Kolkata Literary Meet

Arundhati Nath and Jashodhara Chakraborti on giving Bangla ghost fiction a new life through translation. In conversation with Anusha Viswanathan

Aparajita Dasgupta and Rik Sengupta on their co-authored murder mystery. In conversation with Agnijit Sen

Ghazala Wahab discusses her new book with Chinki Sinha

Ujjal Sinha and his translator Arunava Sinha on writing and transcreating. In conversation with Mou Mukherjee

Prafull Shiledar and Kavita Kané discuss trends, themes and challenges for Marathi literature. In conversation with Jerry Pinto

Bratya Basu, Srijato, Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay and Shamya Dasgupta discuss how Partition shaped Ghatak’s cinema. In conversation with Jayanta Sengupta

Readings from unpublished manuscripts by Bratati Bandyopadhyay. Biswajit Ray discusses and reimagines Tagore’s classic on its centenary in a conversat...

Geoff Dyer discusses his last two books, The Last Days of Roger Federer and Homework. In conversation with Arunabha Deb

Court by Chaitanya Tamhane (116 mins)

Devdutt Pattanaik in conversation with Milee Ashwarya

Binod Chaudhary discusses his memoirs and life lessons with Harshavardhan Neotia

Salil Tripathi and Ankhi Mukherjee on Mahasweta Devi’s presence in world literature. In conversation with Sohini Chattopadhyay

Deborah Baker and Subodh Sarkar in conversation with Pinaki De. Readings by Ahon Gooptu

Chaitanya Tamhane on his films, cinema in the time of OTT, global trends and shrinking attention spans. In conversation with Balaji Vittal

Kate Evans and Debnita Chakravarti on the life, the books and the influence of Jane Austen

Manu Joseph goes solo on his new title

Sudhir Mishra,Shamya Dasgupta, Nirupama Kotru and Salil Tripathi discuss Ghatak beyond Bengal. In conversation with Balaji Vittal

Sanjoy Hazarika and Gurnaik Johal on rivers as muse. In conversation with Labonita Ghosh

Sandip Roy discusses his new biography with Sunandini Banerjee. In conversation with Shahana Chatterjee

Nandita Das and Vandana Vasudevan discuss the invisible world of delivery agents. In conversation with Mitakshara Kumari

Barbara Kingsolver and Lily Kingsolver about the influences and points of divergence in their writings. In conversation with Tathagata Bhattacharya

Upamanyu Chatterjee discusses his collection of novellas with Pritha Kejriwal

Ananda Lal on his essays on theatre. In conversation with Kathakali Jana

Sudhir Mishra, Chaitanya Tamhane and Nandita Das on Indian cinema and its place in the world. In conversation with Nirupama Kotru

Play on Words: Hal Cazalet takes us through PG Wodehouse’s musical years on Broadway. Accompanied by Simon Beck on the piano

Priyambada Jayakumar, Shamya Dasgupta and Nasreen Munni Kabir on lessons that youngsters can glean from the legacy of MS Swaminathan,Ritwik Ghatak and...

Robert Ivermee and Chinmoy Guha discuss France’s history in India. In conversation with Pinaki De

An ode to our freedom fighters by Mir Afsar Ali