Chandrahas Choudhury's guest appearances

Chandrahas Choudhury

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Sanjoy K. Roy

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Sujeev Shakya

Manu S. Pillai

Urvashi Butalia

Ira Mukhoty

William Dalrymple

Roger Highfield

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To immerse yourself in literature is to immerse yourself in the world. Chandrahas Choudhury joins Amit Varma in episode 288 of The Seen and the Unseen to chat about reading, writing, friendship, Mumbai and the guests at his fantasy dinner table.  Also check out: 1. Chandrahas Choudhury on Instagram and Amazon.  2. The Middle Stage -- Chandrahas Choudhury's blog. 3. My Country Is Literature -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 4. Days of My China Dragon -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 5. Clouds -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 6. Arzee The Dwarf -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 7. Bamana Arzee -- Chandrahas Choudhury, translated by Sindhubala Choudhury.  8. The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri -- Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen. 9. Two Men Who Left Third Man Alone -- Amit Varma and Chandrahas Choudhury. 10. The Curse of Knowledge. 11. Eunice De Souza on Amazon. 12. House of the Dead —  Fyodor Dostoevsky. 13. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. 14. The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist -- Orhan Pamuk. 15. The Ferment of Our Founders -- Episode 272 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Kapila). 16. Jai Arjun Singh Lost It at the Movies -- Episode 230 of The Seen and the Unseen. 17. Madame Bovary -- Gustave Flaubert. 18. How Fiction Works -- James Wood. 19. Marcel Proust and Karl Ove Knausgaard on Amazon. 20. Six and a Third Acres -- Fakir Mohan Senapati. 21. Is There an Indian Way of Thinking? -- AK Ramanujan. 22. Sara Rai Inhales Literature -- Episode 255 of The Seen and the Unseen. 23. Rukmini Sees India’s Multitudes -- Episode 261 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rukmini S). 24. Cuckold -- Kiran Nagarkar. 25. Robert Bly on Amazon. 26. A Meditation on Form — Amit Varma. 27. Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life -- Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen. 28. Georges Simenon on Amazon. 29. Beautiful Thing — Sonia Faleiro. 30. Two Girls Hanging From a Tree — Episode 209 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Sonia Faleiro). 31. Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay on Amazon. 32. The Business of Books -- Episode 150 of The Seen and the Unseen (w VK Karthika). 33. The Bear Came Over the Mountain -- Alice Munro. 34. Against Rang De Basanti -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 35. The Loneliness of the Indian Woman — Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya). 36. A Godless Congregation -- Amit Varma. 37. Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek. 38. The City -- CP Cavafy. 39. Junoon on Spotify. 40. Verrier Elwin on Amazon. 41. The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin: An Autobiography. 42. Suite Francaise -- Irène Némirovsky. 43. Taking Stock of Our Republic — Episode 157 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha).  Check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing.  And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It’s free!  The illustration for this episode is by Nishant Jain aka Sneaky Artist. Check out his work on Twitter, Instagram and Substack.

