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Meet the WritersNamita GokhaleNamita Gokhale is the author of 25 works of fiction and non-fiction. Her oeuvre spans various genres including novels, short stories, Himalayan studies, mythology, anthologies, books for young readers and a play. She speaks to Georgina Godwin about her childhood, illustrious career and being the recipient of many awards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-12-0828 min
Unlock This Game-Changing Full Audiobook — Perfect Right Now.Treasures of Lakshmi: The Goddess who Gives by Namita GokhalePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/819518to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Treasures of Lakshmi: The Goddess who Gives
Author: Namita Gokhale
Narrator: Vidya Shah, Alka Tyagi, Vayu Naidu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
Release date: October 8, 2024
Genres: Medicine & Naturopathy
Publisher's Summary:
Treasures of Lakshmi is the culmination of the much-loved goddess series, brilliantly curated and edited by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal. This trilogy, which began with In Search of Sita and continued with Finding Radha, examines the mystical realms of Hindu thought and practice, celebrating the essence of the sacred feminine. Whether it is Lakshmi's 108 names or a s...2024-10-0812h 31Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceTreasures of Lakshmi: The Goddess who Gives by Namita GokhalePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/819518to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Treasures of Lakshmi: The Goddess who Gives
Author: Namita Gokhale
Narrator: Vidya Shah, Alka Tyagi, Vayu Naidu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
Release date: October 8, 2024
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Treasures of Lakshmi is the culmination of the much-loved goddess series, brilliantly curated and edited by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal. This trilogy, which began with In Search of Sita and continued with Finding Radha, examines the mystical realms of Hindu thought and practice, celebrating the essence of the sacred feminine. Whether it is Lakshmi's 108 names or a s...2024-10-0812h 31
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceTreasures of Lakshmi: The Goddess who Gives by Namita GokhalePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/819518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Treasures of Lakshmi: The Goddess who Gives Author: Namita Gokhale Narrator: Vidya Shah, Alka Tyagi, Vayu Naidu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 8, 2024 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: Treasures of Lakshmi is the culmination of the much-loved goddess series, brilliantly curated and edited by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal. This trilogy, which began with In Search of Sita and continued with Finding Radha, examines the mystical realms of Hindu thought and practice, celebrating the essence of the sacred feminine. Whether it is Lakshmi's 108 names or...2024-10-0810 min
Kitaab Ghar with Ari2. राग पहाड़ी – नमिता गोखले | Raag Pahadi – Namita Gokhale | Kitaab Ghar Hindi BooksToday’s book is: “Raag Pahadi”, originally written in English as “Things to leave behind” by Namita Gokhale and translated by Pushpesh Pant. This book is a mixture of fiction and history, if you want to know the history of the mountains of Nainital, Kumaon and Uttarakhand, what happened from the 18th century to 1900, what the society was like, how the people were, how these hills were settled, etc. A story throws light on the role of the British, the influence of Christian missionaries and the new awakening of India at that time in a very interesting way.
Join us for a l...2024-07-1423 min
Books and AuthorsMagnetic women, Oxbeas accents, and 1980s Bombay and Delhi"Social comedy usually has a very short span because it gets dated. For people to laugh at the same silly jokes, for social comedy to survive means that it's hit some enduring spot. I was trying to write a literary novel. It was a take on the Gothic novel and was about the relationship between Paro and Priya. In a way, Paro was Rebecca (in the eponymous novel by Daphe du Maurier), the beautiful and ruthless woman, and Priya was the archetypal counterpart, the woman who is more discreet and strategic perhaps, one who is more cunning and at the...2024-05-1643 min
SparX by Mukesh BansalIndian Writer On Building JLF, Uncovering Indian Stories and Cultural Entrepreneurship | SparX Ep38
How did the Jaipur Literature Festival expand on a global scale and gain popularity worldwide? What has stayed common among all of Namita’s books over the years? How is the literary landscape for writers in today’s world?
