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6.1 Tara & Michelle: Why Is India Drawn To Real Stories?
Manage episode 394306273 series 2796072
Why do some peoples’ life stories fascinate us?
Back with a bang for a brand new season, Tara and Michelle share their love for stories about real people. They discuss tales of extraordinary courage, struggles, perseverance, successes, and failures. What draws us to these stories? Are only some stories deserving of a platform? Whose stories do we not hear enough of?
Tune in to find out!
Books and authors mentioned in this episode:
Meow Meow: The Incredible True Story of Baby Patankar - Srinath Rao
Nowhere Man: The Story of Captain Kamal Bakshi, Missing Since the 1971 Indo-Pak War - Shivalik Bakshi
Unbroken - Indrani Mukerjea
Women in the Wild: Stories of India’s Most Brilliant Women Wildlife Biologists - Anita Mani
The Taliban and I - Sushmita Bandyopadhyay
Madam Commissioner: The Extraordinary Life of an Indian Police Chief - Meeran Chadha Borwankar
Remnants of a Separation - Aanchal Malhotra
R.A.W Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima - Hussain Zaidi
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing - Matthew Perry
Sridevi: The South Years - Amborish Roy Choudhury
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike - Phil Knight
Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras - Radhika Iyengar
His Majesty’s Headhunters: The Siege of Kohima that Shaped World History - Mmhonlümo Kikon
We Come From the Mist: Writings from Meghalaya
Truck de India!: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hindustan - Rajat Ubhaykar
What’s Left of the Jungle: A Conservation Story - Nitin Sekar
Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine - Kavitha Rao
Aruna’s Story: The True Account of a Rape and its Aftermath - Pinki Virani
Movies and TV shows mentioned:
Beckham - Fisher Stevens
Taali - Ravi Jadhav
Produced by Aishwarya Javalgekar
Join The Bound Publishing Course, a comprehensive 3-month certified course to:
- Get your dream job with a highly curated recruitment drive!
- Learn from the most successful experts.
- Understand all aspects of publishing and choose your career track.
Apply now: https://www.boundindia.com/the-bound-publishing-course/
‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.
140 episodes
Manage episode 394306273 series 2796072
Why do some peoples’ life stories fascinate us?
Back with a bang for a brand new season, Tara and Michelle share their love for stories about real people. They discuss tales of extraordinary courage, struggles, perseverance, successes, and failures. What draws us to these stories? Are only some stories deserving of a platform? Whose stories do we not hear enough of?
Tune in to find out!
Books and authors mentioned in this episode:
Meow Meow: The Incredible True Story of Baby Patankar - Srinath Rao
Nowhere Man: The Story of Captain Kamal Bakshi, Missing Since the 1971 Indo-Pak War - Shivalik Bakshi
Unbroken - Indrani Mukerjea
Women in the Wild: Stories of India’s Most Brilliant Women Wildlife Biologists - Anita Mani
The Taliban and I - Sushmita Bandyopadhyay
Madam Commissioner: The Extraordinary Life of an Indian Police Chief - Meeran Chadha Borwankar
Remnants of a Separation - Aanchal Malhotra
R.A.W Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima - Hussain Zaidi
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing - Matthew Perry
Sridevi: The South Years - Amborish Roy Choudhury
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike - Phil Knight
Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras - Radhika Iyengar
His Majesty’s Headhunters: The Siege of Kohima that Shaped World History - Mmhonlümo Kikon
We Come From the Mist: Writings from Meghalaya
Truck de India!: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hindustan - Rajat Ubhaykar
What’s Left of the Jungle: A Conservation Story - Nitin Sekar
Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine - Kavitha Rao
Aruna’s Story: The True Account of a Rape and its Aftermath - Pinki Virani
Movies and TV shows mentioned:
Beckham - Fisher Stevens
Taali - Ravi Jadhav
Produced by Aishwarya Javalgekar
Join The Bound Publishing Course, a comprehensive 3-month certified course to:
- Get your dream job with a highly curated recruitment drive!
- Learn from the most successful experts.
- Understand all aspects of publishing and choose your career track.
Apply now: https://www.boundindia.com/the-bound-publishing-course/
‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.
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