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Play it AgainThe enchanted world of Amitava KumarAmitava Kumar is a brilliant writer, artist and teacher. He is also one of them most brilliant consumers of culture, which makes him one of our dream guests. In this episode, books, films and art collide and coalesce in unexpected ways and the absolute joy and pleasure of reading and listening and watching is for all to partake in. Just make sure you have a pen and paper handy for the the recommendations that come along the way.
2025-12-292h 08
Books and AuthorsTrain through India"Trains in India are public sites and they are sites for social exchange and its a collective identity but what the smartphone has introduced is not only the private sphere into the public one, but also a flagrant abuse of the public sphere by making it totally private! This includes the watching of shows at a loud volume and having conversations like that too."- Amitava Kumar, author, The Social Life of Indian Trains, talks to me on the Books & Authors podcast about how train travel has changed, the people he met on his journey from Kashmir to Kany...
2025-12-1145 min
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaEp 429: Rudraneil Sengupta is EmbeddedHe wrote the definitive history of Indian wrestling. His longform reportage has taken him into strange territories. He embedded himself with the Delhi police and has now come out with his first crime novel. Rudraneil Sengupta joins Amit Varma in episode 429 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about he throws himself into both his life and his work. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Rudraneil Sengupta on Instagram, Twitter, Mint and Amazon. 2. The Beast Within -- Rudraneil Sengupta. 3. Enter the Dangal -- Rudraneil Sengupta. 4. The Girl From Haryana -- Amit Varma's...
2025-10-203h 25
Books and Beyond with Bound8.14 Tara & Michelle: Goodbye Michelle!The goodbye you can't miss! Michelle returns to the mic with Tara for a special, unfiltered conversation you won’t want to miss. From a sneak peek into her upcoming novel to never-before-told stories about starting Books & Beyond, this episode is part milestone, part behind-the-scenes tell-all.They relive their very first author interview, reveal the moments that put the show on the map, and spill on their favorite guests. Plus, a candid look at how life, books, and the literary world have changed, from India to New Zealand.If yo...
2025-08-1241 min
The Closet Writer ChroniclesAntara Mukherjee & Farah Naaz: Stories Of Women Written By WomenThe show opens with Antara and Farah talking about what writing and creativity means to them. They share their earliest memories of writing and how each of them decided to pursue it seriously. We chat about their respective manuscripts – one in the space of fiction and the other in non-fiction, and the importance of amplifying female narratives, accompanied by some fantastic book recommendations! We talk about research and the process of writing for fiction and non-fiction. We also delve into what each of them is exploring with their respective manuscripts. Later, we chat about the Emerging Writers Residency, their wr...
2025-08-091h 24
THE ONE'S CHANGING THE WORLD -PODCASTThe AI threat the world needs to know about - Dr. Amitava DasTopic - AI Safety, Multimodal AI, AGI & the Future of AI in India -#271Dr Amitava Das has been working as a Research Associate Professor at The Artificial Intelligence Institute (AIISC), University of South Carolina. Earlier he set up an industry research lab from scratch Wipro AI – an industry research lab, in Bangalore, India, and is still associated with Wipro AI as an Advisory Scientist. At Wipro, he has led several academic collaborations – such as with IIT Patna, IIIT Delhi, UT Austin, AI institute at the University of South Carolina, and Cambridge University. He has started a joint PhD prog...
2025-07-101h 02
The India BriefingMaking Sense of India with Amit Varma and Milan VaishnavIn this episode of the India Briefing, we speak with Milan Vaishnav, host of The Grand Tamasha and Amit Varma, host of The Seen and the Unseen on the lessons, the critical ideas and observations that they have encountered through conversations across the years and how they have helped shape their understanding of India.Produced by Oijo Media Pvt Ltd | www.oijo.inEpisode Notes: The Seen and the Unseen with Amit VarmaEverything and Everything with Amit Varma and Ajay Shah
2025-01-141h 33
NL HaftaHafta 519: Meta and fact-checking, the role of journaling, social media as source of newsThis week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Manisha Pande are joined by author Amitava Kumar and academic Joyojeet Pal.The panel discusses Amitava’s new book The Green Book: An Observer’s Notebook, and Amitava explains the role that journaling plays in his life. “Journaling is a means of self-discovery and a tool to document our times. Personal narratives can preserve truths and challenge erasures of history,” he says. He also says journaling helps counteract misinformation since it’s “about creating a record that endures beyond fleeting news cycles”. Manisha adds that...
