’s residence in McLeod Ganj. Experience India through chance encounters, conversations shared, and places stumbled upon as well as books and cinema discovered through travel. Bollywood and Books is about sharing stories and changing lives. Let’s explore ways we can grow and change by venturing outside our comfort zones, no matter our age.

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Episode 4 - Meeting Willie & 'Midnight's Children' in Varkala, India

Episode 4 - Meeting Willie & 'Midnight's Children' in Varkala, India