South Asian Films and Books

In this interview, I speak with Namita Gokhale, the founder-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival, about her latest novel Jaipur Journals.

In this interview, I talk with Kavita Krishnan, India's leading feminist and Secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association, where I discuss her new book "Fearless Freedom," published in 2019.

In this interview, I speak with Nandita Das on her book "Manto & I," which is based on her 2018 biopic "Manto," South Asia's leading author, playwright and scriptwriter Saadat Hasan Manto.

In this episode I talk to Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy about her latest book "My Seditious Heart," which is a 1000-page compilation of her complete non-fiction work to date.

In this episode of #SouthAsianFilmsAndBooks, I talk to Shabana Azmi, India's leading actress and feminist activist who has successfully straddled art and commercial cinema.

In my latest podcast on #SouthAsianFilmsAndBooks, listen to my interview with India's most formidable feminist filmmaker Shonali Bose talking about her trilogy: The Sky is Pink, Margarita With a Straw and Amu.

On the day of the world's very first Global Climate Strike, Alka Kurian talks to Amitav Ghosh about his new novel "Gun Island" a book about a world ravaged by climate change.