In today’s episode, we have Manu Pillai in the #DesiCraftChat segment. He discusses his latest book, False Allies: India's Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s #FiveDesiFaves episode, we have Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh of Brown Girl Bookshelf sharing their recently-read favorite desi books. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks; @browngbookshelf Instagram: @desi.books; @browngirlbookshelf Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co; https://browngirlbookshelf.org Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews; https://browngirlbookshelf.substack.com/ Email: [email protected]; [email protected] ---...

In today’s episode, we have Nandana Sen in the #DesiReads segment. She reads from her new poetry translation, Acrobat. The poems were originally written in Bengali by the acclaimed poet Nabaneeta Dev Sen (who is also Nandana's mother.) Introducing the reading are this week's guest hosts, Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh of Brown Girl Bookshelf. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks; @browngbookshelf Instagram: @desi.books; @browngirlbookshelf Facebook: @desibooksfb Website:...

In today’s episode, we have Rafia Zakaria in the #DesiCraftChat segment. She discusses her new book, Against White Feminism, which was out earlier this year. In conversation with her are this week's guest hosts, Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh of Brown Girl Bookshelf. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks; @browngbookshelf Instagram: @desi.books; @browngirlbookshelf Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co; https://browngirlbookshelf.org Newsletter:...

In today’s mini-episode, we have Amish Trivedi in the #DesiReads segment. He's reading from his latest poetry collection, FuturePanic. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s episode, we have Kirthana Ramisetti in the #DesiCraftChat segment. She discusses her new novel, Dava Shastri's Last Day, which is out this month. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar in the #DesiReads segment. She's reading from her debut flash collection, Morsels of Purple. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s episode, we have Mayukh Sen in the #DesiCraftChat segment. They discuss their new book, Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, which is out this month. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Zilka Joseph in the #FiveDesiFaves segment. She has a new poetry collection out titled In our Beautiful Bones. Here, she shares his five favorite desi books of poetry and hybrid essays. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Anjali Enjeti in the #DesiReads segment. She's reading from her essay collection, Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell in the #DesiReads segment. They're reading from both the Hindi original novel, Ret Samadhi (3.54 mark), and its English translation, Tomb of Sand (15.88 mark). Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s episode, we have SJ Sindu in the #DesiCraftChat segment. They discuss their new novel, Blue-skinned Gods, which is out this month. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Vaseem Khan in the #FiveDesiFaves segment. He has a new crime fiction novel out (UK now; US in 2022) titled The Dying Day. Here, he shares his five favorite desi crime fiction works. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Rohan Chhetri in the #DesiReads segment. She's reading from his poetry collection, Lost, Hurt, or in Transit Beautiful. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s episode, we have Venkataraghavan Srinivasan in the #DesiCraftChat segment. He discusses his book, The Origin Story of India's States, which is out now. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Vidhu Aggarwal in the #FiveDesiFaves segment. She has a hybrid poetry collection out titled Daughter Isotope. She'll be sharing her five favorite diasporic works of speculative poetics and alternative fantasy. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast:...

In today’s mini-episode, we have Sheniz Janmohamed in the #DesiReads segment. She's reading from her poetry collection, Reminders on the Path. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Shilpi Malinowski in the #DesiReads segment. She's reading from her debut book, Shaw, Ledroit Park and Bloomingdale in Washington, DC: An Oral History. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s episode, we have Samir Chopra in the #DesiCraftChat segment. He discusses his book, Bollywood Does Battle: The War Movie and the Indian Popular Imagination, which is out now. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Hananah Zaheer in the #DesiReads segment. She's reading from a new story collection, Lovebirds. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

Today's episode is a #DesiCraftChat rewind. We have Dhruti Shah, who had been interviewed on episode 26 in April 2020. Since then, her book has gone on to win a 2021 Business Book Award in the Short Business Book of the Year category. (Congrats, Dhruti!) So here she is, discussing Bear Markets and Beyond: A Bestiary of Business Terms. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter:...

In today’s mini-episode, we have Shubnum Khan in the #DesiReads segment. She's reading from a new essay collection, How I Accidentally Became a Stock Photo And Other Strange and Wonderful Stories. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s episode, we have Amanda Jayatissa in the #DesiCraftChat segment. She’ll be discussing her debut novel, My Sweet Girl, which is out now. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s mini-episode, we have Dr. Lopmudra Maitra Bajpai in the #DesiReads segment. She's reading from a new collection, The Owl Delivered the Good News All Night Long: Folktales, Legends, and Modern Lore of India. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support

In today’s episode, we have Saumya Roy in the #DesiCraftChat segment. She’ll be discussing her debut nonfiction, Castaway Mountain, which is out now. Thank you for listening. Twitter: @DesiBooks Instagram: @desi.books Facebook: @desibooksfb Website: https://desibooks.co Newsletter: https://bit.ly/desibooksnews Email: [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/support