‘Children are shape shifters who go easily into a story, but adults hesitate’: Writer Cornelia Funke

03 12 , 2018 No Comments
I interviewed legendary German writer of fantasy fiction for children Cornelia Funke. Scroll published the interview on 2 December 2018. It is c&p below too. 
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Times Lit Fest, Delhi, panels on “Cultivating the passion of reading in children” and “What India Reads”

02 12 , 2018 No Comments
The Times LitFest Delhi ( 1-2 Dec 2018) was organised at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. I moderated two sessions with the both panel
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Louise Erdrich “The Blue Jay’s Dance”

28 11 , 2018 No Comments
Novelist Louise Erdrich’s The Blue Jay’s Dance about balancing life as a mother and a writer is a fascinating account. It was written in the mid-nineties but
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Zainab Priya Dala’s “What Gandhi Didn’t See: Being Indian in South Africa”

26 11 , 2018 No Comments
Like a white net veil worn over a red saree, or an ivory satin gown sleeve that borders ornate paisley mehndi patterns, the people of
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Interview with Henry Eliot, Creative Editor of Penguin Classics in the UK, regarding “The Penguin Classics Book”

26 11 , 2018 1 Comment
I interviewed Henry Eliot, Creative Editor of Penguin Classics in the UK after reading the marvellous The Penguin Classics Book he has authored. It is a beautiful historical
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Book 20: 18 – 24 November 2018

26 11 , 2018 No Comments
Every Monday I post some of the books I have received in the previous week. Embedded in the book covers and post will also be
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An interview with Vidyun Sabhaney and Arpita Das about “First Hand graphic narratives” Vols 1&2

21 11 , 2018 No Comments
First Hand Vols 1 & 2 are a collection of reportage told in graphic format or comic style. There are a variety of stories, styles
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Roli Books at 40!

21 11 , 2018 No Comments
The well-known publisher of heavily illustrated books, Roli Books celebrated forty years of its existence. Along the way the Kapoor family ( Pramod Kapoor, Kiran Kapoor, Kapil Kapoor and Priya Kapoor )
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Trevor Noah

21 11 , 2018 No Comments
Comedian and Daily Show talk  show host Trevor Noah’s autobiography Born a Crime is a moving, at times funny, at times brutal and hardhitting account of
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Favourite Enid Blyton stories

20 11 , 2018 No Comments
How I Began  That is one question so many of you ask me — and grown-ups ask it too. ‘How did you begin writing, Miss Blyton?’ Well,
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