In the latest episode of SparX, Mukesh Bansal (Founder of Myntra and Cult.fit) is in conversation with Namita Gokhale, Co-Founder of the Jaipur Literature Festival. We discuss a wide variety of topics from the workings of JLF to its popularity among the youth. Namita outlines her writing styles, her inspirations, and her experiences. The story of how she dropped out...2024-04-231h 21
Swishing Mindsets with Anuradha VarmaEp 26: Arundhuti Dasgupta: Desire, love & Radha on HoliArundhuti Dasgupta, journalist and co-founder of The Mythology Project returns on the podcast to talk of the mystique of Radha, Krishna’s favourite gopi and consort on the occasion of Holi.Radha humanises Krishna, making him approachable and acceptable to everyone. Their playful companionship transcended gender roles as they dissolved into each other. Desire in ancient India, she says, was not distinct from love.A married woman by all accounts, the relationship between Radha and Krishna has been immortalised by 12th century poet Jayadev’s erotic poem Gita Govinda. An unlikely godd...2024-03-2446 minSwishing Mindsets with Anuradha VarmaEp 10: Arundhuti Dasgupta: Many Sitas — 'Feminist' RamayanasArundhuti Dasgupta, journalist and co-founder of The Mythology Project, takes us on a delightful ride through the many versions of the Ramayana, including folk songs where Sita has been truly understood as a woman with a mind of her own. She talks about the eternal nature of the epic, the various tellings through Valmiki, Tulsidas and Kamban, the rationality of the Jain version as well as Sarala Das’ Odia Ramayana and Chandrabati’s ‘feminist’ Ramayana, which all “come from a place of love”. Through all this, Sita has been a voice for her “sisters of sorrow”, while unleashing her ‘Bhayankar Ras’ as...2023-11-0757 min
Indian Podcasting RevolutionPodPeeps: How a Booknerd Evolves Through Podcasting | Rohan RajPodPeeps is the series where we capture the podcasting journeys of successful Indian podcasters. The second episode has your host Rohit Kokane in conversation with Rohan Raj, the Co-Founder, and Host of the Podcast - Booknerds.Rohan has captured a different niche, as there are very few podcasters that talk about books. He shares that his journey began by creating a community of book lovers who casually enjoyed talking about the books they were reading. However, the community transitioned into offline events, which led to live sessions that ultimately paved the way for his...2023-07-0539 min
Jaipur BytesA Life In Books: Namita Gokhale in conversation with Mandira NayarThis episode is a live session from Jaipur Literature Festival 2023!2023-06-1339 min
Saving Stories With Purva GroverWe're all stories: Book Review, The Blind Matriarch by Namita GokhaleAuthor Purva Grover reviews The Blind Matriarch by Namita GokhaleWhen I began to write, I thought all I’d have to do is write. Somewhere, in between I forgot the part, which said I’d also have to remind myself and the others to read. Now, I read 52 books a year. I find myself reading at libraries, cafes, in the bed, while commuting, while waiting for a meeting to start, at parties even, and more. In short, I read whenever I can. When I am not running between narrating stories and writing a few of mine, I re...2023-05-0904 min
Teamwork Arts PodcastTeamwork Arts Podcast Ep 38 | Corruption of Language is a Corruption of Thought | Namita GokhaleNamita Gokhale is the author of twenty-one books and Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters) awardee for 2021. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival. In conversation with music programmer and broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik, Gokhale explores some fascinating perspectives on art, languages and culture. This episode was recorded at Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 in March. 2022-12-2318 min
