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9.20 Karan Mahajan on Writing Entitled Men Who Live Without Consequence
Jun 2, 2026
54m 17s
9.19 Who Gets Written into History? The Lost Voices Of 19th Century Tawaifs ft. Tarana Hussain Khan
May 26, 2026
44m 45s
9.18 Inside Asia's Largest Anti-Trafficking Institution With Sunitha Krishnan
May 19, 2026
53m 35s
9.17 Your Next Meal Could Be A Time Machine ft. Lavanya Lakshminarayan
May 12, 2026
56m 34s
9.16 What Makes a Bestseller? Naiyya Singh Decodes
May 5, 2026
39m 08s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/2/26 |  9.20 Karan Mahajan on Writing Entitled Men Who Live Without Consequence✨ | family sagamarriage+4 | Karan Mahajan | The Complex | Delhi | Karan MahajanThe Complex+7 | — | 54m 17s | |
| 5/26/26 |  9.19 Who Gets Written into History? The Lost Voices Of 19th Century Tawaifs ft. Tarana Hussain Khan✨ | 19th century Tawaifslove stories+4 | Tarana Hussain Khan | The Courtesan, Her Lover and I | — | Tawaifslove story+4 | — | 44m 45s | |
| 5/19/26 |  9.18 Inside Asia's Largest Anti-Trafficking Institution With Sunitha Krishnan✨ | anti-traffickingsexual violence+3 | Sunitha Krishnan | Prajwala | — | anti-traffickingPrajwala+5 | — | 53m 35s | |
| 5/12/26 |  9.17 Your Next Meal Could Be A Time Machine ft. Lavanya Lakshminarayan✨ | foodsci-fi+3 | Lavanya Lakshminarayan | Intergalactic FeastInterstellar Megachef | — | sci-fifood+5 | — | 56m 34s | |
| 5/5/26 |  9.16 What Makes a Bestseller? Naiyya Singh Decodes✨ | book marketingbestsellers+3 | Naiyya Singh | HarperCollins India | — | bestsellerbook marketing+5 | — | 39m 08s | |
| 4/28/26 |  9.15 What Comes After Coming Out? ft. Rahul Singh✨ | coming outopen relationships+3 | Rahul Singh | Unfolding | — | coming outopen relationships+3 | — | 46m 30s | |
| 4/21/26 |  9.14 Being “Nice” Is Getting You Nowhere ft. Ankur Warikoo✨ | boundariesself-acceptance+3 | Ankur Warikoo | Winning People Without Losing Yourself | — | niceboundaries+3 | — | 43m 38s | |
| 4/14/26 |  9.13 Can Men Truly Write Women? Ft. Rahul Bhattacharya✨ | writinggender+4 | Rahul Bhattacharya | Railsong | BombayIndia | writing womenRahul Bhattacharya+5 | — | 50m 14s | |
| 4/7/26 |  9.12 ‘Is This Instagrammable?’ And Other Online Crises ft. Ria Chopra✨ | internet cultureidentity+3 | Ria Chopra | GoogleNever Logged Out | — | Instagrammabledoomscrolling+5 | — | 1h 07m 32s | |
| 3/31/26 |  9.11 The Wrong Interview That Led to the Right Decision ft. Dr. Ashok Ganguly✨ | career decisionsbusiness leadership+3 | Dr. Ashok Ganguly | Hindustan UnileverRajya Sabha+1 | — | careerbusiness+5 | — | 36m 22s | |
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| 3/24/26 |  9.10 Bombay Food Isn’t As Local As You Think ft. Pronoti Datta✨ | Bombay foodculinary history+3 | Pronoti Datta | In the Beginning There Was Bombay Duck | BombayKoli+3 | Bombayfood history+3 | — | 44m 53s | |
| 3/17/26 |  9.9 Can Fiction Tell the Truth Better Than Journalism? ft. Rahul Pandita✨ | homebelonging+4 | Rahul Pandita | Our Friends in Good Houses | — | fictionjournalism+5 | — | 44m 15s | |
| 3/10/26 |  9.8 Why Delhi Never Sleeps (It’s the Ghosts) ft. Eric Chopra✨ | ghostshistory+4 | Eric Chopra | Ghosted | DelhiFeroz Shah Kotla+1 | ghostsDelhi+5 | — | 50m 16s | |
| 3/4/26 |  9.7 A Life Bigger Than a Michelin Star ft. Suvir Saran✨ | Michelin-starred restaurantmemoir+3 | Suvir Saran | DeviTell My Mother I Like Boys | New YorkDelhi | Michelin starrestaurant+5 | — | 42m 59s | |
| 2/24/26 |  9.6 Forget the Pandavas, Satyavati Ran the Show! ft. Rupeen Popat | What if the most powerful character in the Mahabharata was a boatwoman? In this episode of Books & Beyond, Tara sits down with debut author Rupeen Popat to explore his novel Satyavati, a bold retelling of the Mahabharata’s origin story through the eyes of a woman history forgot. Satyavati begins as a ferrying boatwoman, but her courage and resilience transform her into the queen who steered the fate of kingdoms. Rupeen takes us behind the scenes of his lifelong fascination with Indian e... | 44m 09s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 |  9.5 Welcome to the Internet. It Sucks. ft. Anurag Minus Verma | Be honest. When was the last time you logged off because you wanted to, not because your battery died? In this brand new episode of Books & Beyond, Tara sits down with Anurag Minus Verma, influencer, writer, and podcaster, to trace how the Indian internet went from cyber cafes and Orkut scraps to algorithms that know us better than we do. From going down random rabbit holes and getting emotionally invested in strangers we’ve never met, to collectively losing our minds over the next big c... | 1h 03m 26s | ||||||