To immerse yourself in literature is to immerse yourself in the world. Chandrahas Choudhury joins Amit Varma in episode 288 of The Seen and the Unseen to chat about reading, writing, friendship, Mumbai and the guests at his fantasy dinner table. Also check out: 1. Chandrahas Choudhury on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chandrahaschoudhury/?hl=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Chandrahas-Choudhury/e/B005BZFSH4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. 2. <a href="https://middlestage.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Middle Stage</a> -- Chandrahas Choudhury's blog. 3. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/My-Country-Literature-Adventures-Reading-ebook/dp/B09JPH5XMV/ref=sr_1_2?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">My Country Is Literature</a> -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 4. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Days-My-China-Dragon-Stories-ebook/dp/B07PQ95WC4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Days of My China Dragon</a> -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 5. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Clouds-Novel-Chandrahas-Choudhury-ebook/dp/B0746NQJ3F/ref=sr_1_3?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Clouds</a> -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 6. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Arzee-Dwarf-Chandrahas-Choudhury-ebook/dp/B00AHW2EBO/ref=sr_1_5?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-5" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Arzee The Dwarf</a> -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 7. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Bamana-Arzee-Chandrahas-Choudhury/dp/8194085705/ref=sr_1_6?crid=125DTDHV0VVEX&amp;keywords=chandrahas+choudhury&amp;qid=1659298507&amp;sprefix=chandrahas+choudhury%2Caps%2C195&amp;sr=8-6" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bamana Arzee</a> -- Chandrahas Choudhury, translated by Sindhubala Choudhury.  8. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/12/6/episode-254-the-life-and-times-of-abhinandan-sekhri/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri</a> -- Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen. 9. <a href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/two-men-who-left-third-man-alone-133163" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Two Men Who Left Third Man Alone</a> -- Amit Varma and Chandrahas Choudhury. 10. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Curse of Knowledge</a>. 11. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Eunice-De-Souza/e/B001HCVF68?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&amp;qid=1659307555&amp;sr=1-4" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Eunice De Souza on Amazon</a>. 12. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/House-Dead-Dover-Thrift-Editions-ebook/dp/B00A62YCRO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=dostoevsky+the+house+of+the+dead&amp;qid=1622948520&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">House of the Dead</a> —  Fyodor Dostoevsky. 13. <a href="http://shakespeare.mit.edu/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Complete Works of William Shakespeare</a>. 14. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Naive-Sentimental-Novelist-PB-ebook/dp/B06XY2267B/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3FDCT2PYZ4HRD&amp;keywords=orhan+pamuk+naive&amp;qid=1659307787&amp;sprefix=orhan+pamuk+naive%2Caps%2C196&amp;sr=8-4" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist</a> -- Orhan Pamuk. 15. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2022/4/11/episode-272-the-ferment-of-our-founders/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Ferment of Our Founders</a> -- Episode 272 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Kapila). 16. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/6/20/episode-230-jai-arjun-singh-lost-it-at-the-movies/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jai Arjun Singh Lost It at the Movies</a> -- Episode 230 of The Seen and the Unseen. 17. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Madame-Bovary-Macmillan-Collectors-Library-ebook/dp/B01NC2MCRL/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=madame+bovary&amp;qid=1659307992&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=madame%2Cdigital-text%2C241&amp;sr=1-7" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Madame Bovary</a> -- Gustave Flaubert. 18. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/How-Fiction-Works-James-Wood-ebook/dp/B004EYSXTI/ref=sr_1_10?crid=118LFEUF76V47&amp;keywords=james+wood&amp;qid=1659308038&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=james+wood%2Cdigital-text%2C205&amp;sr=1-10" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">How Fiction Works</a> -- James Wood. 19. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Marcel-Proust/e/B00J9SSFOC?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&amp;qid=1659308145&amp;sr=1-3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Marcel Proust</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Karl-Ove-Knausgaard/e/B00NS0C37C?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&amp;qid=1659308186&amp;sr=1-2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Karl Ove Knausgaard</a> on Amazon. 20. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/SIX-THIRD-ACRES-Novel-NOVEL-ebook/dp/B08T9FGGC9/ref=sr_1_2?crid=22LNIVYN4GRBM&amp;keywords=fakir+mohan+senapati&amp;qid=1659308256&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=fakir+mohan+senapati%2Cdigital-text%2C191&amp;sr=1-2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Six and a Third Acres</a> -- Fakir Mohan Senapati. 21. <a href="https://profcohen.net/reli113/uploads/texts/ramanujan.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Is There an Indian Way of Thinking?</a> -- AK Ramanujan. 22. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/12/13/episode-255-sara-rai-inhales-literature/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sara Rai Inhales Literature</a> -- Episode 255 of The Seen and the Unseen. 23. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2022/1/24/episode-261-rukmini-sees-indias-multitudes/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rukmini Sees India’s Multitudes</a> -- Episode 261 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rukmini S). 24. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Cuckold-Kiran-Nagarkar-ebook/dp/B074QDH82M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MZZEPXOKQ2ZH&amp;keywords=cuckold&amp;qid=1659310121&amp;sprefix=cuckold%2Caps%2C264&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cuckold</a> -- Kiran Nagarkar. 25. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Robert-Bly/e/B00456BU6S?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1659310219&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Bly on Amazon</a>. 26. <a href="https://indiauncut.substack.com/p/a-meditation-on-form" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">A Meditation on Form</a> — Amit Varma. 27. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2022/2/21/episode-265-amitava-kumar-finds-the-breath-of-life/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life</a> -- Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen. 28. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Georges-Simenon/e/B001HCX6KQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1659310823&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Georges Simenon on Amazon</a>. 29. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Beautiful-Thing-Inside-secret-Bombays-ebook/dp/B07DGCPC9Z/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2QY9YAJ9KX5KV&amp;keywords=sonia+faleiro&amp;qid=1642971807&amp;sprefix=sonia+faleiro%2Caps%2C207&amp;sr=8-2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Beautiful Thing</a> — Sonia Faleiro. 30. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/1/24/episode-209-two-girls-hanging-from-a-tree/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Two Girls Hanging From a Tree</a> — Episode 209 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Sonia Faleiro). 31. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Bibhutibhushan-Bandyopadhyay/e/B089N9356H?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1659310966&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay on Amazon</a>. 32. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/12/9/episode-150-the-business-of-books/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Business of Books</a> -- Episode 150 of The Seen and the Unseen (w VK Karthika). 33. <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/21/the-bear-came-over-the-mountain-2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Bear Came Over the Mountain</a> -- Alice Munro. 34. <a href="https://middlestage.blogspot.com/2006/01/against-rang-de-basanti.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Against Rang De Basanti</a> -- Chandrahas Choudhury. 35. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2022/1/10/episode-259-the-loneliness-of-the-indian-woman/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Loneliness of the Indian Woman</a> — Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya). 36. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/a-godless-congregation/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">A Godless Congregation</a> -- Amit Varma. 37. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Smith</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Friedrich Hayek</a>. 38. <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51295/the-city-56d22eef2f768" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The City</a> -- CP Cavafy. 39. <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6nyfDdTwCLGrbCFikT8PTK?si=VN0sBPhdRmes-pZNw6XxBA" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Junoon on Spotify</a>. 40. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/s?k=verrier+elwin&amp;i=stripbooks&amp;crid=1GXB5IW17F606&amp;sprefix=verrier+elwin%2Cstripbooks%2C203&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Verrier Elwin</a> on Amazon. 41. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Tribal-World-Verrier-Elwin/dp/0195623142" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin: An Autobiography</a>. 42. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Suite-Francaise-Ir%C3%A8ne-N%C3%A9mirovsky-ebook/dp/B003NX6Y0G/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1659316700&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Suite Francaise</a> -- Irène Némirovsky. 43. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/1/26/episode-157-taking-stock-of-our-republic/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Taking Stock of Our Republic</a> — Episode 157 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ram Guha). Check out Amit’s online course, <a href="https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Art of Clear Writing</a>. And subscribe to <a href="https://indiauncut.substack.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The India Uncut Newsletter</a>. It’s free! The illustration for this episode is by Nishant Jain aka Sneaky Artist. Check out his work on <a href="https://twitter.com/SneakyArt" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thesneakyartist/?hl=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://sneakyart.substack.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Substack</a>.