2025-01-111h 50
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingClaire Messud and Amitava Kumar on Literary FriendshipThis episode on literary friendship with Claire Messud and Amitava Kumar was recorded live at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, Colorado at the June 2024 Lit Fest. Learn more about Lighthouse.Claire Messud is the author of six works of fiction. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her essay collection is called Kant’s Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write. Her recent novel is called This Strange Eventful History. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her fam...
2025-01-061h 00
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaEp 408: Amitava Kumar Finds His Gulmohar TreeHis earlier episodes on this show have been huge hits, and as he completes a trilogy of books, he returns to complete a trilogy of episodes. Amitava Kumar joins Amit Varma in episode 408 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about writing, noticing, painting, travelling, trees, and unfulfilled train journeys. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out 1. Amitava Kumar on Instagram, Substack, Twitter, Amazon, Vassar, Granta and his own website. 2. The Green Book: An Observer's Notebook -- Amitava Kumar. 3. Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life — Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen. 4. Am...
2025-01-062h 49First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingAmitava Kumar Amitava Kumar is a writer and journalist. He was born in Ara, and grew up in the nearby town of Patna, famous for its corruption, crushing poverty and delicious mangoes. Kumar is the author of several books of non-fiction and four novels. His new novel is My Beloved Life. Kumar lives in Poughkeepsie, in upstate New York, where he is the Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He serves on the board of the Corporation of Yaddo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-07-2255 min
History Workshop PodcastAn Indian Historian's Ordinary LifeThe novelist Amitava Kumar on history, fiction, India, and ordinary lives.
2024-06-2640 min
Lit CenturyTrain DreamsAuthor Amitava Kumar and host Catherine Nichols discuss Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. They talk about the wilderness and the names of plants, the associations of trains and the 19th and 20th centuries in India, Europe and the United States, and the book's rolling, associative prose style. Amitava Kumar is the author of several works of nonfiction and three novels. His novel Immigrant, Montana was a New York Times and New Yorker best book of the year and was selected by President Barack Obama as a favorite book of the year. Kumar's work has...
2024-05-141h 01
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaThe Audacity by Ryan ChapmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757733 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Audacity Author: Ryan Chapman Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In seventy-two hours, a blockbuster exposé will reveal Victoria Stevens's multibillion-dollar startup as a massive fraud. And Victoria has gone missing. Has she faked her death, leaving her husband, Guy Sarvananthan, to face the fallout—and potential jail time? Should Guy flee to his native Sri Lanka, an outcast and a failure? Or embrace denial? Opting for the latter, he takes the corporate jet to a private Car...
2024-05-1430 min
Craft TalksWriter Amitava KumarAmitava Kumar is the author of several books of nonfiction and four novels, and his work has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, Harper’s and many other publications. He’s been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship, and his novel Immigrant, Montana was named as one of President Obama’s favorite books of 2018. In this CraftTalk, hosts Kate Essig & Ted Ibur talk to Kumar about what it looks like to write with intention – and we caught up with him about his new novel “My Beloved Life.”
2024-05-0829 min
Foreign Policy LiveInside Narendra Modi’s IndiaWhy is Narendra Modi so popular? As India begins voting this week, FP Live host Ravi Agrawal discusses his essay “The New Idea of India” with executive editor Amelia Lester. The two take subscriber questions on how India is changing under Modi and what New Delhi’s foreign policy will look like in the future. Suggested reading:Ravi Agrawal: The New Idea of IndiaRishi Iyengar: Modi’s Messenger to the WorldSnigdha Poonam: Meet India’s Generation ZJosh Felman, Arvind Subramanian: Is India Really the Next China?Anusha...
2024-04-1742 min
South Asian Films and BooksAmitava KumarIn this episode, I talk with Amitava Kumar about his 2024 novel My Beloved Life, an absorbing, exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man’s life, an ordinary life made exceptional by the fact that he has loved and has been loved in turn.