| 2/10/26 |  9.4 Mumbai Meri Jaan, But at What Cost? ft. Sidharth Bhatia | Is Mumbai still a city for everyone, or just for those who can afford it? In this episode of Books & Beyond, Tara sits down with veteran journalist and author Sidharth Bhatia to discuss his latest book, Mumbai: A Million Islands. The book is not about the history of Marine Lines or the Gateway of India, but the thing that actually builds this city... PEOPLE! Tara and Sidharth explore the bubonic plague of 1896, the transformation of Parel’s textile mills into high-end malls, and what it... | 42m 31s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 |  9.3 More Than Just Chick-lit ft. Deepanjana Pal | What if the most important love story in your life isn’t romantic at all? In our brand new episode, journalist and author Deepanjana Pal talks about her novel, Lightning in a Shot Glass. It’s a witty, radical look at two Mumbai flatmates navigating love, life, and ambition on their own terms. Tara and Deepanjana dive into why female friendships are often the real love stories of our lives and how having chosen family keeps us grounded. They challenge the notion of genre hierarchies while sh... | 56m 53s | ||||||
| 1/27/26 |  9.2 Coding Ourselves Into a Future We Can’t Control ft. Akshay Chopra | What happens to “us” when we’re no longer the smartest beings on the planet? In our brand new episode, technologist and global innovation leader Akshay Chopra discusses his debut novel After Us, exploring a world transformed by SUI, a self-aware, benevolent superintelligence that questions the very definition of life and humanity. Tara and Akshay dive deep into the fascinating (and often terrifying) intersections of science and fiction, from the "Longevity Escape Velocity" that could grant ... | 52m 33s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 |  9.1 We’re Curating Kala Ghoda Arts Festival! | What does it take to actually curate a literary festival? We’re back! Season 9 of Books & Beyond kicks off with Tara and Aishwarya spilling the tea on their latest project: curating the Literature Section for the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2026! This episode is a deep dive into the madness of curation. Why is Aishwarya obsessed with color-coded Excel sheets? Why is Tara picking out "apples" for a festival? And how many "healthy skirmishes" does it take to build a schedule from scrat... | 48m 07s | ||||||
| 12/16/25 |  8.25 Alka Joshi: The "Overnight Success" That Took a Decade to Write | Would you keep writing if your agent told you "not yet" for ten straight years? In this episode of Books & Beyond, Tara sits down with NYT bestselling author Alka Joshi to discuss her latest novel, Six Days in Bombay. Alka reveals the incredible decade-long journey behind her debut, The Henna Artist, from a relentless agent who kept saying the book wasn’t ready, through years of tireless revisions, to the "perfect timing" that landed her in Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club. But for Alka, ... | 1h 09m 34s | ||||||
| 12/9/25 |  8.24 Roopa Kudva: The Anti-Formula Leader; Write Your Own Playbook! | You don't need a playbook to become a leader, your instincts are your guide. In the latest episode of Books & Beyond, Roopa Kudva, author of Leadership Beyond the Playbook, joins Tara to challenge the formulaic approach to leadership. Instead of giving you a 10-step plan, Roopa hands the steering wheel to you. They dive into why true leadership can’t be squeezed into neat frameworks and why the real growth happens when you start looking inward. Roopa shares her own evolution, from askin... | 52m 57s | ||||||
| 12/2/25 |  8.23 Amish Tripathi: The Day-to-Day of a Bestselling Author | Ever wondered what it takes to go from crunching numbers to creating worlds that millions of readers dive into? In the latest episode of Books & Beyond, Amish Tripathi shares the ups, downs, and behind-the-scenes of his journey from the 9-to-5 grind to bestselling author. From juggling a full-time job while writing Immortals of Meluha, to being one of the few authors in India who can write full time, he spills it all. Get a peek into his unique writing process: constant reading, letting... | 39m 00s | ||||||
| 11/25/25 |  8.22 Apekshit Khare: Guess What? You Actually Do Have Time! | Ever wished you had an extra hour each day? (Spoiler: you don’t need one!) In this episode of Books and Beyond, Tara chats with Apekshit Khare, HR professional and author of The Time Energy Toolkit, about why the problem isn’t our 24 hours, it’s how we use our energy. Apekshit breaks down the very real time struggles we face in India, from social expectations to nonstop notifications, and shares small, doable shifts that actually work. Think: finding your purpose, setting chill social media... | 44m 04s | ||||||
| 11/18/25 |  8.21 Volga & Purnima: On Why Mythological Women Deserve More | How does mythology change when we look at them through women’s lives? In this episode, Tara chats with P. Lalita Kumari, also known as Volga, one of the most influential feminist voices in Indian literature, and Purnima Rao, the translator of On the Banks of the Pampa, Volga’s retelling of Shabari’s story from the Ramayana. Volga shares how the idea for Shabari’s story first took shape, reflecting on the many women in mythology whose voices have been silenced. She talks about nature, womanh... | 1h 04m 43s | ||||||
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