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Books and Authors

Books and Authors

Hindustan Times - HT Smartcast



In this podcast, National Books Editor Manjula Narayan tells you about books, authors and their journeys. This is a Hindustan Times production, brought to you by HT Smartcast

Books and Authors
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Available Episodes

39:09
On the complex Indian village
EPISODE 247

"Villages are complicated entities. There's always a power game. Now, money values have come in and villages are also changing. The lives between the village and the city are start ... Read more

28 Mar39 MINS
52:22
No last words in history
EPISODE 246

"While we must read histories produced by historians who have different perspectives on the past, it is very important not to get trapped in any particular ideological framework. F ... Read more

21 Mar52 MINS
52:53
A word to the wise
EPISODE 245

"Strangers matter online. We tend to put a lot of weight on reviews. But it is difficult to tell which ones are fake and which are not. Computer scientists are still working on it. ... Read more

14 Mar53 MINS
40:13
Of carpets and memories
EPISODE 244

I'm not an expert but I am a connoisseur and most of the carpets in this book are part of my collection. Carpets harbour a lot of stories but we seldom read about them because book ... Read more

09 Mar40 MINS
53:06
Sex and the Indian woman: It's complicated
EPISODE 243

"Every culture's sexual values get imbued into all parts of their thinking, not just into how they think about the bedroom. Under patriarchy, mothers are given this special role of ... Read more

29 Feb53 MINS
47:29
Big tech, profit, loss, and AI
EPISODE 242

"AI doesn't create; it reproduces. AI doesn't know what is good or bad; even in art, it doesn't know. People want to know whether we'll reach a level where AI is as smart as we are ... Read more

22 Feb47 MINS
50:24
Detective fiction and the search for justice
EPISODE 241

Crime fiction seems to have a steady presence because of the way in which it is able to address contemporary issues of law and order relating also to the absence of justice, which ... Read more

16 Feb50 MINS
67:14
By hook or by book
EPISODE 240

"The thrill of the hunt is what fuels all collecting probably and it's certainly so for book collecting. But here the interest is bibliographical so there's a scholarly component t ... Read more

08 Feb67 MINS
59:12
A Himalayan feast
EPISODE 239

Like the pizza, momos are traditional, ethnic, and are loved worldwide" - Rohini Rana, author, 'The Nepal Cookbook; 108 Regional Recipes', talks to Manjula Narayan about the magic ... Read more

01 Feb59 MINS
59:41
Birds, bees, blinding fog and scorching sunshine
EPISODE 238

"Dr Salim Ali told me, if you're not a scientist, don't show off your secondhand scientific knowledge. Just write simply and share that. So that's what I've done" - Bulbul Sharma, ... Read more

25 Jan60 MINS
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