The man who befriends crocodiles, the fate of the blind Gangetic dolphin, the joy of a flock of rosy starlings on a semal, and the tragedy of the Indian elephant - conservationist Neha Sinha, author of Wild & Wilful talks about all that in the Books & Authors podcast this week.

The man who befriends crocodiles, the fate of the blind Gangetic dolphin, the joy of a flock of rosy starlings on a semal, and the tragedy of the Indian elephant - conservationist Neha Sinha, author of Wild & Wilful talks about all that in the Books & Authors podcast this week.

Sunita Dwivedi, author of Buddha in Gandhara, travelled across Pakistan and Afghanistan to visit the numerous Buddhist sites there. In this episode of the Books & Authors podcast she talks about circumambulating a stupa in a burqa, staring in wonder at the architecture of the caves in Bamiyan, and of the great need to preserve Buddhist heritage sites across South Asia.

Sunita Dwivedi, author of Buddha in Gandhara, travelled across Pakistan and Afghanistan to visit the numerous Buddhist sites there. In this episode of the Books & Authors podcast she talks about circumambulating a stupa in a burqa, staring in wonder at the architecture of the caves in Bamiyan, and of the great need to preserve Buddhist heritage sites across South Asia.

Operation West End, match fixing, sting operations in public interest, and the current state of Indian journalism, Aniruddha Bahal, author of A Taste for Trouble; Memories from Another Time and editor-in-chief of Cobrapost discusses all that in this week's Books & Authors podcast with Manjula Narayan.

Operation West End, match fixing, sting operations in public interest, and the current state of Indian journalism, Aniruddha Bahal, author of A Taste for Trouble; Memories from Another Time and editor-in-chief of Cobrapost discusses all that in this week's Books & Authors podcast with Manjula Narayan.

From Uchchaishravas to Prithviraj Chauhan's Chetak and Ranjit Singh's Laili, horses were an integral part of the Indian landscape, myth, and history. Author of The Tale of the Horse, Yashaswini Chandra talks of the import of horses from central Asia and Arabia, of the indigenous breeds like the Kathiawari and the Manipuri, of Shah Jahan's favourite piebald horse, of expert Maratha women equestrians, of artists like Bagta, and of Rajput legends in a fantastically horsey conversation on Books & Authors this week.

From Uchchaishravas to Prithviraj Chauhan's Chetak and Ranjit Singh's Laili, horses were an integral part of the Indian landscape, myth, and history. Author of The Tale of the Horse, Yashaswini Chandra talks of the import of horses from central Asia and Arabia, of the indigenous breeds like the Kathiawari and the Manipuri, of Shah Jahan's favourite piebald horse, of expert Maratha women equestrians, of artists like Bagta, and of Rajput legends in a fantastically horsey conversation on Books & Authors this week.

The Sindhi community in India has been stereotyped as both enterprising and hardworking, and cutthroat and flashy. Saaz Aggarwal, editor of 'Sindhi Tapestry; Reflections on the Sindhi Identity', talks about Partition, cultural amnesia, and much more.

The Sindhi community in India has been stereotyped as both enterprising and hardworking, and cutthroat and flashy. Saaz Aggarwal, editor of 'Sindhi Tapestry; Reflections on the Sindhi Identity', talks about Partition, cultural amnesia, and much more.

CID, Pyasa, Kagaz Ke Phool, Chaudvin ka Chand, Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam are all classics... Guru Dutt's short, tragic life, his huge creative output, his doomed relationships with his phenomenally talented wife Geeta Dutt and with Waheeda Rehman, the leading lady of his most memorable films - Yasser Usman looks at all that in this book on one of the great auteurs of commercial Hindi cinema.

CID, Pyasa, Kagaz Ke Phool, Chaudvin ka Chand, Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam are all classics... Guru Dutt's short, tragic life, his huge creative output, his doomed relationships with his phenomenally talented wife Geeta Dutt and with Waheeda Rehman, the leading lady of his most memorable films - Yasser Usman looks at all that in this book on one of the great auteurs of commercial Hindi cinema.

