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The Science BridgeEp #8: Amber Baldwin on becoming a Lab ManagerIn this episode: Meet the RiboSeq Queen herself, Amber Baldwin! She is the lab manager for the lab of Dr. Neel Mukherjee here at CU AMC. Join us as she shares her experience with grad school, working at a start up, and figuring out her path in the world of academic science. Recorded on: December 12th, 2024🎧 Tune in if you're: Curious about what a lab manager's job entails. 🛠Resources & Links Mentioned:Amber Baldwin LinkedIn✨Connect with us: Follow The Science Bridge Podcast on Instagram & BlueSkyP...2025-04-2354 min
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)মরু পিরানহাSaikat Mukhopadhyay's Neel Chatterjee adventure story - Moru Piranha on Sunday Suspense Starring: Neel Chatterjee - Shekhar Sumedh Singh - Rwitobroto Mukherjee Brinda - Sayan Cecil Parker - Angshuman Pal Ramesh Dokaniya & Prakash - Indrannil Bhaduri Ashwinikumar Daga - Agni Audio adaptation - Arpan Chatterjee Background Score and Special Effects- Soumo-Subho (Crostec) Executive Producer- Arunima Dey Social Media Promotions- Arnab & Abhijit Poster Design- Join the Dots Recording & Direction- Abhijit Ray Mallick Creative Director- Indrani Presented by Mirchi Bangla Disclaimer: This show is a work of fictio...2025-04-131h 31
fiction/non/fictionS8 Ep. 26: Alex Higley on True Failure and Shark TankNovelist Alex Higley joins host V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new novel, True Failure, in which a man fired from his job decides not to tell his wife what happened and attempts to change his fortunes by applying to join the cast of a Shark Tank-like show. Higley discusses how he experiences the news in Trump 2.0; lying as avoidance and as emotional refuge; and two big American lies (that an individual can succeed on his own and that we can’t collectively organize to make change). He also talks about Shark Tank as a curated and tidy pr...2025-03-2746 min
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)ব্যোমকেশ - বেণীসংহারSaradindu Bandyopadhyay's Benisanghar on Sunday Suspense Starring: Audio adaptation by Deep Ghosh Narrated by Sekhar Byomkesh Bakshi – Gaurav Chakrabarty Benimadhab Chakrabarty- Chandan Sen Gayatri - Sudipa Basu Dr. Avinash Sen- Koushik Lahiri Rakhal- Neel Medini- Trinanjana Ajay- Souvik Guha Sarkar Gangadhar- Indrannil Bhaduri Arati- Tomali Chaudhuri Laboni- Sunayana Bhowmick Jhilik- Mohor Nikhil- Rwitobroto MukherjeeSanat- AgniSatyabati- IndraniMakaranda- SayanParag- AtriMeghraaj & Himmatlal- RichardSolicitor Sudhangshu Babu- Debanjan MitraConstable & Kolkata Police- ArijitSound Design, Backgroun...2025-03-092h 21
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)গোয়েন্দাপীঠ লালবাজার - বিডন স্ট্রিট হত্যা রহস্যThrilling True Crime on Sunday Suspense - Beadon Street Hatya Rahasya Starring: Narration - Shekhar Amarnath Datta - Indrannil Bhaduri Samarnath Datta - Sakya Roy Biswanath Datta - Mirchi Sayan Aloknath Datta - Agni Abhijit Datta - Abhijit Mamata Datta - Indrani Atanu(Investigating officer) - Rwitobroto Mukherjee Mrinal - Indraneel Chatterjee Nandalaal - Shekhar Bikash Pal - Michi Neel Dr. Apurbo Kumar Nandi - Richard Police1 - Akasmoni Chakraborty Bortola police - Pushpal Ganguly Lalbajar Telephone Operator - Shekhar and MIRCHI TEAM ...2025-03-021h 04
Closing BellClosing Bell Overtime: Taylor Morrison CEO on Homebuilder Weakness; IPO Outlook with Hamilton Lane’s Erik Hirsch 2/24/25Invesco’s Kristina Hooper and Hennion & Walsh’s Kevin Mahn join to discuss the market. TIAA’s Neel Mukherjee breaks down the U.S. vs. global investing landscape — and why he still prefers the U.S. Taylor Morrison CEO Sheryl Palmer weighs in on homebuilders and the recent spate of weak data. Plus, Hamilton Lane Co-CEO Erik Hirsch on private markets and IPOs. Earnings from Zoom, Diamondback Energy and Cleveland-Cliffs.
