https://www.spreaker.com/show/lit-it-upenBooksCopyright Rajeshwari Kalyanamhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0f8a6eaf65a5ee8ae43d784df1d1b3de.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/lit-it-upWed, 07 Apr 2021 15:45:53 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamRajeshwari Kalyanamrajukalyanam01@gmail.comIt's all about books, gossip, news update and happenings, interviews and reviews from the world of literature to lit you up in the true sensecleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/is-bloomsbury-india-in-trouble-senior-joGurugram based Garuda Publications will now be publishing the book.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40467011Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:57:50 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamBloomsbury India has refused to publish a book 'Delhi Riots 2020: The Inside Story' and has caught itself between devil and the deep sea. Journalist, author and former editor of Times of India, Kingshuk Nag speaks about how the UK based publishing...Gurugram based Garuda Publications will now be publishing the book.]]>905anandranganathan,bloomsburycontroversy,bloomsburyindia,bloomsburyuk,book,booklaunch,delhiriots,delhiriots2020,delhiriots2020theuntoldstory,delhiriotsbook,garudapublications,indianliterature,kapilmishra,kingshuknag,leftliberals,literature,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,podcast,sanjeevsanyal,vivekagnihotricleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/toshikazu-kawaguchi-and-ruskin-bondhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/25225735Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:22:05 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamFamous playwright from Japan Tozhikazu Kawaguchi has written a novel based on his award-winning play 'Before The Coffee Gets Cold' and my search for a book less than 100 pages took me back to Ruskin Bond's novella 'Looking for the Rainbow' his memoir...522cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/the-world-of-books-march-31-2020https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24681431Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:27:24 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamIntroduction to Aravind Adiga's book Amnesty, extract from Cricket 2.0 about the origin of the T20 format and more from today's world of books on special Lock down edition of Lit It Up with Rajeshwari Kalyanam587amnesty,bollywood,books,cricket,freddiewilde,hachette,hindicinema,indiareadsathome,ipl,jubileekumar,literature,lititup,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,penguin,t20cricket,t20cricketgames,thewhitetiger,timwigmore,worldofbookscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/world-of-books-march-30-2020Picture Courtesy: Week]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24635665Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:21:30 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamManu S Pillais session on #readinstead, Taslima's sequel to Lajja and Hyma Goparaju's Abandoned Daughter in today's edition of Lit It Up with Rajeshwari Kalyanam Picture Courtesy: WeekPicture Courtesy: Week]]>493believeinbooks,book-club,books,harpercollins,hymagoparaju,juggernaut,lajja,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,lockdown,manuspillai,podcast,podcastonbooks,readinstead,rebelsultans,roli,taslimanasreen,worldofbookscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/episode-21-news-from-the-world-of-bookshttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/24549983Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:13:50 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamA quick update on what's happening in the world of books ...stay tuned for regular updates and recommendations386audioupdates,booknews,books,chikkisarkar,hijab,kannadaliterature,literatureupdates,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,manupillai,news,podcasts,sahityaakademi,simon&schuster, podcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/ruth-padel-on-beethoven-part-2_2https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23059467Sat, 22 Feb 2020 06:46:32 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamWhen at Jaipur Literature Festival you not just enjoy listening to the authors you know and have read; you also discover some new and brilliant ones. Ruth Padel and her poetry was such a discovery for me. In this second part of her interview on the...712beethoven,beethovenvariations,biography,books,fifthsymphony,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf,jlf2020,literaturefestival,lititup,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,poetry,rajeshwarikalyanam,rithpadel,symphony, podcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/poet-ruth-padel-on-her-biography-beethovhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22432084Wed, 05 Feb 2020 05:38:03 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamOne of my best interviews from Jaipur Literature Festival 2020 was of Ruth Padel who comes up with her own version of lyrical tribute to one of the greatest composers Beethoven. She explores his life and through her book 'Beethoven Variations: A Life...672150yearsofbeethoven,beethoven,beethovenvariations,bonn,bookpodcasts,books,furelise,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf,literature,lititup,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,music,podcast,poetry,rajeshwarikalyanam,ruthpadel,vienna,zeejlfcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/katie-hickman-on-british-women-in-indiahttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22430906Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:47:52 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamYet another amazing interview from the Jaipur Literature Festival where author, travel writer Katie Hickman talks about her book 'She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen: British Women in India' that once again brings to light the forgotten entities...850authorinterview,author-podcast,books,britishhistory,britishraj,buccaneers and gentlewomen: br,hachette,hachetteindia,history,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf2020,katiehickman,literature,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,podcast,rajeshwarikalyanam,she-merchants,women,zeejlf2020cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/historian-frank-dikotter-on-chinahttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22265506Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:44:15 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamFrank Dikötter, Dutch historian who specialises in modern China released his latest book 'How to be a Dictator' which is surely not a guide, but an insight into what makes a dictator. He traces the identity and similarities and contracts in a handful...894author,authorinterview,bloomsbury,book,bookpodcast,china,frankdikkoter,howtobeadictator,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf,jlf2020,lititup,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,littalks,rajeshwarikalyanamcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/kunal-basu-on-his-new-novel-sarojinis-mohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22148045Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:52:38 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamSarojini's Mother published by