Sara Rai's guest appearances

Sara Rai

SWR2 lesenswert - Literatur

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

Books and Authors

StoryJam 

Barack Obama

Steven Pinker

Donald Trump

Edmund de Waal

Henry James

Rosa Luxemburg

Siri Hustvedt

Terry Moore

Colson Whitehead

Thomas Frank

Zadie Smith

Yanis Varoufakis

David Eagleman

Michael Pollan

Robert Sapolsky

OwlTail

"I wouldn't say that everything I've written in this memoir is true. Some of it has been added on, invented, embellished. It's been a long process of remembering and becoming as I remembered. This is why I talk about the boundary between memory and fiction being blurred; because while you are writing something, there is some other process that takes over." - Sara Rai, author, Raw Umber, talks to Manjula Narayan about her memoir that touches on growing up in Allahabad, her grandfather Premchand, the ordinariness of death, and drawing from a pool of languages in her writing.

Books and Authors podcast with Sara Rai, author, Raw Umber

Munshi Premchand’s wife Shivrani Devi was a writer in her own right. A very good one. But she disappeared from the pages of literary history. This was not unusual. As men, especially famous men, march on to capture whatever they set their sights on, their wives are left to pick up the detritus of daily life, with little or no time to think of etching their own name in history books. “Premchand : Ghar Mein” was written because Shivrani took it upon herself to write about the personal life of her famous husband. But who will write about Shivrani? Who will hunt for the many stories she published in magazines and books. Thankfully her memoirs are a mirror of her life as well. She wrote not just of Premchand’s domestic life but also of the strong and unusual relationship they shared. Of his immense respect and deference for her views and the ways in which they influenced each other. Premchand and Shivrani Devi’s granddaughter, Sara Rai wrote a moving tribute to her grandmother as a preface to the now re-published ‘Premchand: Ghar Mein’. In her words, she did it because no one was going to ever write ‘Shivrani : Ghar Mein’.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/storyjam/message

Munshi Premchand’s wife Shivrani Devi was a writer in her own right. A very good one. But she disappeared from the pages of literary history. This was not unusual. As men, especially famous men, march on to capture whatever they set their sights on, their wives are left to pick up the detritus of daily life, with little or no time to think of etching their own name in history books. “Premchand : Ghar Mein” was written because Shivrani took it upon herself to write about the personal life of her famous husband. But who will write about Shivrani? Who will hunt for the many stories she published in magazines and books. Thankfully her memoirs are a mirror of her life as well. She wrote not just of Premchand’s domestic life but also of the strong and unusual relationship they shared. Of his immense respect and deference for her views and the ways in which they influenced each other. Premchand and Shivrani Devi’s granddaughter, Sara Rai wrote a moving tribute to her grandmother as a preface to the now re-published ‘Premchand: Ghar Mein’. In her words, she did it because no one was going to ever write ‘Shivrani : Ghar Mein’.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/storyjam/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/storyjam/message</a>

StoryJam Kahani: Premchand's wife Shivrani Devi : Profile by Sara Rai

Sara Rai erhält den diesjährigen Rückert-Preis. Zu Recht! Denn sie verwebt in ihren Texten mehrere Sprachen und Dialekte. Und sie erzählt vom im indischen Hier und Jetzt zwischen ungewolltem Wandel und erhofftem Aufbruch in NeuesSara Rai erhält den diesjährigen Rückert-Preis. Zu Recht! Denn sie verwebt in ihren Texten mehrere Sprachen und Dialekte. Und sie erzählt vom im indischen Hier und Jetzt zwischen ungewolltem Wandel und erhofftem Aufbruch in Neues.Rezension von Claudia Kramatschek.Draupadi Verlagaus dem Hindi von Johanna HahnISBN 978-3-945191-43-9192 Seiten18 Euro

Sara Rai erhält den diesjährigen Rückert-Preis. Zu Recht! Denn sie verwebt in ihren Texten mehrere Sprachen und Dialekte. Und sie erzählt vom im indischen Hier und Jetzt zwischen ungewolltem Wandel und erhofftem Aufbruch in NeuesSara Rai erhält den diesjährigen Rückert-Preis. Zu Recht! Denn sie verwebt in ihren Texten mehrere Sprachen und Dialekte. Und sie erzählt vom im indischen Hier und Jetzt zwischen ungewolltem Wandel und erhofftem Aufbruch in Neues. Rezension von Claudia Kramatschek. Draupadi Verlag aus dem Hindi von Johanna Hahn ISBN 978-3-945191-43-9 192 Seiten 18 Euro

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