2024-03-2337 min
The Book ShowThe Book Show | Amitava Kumar – My Beloved Life“My Beloved Life” by Amitava Kumar is a father-daughter story that widens into an Indian family saga. It tells the story of an ordinary life made exceptional by the fact that father has loved and has been loved in return. His daughter’s story recasts the past in a new light.
2024-03-1927 minThe Book ShowThe Book Show | Amitava Kumar – My Beloved Life“My Beloved Life” by Amitava Kumar is a father-daughter story that widens into an Indian family saga. It tells the story of an ordinary life made exceptional by the fact that father has loved and has been loved in return. His daughter’s story recasts the past in a new light.
2024-03-1927 min
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+My Beloved Life: A novel by Amitava KumarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/692315to listen full audiobooks.
Title: My Beloved Life: A novel
Author: Amitava Kumar
Narrator: Amitava Kumar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 43 minutes
Release date: February 27, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
An absorbing, exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man’s life, an ordinary life made exceptional by the fact that he has loved and has been loved in turn Jadunath Kunwar’s beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. In 1935 in a village near George Orwell’s birthplace, Jadu’s mother, while pregnant with him, nearly dies from a cobra...
2024-02-271h 43Download New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalMy Beloved Life: A novel by Amitava KumarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/692315to listen full audiobooks.
Title: My Beloved Life: A novel
Author: Amitava Kumar
Narrator: Amitava Kumar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 43 minutes
Release date: February 27, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
An absorbing, exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man’s life, an ordinary life made exceptional by the fact that he has loved and has been loved in turn Jadunath Kunwar’s beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. In 1935 in a village near George Orwell’s birthplace, Jadu’s mother, while pregnant with him, nearly dies from a cobra...
2024-02-271h 43
Slate ConversationsWorking: How to Write Every Day and Stick to ItThis week, host Isaac Butler talks to writer Amitava Kumar, whose latest novel is My Beloved Life. In the interview, Amitava discusses his habit of writing every day—a habit he strongly recommends to his students at Vassar College. Then he shares the process behind his new novel and explains how he drew upon other novels for inspiration. After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about daily writing practices, how to establish a writing voice, and much more. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Isaac and Amit...
2024-02-1847 min
Slate CareersWorking: How to Write Every Day and Stick to ItThis week, host Isaac Butler talks to writer Amitava Kumar, whose latest novel is My Beloved Life. In the interview, Amitava discusses his habit of writing every day—a habit he strongly recommends to his students at Vassar College. Then he shares the process behind his new novel and explains how he drew upon other novels for inspiration. After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about daily writing practices, how to establish a writing voice, and much more. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Isaac and Amit...
2024-02-1847 min
Slate BooksWorking: How to Write Every Day and Stick to ItThis week, host Isaac Butler talks to writer Amitava Kumar, whose latest novel is My Beloved Life. In the interview, Amitava discusses his habit of writing every day—a habit he strongly recommends to his students at Vassar College. Then he shares the process behind his new novel and explains how he drew upon other novels for inspiration. After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about daily writing practices, how to establish a writing voice, and much more. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Isaac and Amit...
2024-02-1847 min
WorkingHow to Write Every Day and Stick to ItThis week, host Isaac Butler talks to writer Amitava Kumar, whose latest novel is My Beloved Life. In the interview, Amitava discusses his habit of writing every day—a habit he strongly recommends to his students at Vassar College. Then he shares the process behind his new novel and explains how he drew upon other novels for inspiration. After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about daily writing practices, how to establish a writing voice, and much more. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Isaac and Amitava talk about how much...
