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BookOdysseyThe Toss of a Lemon by Padma ViswanathanThe provided text, excerpts from the novel "The Toss of a Lemon," follows the life of Sivakami, a woman navigating the complexities of traditional Hindu life, particularly after the death of her husband, Hanumarathnam. The narrative details Sivakami's changing roles as she manages her household, oversees family business with the help of the servant Muchami, and addresses the concerns of her children, Vairum and Thangam. Key themes include the marriage arrangements and misfortunes of her children, the tension between modernity (secular education and non-Brahmin ideas) and tradition (caste, rituals, and horoscopes), and the intricate dynamics within her extended family...
2025-12-0131 min
Mat mon podcast !Viswanathan AnandViswanathan Anand, né le 11 décembre 1969 à Chennai, en Inde, est l'un des plus grands joueurs d'échecs de tous les temps et une figure emblématique du jeu. Voici une biographie détaillée de sa carrière aux échecs :Débuts et ascensionAnand apprend les échecs à l'âge de 6 ans grâce à sa mère, qui l'initie au jeu. Très vite, il montre un talent exceptionnel. À 14 ans, il remporte le championnat national junior d'Inde, et à 16 ans, en 1985, il devient champion national senior, un titre qu'il conservera plusieurs fois. En 1987, il devient le premier Indien à re...
2025-08-1806 min
The Prakhar Gupta XperienceVishwanathan Anand on Magnus vs Gukesh, Cheating in Chess, Hans Niemann & @SamayRainaOfficial Episode 118 of The Prakhar Gupta Xperience features Viswanathan Anand, one of the greatest chess players of all time. He is a five-time World Champion and was the first Grandmaster from India. His journey has inspired millions and helped make chess popular across the country. Known for his calm mind and sharp thinking, Anand has received many top honours, including the Padma Vibhushan.Beyond the board, Anand is a proud father to 12-year-old Akhil, a prodigious talent in art and mathematics. Akhil has a deep fascination with patterns and often blends his love for both subjects by spotting mathematical beauty...
2025-08-021h 45
The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast106: Bookshelf Roulette: Surprises from the ShelfIn this episode we’re shaking things up with Bookshelf Roulette! No pre-planned selections—just pure randomness. Using a random number generator, we each pick a few books from our shelves and dive into spontaneous discussions. Did we read them? Do we love them? Do we remember them? From forgotten gems to books we’ve been meaning to get to, we explore what’s lurking in the corners of our collections. Tune in for some unexpected literary discoveries, personal stories, and maybe even a few surprises as we take a fresh, unplanned look at what’s on our shelves.What...
2025-05-151h 16
Ozarks at LargeState Constitution stops in NWA, Heartland Forward increases telehealth accessOn today's show, we hear about the Arkansas Constitution’s road trip, which includes a stop at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. We learn more about the physical copy of the Constitution as it prepares for its 150 anniversary. Plus, training librarians to facilitate telehealth appointments. Also, writer Padma Viswanathan talks her new novel.
2024-10-0354 min
Tune In To A Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Where We Stand by Djamila Ribeiro, Padma Viswanathan - translated by, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - foreword byPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/46658to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Where We Stand
Author: Djamila Ribeiro, Padma Viswanathan - translated by, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - foreword by
Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts
Format: mp3
Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
Release date: 08-27-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Social Sciences
Publisher's Summary:
Building on feminist standpoint theory, and in conversation with the works of Sojourner Truth, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, and others, Ribeiro invites all of us to recognize where we stand, to imagine geographies different from those we've inherited, and to speak a more humane world into being.
2024-08-272h 46
Unburied BooksSão Bernardo with Padma ViswanathanWriter and Portuguese translator Padma Viswanathan joins us to discuss her translation of São Bernardo by Graciliano Ramos. The book follows the story of Paulo Honório, an enterprising field hand who goes on to own the land where he once toiled. We talk about finding the narrator's voice, the many layers of irony, and Graciliano's political perspective.
Read more about our guest's work here: https://padmaviswanathan.com/
Read one of the author's municipal reports: https://lithub.com/how-to-break-in-to-publishing-if-youre-a-smalltown-brazilian-mayor-in-the-1930s/
And, if you're up to it, peruse our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user...
2024-08-0859 min
Blindfold Chess PodcastS2 E16 L. Aronian v Viswanathan Anand (2013)This episode was a struggle to cram all of Viswanathan Anand’s accomplishments into a highlight script! The Indian Grandmaster has been one of the most dominant and successful players in the game for over almost 4 decades. He was born on December 11, 1969, and moved to Chennai, India, and began playing chess at the age of six from his mother who was a chess aficionado.Anand’s rise in the chess world was very quick. He won the sub-junior championship with a perfect 9/9 score in 1983 at the age of 14. The next year, he won the Asian Junio...