2025-02-2443 min
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)কাকাবাবু - উল্কা রহস্যSunil Gangopadhyay's Kakababu Adventure: Ulka Rahasya on Sunday Suspense Starring: Narrator : Shekhar Kakababu : Shankari Prasad Mitra Sontu : Agni Pitambor : Somak Roy Mr. Dutta : Sanjay Datta Kumar : Anwesh Bhuban, Dr. Yunis, Police : Sayan Karl : Bratadeep Doctor : Snehadri Shekhar DasBoro Thakur : Kaushik BanerjeeProbir : Neel Padmanavan: Souvik Guha Sarkar Rajib : Malay Debnath Others : Avik Ghosal, Ramswarup GangulyProduced by Pastel Entertainment Audio Adaptation & Direction : Shanoli Majumder Audio Adaptation Assistance : Barsha Background Score and Special Effects : Satyajit Sen Mixing, Mastering : Sabya...2025-01-193h 36
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)গোয়েন্দাপীঠ লালবাজার - পাকুড় হত্যা রহস্যPakur Hatya Rahasya on Sunday Suspense Starring: Narration – Deep Basu Rani Surjabati Devi – Indrani Binayendra – Agni Amarendra – Rwitobroto MukherjeeBanabala – ShinjiniBalikabala – SupritiSarat Mitra – Anwesh DeRehman – NeelKamalaprasad – ArijitParibarik Daktar – AbhijitDr. Nilratan Sarkar – PushpalUkil & Tarashankar – IndranilDr. Durgaratan – SayanAudio Adaptation by Hindol SarkarBackground Score and Special Effects- Deepak RayEdit Assistance- DevarghyaExecutive Producer- Arunima DeySocial Media Promotions- Abhijit, Agni & ArnabPoster Design- Grinning TreeRecording & Direction- Abhijit Ray MallickCreative Director...2024-12-151h 01
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)লাল পাঞ্জাSaradindu Bandyopadhyay's Laal Panja on Sunday Suspense Starring: Narration : Souvik Guha Sarkar Ajay : Agni Ashutosh : Somak Roy Keshab : Malay Debnath Anusuya : Mohor Aalta : Barnisha Bhattacharya Jharna : Sukanya Bose Kumar : Sayan Shekhar : Neel Ranabeer : Kaushik Banerjee Tridib : Angshuman Pal Mrityunjoy : Malay Ghosh Lal Chand : Snehadri Sekhar Das Ardali, Constable : Akash Patra Produced by: Pastel Entertainment Directed by : Shanoli Majumder Background Score and Special Effects : Satyajit Sen Mixing & Mastering : Sabyasachi Mukherjee Recorded at : Mahul Studio Poster Design : Abhibrata Sarkar Songs writt...2024-11-172h 56
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary FictionA Life Apart: A Novel by Neel MukherjeePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/815548to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Life Apart: A Novel
Author: Neel Mukherjee
Narrator: Sid Sagar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 34 minutes
Release date: October 22, 2024
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
'A brilliant first novel . . . shockingly good.' —Rose Tremain, Daily Telegraph Ritwik Ghosh, twenty-two and recently orphaned, finds the chance to start a new life when he arrives in England from Calcutta. But Oxford holds little of the salvation Ritwik is looking for. Instead, he moves to London, where he drops out of official existence into a shadowy hinterland of illegal immigrants. The story th...2024-10-2212h 34
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)বরদা - মরণ দোলSaradindu Bandyopadhyay’ s Maran Dol on Sunday Suspense Starring: Baroda- Souvik Guha Sarkar Amulya- Neel Sachin- Agni Nanda- Abhik Ghoshal Other Characters- Somak Roy, Krishendu Das, Ayanata Nath, Spandan Das, Prabal Mukherjee, Sayanatan Das, Debashree Mukherjee, Satyajit Sen Background Score and Special Effects- Satyajit SenRecording and Mix by Sabyasachi MukherjeeIntroduction by MohorPoster Design- Soumyadeep GuinDirected by Shanoli MajumderProduced by Pastel StudiosProject Director- IndraniPresented by Mirchi Bangla Disclaimer: This show is a work of fiction. All names, character...2024-10-1325 min
The Next TrackEpisode #292: Music as ProductMusic is a product. We discuss how music is sold and promoted.