Penguin Random House is a novel set in Kolkata about a woman who comes to India looking for her biological mother and ends up with two women from two opposite ends of economic spectrum. Kunal Basu speaks about literary...844author,authorinterviews,book,booklover,indiannovelists,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf,jlf2020,kalkatta,kolkata,kunalbasu,literature,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,novel,novelist,panmacmillan,penguinrandomhouse,rajeshwarikalyanam,review,sarojinismothercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/ann-cleeves-on-her-new-two-rivers-serieshttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22089192Sun, 26 Jan 2020 14:10:03 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamAnn Cleeves, popular for her crime fiction, who also has her Vera Stanhope and Shetland series adapted as hit television series...speaks about the new detective Mathew Venn and Devin, the new setting for her novels857anncleeves,author,contemporary,crimefiction,crimethriller,fiction,interview,jaipurdiaries,jaipurliteraturefestival,jaipurlitfest,jlf,jlf2020,literaturefestival,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,mathewvenn,rajeshwarikalyanam,shetland,tworiversseries,verastanhope,zeejlfcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/kr-meera-in-conversation-part-2https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22085412Sun, 26 Jan 2020 11:21:40 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamThis is in continuation of KR Meera's conversation for this podcast at the Jaipurliteraturefestival2020530bookfest,booklover,books,coolconversations,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf,jlf2020,kerala,krmeera,literature,literaturefestival,lititup,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,malayalamwriter,rajeshwarikalyanam,thehangwoman,womenwriterscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/kr-meera-in-conversationhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22085373Sun, 26 Jan 2020 11:15:57 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamThe Sahitya Akademi award winning author of The Hangwoman from Kerala, one of the most translated authors and strong voices for women speaks about her books and experiences that make her what she is900authorsvoice,bestsellers,books,bookspodcast,indianliterature,interview,jaipurliteraturefestival,jaiputlitfest,jlf,jlf2020,krmeera,literature,literaturefestival,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,malayalam,malayalamliterature,podcastonbooks,podcastonjlf,rajeshwarikalyanam, podcastcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/howard-jacobson-jaipur-literature-festivhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22081634Sun, 26 Jan 2020 08:17:04 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamThe fun to be with and fun to read author Howard Jacobson speaks about his latest release Live a Little and this whole business of book at JLF 2020854author,books,howardjacobson,interview,jaipurdiaries,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf2020,lititup,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,livealittle,penguin,penguinrandomhouse,rajeshwarikalyanam,zeejlf2020cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/christina-lamb-on-the-girl-from-aleppohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22055914Sat, 25 Jan 2020 13:51:21 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamJournalist, writer Christina Lamb speaks on her new book on Nujeen Mustafa, who made her way from Syria to Germany on a wheel chair and she calls this a story of hope681agirlfromaleppo,author,booklpver,books,christinalamb,coolconversations,harpercollins,harpercollinspublishers,interview,jaipur,jaipurdiaries,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf,literature,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,nujeen,rajeshwarikalyanam,syria,zeejlf2020cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/conversation-with-rafi-ul-rehman_1https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22054846Sat, 25 Jan 2020 13:30:07 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamHe is from Assam, a Muslim who discovered his sexuality, found a way to deal with it and has turned an activist and started the Queer Muslim Project to tell stories from the community, and create an eco system for accepting the queer people as normal....891article377,comingout,coolconversations,gaymovement,india,islam,lgbtq+,lgbtq-equality,lgbtq-issues,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,nematsadat,queer,queermovement,queermusilmproject,rajeshwarikalyanam,sexualitycleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/william-dalrymple-on-his-book-anarchyhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/22006744Fri, 24 Jan 2020 03:40:43 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamOne of the fictions many of us have come to believe is that the British ruled India for almost two centuries. But after the Battle of Plassey (1757), all they consolidated their hold over was a part of Bengal. Similarly, you suggest that when people...610anarchy,author,bloombury,book,booklover,coolconversations,dalrymple,interview,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf,jlf2020,literary,literature,litfest,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,podcastonbooks,podcastonliterature,williamdalrymplecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/lola-kutty-aka-anu-menon_1https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21983281Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:32:08 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamLola Kitty of Channel V...now the Wonder Menon on Amazon Prime speaks with me at the beach side literature festival, KLF 2020, Calicut805amazonprime,anumenon,calicut,coolconversations,festiva,interview,kerala,keralaliteraturefestival,klf2020,kozhikode,literature,lititup,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,lolakutty,podcast,rajeshwarikalyanam,wondermenoncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/ashwin-sanghi-on-vault-of-vishnuhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/21983059Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:04:15 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamAshwin Sanghi will launch his book 'Vault of Vishnu' at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2020. He says with this book he is back to his storytelling form.725ashwinsanghi,bharatseries,book,coolconversations,jaipurliteraturefestival,jlf,jlf2020,literature,litfest,litotupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,podcaat,rajeshwarikalyanam,vaultofvishnu,westland,westlandpublisherscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11501958/episode-4-christopher-c-doyle-on-mists-ohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/19815430Sat, 02 Nov 2019 05:24:00 +0000Rajeshwari KalyanamMyth, fantasy, adventure, suspense, science, history come together in Christopher Doyle's books to create what he calls Modern Day thrillers. After the successful launch of 'The Mahabharat Quest' he launched his second successful series published by...887author,author-interview,author-podcast,book+author,books,christophercdoyle,fantasyfiction,fiction,history,indianauthor,indianfiction,lititup,lititupwithrajeshwarikalyanam,moderndaythriller,mythology,rajeshwarikalyanam,thepaatalaprophecy,thriller,westlandpublishers,writercleanfull