2024-02-1843 min
Pratidin Ek KavitaSach Choocha Hota Hai | Amitava Kumarसच छूछा होता है।- अमिताव कुमार महात्मा गाँधी की आत्मकथा मेंमौसम का कहीं ज़िक्र नहीं,लंदन की किसी ईमारत यासड़क के बारे में कोई बयान नहीं,किसी कमरे की, कभी एकत्रित भीड़ यायातायात के किसी साधन की कहीं कोईचर्चा नहीं–यह वी. एस. नायपॉल की आलोचना है।लेकिन मौसम तो गांधीजी के अंदर था!तूफान से जूझती एक अडिग आत्मा–नैतिकता की पतली पगडण्डी पर ठोकर खाता,संभलता, रास्ता बनाता बढ़ता हुआ इन्सान!अगर आप सच की खोज कर रहे हैं,क्या फर्क पड़ता है किसूरज आज शाम 6:15 पे डूबा कि 6:25 पे?लेकिन नायपॉल की बात सर-आँखों पर!अगर आप महात्मा नहींमहज लेखक हैं,आपको ध्यान देना होगानोट करना होगा,अपने आसपास की दीवारों परखरोंचे गए प्रेमियों के नामछतों पर गिरती बारिश की बूंदों का अंतराल आंधी में झूमते पेड़ों की डालों का लचीलापनसाइकिल की घंटी की आवाज़या फिर दंगे के बाद का सन्नाटालिखना होगा,कैंटीन में चुपचाप बैठी युवती के बारे मेंजिसके सामने रखे पानी के गिलास मेंपूरी दुनिया उलटी दिखाई देती है।
2024-01-3002 min
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaAmitava Kumar Finds His Kashmiri RainWriting helps you find yourself, and shape yourself. Nothing illustrates this better than the life & work of our guest today. Amitava Kumar joins Amit Varma in episode 364 of The Seen and the Unseen to continue his journaling in the form of this conversation. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Amitava Kumar on Instagram, Substack, Twitter, Amazon, Vassar and his own website.. 2. The Yellow Book: A Traveller's Diary -- Amitava Kumar. 3. The Blue Book: A Writer's Journal — Amitava Kumar.. 4. Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life -- Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen. 5. Wa...
2024-01-153h 10
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaPushpesh Pant Feasts on the Buffet of LifeHe taught international relations for a living, and he lived Indian culture -- food, clothes, music, films, languages, the whole package. Pushpesh Pant joins Amit Varma in episode 326 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his life, his times and this beautiful country he loves so much. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Pushpesh Pant on Amazon, Twitter and YouTube. 2. India: Cookbook -- Pushpesh Pant. 3. The Life and Times of Mrinal Pande — Episode 263 of The Seen and the Unseen. 4. Sara Rai Inhales Literature — Episode 255 of The Seen and the Unseen. 5. Chandrahas Chou...
2023-04-245h 24
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaSouth India Would Like to Have a WordIndia is run in a top-down way with a Northern bias -- and this is a problem. Nilakantan RS joins Amit Varma in episode 320 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss how and why our Southern states perform so much better -- and are punished for it. Also discussed: virtue ethics, the charms of Madras and the dangers of storytelling. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out:1. Nilakantan RS on Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. 2. South vs North: India's Great Divide -- Nilakantan RS. 3. Chandrahas Choudhury's Country of Literature — Episode 288 of The Seen and th...
2023-03-133h 59
fiction/non/fictionS6 Ep. 23: Letters to a Writer of Color: Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro on Finding Community With Each OtherFiction writers Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro join co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the newly published essay collection Letters to a Writer of Color, which they co-edited. The book features 17 pieces by authors of color from all over the world reflecting on aspects of craft and the writing life. Anappara and Soomro talk about how experiences in their MFA program led them to collaborate on the book. Contributors include Kiese Laymon on the second person, Ingrid Rojas Contreras on trauma, Myriam Gurba on art and activism, Sharlene Teo on reception and resilience, Amitava Kumar on...
2023-03-0939 min
fiction/non/fictionLetters to a Writer of Color: Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro on Finding Community With Each OtherFiction writers Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro join co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the newly published essay collection Letters to a Writer of Color, which they co-edited. The book features 17 pieces by authors of color from all over the world reflecting on aspects of craft and the writing life. Anappara and Soomro talk about how experiences in their MFA program led them to collaborate on the book. Contributors include Kiese Laymon on the second person, Ingrid Rojas Contreras on trauma, Myriam Gurba on art and activism, Sharlene Teo on reception and resilience, Amitava Kumar on...
2023-03-0945 min
Get New Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureLetters to a Writer of Color by Madeleine Thien, Tiphanie Yanique, Xiaolu GuoPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters to a Writer of Color Author: Madeleine Thien, Tiphanie Yanique, Xiaolu Guo Narrator: Taymour Soomro, Deepa Anappara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of color, sharing the experiences, cultural traditions, and convictions that have shaped them and their work “Electric essays that speak to the experience of writing from the periphery . . . a guide, a comfort, and a call al...