The Literary CityHow To Find Draupadi With Koral DasguptaSend us a textIn the Indian epic, the Mahabharata, the central character, the fulcrum of the story is Draupadi…in my view. But epics in mythology, the Mahabharata included, are full of tales of male valour. Mythology instills in its male protagonists, high chivalry. Men are always saving women.But whenever women are warriors, they are usually fierce and angry, wreaking vengeful havoc everywhere. I haven’t read many historical or mythological stories of calm and collected women whose battle strategies were super-intelligent and saved a bunch of men.Men, valour. Women, wrat...2022-10-1835 min
Kitaab KaulumEP 25: The Blind Matriarch by Namita GokhaleBroadcaster Achala Sharma interviews Namita Gokhale, author of twenty books and winner of Sahitya Akademi Award for 2021, about her latest book ‘The Blind Matriarch’ in this episode of Cine Ink Podcast series ‘Kitaab Kaulum’. She is also the co-founder and co-director (with William Dalrymple) of the Jaipur Literature Festival. Published by Penguin Random House-Viking, ’The Blind Matriarch’ examines the Indian joint family against the backdrop of the pandemic. The Hindi translation ‘Aandhari’ by Prabhat Ranjan has been published by Rajkamal Prakashan. She was given Sahitya Akademi Award for her English novel ‘Things To Leave Behind’ in 2022. 2022-06-1037 min
Jaipur Bytes#JaipurLiteratureFestival2022 Begins: Namita Gokhale, William Dalrymple, Sanjoy Roy welcome you back to JaipurFestival Co-Directors Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple, and Festival Producer Sanjoy Roy tease what you can expect from the 15th edition of the renowned Jaipur Literature Festival, taking place online and on-ground in Jaipur from March 5 to 14.
To register for the festival, visit www.jaipurliteraturefestival.org2022-03-0414 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore[Marathi] - Shankar by Namita GokhalePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/836639to listen full audiobooks.
Title: [Marathi] - Shankar
Author: Namita Gokhale
Narrator: Sachin Khedekar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 3 minutes
Release date: March 1, 2022
Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore
Publisher's Summary:
शंकर म्हंटलं की नीळकंठ, अर्धनारीनटेश्वर, तांडव करणारा, राख फासून विहार करणारा, पार्वतीचा पती, लिंगपूजा अशा अनेक गोष्टी आपल्या डोळ्यासमोर येतात. शंकराची ही विविध रुपं भुलवणारी आणि त्याचवेळी विस्मयचकित करणारी आहेत. या प्रसिद्ध देवतेबाबत प्रचलित असणाऱ्या लोकसमजुती, मिथकं, गाणी यातही खूप वैविध्य आहे. या शंकराच्या या विविध रुपांचा, लोकसमजुतींचा आढावा घेत चिकित्सा करणारं हे नमिता गोखले यांचं पुस्तक शंकराकडे पाहण्याचा एक वेगळा दृष्टीकोन तुम्हाला देईल, हे नक्की! ऐका सचिन खेडेकर यांच्या आवाजात 'शंकर'2022-03-013h 03
That's Lit!Cultures and sub-cultures with Namita Gokhale - Indian writer, editor and festival directorOn this episode, we're talking about content, shift in culture, and the evolution of the Jaipur Literature Festival. It started as a seed of a small idea in 2002, wanting to make the Indian literary voices heard. Over the years, Sanjay Roy, William Dalrymple, and Namita have a perfect understanding of the vision for the literature festival that makes it the uniquely creative space that it is now. Namita gives us an inside view of Indian literature, how the image of women changed over time and how she's built an international brand that's not the most loved across the world. 2022-02-0341 min
Books and Beyond with Bound4.4 Shivani Sibal: Revealing Complex Class Equations in Delhi SocietyFind out why she decided to explore male friendship and class differences in her debut novel.Tara and Michelle chat with Shivani about how she chose the title ‘Equations’ and the challenge of diving into the minds of male characters. She shares her experience of growing up around literary women like Namita Gokhale and Meru Gokhale. Does Indian fiction need more stories about class? How did she finish this book by writing 200 words a day? Tune in to find out. Mentions:City of Djinns by William DalrympleThe Kite Runner by Khale...2022-01-2545 min