2024-01-2714 min
Begin The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Best-Selling!Like Every Form of Love by Padma ViswanathanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/176592to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Like Every Form of Love
Author: Padma Viswanathan
Narrator: Padma Viswanathan
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 08-22-23
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Friendship
Publisher's Summary:
From the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, a gripping exploration of class, race, friendship, sexuality, what an author owes her subject and what it means to be a good person—all wrapped up in a riveting Canadian true crime story.
2023-08-229h 54
New Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsLike Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime by Padma ViswanathanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime Author: Padma Viswanathan Narrator: Padma Viswanathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 22, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, a gripping exploration of class, race, friendship, sexuality, what an author owes her subject and what it means to be a good person—all wrapped up in a riveting Canadian true crime story. Padma Viswanathan was staying on a houseboat on Vancouver Island when she struck up a friendship with a wa...
2023-08-2210 min
Tollywood KaburluTelugu Movie Characters Who Deserve their Own Spin Off Movie - Part 1
Relangi Mavayya from SVSC
Goodu Raju from SVSC
Getup Sreenu in Liger
Singam Sujatha from Winner
Boiling Star Babloo in Loukyam
Bokka Venkat Rao from Dookudu
Kalakeya Leader from Baahubali
Naidu from Athadu
Ghora from Magadheera
Prakash Raj in Jalsa
Nippu Nagaraj from Venky
Nalla Balu in Sye
Tiger Satti in Lakshmi
Chitti from Brindavanam
Spoon Mohan from Munna
LB Sriram in HanuMan Junction
Ara Gundu from Aha Naa Pellanta
Suri Babu Lavangam from Manmadhudu
Brahmi gaadu software engineer from Pokiri
Mavayya from Athadu
Pranav the head constable from Jalsa
Duvva from Vikramarkudu
Bobby from Krishna
Ready from McDowell Murthy
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2022-12-0247 min
2021-10-0802 min
Asymptote PodcastAsymptote Podcast: In Conversation with Padma ViswanathanToday on the show, the award-winning author and translator Padma Viswanathan joins podcast editor Steve Lehman to talk about her love for Brazilian literature, the connection between writing and translating, and how translation helps her form an even closer relationship to Portuguese. Afterwards, stick around to hear an excerpt from the short story “The Woman […]
2021-03-2529 min
'Thought Bits' with Ravi IyerEpisode 8 (in memory of my aunt Late Miss Padma Iyer) - All about the Veena in conversation with Saipriya Viswanathan This is a very special episode which speaks about the national instrument of India, viz; The Veena. With special guest and Veena player Saipriya Viswanathan sharing some very informative facts and knowledge about the instrument.This particular episode also has emotions attached with the journey of Late Miss Padma Iyer who was proficient in the field of Carnatic Music as a Veena and Violin player, and is the maternal aunt to the host Ravi Iyer.Miss Padma Iyer by profession was an English and Maths Teacher at Bombay Scottish School located at Mahim (Mumbai, India), a...
2020-09-2335 min
Roteirices89 - "São Bernardo", com Padma ViswanathanNesse episódio do Roteirices, Carlos Alberto Jr. entrevista a escritora canadense Padma Viswanathan, autora de uma recente tradução para o inglês do livro "São Bernardo", de Graciliano Ramos. Padma é filha de indianos e mora atualmente nos Estados Unidos. É autora dos romances "The toss of a lemon" e "The ever after of Ashwin Rao", ambos ainda sem tradução para o português.
Esse episódio do Roteirices marca o início de uma parceria com o blog Beco da Índia, da jornalista Florencia Costa, dedicado à divulgação da cultura indiana no Brasil. A entrevista com a Padma também está...
2020-09-141h 09
Play to Potential Podcast21.00 Viswanathan Anand - Unlocking the potential of the human mind and perspectives on ExcellenceGUEST
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former World Chess Champion, considered as one of the greatest chess players of all time. Anand was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1991–92, India's highest sporting honour. In 2007, he was the first sportsman to receive India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan.
Harnessing the full potential of our mind and staying relevant in the context of advances in machines is something that all of us wrestle with as we go through our respective journeys. Chess is a great canvas fo...
2017-11-171h 41
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesSTEPHEN ELLIOTT DISCUSSES HIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT ITSometimes I Think About It (Graywolf Press)
Building on the extraordinary storytelling that characterized his breakout book, The Adderall Diaries, Stephen Elliott tells a powerful story about outsiders and underdogs. Elliott traces his childhood with an abusive and erratic father, his life on the streets as a teenager, and his growing interest in cross-dressing and masochism. His search for dignity and happiness leads him to write of a man who loses his family in a rock slide, of the vexing realities of life in Palestine, and of a young man caught in the prison-industrial complex. And his abid...
2017-11-1144 min