Reading for our times
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
HLF Unmuted #2: A dash of Hyderabadi flavour
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Hyderabad Literary Festival is a truly local mela, mixed in with the flavours of other regions of the country and of course the world. In this epi...
Hyderabad Literary Festival 2021: Behind the Scenes
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every year in the last week of January, Hyderabad hosts its own literary festival, a variegated celebration of books, cinema, art, theatre, poetry...i...
Our Year in Reading--Wrapping up 2020
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In all the uncertainty and anxiety of 2020, we continued to find sustenance, refuge, learning and enjoyment in books. On walls, they lent gravit...
Sports off the field
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode takes us on a sporting journey—on and off the field and track, inside the minds and lives of athletes known and unknown, as well as tho...
Formative Passages
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Books have a way of getting into our DNA, burrowing deep into the way we see the world, our place in it, and the possibilities of change or the comple...
Einstein's Dreams: A Conversation with Alan Lightman
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode features an interview with the writer Alan Lightman and a short reading from his book, Einstein’s Dreams. Alan Lightman is the...
The Classic Case
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we bring you extracts from a clutch of works that may be called classics. Some for the sheer power of their words and their layer...
Into the wild: readings on nature for children
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Books are a great way to introduce children to the wonders and wealth of nature. In this episode of the show Sadhana Ramchander curates a delightful s...
Bookshelf favourites
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have a selection of old favourites—pieces we return to time and again, when the mood takes us. Words that we pull off our shelve...
Let's laugh a little
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s humour to be found in so much literature. And then there’s humour that is literature. This episode, curated by Kaivalya Dasu, brings toget...
Reading around the world
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Suroor Alikhan, host of the blog Talking about Books, takes us on a global reading tour. The six excerpts featured in the episode are...
Children's Voices, Set 3
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A group of enthusiastic young readers share some of their favourite moments from some of their favourite books, ranging from folk tales by A K Ramanuj...
Recreating the Dutch Golden Age
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a slight departure from our usual format, four students of art history take us through the lives of four individuals who inhabit different roles du...
Banned!
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Banned! opens the covers of some proscribed books—works of both fiction and non-fiction that have been banned or simply taken out of c...
On love and loss
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing from writers as far apart in time as Ismat Chugtai and Arundhati Roy, and as distant in location as Elif Shafak and bell hooks, our young read...
Pandemic Preoccupations
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the weeks and months since the Covid-19 pandemic locked us down and stilled the streets, we have all had to deal with a variety of challenges--some...
Writing from South Asia
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features six works by writers from the South Asian subcontinent--well, mostly India, with a touch of Pakistan. Included are well known na...
Reading for our Times-Children's Voices Part 2
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Six children between the ages of 8 and 10 read from their favourite books, including selections from the Harry Potter series, Fancy Nancy and The Pend...
Reading for our times--Children's Voices Part 1
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Children read from some of their favourite work--mythology, adventure, humour and more!
Reading for Our Times: Episodes 1 and 2
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Books are an escape, but they are also an inspiration, a comfort, and a space for learning in the broadest way possible. In this series, we pick out s...