Lit Nama

In this episode of Lit Nama, Laxmi is in conversation with comedian, Gotham Award-winning writer, and author of a memoir titled 'Unladylike' - Radhika Vaz. Talking about the global landscape of art forms through stand-up comedy, improv, literature festivals, fiction writing, and the way these spaces deal with the intricacies of race and gender, they question what forms this modern collective consciousness and shared experience.

You can follow Radhika Vaz at @radvaz on Instagram and Twitter

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In this episode, Laxmi is in conversation with Rytasha Rathore who is an actor and also a podcaster on the IVM Network hosting a show 'Agla Station Adulthood' with Ayushi Amin. Talking about Rytasha's versatile career across mediums, they take a look at how women are portrayed across these mediums, how are the women in narratives or narratives in and around women evolving, the economics of being an actor and also attempt to unravel the politics of representation and body positivity movement.

Link to Rytasha's recommendation: Sex-Rated: A VICE Guide To Sex In India (4 Parts) - https://youtu.be/FYGAcYO78Gs

Follow Rytasha on Instagram @rytash (https://www.instagram.com/rytash/?hl=en)

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In this episode, Laxmi and Meghna look back (and into the future) at how Poetry has defined their lives and their relationships with themselves and the world. They also unpack the story of Poetry Dialogue - an Instagram community that works towards increasing accessibility towards poetry in India, discuss the art of curation, and look at how the Indian and Global publication industry deals with poetry.

Bonus: Catch Meghna read a poem in the second half of the episode!

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 In this conversation with Nidhi Dugar Kundalia, the author of White as Milk and Rice published by Penguin India, Laxmi tries to navigate through the terrains of literary fiction and delves deeper into Nidhi's work with stories from six spaces that have seen generations of indigenous communities come and go. Questioning the idea of marginality, ethnographic research, anthropological voyeurism, and representation, this conversation is defined by my personal and professional experiences of the author. Bonus: catch Nidhi reading an excerpt from her book!

Link to Nidhi's book: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B085HWHN6L/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_St7REbSZPKZ1G

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In this episode, Laxmi is in conversation with storyteller Mehak Mirza Prabhu as they discuss the doing and undoing, the becoming and unbecoming of stories that make our world go round. Reading between the lines, Mehak addresses the discipline required to be a storyteller and performs "Kairi ka Achaar" in the second half.

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In this episode featuring Ayushi Mona and Rewa Tamboli from the Broke Bibliophiles Bombay community, Laxmi takes a dive into the story of a Four-year old book club in the city, the ideas and influences of literary communities, and how they become an integral part of a literary ecosystem. While illustrating how virtual and physical book clubs function, they talk about evolving norms, practices as well as how they are functioning through the current Lockdown.

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In an episode that is part recollection of memories, part literary criticism and a complete fangirling over Shakespeare, Brecht, Beckett and Ionesco, Laxmi and Trupti navigate how the times today have made our lives into absurd plays through private and public memories, discuss the evolving idea, definition, and relevance of Theatre and look at the theatrics of modern times that keep us going. They also talk about #NaPoWriMo as Trupti reads out two of her poems that she's written as a part of this challenge.

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“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong." says F. Scott Fitzgerald which in times like these is more relevant than ever. When we look back in time, classrooms were the spaces where we learned the struggle to belong, where we were shaped as ideological beings. But have classrooms been at the same time immemorial? How is the radically changing classroom culture preparing individuals for the newer ways of being? Listen to Dr. Nilakshi Roy narrating her experience as a professor and how the worlds, academic and real, have revolved into newer ones on this episode of Lit Nama.

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In this episode, Laxmi talks to the Author of the novel Milk Teeth, Amrita Mahale who shares her experience of writing, editing and getting this book published. They discuss three parts of the book, its context, middle class sensibilities, upward mobility, violence, privileges, points of view- everything that makes this narrative.

Tune in to find out what makes a multi-dimensional story and why is it important to tell that story as Laxmi and Amrita dive deep into the politics of writing.

You can buy Amrita Mahale's book "Milk Teeth" here:
(https://www.amazon.in/Milk-Teeth-Amrita-Mahale/dp/9387894320)

You can follow Amrita Mahale on her instagram handle: @ummrita
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On this episode, Laxmi is joined by the poet, Menka Shivdasani, who traces the growth of Indian Poetry Writing In English as she recites her poems written across different time periods. How has poetry changed today? How did she come up with an entire anthology on poems? How does one engage in the process of writing? Find out.

Tune in to this conversation where Menka reads from her book Frazil the tiny droplets of wisdom and experience.

You can buy Menka Shivdasani's book here: https://www.amazon.in/Frazil-Menka-Shivdasani/dp/B07B1R592B

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