Mixed Messages 4

What does it mean... ...to write in a foreign land? ...to be comfortable with contradictions, irresolution? ...to write for oneself, or for the reader? ...to write as a form of deep attention, a...

Mixed Messages 3

What is the role of literary writing in response to political crises? Amitav Ghosh and Vijay Seshadri discuss their thoughts on politicized writing, or, as Vijay Seshadri calls it, "working in the rea...

Mixed Messages 2

The panel discussion that took place between these three was so long and so interesting that I've made it into three separate segments, and this is the first of these three... The discussion star...

Mixed Messages 1

For the kick-off event for Mixed Messages, the South Asian Women's Creative Collective's Literary Festival, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh read from his latest book, Incendiary Circumstances ...

True fusion of dance, music, poetry... and politics!

Join me and Smitha Radhakrishnan as we discuss her dance company Natya's exciting new dance drama based on the Ramayana. In the course of our conversation we cover topics as far ranging as politics, h...

Ravishanker Naik once more recites and explains ghazals to his heart's delight - and to ours. This time, the flavor of the language is decidedly Urdu (with quite a bit of English translation, and some...

We continue our conversation with Ravishanker Naik

Pappa waxes eloquent on the topic of ghazals, once more. Enjoy this tasty treat for your ears. Again, this episode is in Gujrish (a creative combination of Gujarati and English) but stay tuned for fut...

What is the difference between a sher and a ghazal? Who is a Shaayar? Join me in a conversation with Ravishanker Naik to learn more.

Ghazals are dear to my father's heart... While he is modest enough to sing, "Main shaayar to nahin" and mean it, Ravishanker Naik is quite the self-taught expert on these romantic poems... Join Pappa ...