2023-03-0710 min
Enjoy Offering of Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, EducationLetters to a Writer of Color - Madeleine ThienListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Letters to a Writer of ColorAuthor: Madeleine ThienNarrator: Deepa Anappara, Taymour SoomroFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8:12:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 03-07-2023Publisher: Random House (Audio)Genres: Biography & Memoir, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, History & CultureSummary:A vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of color, sharing the experiences, cultural traditions, and convictions that have shaped them and their...
2023-03-078h 12
Jaipur Bytesमैं आपके भीतर अपनी भाषा धुनता हूँ | Feat. Ravish Kumar & Amitava KumarA "byte" from Jaipur Literature Festival 2022!
Register for the Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 Edition here: https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/registration
2023-01-1706 min
Heart to Heart with Anuradha GuptaHeart to Heart Conversation with Amitava KumarToday on Heart to Heart, Anuradha meets with Amitava Kumar. His most recent novel is titled 'A Time Outside This Time', tells a story about news in the time of proganda. His last novel, 'Immigrant Montana', was named among the “notable books of the year” by the New York Times and was also included in the “best books of the year” by the New Yorker. Amitava definitely has a way with words and a lot to say about life and love. Tune in for a truly inspiring conversation.
2022-11-2550 min
Shadow // YaddoBig Bad BooksBanned Books Week: Let’s celebrate and safeguard, come hell or highwater, our freedom to read! Bestselling novelist Colm Tóibín on Salman Rushdie’s work and activism, the history of censorship in Ireland, and the slippery slope that is book banning. PLUS: Ariel Schrag, whose YA anthology Stuck in the Middle made the list of “Top 100 Most Banned Books of the Decade.” Contributing artists: Amitava Kumar, Joseph Keckler; Billy Bragg & Wilco; Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer.
2022-09-2328 min
LIVE! From City LightsAmitava Kumar in Conversation with Aleksandar HemonAmitava Kumar in conversation with Aleksandar Hemon, discussing Amitava Kumar's new novel "A Time Outside This Time" published by Alfred Knopf. This event was originally broadcast via Zoom and hosted by Peter Maravelis.
You can purchase copies of "A Time Outside This Time" directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/new-fiction-in-hardcover/time-outside-this-time/
Amitava Kumar is a writer and journalist. He was born in Ara, India, and grew up in the nearby town of Patna, famous for its corruption, crushing poverty, and delicious mangoes. Kumar is the author of the novel "Immigrant, Montana," as well as several other books of...
2022-07-0159 min
Researchers' CardboxS01E04: Cecil Taylor, Free NYT Games, Borromean KnotsAs Kumar observes: “Style isn’t universal” (120), and neither are influences nor the creative process. In what ways are influences, style, and creativity related? Further, how can arts-based practices inform the way we approach writing scholarship? If we value novelty in scholarship, how do we relate to what comes before us, and how do we avoid being vague copies of things we admire? Has the emergence of influencer culture eroded what Walter Benjamin referred to as aura, and have we entered an era wherein what’s valued is to become yet another mechanistic copy of the popular? And when we are a...
2022-06-2919 min
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaClimate Change and Our Power SectorTo fight climate change, we need to reform the power sector. Right now, it's dysfunctional. Akshay Jaitly and Ajay Shah join Amit Varma in episode 278 of The Seen and the Unseen to share their roadmap for change. Also check out: 1. Akshay Jaitly on Twitter, Linkedin, Nicheless and Substack. Ajay Shah on Twitter and Substack. 2. The lowest hanging fruit on the coconut tree: India's climate transition through the price system in the power sector -- Akshay Jaitly and Ajay Shah. 3. Akshay Jaitly and Ajay Shah's aggregated pieces on energy and climate. 4. The Time To Privatise India's Electricity Sector Is Now...
2022-05-233h 43
Books and Beyond with Bound4.17 Amitava Kumar: Decoding The Lives Of WritersFind out how he dives into the lives and minds of writers through his hyper-real books.Tara and Michelle chat with Amitava about his latest books ‘A Blue Book’ and ‘A Time Outside This Time’. Amitava shares how one book became the material for another. Michelle loves that his characters are mostly writers (and migrants). How did writing help him survive the pandemic? How much of his writing is based on real life experiences? What does he think about writing residencies? Tune in to find out!Amitava Kumar is the author of several b...