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Goppo mir-er Thekআদর্শ হিন্দু হোটেল - পর্ব ২Goppo Mir er Thek Episode 93 – Bibhutibhuson Bandopadhyay's ‘Adarsha Hindu Hotel – Second & Final Part’ StarringHazari Thakur – Sujan Neel Mukherjee Padma Jhi - Papiya Rai Chakraborty Bechu Chakraborty – Rajeev ChatterjeeHaricharan – Ashok MukherjeeRatan & Narendra – Deep BasuMoti – Samapan MisraBongshi – Rounak ChakrabortyTepi's Mother - Sree BasuTepi – Ankita DasKusum – Rituparna MondalJodu Banerjee – Dipankar ChakrabortyDaroga & Bailiff – Kimsuk Barman GubluMahajan & Nimai – Kaushik SenSakshi & Gobra – Iman Chakraborty Sashi, Jhaarudar & Peyaada – Partha Pratim SarkarNepal – Souvik ChakrabortyChakor – Krishna BanerjeeAtasi – Godhul...2024-10-052h 12
Goppo mir-er Thekআদর্শ হিন্দু হোটেল - পর্ব ১Goppo Mir er Thek Episode 92 – Bibhutibhuson Bandopadhyay's ‘Adarsha Hindu Hotel – Part 1’ Directed by - Mir Afsar Ali Starring Hazari Thakur – Sujan Neel Mukherjee Padma Jhi - Papiya Rai Chakrabor Bechu Chakraborty – Rajeev Chatterjee Haricharan – Ashok Mukherjee Ratan & Narendra – Deep Basu Moti – Samapan Misra Bongshi – Rounak Chakraborty Tepi's Mother - Sree Basu Tepi – Ankita Das Kusum – Rituparna Mondal Jodu Banerjee – Dipankar ChakrabortyDaroga & Bailiff – Kimsuk Barman GubluMahajan & Nimai – Kaushik SenSakshi & Gobra – Iman Chakraborty Sashi, Jhaarudar & Peyaada – Partha Pratim SarkarNepal – Souvik ChakrabortyChakor – Krishna Banerjee2024-09-282h 31
The Shakespeare and Company InterviewOn the State of the (Book)World, with Lauren Groff and Neel Mukherjee (live in Edinburgh)For this special episode, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Adam Biles was joined by novelists Lauren Groff and Neel Mukherjee for a wide-ranging discussion that takes the temperature (and the pulse!) of the book industry, from bookshops, to publishers, to prizes, to festivals... Enjoy!Buy The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/the-shakespeare-and-company-book-of-interviewsBuy The Vaster Wilds: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/the-vaster-wilds-3Buy Choice: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/choice-2*Lauren Groff is a three-time...2024-09-261h 01The Shakespeare and Company InterviewOn the State of the (Book)World, with Lauren Groff and Neel Mukherjee (live in Edinburgh)For this special episode, recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Adam Biles was joined by novelists Lauren Groff and Neel Mukherjee for a wide-ranging discussion that takes the temperature (and the pulse!) of the book industry, from bookshops, to publishers, to prizes, to festivals... Enjoy!Buy The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/the-shakespeare-and-company-book-of-interviewsBuy The Vaster Wilds: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/the-vaster-wilds-3Buy Choice: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/choice-2*Lauren Groff is a three-time...2024-09-261h 01
The BookshelfWeird fiction writer China Miéville's surprising collab with Keanu ReevesBruce Isaacs on weird fiction novelist China Mievelle's The Book of Elsewhere, a genre-bending epic written in collaboration with Hollywood star Keanu Reeves. Plus, guest critic Ailsa Piper on The Echoes by Miles Franklin winning author Evie Wyld...set between London and rural Australia it's part love story, part ghost story, and Kate and Cassie discuss Choice by Booker-shortlisted author Neel Mukherjee, a bleak, powerful and viciously funny novel about a publisher at war with his industry and himself. BOOKSNeel Mukherjee, Choice, Atlantic BooksEvie Wyld, The Echoes, VintageKeanu R...2024-08-0254 min
Experience Literature in a Whole New Way With Our Free AudiobookKairos Audiobook by Jenny ErpenbeckListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 791369
Title: Kairos
Author: Jenny Erpenbeck
Narrator: Lisa Flanagan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:25:06
Language: English
Release date: 08-01-24
Publisher: W.F. Howes
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction
Summary:
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024
