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Join me on an adventure. A literary romp through India. Bollywood and Books is a podcast for people who love travel, the written word and words into pictures - moving pictures. Discover magic, miracles and myths . . . from the Gateway of India and Bollywood in Mumbai to the canals of Kerala, and from the burning ghats on the Ganges in Varanasi to the Dalai Lama’s residence in McLeod Ganj. Experience India through chance encounters, conversations shared, and places stumbled upon as well as bo ...
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In Conversation with Surabhi Kaushik on Writers Beyond Borders and Much More! Meet An Extraordinary Woman - Surabhi Kaushik “Writing has been my passion and profession for over 2 decades now. “ Surabhi Kaushik is a professional writer based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She and her husband and son moved to the US in 2105 from Mumbai, India. We met …
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Alka Joshi - The Henna Artist - Part II Thanks for listening to Part II of my two-part episode featuring my conversation with New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi. In this episode, Alka continues her discussion about her path to publishing her debut novel The Henna Artist. It’s a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Reese Witherspoon said, “Ca…
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Alka Joshi, NYT Bestselling Author, The Henna Artist
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NYT Bestselling Author Alka Joshi, The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur In Episode I of this two-part episode of Bollywood and Books, New York TImes best-selling author Alka Joshi talks about her novel The Henna Artist. In our conversation, Alka talks about her childhood in India and her path to publishing her debut novel The Henna Arti…
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Judith Teitelman - Guesthouse for Ganesha
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Guesthouse for Ganesha Author Judith Teitelman talks about her award-winning debut novel Guesthouse for Ganesha. Weaving Eastern beliefs and perspectives with Western realities and pragmatism, Guesthouse for Ganesha is a tale of love, loss, and spirit reclaimed. Kirkus Reviews writes: “Teitelman paints an intensely beautiful world in which differen…
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Craig Constantine Interviews Lovelace. That's me.
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In his podcast, Movers Mindset, Craig Constantine's talks with movement enthusiasts to learn who they are, what they do, and why they do it. This podcast is part of the Movers Mindset project, which he started so he could explore movement's underlying motivations, and movement's fundamental place in society. Interested? He interviews me and we talk…
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In Conversation with Anju Gattani Fiction author, freelance journalist, fiction writing instructor, blogger and former newspaper reporter, Anju was born in India but grew up in Hong Kong. She has also lived and been published in Singapore, India, Australia, and USA in cover stories, fiction, feature, news, interviews, travel, perspective pieces and…
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I'm excited to introduce today's conversation with Veena Rao, Atlanta-based author of Purple Lotus that has won all kinds of awards. The 2021 Winner of the AmericanFiction Award, Rao was Georgia Author of the Year Award Finalist in 2021. She's an Award-Winning Finalist in Women's Fiction for the 2021 International Book Awards. Rao is also an Award-…
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Rishikesh. The Beatles, the Maharishi and Me
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I wanted to see Rishikesh where the Beatles stayed with the Maharishi . . . I'm wedged into the third-row seat of an SUV between two young girls, Israeli soldiers, and three other young Israeli soldiers, my partner and a Sikh driver with his turban. We're in the Pajar Ganj in New Delhi at a traffic light on the way to Rishikesh when there's a knock…
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Episode 5 - Vishesh Azad, Filmmaker & Academician
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Meet Vishesh Azad, screenwriter, cinematographer, and director. He dances. He sings. He's a filmmaker and academician. His name means Special Freedom in Hindi, and the name fits. He's Assistant Professor of Photography at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi and he shows his students how to live life large. He enjoys what he de…
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Episode 4 - Meeting Willie & 'Midnight's Children' in Varkala, India
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Varkala, Kerala India is a place of stunning contradictions with surfers, sunbathers & sacred Papanasam Beach. It's where I met Willie who gifted me with her copy of Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.By Lovelace Cook
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Get to know Kathy L Murphy, the Pulpwood Queen, and the book club she started over 20 years ago - “where wearing tiaras is mandatory and reading our good books is the only rule.” She is the author of “The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life” and “The Pulpwood Queens Celebrate 20 Years!” The International Pulpwood Queen and Ti…
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And then there are the travelers we meet along the way ... UK Resident Maddy Turnbull travels fearlessly and for extraordinary causes. In between gigs with the BBC and ITV, Maddy traveled to Base Camp of Everest where she wore the t-shirt for the Mini-Mermaids UK charity she supports. Then Maddy crossed the Arctic, the Finnmark Plateau in Norway, w…
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Episode 1 - Why Bollywood and Books? [00:00:00] Join me on an adventure. A literary romp through India. Meet me at the corner of Patchouli and Chai, where books, cinema, and conversation collide. I'm Lovelace Cook. I'll be your tour guide. Welcome to Bollywood and Books. [00:00:23] Travel to India was never on my radar. I awoke one day like Rip Van…
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Welcome to Bollywood & Books! A podcast for people who love travel, the written word and words into pictures - moving pictures. Join me on a literary romp through India. Coming soon!By Lovelace Cook
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