Finding wonder in the everyday: Mala Kumar on writing for children
Mala Kumar is the author of over 40 picturebooks for children including Up the Mountains of India, Crazy Mazy Maths Puzzles, I Want that One, Paper Play, Happy Maths series, Rupaiya Paisa Series, Sir M Visvesvaraya: The Man Who Built Dams, Bridges and a Nation, among many others. She will be attending the Bookaroo Children’s […]
A magical weekend: Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival is back
Dates: November 19th and 20th (Saturday and Sunday)Venue: Art District, Alembic City, VadodaraTiming: 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM 33 Speakers | 57 sessions | Unlimited Fun Storytelling, Workshops, Books, and Art & Craft for 4–14-year-olds As the world heads towards normalcy, the Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival is geared up to come back to Vadodara on […]
Rare book on Shimla history; this illustrated guidebook is a delight to read
Simla in Ragtime, a rare book on Shimla history should not be confused with Ragtime in Simla by Barabara Cleverley’s book. Justice Deepak Gupta, a Simla man through and through, served as judge of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh for more than eight years, and had one of the finest collections of rare books […]
Can food stories speak to the concerns of our time? Yamini Vijayan answers
Prakruti spoke to Yamini Vijayan, editor of The Locavore, about what editing food stories has taught her, her favourite books on food and otherwise, switching between writing and editing, and more. Excerpts from an email interview. You are a storyteller first – how did you come to work with The Locavore? What has your relationship […]
On art exhibitions, food writing and everything in between: Tanya Abraham
Art education, curating art exhibitions, journalism, teaching, food – what came first to Tanya? Does your engagement with each of these arts feed (pun intended!) into each other? If yes, how so? Tanya Abraham: I started writing for local newspapers as a young mother and went into serious journalism a few years later. Enroute I […]
Need to bring out the othering of north-east India: Dr. Moushumi Kandali
Purple Pencil Project spoke to the author of Black Magic Women, Dr. Moushumi Kandali about how she brought the collection together, perceptions of north-east India, her interest in art, the books that inspired her, and more. Excerpts. How did The Black Magic Women originate? Was it something you read, heard, or saw, that made you […]
Don’t miss this campus novel based in Banaras Hindu University
The Hindi version of Banaras Talkies, a campus novel based in Banaras Hindu University came out in 2015, based in the author’s alma mater. The book, he says, is ‘as fictional as you think and as factual as you can understand’. Given that it is his first book chances are high that his experiences find […]
Aashit Chatterjee on reading, cinema in the era of digital platforms, and more
The Bollywood filmmaker spoke to us as part of the Bundelkhand Literature Festival 2022, about reading, the rise of digital platforms and the changing nature of cinema, his favourite fim adaptations of books, and much more. Excerpts. How is it like to participate in the Bundelkhand Literature Festival? In a time where reading loses its […]
What has the history of trade got to do with Kerala Food? Find out
Art curator, educator, and writer Tanya Abraham, knows Kerala and Kerala food closely. Born and raised in Fort Kochi to parents from two different Christian communities, the differences in traditions and religious influences based on history always fascinated her. Eating with History: Ancient Trade-Influenced Cuisines of Kerala is one part recipe books and one part […]
On Reading Novels
As someone who reads a lot and makes it obvious to the world that she reads a lot, I often get asked by friends for book recommendations. A lot of the time, these are people who read only occasionally, and when I ask them what kind of books they would like to be recommended, the […]