2022-05-1852 min
Books and Beyond with Bound4.17 Amitava Kumar: Decoding The Lives Of WritersFind out how he dives into the lives and minds of writers through his hyper-real books.Tara and Michelle chat with Amitava about his latest books ‘A Blue Book’ and ‘A Time Outside This Time’. Amitava shares how one book became the material for another. Michelle loves that his characters are mostly writers (and migrants). How did writing help him survive the pandemic? How much of his writing is based on real life experiences? What does he think about writing residencies? Tune in to find out!Amitava Kumar is the author of several books of non-ficti...
2022-05-1753 min
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaThe Life and Times of Nirupama RaoA lifetime in diplomacy gave Nirupama Rao an inside view of the making of the first draft of history. She joins Amit Varma in episode 269 of The Seen and the Unseen to share her life lessons -- and what still keeps her buzzing every day. Also check out: 1. Nirupama Rao on Twitter, Substack, Instagram and her own website. Her bio and work are here. 2. The Fractured Himalaya -- Nirupama Rao. 3. A Life in Diplomacy -- Nirupama Rao's talk at Claremont McKenna College. 4. Selected episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on China: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 5. Selected episode of The Seen and...
2022-03-214h 10
Reporters Without OrdersReporters Without Orders Ep 211: Faith and Goan politics, and the Congress in UPThis week, host Ayush Tiwari is joined by Newslaundry's Nidhi Suresh and the Quint’s Fatima Khan. The panel looks back at their reportage on the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Goa. Fatima explains how the Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra “evidently put in effort” in Uttar Pradesh “while the rest of the party lacks touch from the ground”. Nidhi takes listeners through her reports from Goa, including the role of the church in the election process, explaining that faith is a big part of politics in the state. “The church works very closely wit...
2022-03-1959 min
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaAmitava Kumar Finds the Breath of LifeLife is beautiful, but we are too busy to notice. Writing is one way to capture the world, and to make our journey memorable. Amitava Kumar joins Amit Varma in episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe his journey as an author, journalist, artist, Instagrammer -- and to explain the joys of slow-jamming the news. Also check out:1. Amitava Kumar on Instagram, Twitter, Amazon, Vassar and his own website. 2. The Blue Book: A Writer's Journal -- Amitava Kumar. 3. Husband Of A Fanatic -- Amitava Kumar. 4. A Matter of Rats -- Amitava Kumar. 5.
2022-02-213h 37
Page TurnerThe Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal.Acclaimed author and veteran journalist, Soumya Bhattacharya, tells you why you should read Amitava Kumar’s just-published The Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal.
It may not be a journal, but it bends genres.
2022-02-1208 min
The Wire TalksA Novel on Fake News feat. Amitava KumarFake news has become an endemic problem all over the world. With the advent of social media and sharing platforms, fake news travels in seconds and often ends up hitting the target much before the real news even begins to go out. Refuting or exposing every bit of fake news is a futile task because the damage is done. People seem to be more inclined to believe the fake news that conforms with their well-set beliefs.So far, authors have not engaged with the issue in any kind of major way, but a writer-journalist reacts much faster...
2022-02-0141 min
The Maris ReviewEpisode 129: Amitava KumarAMITAVA KUMAR is a writer and journalist. He was born in Ara, India, and grew up in the nearby town of Patna, famous for its corruption, crushing poverty, and delicious mangoes. Kumar is the author of the novel Immigrant, Montana, as well as several other books of nonfiction and fiction. He lives in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he is Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair at Vassar College. His latest novel is called A Time Outside This Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-11-1137 min
The Times Of India PodcastCan fiction take on fake news?In this episode, writer Amitava Kumar talks about his new book, A Time Outside This Time, and the role of the novelist in the post-truth world.
2021-11-0524 min
Writers Festival RadioA Time Outside This Time with Amitava KumarDon’t miss this conversation between the Festival’s Sean Wilson and Amitava Kumar, the acclaimed author of Immigrant, Montana. His latest, A Time Outside This Time, is a one-of-a-kind novel about fake news, memory, and the ways in which truth can be not only stranger than fiction, but a fiction of its own.