'An ambitious story of love and betrayal' - Irish Times
'The ending is like a bomb thrown into your room -- you'll be reeling for days and weeks to come.' - Neel Mukherjee
Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is...2024-08-0110h 25
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary FictionKairos by Jenny ErpenbeckPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/791369to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Kairos
Author: Jenny Erpenbeck
Narrator: Lisa Flanagan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes
Release date: August 1, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024 'An ambitious story of love and betrayal' - Irish Times 'The ending is like a bomb thrown into your room -- you'll be reeling for days and weeks to come.' - Neel Mukherjee Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older...2024-08-0110h 25
Library TalksNeel Mukherjee with Hanya Yanagihara: ChoiceNeel Mukherjee speaks with fellow author Hanya Yanagihara about his latest book, an explosive novel about the ramifications of choice.2024-07-2358 min
Live from the Book Shop: John Updike's GhostEP70: The Mayflower, Blood Quantum, and Great SandwichesSam has been doing research into the family tree, which is largely irrelevent, but does have him fired up to talk books. Hannah's right there with him, with brand-new reads hot off the presses. But we're not quite done with "Fire Exit" yet and start things out with some closing thoughts and a great deal more context (the Press Herald reviewer that we mention is named Genanne Walsh). With that sorted, we've got a quick overview of some summer reads by North Shore authors, a look at the brand-new "Choice" from Booker-nominated Neel Mukherjee (who skewers the well-meaning liberal...2024-06-2838 min
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)নীল মানুষSunil Gangopadhyay's Neel Manush on Sunday Suspense Starring: Narrator- Souvik Guha Sarkar Ronojoy- Mirchi Agni Alien- Haridas Dey Chitra- Tiasha Pal Ronojoy’s mother- Mahua Mukherjee Chitra’s mother- Mirchi Ivana Paapu- Rishav Pramanik Choto Kaka- Rabindranath Jana Police 1- Angshuman Pal Police 2- Haridas Dey Chor 1- Prittesh Pattanayak Chor 2- Tathagata Mukherjee Hotel Manager- Prittesh PattanayakDirected by ProbarAdapted for audio by ProbarSound Design | Mix | Master - ProbarSound Edited by Subhranil BoseRecorded at Ferryman StudiosExecu...2024-06-161h 55
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)রতন আর লক্ষ্মীSatyajit Ray's Ratan aar Lakshmi on Sunday Suspense Starring: Ratan - Samaresh Das Princess Lakshmi - Barnisha Bhattacharya Sadhu Baba - Utpal Sarkar Ratan's Mother - Chaitali Goswami Narahari - Akash Patra Prince - Sourav Ray King - Probal Mukherjee Other Characters - Bubai Saha, Moumita Saha, Neel Chakrabarty, Barnali Dey Burman, Subhradeep BasakNarrated by DeepDirection - Shanoli MajumderSound Design - Satyajit SenPoster Design - ArtonicalMixing - Sabyasachi MukherjeeProduced by Pastel EntertainmentExecutive Producer- Arunima Dey Social Med...2024-05-2640 min
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)কানাইয়ের কথাSatyajit Ray's Kanaiyer Kotha on Sunday Suspense Starring: Kanai - Agni Kabiraj, Rajkabiraj - Utpal Sarkar Jagai Baba - Probal Mukherjee Shopkeeper - Sourav Ray Raja - Somak Ray Prince - Akash Patra Balaram, Old Guard, Guard - Shankar ChakrabartiGopal's Mother - Madhubanti MitraGopal - Sourav RayOther Characters - Bubai Saha, Moumita Saha, Neel Chakrabarty, Barnali De Burman, Subhradeep BasakNarrated by DeepDirection - Shanoli MajumderSound Design - Satyajit SenPoster Design - AbhibrataMixing - Sabyasachi MukherjeePro...2024-05-261h 05
Sunday Suspense (Full Episodes)চৌধুরী বাড়ির রহস্যAbhirup Sarkar’s “Chowdhury Barir Rahasya” on Sunday Suspense Starring: Aditya- Deep Sohini – Aishani Laha Niranjan – Pranab Mukherjee Mandakini - Swati Pyne Amitabha- Supratim Sinha Goutam- Srijon Bimal Hayen- Ardhendu Majumdar Kobiraj- Dr. Abinash Sen- Haridas DeyShankhamala Sen- Ujjaini ChatterjeeSubrata Sen- Debi prosad GhoshShankhadeep Chowdhury- Arjit ChakrabortyMartha Savio - Ishani PriyodarshiniSailen Babu- Priyonath MukherjeeShishir Chatterjee- Subroto DuttaSudhdhasheel Banerjee- Subrata SenguptaSuparno- Mirchi NeelSourashish- Indranil DasNews reporter- SohelaResort Manager- Ardhendu MajumdarRecep...2024-04-284h 29