Ep 288: Chandrahas Choudhury's Country of Literature

Hermione Lee

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard, one of the greatest living playwrights, is a towering and beloved literary figure. Known for his dizzying narrative inventiveness and intense attention to language, he deftly deploys art, science, history, politics, and philosophy in works that span a remarkable spectrum of literary genres: theater, radio, film, TV, journalism and fiction. His most acclaimed creations, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia and Shakespeare in Love, remain as fresh and moving as when they entranced their first audiences.  British biographer, literary critic and academic Hermione Lee’s latest work, Tom Stoppard: A Life, weaves Stoppard's life and work together into a vivid, insightful and always riveting portrait of a remarkable man. In conversation with author Chandrahas Choudhury, Lee talks about his life and draws on a wealth of new materials and on her many conversations with Stoppard.

Tom Stoppard, one of the greatest living playwrights, is a towering and beloved literary figure. Known for his dizzying narrative inventiveness and intense attention to language, he deftly deploys art, science, history, politics, and philosophy in works that span a remarkable spectrum of literary genres: theater, radio, film, TV, journalism and fiction. His most acclaimed creations, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia and Shakespeare in Love, remain as fresh and moving as when they entranced their first audiences.  British biographer, literary critic and academic Hermione Lee’s latest work, Tom Stoppard: A Life, weaves Stoppard's life and work together into a vivid, insightful and always riveting portrait of a remarkable man. In conversation with author Chandrahas Choudhury, Lee talks about his life and draws on a wealth of new materials and on her many conversations with Stoppard.

Tom Stoppard - A Life: Hermione Lee in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury

Author of many celebrated books, including 'The Museum of Innocence', 'Istanbul' and 'Snow', Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk discusses his life and work, in conversation with writer Chandrahas ChoudharySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author of many celebrated books, including 'The Museum of Innocence', 'Istanbul' and 'Snow', Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk discusses his life and work, in conversation with writer Chandrahas ChoudharySee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Orhan Pamuk: The Museum of Innocence: Orhan Pamuk in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury