"Everest teaches you the value of time. The consequences of missing a timeline on the mountain could be death," says Aditya Gupta. The author of 7 Lessons from Everest talks to @ut ... Read more
"Everest teaches you the value of time. The consequences of missing a timeline on the mountain could be death," says Aditya Gupta. The author of 7 Lessons from Everest talks to @utterflea on the Books & Authors podcast about the stunning images he shot during his climb and the lessons he gleaned from the experience Read more
Jallianwala Bagh, the excesses of colonialism, the millions of soldiers from India and Africa who fought in the two World Wars, and the institutionalized racism of the British Emp ... Read more
Jallianwala Bagh, the excesses of colonialism, the millions of soldiers from India and Africa who fought in the two World Wars, and the institutionalized racism of the British Empire find no place in British school curricula. As a result, many believe the Empire was an honourable endeavour. Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland, talks to @utterflea about this bizarre phenomenon Read more
The emotional nature of the Chinese, the Western media's biases while reporting on the Tiananmen Square incident (May-June 1989), and the hypocrisy of western governments who used ... Read more
The emotional nature of the Chinese, the Western media's biases while reporting on the Tiananmen Square incident (May-June 1989), and the hypocrisy of western governments who used human rights as a pressure point while continuing to reap the great benefits of trade with China in the golden quarter-century that followed... former diplomat @VGokhale59, author of Tiananmen Square; The Making of a Protest talks to @utterflea about all that on this week's Books & Authors podcast Read more
The emotional nature of the Chinese, the Western media's biases while reporting on the Tiananmen Square incident (May-June 1989), and the hypocrisy of western governments who used ... Read more
The emotional nature of the Chinese, the Western media's biases while reporting on the Tiananmen Square incident (May-June 1989), and the hypocrisy of western governments who used human rights as a pressure point while continuing to reap the great benefits of trade with China in the golden quarter-century that followed... former diplomat @VGokhale59, author of Tiananmen Square; The Making of a Protest talks to @utterflea about all that on this week's Books & Authors podcast Read more
Begum Akhtar's magical voice and musical genius, the respect she commanded, and her journey from Akhtarbai Faizabadi to Begum Akhtar, the feminism that made her the first female us ... Read more
Begum Akhtar's magical voice and musical genius, the respect she commanded, and her journey from Akhtarbai Faizabadi to Begum Akhtar, the feminism that made her the first female ustad to initiate disciples with a formal thread tying ceremony, her sense of humour, and great style...Yatindra Mishra editor of Akhtari; The Life and Music of Begum Akhtar talks to @utterflea about all that on this week's Books & Authors podcast. Read more
Begum Akhtar's magical voice and musical genius, the respect she commanded, and her journey from Akhtarbai Faizabadi to Begum Akhtar, the feminism that made her the first female us ... Read more
Begum Akhtar's magical voice and musical genius, the respect she commanded, and her journey from Akhtarbai Faizabadi to Begum Akhtar, the feminism that made her the first female ustad to initiate disciples with a formal thread tying ceremony, her sense of humour, and great style...Yatindra Mishra editor of Akhtari; The Life and Music of Begum Akhtar talks to @utterflea about all that on this week's Books & Authors podcast. Read more
How Indian Jews observe kosher laws, the delicious gongura chicken of the Bene Ephriam of Andhra Pradesh and the steamed fish dishes of the Bnei Menashe of Manipur and Mizoram, emi ... Read more
How Indian Jews observe kosher laws, the delicious gongura chicken of the Bene Ephriam of Andhra Pradesh and the steamed fish dishes of the Bnei Menashe of Manipur and Mizoram, emigration to Israel, and the great demand for Bombay Duck among the Bene Israel community there - Esther David, author of Bene Appetit; The Cuisine of Indian Jews talks about all that to @utterflea on this week's Books & Authors podcast. Read more
How Indian Jews observe kosher laws, the delicious gongura chicken of the Bene Ephriam of Andhra Pradesh and the steamed fish dishes of the Bnei Menashe of Manipur and Mizoram, emi ... Read more
How Indian Jews observe kosher laws, the delicious gongura chicken of the Bene Ephriam of Andhra Pradesh and the steamed fish dishes of the Bnei Menashe of Manipur and Mizoram, emigration to Israel, and the great demand for Bombay Duck among the Bene Israel community there - Esther David, author of Bene Appetit; The Cuisine of Indian Jews talks about all that to @utterflea on this week's Books & Authors podcast. Read more
In The Braided River, Samrat Choudhury combines travel writing, environmental reportage, political and historical analysis, and memoir as he follows the course of the mighty Brahma ... Read more
In The Braided River, Samrat Choudhury combines travel writing, environmental reportage, political and historical analysis, and memoir as he follows the course of the mighty Brahmaputra. Samrat Choudhury, author of The Braided River; A Journey Along the Brahmaputra talks to Manjula Narayan about all that in this week's Books & Authors podcast. Read more
In The Braided River, Samrat Choudhury combines travel writing, environmental reportage, political and historical analysis, and memoir as he follows the course of the mighty Brahma ... Read more
In The Braided River, Samrat Choudhury combines travel writing, environmental reportage, political and historical analysis, and memoir as he follows the course of the mighty Brahmaputra. Samrat Choudhury, author of The Braided River; A Journey Along the Brahmaputra talks to Manjula Narayan about all that in this week's Books & Authors podcast. Read more