When a writer named Satya attends a prestigious artist retreat, he finds the pressures of the outside world won't let up: President Trump rages online; a dangerous virus envelops the globe; and the 24-hour news cycle throws fuel on every fire. For most of the retreat fell...
2021-10-2950 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+A Time Outside This Time: A novel by Amitava KumarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497882to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Time Outside This Time: A novel
Author: Amitava Kumar
Narrator: Amitava Kumar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
Release date: October 5, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
A blistering novel about a writer’s creative response to the daily onslaught of fake news, memory, and the ways in which truth gives over to fiction “An absorbing portrait of an inspired artist in the midst of our maddening cultural moment” —Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies When Satya, a professor and autho...
2021-10-058h 33Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalA Time Outside This Time: A novel by Amitava KumarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497882to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Time Outside This Time: A novel
Author: Amitava Kumar
Narrator: Amitava Kumar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
Release date: October 5, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A blistering novel about a writer’s creative response to the daily onslaught of fake news, memory, and the ways in which truth gives over to fiction “An absorbing portrait of an inspired artist in the midst of our maddening cultural moment” —Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies When Satya, a professor and autho...
2021-10-058h 33
Shadow // YaddoEpisode 6: Reality DreamsThe brilliant Amitava Kumar ("Immigrant, Montana") talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar, whose new novel "Homeland Elegies" is sweeping the “best books of the year” lists. Internationally acclaimed composer Dalit Warshaw shares music and her thoughts on how the Theremin—an electronic instrument invented by a Russian physicist and KGB operative—helped her embrace possibility. Contributing Artists: John Kelly and Joseph Keckler.
2020-11-2629 min
The Library CaféAmitava Kumar
January 29, 2020.
Vassar Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair Amitava Kumar returns to the program to talk about his acclaimed novel Immigrant, Montana (Knopf, 2018). The novel was named one of the Best Books of 2018 by the New Yorker, was on the New York Times 100 Most Notable Books list of 2018, and on President Obama’s Favorite Books list of the same year.
“This is a deeply American novel, one that delves into the messiness of love (and sex!), and the meeting point between identity, character, place, and the constant cultural stuff floating around. . . . Kumar’s novel is...
2020-11-1100 min
Brick PodcastEpisode 6: Amitava KumarBrick editor Liz Johnston in conversation with Amitava Kumar to consider the nature of memory, the interplay of fact and fiction, and the power (and limitations) of the written word. This interview was conducted pre-pandemic, so no social distancing was . . .
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2020-05-0523 min
The TLS PodcastAbsolutely worth the hypeEdmund Gordon discusses whether Hilary Mantel's final Cromwell novel lives up to its billing - and whether, at 900-odd pages, it is the right length; Muriel Zagha looks at the female gaze in French cinema, with respect to the new film Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Irina Dumitrescu talks about how to write well, and when to break the rulesThe Mirror & the Light, by Hilary MantelPortrait of a Lady on Fire, by Céline SciammaWhy They Can't Write, by John WarnerWriting to Persuade, by Trish H...
2020-03-0549 min
Le podcast de la Villa GilletRécits d'exil. Débat précédé d'une lecture par Violaine SchwartzAvec Amitava Kumar, Davide Enia et Linda Lê
Une rencontre animée par Aurélie Charon (France Culture)
Présent dans nombre de récits fondateurs, l’exil hante la littérature. Des exils d’hier aux exils d’aujourd’hui, d’Ulysse aux migrations contemporaines, la figure du « migrant » comme celle de l’écrivain en exil offre mille récits de vie. Ces trajectoires singulières interrogent aussi comment le déracinement conditionne la création.
En ouverture de la table ronde, lecture de Papiers (P.O.L., 2019) de Violaine Schwartz.
« Un jour, j'ai réussi à passer. Dans un camion de kiwis. J'avais dép...