Closing BellClosing Bell Overtime: Tech Stocks Rebound; Apple Has Best Day Of The Year; Evercore’s Roger Altman On Economy, Inflation 4/11/24Tech led a rebound in stocks after Wednesday’s selling while Apple notched its best day of the year. JPMorgan’s Phil Camporeale on the market action while Patrick Moorhead covers Apple’s bounce. Evercore founder Roger Altman on the Fed’s next steps, when a cut could happen and the resilient economy. Our Morgan Brennan on the explosive growth of the space economy in Colorado. TIAA CIO for Wealth Management Neel Mukherjee on how he is advising clients.
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You're BookedElizabeth Day - You're Booked Archive All-StarsWhile we're taking a little break, we're revisiting just a few of our favourite ever You're Booked interviews. We're travelling all the way back to our first ever series for this chat with author, journalist and podcast supremo Elizabeth Day. Elizabeth is the author of five novels including Magpie and The Party plus her memoir, based on her massively successful podcast How To Fail and her most book Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict. While snooping around her (small but perfectly formed) flat, we discussed being nosey, literary heroines, EM Forster related tattoos and learning the facts of life...2024-03-0448 min
The Indie Football PodcastEp 75: We met Pradhyum Reddy, Dempos SC CEO, in Goa!We are obsessed with football. And when we talk about how we want dig deeper into understanding the football landscape in our country, we are not just talking about it for the sake of it.
That spirit gets embodied by our co-founder, Dwaipayan Mukherjee’s recent trip to Goa where he ended up at the venue of one of I-League 2’s match between Dempos SC and a Mumbai club - Kenkre FC.
There are numerous stories hidden around Indian football. About players. About coaches. About officials. To unfold some of it was the initial idea when we approached Mr. Pradhyum Redd...2024-02-2749 min
The Booker Prize PodcastBooks to look out for in 2024WARNING: this episode contains some adult language. We’re back after our festive hiatus – and how better to start the year than with a rundown of some of the most-anticipated reads of 2024. This week, Jo and James are joined by journalist and TLS podcast host Alex Clark, so listen in as they discuss the books, by Booker Prize authors and beyond, that we should all keep an eye out for this year.2024 reading list:
Long Island by Colm Tóibín
The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle
James by Perciv...2024-01-0440 min
World Football Index PodcastFrantic Football Episode 4: Preview – Eredivisie, Anderlecht & MoreNeel Shelat is joined by Ben Griffis and Raphael Adelugba for Episode 4 of the Frantic Football Podcast. They review the major midweek action and look ahead to the weekend's games, with a more detailed focus on the Eredivisie title race with some input from Alex Barker. They also talk about some transfers, but before all that, Doc Mukherjee speaks to Neel about Anderlecht's issues this season.2023-01-201h 18
London Review Bookshop PodcastPankaj Mishra and Lisa Appignanesi: Run and HideAfter twenty years novelist and essayist Pankaj Mishra makes a triumphant return to fiction. Described by Amit Chaudhuri as ‘his best work yet’ and by Neel Mukherjee as ‘unforgettable’, Run and Hide (Hutchinson Heinemann) explores, through the lives of three friends riding the high tide of India’s boom years, the implications and human costs of the thirst for wealth and power. Mishra, a regular contributor to the LRB, was in conversation with Lisa Appignanesi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-05-181h 03
Little, Brown AudioLove Marriage by Monica Ali, read by Ayesha Dharker (Audiobook extract)TWO CULTURES. TWO FAMILIES. TWO PEOPLE.
