On this episode, Laxmi is joined by the musician- Ritviz and his Manager, Rahul Sinha. This is a fan-girl episode not only for our Host Laxmi but for many who have played "Udd Gaye" and "Barso" on a loop. Ritviz gives a sneak peek into his process of writing songs, deciding its melody and visualizing its video.

In the second half, Rahul joins Ritviz to talk about his role in an artist's life and how did they enter their bromance! Tune in to their conversations to find both of them pulling each other's leg on this episode.

You can follow Ritviz on his instagram handle: @vizdumb

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In this special chapter of Lit Nama, Laxmi is joined by the band members of ALIF- Hardik Vaghela and Mohammad Muneem Nazir who talk about the journey of telling their stories through songs, poetry and music. What matters the most to their writing? What is the darkness they hint at? Can Kashmir be redefined? What is a day to day conflict? They explain it with one song at a time.

Tune in to this episode where Muneer and Hardik open up about their vulnerability, social responsibility, their art and life as artists.

You can check their official website "Words Of Alif" here: https://www.wordsofalif.com/

You can also follow them on instagram and twitter on their handle: @wordsofalif

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On this chapter of Lit Nama, Madhuri Adwani, a storyteller with her show Tapri Tales joins Laxmi to discuss the contemporary storytelling platform where myriad voices have given way to new narratives. These narratives are that of the lives experienced from the margins as one fights patriarchy, caste and jingoism.

What does it mean to take the center stage and speak? What are the safe spaces where we as women can tell these tales? Find answers to these questions by tuning in as Laxmi and Madhuri weave tales to make their point.

You can check out Madhuri's Tapri Tales here: https://ivmpodcasts.com/tapri-tales

You can follow Madhuri Adwani on her instagram handle: @mad_ad13

You can also listen to other stories of Madhuri on her YouTube channel Madhuri Adwani: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLgVvaR0yg5_yf0ux5X1LKA

You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills

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On this chapter, Laxmi is joined by the Stand-up Comedian and Podcast Producer, Abbas Momin, whose tweets have been retweeted multiple times for their humor as well as political content. They discuss the journey of twitter from its celebrity phase to the angry twitterati today. Has it helped to amplify the voices or has it been misused by people in power?

Tune in to this conversation where Abbas and Laxmi talk about being vulnerable on twitter, safe spaces, one's identity reduced to IP address and hashtags trending on twitter.

You can follow Abbas on his twitter handle: @abbasmomin

You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills

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On this chapter of Lit Nama, Laxmi is in conversation with the Artist Manager, Rahul Sinha, who has been a manager to artists like Udyan Sagar and Ritviz. He talks about artist management and how he stumbled upon this profession by chance. How does he deal with the fandom that comes his way as well as the artist's way? What is the Indie music scene today? Is there an infrastructure to support artist management?

Tune in to this tete-a-tete as Rahul and Laxmi dig deep to understand this new emerging profession that requires the skills of an editor as well as a storyteller.

You can follow Rahul Sinha on his instagram handle: @rahulsinha113

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In this chapter of Lit Nama, Laxmi is joined by the Feature's Writer of Mid-day, Jane Borges who talks about her new novel Bombay Balchao. Why is there a pickle in the name of the book? How do stories and histories get told around food? Can nostalgia and history create a work of Fiction?

Find out the answers to all these questions as Jane takes us through the neighborhood of Bombay she grew up in and tells yet another fascinating story of the changing landscape of the city.

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You can follow Jane Borges on her instagram handle: @janeborges87

Check out Mid-day articles by Jane Borges here:
https://www.mid-day.com/search/jane-borges-articles

You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills

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On this chapter of Lit Nama, Laxmi is joined by another Spoken Word Poet, Jackie Thakkar, well-known for his Millennial Romance. He talks in detail about the future of the Spoken Word and the rise of contextual writing.

As Jackie shares his journey of being a performer, he gives a glimpse into pre-unerase poetry phase and post-unerase poetry phase. Tune in to this fun conversation around all things literary on the Spoken Word stage!

You can follow Jackie Thakkar on his instagram handle: @juvenile_jack

Check out Jackie's open mic performances here:
Throw Away The Cigarette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dgpV116vok
7 Withdrawals Of You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4mW5xklTXc

You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills

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On the third chapter of Lit Nama, Laxmi takes us through another popular trend of creating memes and writing blogs or articles. She talks to the content creator- Sonia Thomas about her journey of writing for the internet and her work with BuzzFeed.

They discuss if internet identity is different from the offline identity a person carries. Amidst the scenario of trolling and back-lashing for wearing one's opinions on a sleeve, can there be more sensitivity on digital platforms?

Tune in to this episode to know how BuzzFeed articles came to be and how does the meme culture add to the new digital literary trends.

You can follow Sonia Thomas on her instagram handle: @sokneeoh

Link to the official BuzzFeed website: https://www.buzzfeed.com/

You can read the articles written by Sonia Thomas on these links:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/soniathomas/how-privileged-are-you
https://www.buzzfeed.com/soniathomas/inshallah-mashallah

You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills

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In the second chapter of Lit Nama, Laxmi Krishnan takes us through the arenas of digital content as she talks to the Writer-Director-Actor, Parikshit Joshi. He shares his journey of understanding YouTube as a digital platform and venturing into creation of the digital content.

How does one write characters keeping in mind the cinematography, direction and screenplay? Has the content changed with excessive digital consumption? How has internet changed this literary storytelling scene? Tune in to the entire conversation to understand this literary trend.

You can follow Parikshit Joshi on his instagram handle: @parikshitjoshi_

You can catch his TVF plays "Zeroes" and "Weekends" here:
https://tvfplay.com/show/tsps-zeroes/260
https://tvfplay.com/show/tsps-weekends/374

You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills

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In the prologue of our Lit Nama, Laxmi Krishnan is in conversation with the Spoken Word Poet- Jasmine Khurana who is known for her Banter Between Generations and goes by the name 'Creative Dopes'. She shares how she explored slam poetry after her foray into teaching and writing.

What is the discipline of writing a spoken word poetry? What is an experiential writing? Who are the pioneers and proponents of this literary scene? Explore all this with Laxmi and Jasmine as you tune in.

You can follow Jasmine Khurana on her instagram handle: @jrimmykhurana

You can find Jasmine Khurana's Spoken Word Performances in the following links:
Jasmine's website: https://jasminekhurana.com/
Jasmine Khurana's Banter Between Generation: https://youtu.be/btd6lFflfx8
Jasmine Khurana's Arranged Love: https://youtu.be/5HAKscjXUX8
Jasmine Khurana's A Mother, A Girl, A Woman: https://youtu.be/OOGD5NDtDpA
Jasmine Khurana's My Six Yards are my Cape: https://youtu.be/rFtFY7eNisY

Find out more about Slam Poetry here: https://poets.org/text/brief-guide-slam-poetry

Also check out the other platforms of Spoken Word:
Kommune India: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGbe7WmkQPW3gcbhN0G2gw
UnErase Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX_7hEUHZCQhQI8oqHPsr0g
Spoken Fest 2020: https://kommuneity.com/spoken/

You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills

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