2019-05-221h 44Jaipur BytesThe Storywallah: Writing Across Borders with Neelesh MisraNeelesh Misra in conversation with Amitava Kumar. Neelesh Misra is the essential ‘storywallah’, a master of narrative across genres, platforms and media. His cohort of writers, the Mandali, share radio stories that resonate across India. In conversation with Amitava Kumar, he speaks of the many lives he inhabits as a writer, journalist, editor, mentor, oral storyteller, rural raconteur, scriptwriter and lyricist. A session that provides fascinating insights on content and commitment, community journalism and the authentic voices of rural India. This episode is a live session from Day 3 of #ZEEJLF2019.
2019-01-2637 min
radio bookclub oldAfter Hours at the Radio Book Club – Jaipur Literature Festival: Amitava KumarThe Jaipur Literature Festival runs from September 21st to September 23rd 2018 at the Boulder Public Library. It’s the fourth year that the festival has come to Boulder. In this special After Hours at the Radio Book Club, co-hosts Maeve Conran of KGNU and Arsen Kashkashian of the Boulder Bookstore catch up with Amitava Kumar, […]
2018-09-2508 min
KGNU Radio Book ClubAfter Hours at the Radio Book Club – Jaipur Literature Festival: Amitava KumarThe Jaipur Literature Festival runs from September 21st to September 23rd 2018 at the Boulder Public Library. It’s the fourth year that the festival has come to Boulder. In this special After Hours at the Radio Book Club, co-hosts Maeve Conran of KGNU and Arsen Kashkashian of the Boulder Bookstore catch up with Amitava Kumar, […]
2018-09-2508 min
First DraftFirst Draft - Amitava KumarFirst Draft interview with Amitava Kumar, author of Immigrant, Montana
2018-09-2434 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft - Amitava KumarAmitava Kumar writes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. His latest novel is called Immigrant, Montana. He was born in Ara, and grew up in the nearby town of Patna, famous for its corruption, crushing poverty and delicious mangoes. Kumar is the author of several books of non-fiction and two novels. He lives in Poughkeepsie, in upstate New York, where he is the Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2018-09-2438 min
Download Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Immigrant, Montana: A novel by Amitava KumarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342015to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Immigrant, Montana: A novel
Author: Amitava Kumar
Narrator: Amitava Kumar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Release date: July 31, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ONE OF THE NEW YORKER’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Carrying a single suitcase, Kailash arrives in post-Reagan America from India to attend graduate school. As he begins to settle into American existence, Kailash comes under the indelible influence of a charismatic professor, and also finds his life re...
2018-07-318h 30Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalImmigrant, Montana: A novel by Amitava KumarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342015to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Immigrant, Montana: A novel
Author: Amitava Kumar
Narrator: Amitava Kumar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Release date: July 31, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ONE OF THE NEW YORKER’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Carrying a single suitcase, Kailash arrives in post-Reagan America from India to attend graduate school. As he begins to settle into American existence, Kailash comes under the indelible influence of a charismatic professor, and also finds his life re...
2018-07-318h 30
This Is the AuthorS3 E112: Amitava Kumar, Author of Immigrant, Montana"My novel is titled IMMIGRANT, MONTANA. A young man comes to America from India, and hears Dr. Ruth on the radio. He also wants to fall in love, have sex."
Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/565697/immigrant-montana/
2018-07-2504 min
TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastLucas Mann & Nathan McNamaraDespite their easy descriptions-- a book about small town baseball, a memoir of grief and addiction, a discussion of reality television-- Lucas Mann's books are unlike anything else, with each page revealing a fresh perspective or a surprising insight. He tells James about writing weird books in a way that feels normal, throwing subjects off-kilter in interviews, learning to write unhinged to create emotion, and playing Jenga with narrative. Plus, Nathan McNamara on the art of book reviewing. - Lucas Mann: http://www.lucasmann.com/ James and Lucas discuss: The University of...
2018-06-191h 35
The Greenlight Bookstore PodcastEpisode 14: Teju Cole + Amitava Kumar (August 17, 2016)On a hot August night in Brooklyn, novelist, art critic and photographer Teju Cole (Open City, Every Day is for the Thief) celebrates the launch of his essay collection Known and Strange Things. His conversation with novelist and essayist Amitava Kumar (Lunch With a Bigot, Nobody Does the Right Thing) encompasses the difference between an essay and a take, the concept of the punctum in a work of art, the importance of constellational thinking, and several jokes about air conditioning. Part of the Brooklyn Voices series at St. Joseph's College.
2016-08-171h 02