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 India is an unnatural nation accommodating multitudes and sustaining a million mutinies. Through conversations with authors, academics, activists and thinkers, this podcast attempts to navigate through the story of this complex nation.Navigating India Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • The Translator's Craft

    The Translator's Craft
    Jun 27 2025
    Join us as we converse with Arunava Sinha, India's most prolific translator! We dive into the profound impact of translations, teaching the craft, fostering vibrant translator and reader ecosystems, the influence of AI, and much more.ReferencesArunava Sinha: Website, X, InstagramTranslations Published, Forthcoming and Work in ProgressMeet Arunava Sinha, likely India’s most prolific translator by Priya RamaniMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieHeart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa BhashtiTomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi by Daisy RockwellPyre by Perumal Murugan, translated from Tamil by Aniruddhan VasudevanHow not to (not) teach translation by Arunava SinhaWhy Heart Lamp’s Booker win breaks many barriers by Arunava SinhaLost in Translation: What the first line of “The Stranger” should be by Ryan BloomAshoka Centre for TranslationA Glimpse of My Life: Autobiography of the Indian Revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil, translated from the Hindi by Awadhesh TripathiThe JCB Prize for Literature has shut down. What else has ended with it? By Arunava SinhaBooks by Sankar, Translated by Arunava Sinha: Chowringhee, The Middlemen, Limited Unlimited, Dear Reader: A MemoirBooks by Manoranjan Byapari, Translated by Arunava Sinha: There’s gunpowder in the air, ImaanBooks by Anita Agnihotri, Translated by Arunava Sinha: A Touch of Salt, 17, SickleMinistry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
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    42 mins
  • Spies, Lies and Allies: The Extraordinary Lives of Chatto and Roy

    Spies, Lies and Allies: The Extraordinary Lives of Chatto and Roy
    Jun 7 2025

    While India's freedom struggle is often remembered for its nonviolent approach, remarkable individuals like Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Sukhdev, and Rajguru actively pursued revolutionary methods, conducting rebellious activities within India. Meanwhile, others ventured abroad, forging alliances, securing funds and weapons for Indian revolutionaries, assassinating British officials in London, conspiring against colonial authorities, and establishing organisations, parties, and committees, often while navigating complex love lives. Two such remarkable figures are Virendranath Chattopadhyay, alias Chatto, and M.N. Roy. In this episode, Kavitha Rao chronicles the extraordinary journeys of these two individuals.


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    1. Kavitha Rao: Website, X, Instagram
    2. Books: Spies, Lies and Allies: The Extraordinary Lives of Chatto and Roy, Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine, The Librarian
    3. Daughter of the Earth: A Novel by Agnes Smedley
    4. Giulia Lazzari by Somerset Maugham
    5. The Multiple Careers of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: In conversation with Nico Slate- Episode 7 of Navigating India
    6. Transnational resistance and fictive truths: Virendranath Chattopadhyaya, Agnes Smedley and the Indian nationalist movement by Purnima Bose
    7. A Glimpse of My Life: Autobiography of the Indian Revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil, translated from the Hindi by Awadhesh Tripathi
    8. Why have Indian historians failed to combat ‘WhatsApp history’? By Shoaib Daniyal
    9. Ramachandra Guha, Peter Frankopan, William Dalrymple, Manu S Pillai, Srikar Raghavan, Ira Mukhoty, Rollo Romig, Sam Dalrymple
    10. Rama Bhima Soma: Cultural Investigations into Modern Karnataka: In Conversation with Srikar Raghavan- Episode 10 of Navigating India
    11. New India Foundation
    12. A Journalist’s Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India: In conversation with Rollo Romig- Episode 11 of Navigating India
    13. Gender bias in men’s reading habits still exists by Claire Shanahan: “This research confirms that while women read books by women and men equally, men overwhelmingly reject books written by women in favour of male authors”
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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India

    A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India
    May 16 2025
    On September 5th, 2017, activist and journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot in front of her house in the city of Bangalore. In January 2025, the last of the accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case was granted bail. No one has been convicted in this case yet. Who killed Gauri Lankesh? Who wanted her silenced? What was her true legacy? And what are the consequences of her assassination for journalism, activism, and democracy in India? Pulitzer Prize finalist author and journalist Rollo Romig joins in this episode to discuss these questions and many moreReferences: Rollo Romig: Website, InstagramBook: I Am on the Hit List: Murder and Myth-making in South IndiaLast Accused In Custody For Journalist Gauri Lankesh's Murder Gets Bail, 17 Accused Out On Bail While One Absconds by Mustafa PlumberGround report: Behind Karnataka BJP's ‘jihadi’ murder list, more than Hindutva and Islamist clashes by Sruthisagar YamunanHave ‘jihadis’ killed 23 Hindutva activists in Karnataka since 2014 as BJP claims? by Sruthisagar YamunanGauri Lankesh's killers just did the job our society had designed for them by TM KrishnaThe end of rule of law in America by J. Michael Luttig‘Electoral autocracy’: The downgrading of India’s democracy by Soutik BiswasLooking back 2024: Most dangerous places for journalists by Gautam Nirmal DoshiHow to steal a river by Rollo RomigAgni Sreedhar: InstagramMy Days in the Underworld- Rise of the Bangalore Mafia by Agni SreedharIndia's newspaper revolution: capitalism, politics, and the Indian-language press, 1977-99 by Robin JeffreySpeaking of Shiva by A.K. RamanujanWho is Luigi Mangione, CEO shooting suspect? by Madeline Halpert & Mike WendlingRama Bhima Soma: Cultural Investigations into Modern Karnataka- In Conversation with Srikar Raghavan- Episode 10 of Navigating IndiaThe Adversary by Srikar Raghavan
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    1 hr and 51 mins
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