The electoral origins of Hindutva, the Vajpayee-Advani relationship, Hindu Fevicol, and the inability of the opposition to really understand the BJP... Vinay Sitapati, author of Jugalbandi; The BJP Before Modi discusses all that in this week's Books & Authors podcast with Manjula Narayan.

The electoral origins of Hindutva, the Vajpayee-Advani relationship, Hindu Fevicol, and the inability of the opposition to really understand the BJP... Vinay Sitapati, author of Jugalbandi; The BJP Before Modi discusses all that in this week's Books & Authors podcast with Manjula Narayan.

Sai Paranjpye, whose memoir of her creative life, A Patchwork Quilt, is just out, talks about the making of classic films Sparsh and Chashme Buddoor, her great appreciation of intelligent actors, and her irritation at being called a "woman director".  

Sai Paranjpye, whose memoir of her creative life, A Patchwork Quilt, is just out, talks about the making of classic films Sparsh and Chashme Buddoor, her great appreciation of intelligent actors, and her irritation at being called a "woman director".  

In Food and Faith, Shoba Narayan explores history, myth, identity, and the role of spirituality in her life by partaking of sacred food in shrines across India - from Puri's bhog to Amritsar's langar to Jewish halva in Mumbai, to Goa's feasts, and Jaipur's rabdi!  

In Food and Faith, Shoba Narayan explores history, myth, identity, and the role of spirituality in her life by partaking of sacred food in shrines across India - from Puri's bhog to Amritsar's langar to Jewish halva in Mumbai, to Goa's feasts, and Jaipur's rabdi!  

Tim I Gurung, author of Ayo Gorkhali; A History of the Gurkhas, talks about the origins of the community, their contribution to the Allied victory in both world wars and the subsequent shabby treatment of war veterans, their role in saving lives during the Partition, and their fight for parity within the British army. 

Tim I Gurung, author of Ayo Gorkhali; A History of the Gurkhas, talks about the origins of the community, their contribution to the Allied victory in both world wars and the subsequent shabby treatment of war veterans, their role in saving lives during the Partition, and their fight for parity within the British army. 

Catch Manjula Narayan in conversation with Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi whose new book, Loss, is a memoir of grief that looks at the deaths of his father, his mother and a beloved pet. Lyrical, deeply insightful, and occasionally savagely funny, Loss examines the questions we all grapple with and leads the reader to an understanding of how death imbues life with meaning. 

Catch Manjula Narayan in conversation with Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi whose new book, Loss, is a memoir of grief that looks at the deaths of his father, his mother and a beloved pet. Lyrical, deeply insightful, and occasionally savagely funny, Loss examines the questions we all grapple with and leads the reader to an understanding of how death imbues life with meaning. 

Yudhishtira as a man who hasn't got his due, Karna as a tragic hero, Eklavya as a representative of the marginalised, the horror of Draupadi's cheerharan, Duryodhana's growth from a petty prince to a generous hero, and the Mahabharata as a complex text about good people who don't always do good things and bad people who are sometimes honourable - Arshia Sattar, who has retold the Mahabharata for Children, talks about all that on this week's Books & Authors podcast.

Yudhishtira as a man who hasn't got his due, Karna as a tragic hero, Eklavya as a representative of the marginalised, the horror of Draupadi's cheerharan, Duryodhana's growth from a petty prince to a generous hero, and the Mahabharata as a complex text about good people who don't always do good things and bad people who are sometimes honourable - Arshia Sattar, who has retold the Mahabharata for Children, talks about all that on this week's Books & Authors podcast.

"To be healthy, eat local, seasonal, traditional. Life is very simple unless we allow the weight loss and food industry to complicate things for us", says Rujuta Diwekar.Catch Rujuta Diwekar, celebrity nutritionist and author of Eating in the Age of Dieting, in conversation with Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, HT, on this week's Books & Authors podcast. 

"To be healthy, eat local, seasonal, traditional. Life is very simple unless we allow the weight loss and food industry to complicate things for us", says Rujuta Diwekar.Catch Rujuta Diwekar, celebrity nutritionist and author of Eating in the Age of Dieting, in conversation with Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, HT, on this week's Books & Authors podcast. 

