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Books and AuthorsOn journeying through life"To be alive is, in many ways, to travel; it's to journey through time. We tend to think of travelling as something that involves space or place or geography; moving from one place to another. But the other aspect of travel is just journeying through time; every human being alive journeys through it. I write about journeying through language, grief, parenting...These are universal milestones. I look at them like I look at travel. Trying to be a good traveller can be applied to these other kinds of inner landscapes too. I've travelled so much and I've lived repeatedly in...
2026-01-091h 02
Infosys BPM PodcastsIn conversation: Pallavi Aiyar Wonders—Can AI Write the Next Bestseller? With Hari Ram, Finance Transformation Leader – Infosys BPMThis podcast examines AI's impact on literature, storytelling, and changing reading habits, questioning whether AI can truly replicate human creativity while offering practical guidelines for writers
2025-06-0631 min
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaPallavi Aiyar Has Seen the WorldShe's been a journalist, travelled the world, lived in nine countries, fought and beaten cancer -- and written about it all in exquisite prose. Pallavi Aiyar joins Amit Varma in episode 351 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about her life and learnings. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Pallavi Aiyar on Substack, Amazon, Twitter and her own website. 2. Smoke and Mirrors -- Pallavi Aiyar. 3. Orienting -- Pallavi Aiyar. 4. Babies and Bylines -- Pallavi Aiyar. 5. The Acting Life -- Episode 189 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rasika Dugal and Mukul Chadda). 6...
2023-10-163h 12
Listen to Your Favorite Audiobook Collection with Easy AccessListen to Orienting: An Indian in Japan by Pallavi AiyarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571454 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Orienting: An Indian in Japan
Author: Pallavi Aiyar
Narrator: Pallavi Aiyar
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes
Release date: February 11, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary: How is Tokyo, a city of thirty million people, so safe that six-year-old children commute to school on their own? Why are there no trashcans in Japanese cities? Why are Ganesha idols in Japanese temples hidden from public view? Globe-trotting journalist Pallavi Aiyar moves to Japan and takes an...
2022-02-117h 59
Access Unmissable Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsOrienting: An Indian in Japan by Pallavi AiyarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Orienting: An Indian in Japan Author: Pallavi Aiyar Narrator: Pallavi Aiyar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: How is Tokyo, a city of thirty million people, so safe that six-year-old children commute to school on their own? Why are there no trashcans in Japanese cities? Why are Ganesha idols in Japanese temples hidden from public view? Globe-trotting journalist Pallavi Aiyar moves to Japan and takes an in-depth look at the island country including its culinary...
2022-02-1105 min
Agla Station Adulthood with Rytasha & AyushiCitizen of the World ft. Pallavi Aiyar, JournalistHow is the life on someone who hasn't let the idea of settling down deter their aspirations and has just gone with the flow only to have had rich experiences? We often overthink things and fear consequences, and as a result miss out on opportunities while our guest today encourages us to take risks and invite moments of serendipity instead. She is Pallavi Aiyar, a journalist, independent international correspondent, author of multiple books, and truly a world citizen having lived across Delhi, Jakarta, China, Japan, and Spain to name a few. Also a doting mom to two adorable boys...
2021-11-111h 10
The Wire TalksIt is Difficult for India and Japan to Work Together feat. Pallavi AiyarAuthor and Journalist Pallavi Aiyar has led a life of wanderings all around the globe. As a student, she lived in England, worked in Delhi after that, and with her diplomat husband Julio, she has lived in China, Indonesia, Japan, and now lives in Spain. From her travels have emerged books that are fascinating studies of societies quite alien from her own personal experience in India. She writes about the countries' society, culture, behaviour, and most of all, how she acts and reacts. Her latest book is 'Orienting: An Indian in Japan', where she talks about Japan and its...
2021-10-0546 min
The Story Rules PodcastE09: Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar - Chronicler of the India economic story“You have to woo the reader. You have to persuade the person, first of all, to read what you have written that's the very first thing. If you have failed there then you've already failed. It doesn't matter what are the gems of wisdom. So the notion that you have to woo your reader was important.”That is Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar, aka Swami, the legendary and long-serving columnist for the Times of India and one of the foremost chroniclers of the India economic story.Growing up in Mumbai, the Times of India was a daily habi...
2021-09-241h 04
Books and AuthorsBooks & Authors with Pallavi Aiyar, author of Orienting; An Indian in Japan"Ladoo-loving Ganesh in India has transformed into mooli-loving Binayaka in Tokyo!" @pallaviaiyar, author of Orienting; An Indian in Japan, talks to @utterflea about Japanese versions of Hindu deities, the society's surprising lack of tech saviness, its obsession with fantastic toilets, its unacknowledged caste system, and it's surprisingly empowered women on this week's Books & Authors podcast
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2021-07-1653 min
Sinica PodcastChina and India: Pallavi Aiyar and Ananth Krishnan on mutual misperceptionsThis week on Sinica, we bring you a conversation with Pallavi Aiyar, a prolific writer and, until 2008, a Beijing-based journalist, and Ananth Krishnan, who reported from China for The Hindu and India Today until 2018. The two chatted with Kaiser and Jeremy as part of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in November, covering subjects from popular Chinese misconceptions and stereotypes about India to India’s curiosity about — and sparse media coverage of — its powerful neighbor to the northeast. 5:49: Mutual cultural ignorance between China and India 11:06: Indian views on Chinese authoritarianism 32:03: Social mobility and classism
2020-12-101h 00
Sinica Early AccessChina and India: Pallavi Aiyar and Ananth Krishnan on mutual misperceptionsThis week on Sinica, we bring you a conversation with Pallavi Aiyar, a prolific writer and, until 2008, a Beijing-based journalist, and Ananth Krishnan, who reported from China for The Hindu and India Today until 2018. The two chatted with Kaiser and Jeremy as part of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in November, covering subjects from popular Chinese misconceptions and stereotypes about India to India’s curiosity about — and sparse media coverage of — its powerful neighbor to the northeast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2020-12-0759 min
Ignite This Transformative Full Audiobook — Perfect While Traveling.Hope and Peril for Wild Tigers in India by Pallavi AiyarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/168085to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Hope and Peril for Wild Tigers in India
Author: Pallavi Aiyar
Narrator: Al Kessel
Format: mp3
Length: 7 mins
Release date: 04-11-18
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Privacy & Surveillance
Publisher's Summary:
2018-04-1107 min