Robin Hoods to a Man For All Seasons
Unknown tales from the freedom struggle to unsung foreign policy makers of the 1950s. Narayani Basu and Indranath Mukherjee in conversation with Kanis...
The Republic of Poetry
Readings by Abhijeet Gogoi, Prafull Shiledar, Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay and Kadambari Kaul
Printing A Republic
Jyotsna Mohan and Sanjoy Hazarika on chronicling the republic in black and white. In conversation with Shreevatsa Nevatia
Railsong
Rahul Bhattacharya on his new novel. In conversation with Sandip Roy
Tumhari Auqaat Kya Hai
Piyush Mishra discusses his book with Mir Afsar Ali
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai discusses her new novel with Shahana Chatterjee
Across Genre, Languages and Decades
Kunal Basu discusses past and future books with Pinaki De and Rituparna Roy
My Dear Kabul
Lucy Hannah on the stories of Afghanistan through the eyes of displaced women. Video uplink with Marie Bamyani. In conversation with Payal Mohanka
Is There Anybody Out There?
Sanjoy K. Roy and Aruna Chakravarti on ghosts, spooks and the unknown. In conversation with Vikram Iyengar
Family Albums
Bhawana Somaaya and Jonathan Gil Harris on how personal histories and world history shape the destiny of families. In conversation with K Mohanchandra...
Silverware On The Indian Bookshelf
Ankhi Mukherjee, Daisy Rockwell, Kanishka Gupta and Upamanyu Chatterjee on the importance of literature awards and the elusive literature Nobel. In co...
For Home, Family And Nation
Aparajita Dasgupta discusses the lives of women in Bengal through a period of social and political flux. In conversation with Debnita Chakravarti
Lightning Kid
Viswanathan Anand discusses his new book and life lessons gleaned from the chessboard. In conversation with Anupam Roy
The First 25 Years
Jhumpa Lahiri and Kiran Desai on completing 25 years of writing and being chroniclers of the quarter century. In conversation with Anindita Ghose
New York, New York
Prabal Gurung, Deborah Baker and Dan Morrison on the city as muse, home, aggravation and hope. In conversation with Ankita Mukherji
Journeying Into Oneself
Namita Devidayal, Aritra Sarkar and Jonquil Cooper discuss their journey, journals and serendipity. In conversation with Priyambada Jayakumar
The End of the West is not the End of The World
Amitav Ghosh, Salil Tripathi and Rana Dasgupta discuss what a changing world order means for the arts. In conversation with Ankita Mukherji
AfterWords
KaLaM Finale: Sarod recital by Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash. Accompanied by Satyajit Talwalkar and Anubrata Chatterjee on tabla