The unhealed wound of 1984, the Green Revolution, Khalistan, Hindutva's attempts to coopt Sikhism and the double-bind that Punjab is in today... Amandeep Sandhu, author of Panjab; Journeys Through Fault Lines talks about all that to Manjula Narayan in this week's Books & Authors podcast

The unhealed wound of 1984, the Green Revolution, Khalistan, Hindutva's attempts to coopt Sikhism and the double-bind that Punjab is in today... Amandeep Sandhu, author of Panjab; Journeys Through Fault Lines talks about all that to Manjula Narayan in this week's Books & Authors podcast.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times dialogues with Ananth Krishnan, author of India's China Challenge. Listen to this episode as Manjula discuss the complications that hurdled the author's way.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times dialogues with Ananth Krishnan, author of India's China Challenge. Listen to this episode as Manjula discuss the complications that hurdled the author's way.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times dialogues with RK Raghavan, former head of CBI and the author of 'A Road Well Travelled'. Tune in now and listen to the bone-chilling experiences of the former head of CBI.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times dialogues with RK Raghavan, former head of CBI and the author of 'A Road Well Travelled'. Tune in now and listen to the bone-chilling experiences of the former head of CBI.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times dialogues with Manjiri Indurkar, author of 'It's All In Your Head, M'. Tune in to this episode as they talk about her haunting experiences while constructing her thoughts into a book and much more.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times dialogues with Manjiri Indurkar, author of 'It's All In Your Head, M'. Tune in to this episode as they talk about her haunting experiences while constructing her thoughts into a book and much more.

Catch Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times in conversation with Chetan Bhagat about his new book 'One Arranged Murder'. They both talk about writing, the process behind it and what went behind writing his latest one.

Catch Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor, Hindustan Times in conversation with Chetan Bhagat about his new book 'One Arranged Murder'. They both talk about writing, the process behind it and what went behind writing his latest one.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Luc Leruth, co-author of the book 'Rumble in a Village'. Tune in to this episode as they talk about how the book broadens into an entertaining and insightful fictional look at life in an Indian village and much more.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Luc Leruth, co-author of the book 'Rumble in a Village'. Tune in to this episode as they talk about how the book broadens into an entertaining and insightful fictional look at life in an Indian village and much more.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Aparna Karthikeyan, about her latest book Woof!. A book for kids and dog lovers of all ages. Tune in and find out.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Aparna Karthikeyan, about her latest book Woof!. A book for kids and dog lovers of all ages. Tune in and find out.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Puja Changoiwala, about her book Gangster on the Run. A book about a former gangster who turned his life around. Tune in to learn more.. 

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Puja Changoiwala, about her book Gangster on the Run. A book about a former gangster who turned his life around. Tune in to learn more..  

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Shylashri Shankar about her new book Turmeric Nation; A Passage Through India's Tastes. It is a series of essays that delves into the anthropological account of patterns that have formed Indian food cultures, taste preferences, and cooking traditions. Tune in for more..

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Shylashri Shankar about her new book Turmeric Nation; A Passage Through India's Tastes. It is a series of essays that delves into the anthropological account of patterns that have formed Indian food cultures, taste preferences, and cooking traditions. Tune in for more..

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to  Parmesh Shahani about his second book Queeristan. They discuss LGBTQI+ inclusion in the workspace, the main theme of the book . Tune in more this enticing discussion. 

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to  Parmesh Shahani about his second book Queeristan. They discuss LGBTQI+ inclusion in the workspace, the main theme of the book . Tune in more this enticing discussion. 

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Ashutosh Bharadwaj about his new release 'The Death Script'. An engaging conversation with the author about the details of conflict and death, narratives of trauma, and violence. Tune in for more.

Manjula Narayan, National Books Editor at Hindustan Times, talks to Ashutosh Bharadwaj about his new release 'The Death Script'. An engaging conversation with the author about the details of conflict and death, narratives of trauma and state violence. Tune in for more.