The new novel from the bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of BRICK LANE
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'Exquisitely written with big-heartedness, intelligence and passion' RUTH JONES
'Funny, warm, powerful' DIANA EVANS
'Big-hearted, pitch-perfectly written, and utterly unputdownable' NEEL MUKHERJEE
Yasmin Ghorami has a lot to be grateful for: a loving family, a fledgling career in medicine, and a charming, handsome fiancée, fellow doctor Joe Sangster.
But as the wedding day draws closer and Yasmin's parents get to know Joe's firebrand feminist mother, both families must confront the unravelling of long-held secrets, lies and betrayals.
As Yasmin dismantles her o...2022-02-0305 min
What's The Chakkar?Decoupled, Amyt Datta, and Neel Mukherjee - What’s The Chakkar?What's The Chakkar? In Episode 15, we are joined by Aditi Murti, Anurag Tagat, and Saurabh Sharma to deconstruct the Manu Joseph-created show Decoupled, listen to new music by Indian guitar god Amyt Datta, and talk about books by Neel Mukherjee and Bill Hayes. Hosted by Karan Madhok.
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The Eat, Watch and Binge Read PodcastPandemic Reading, Sunjeev Sahota, Indian Fiction, Modern Love, Ted Lasso and Why We Hate RiverdaleIn Episode 20 of the EWBR Podcast, Anisha & Dhruv discuss Anisha's latest foray into the saucy older woman/younger man trope, The Idea of You, by Robinne Lee (pure pandemic escapism, apparently).Then we have two solid Indian/origin works of contemporary fiction:(1) The Year of the Runaways, by Booker nominee Sunjeev Sahota (we can't wait to read China Room!), which deals with the plight of immigrant works in Sheffield. What happens when the English class system runs smack bang into the Indian caste system and its prejudices?(2) Neel Mukherjee's devastatingly...2021-08-2929 min
Arts & IdeasPakistan, Politics and Water SuppliesIn Karachi Vice, journalist Samira Shackle tracks the lives of a Karachi ambulance driver, street school teacher and crime reporter amongst others - and uses their story to map a history of different political groupings across the city and the recent decades. New Generation Thinker Majed Akhter from Kings College, London researches water shortages and dam building. Ejaz Haider is a journalist based in Lahore. They share their views of Pakistan with Rana Mitter. Karachi Vice: Life and Death in a Contested City by Samira Shackle is out now from Granta and has been a BBC Radio 4...2021-02-1644 min
Books and Beyond with BoundS2, Ep 11: Udayan Mukherjee - Writing Essential Stories That Traverse the Lockdown LandscapeFrom migrant workers to British expats, from the hills of Uttaranchal to the heart of Mumbai's metropolis, find out how Udayan captures India's lockdown experience in his timely short story collection.
On this episode of Books and Beyond with Bound Season 2, we talk to Udayan Mukherjee about his short story collection, “Essential Items: Stories from a Land in Lockdown”, recently published by Bloomsbury. Udayan shares how writing during the pandemic kept him sane. He finished the book in three months and Tara had the pleasure of editing it!
We chat about Udayan’s life in the hills: the people he meets...2020-11-0346 min
Books and Beyond with Bound2.11: Udayan Mukherjee - Indian Lockdown Stories Across Geography And ClassFrom migrant workers to British expats, from the hills of Uttaranchal to the heart of Mumbai's metropolis, find out how Udayan captures India's lockdown experience in his timely short story collection.Tara and Michelle talk to Udayan Mukherjee about his short story collection, “Essential Items: Stories from a Land in Lockdown”, recently published by Bloomsbury. Udayan shares how writing during the pandemic kept him sane. He finished the book in three months and Tara had the pleasure of editing it!We chat about Udayan’s life in the hills: the people he meets and ho...2020-11-0347 min