BoTCast Episode 27 feat. Sumukhi Suresh : Indian Fiction

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From Aatish Taseer to Amitav Ghosh, Amish Tripathi to Vikram Seth : watch Anuya, Sharin and Sumukhi talk about their fave Indian fiction works.
PSA: watching this video will give you much nostalgia gush about Luna Class.
Books Discussed which you can buy:
Maus By Art Spiegelman
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Sita - Warrior of Mithila by Amish Tripathi
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The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
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Five Point Someone ; What Not To Do at IIT by Chetan Bhagat
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One Night @ The Call Centre By Chetan Bhatgat
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2 States: The Story of My Marriage by Chetan Bhagat
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Shalimar The Clown By Salman Rushdie
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Such A Long Journey By Rohinton Mistry
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A Fine Balance By Rohinton Mistry
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One Hundred Years of Solitude By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes
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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
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Those Pricey Thakur Girls by Anuja Chauhan
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The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan
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Battle For Bittora : The Story Of India's Most Passionate LokSabha Contest by Anuja Chauhan
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Capital by Rana Dasgupta
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Maximum City: Bombay Lost & Found by Suketu Mehta
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A Suitable Boy: 20th Anniversary Edition by Vikram Seth
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Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
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Leila by Prayaag Akbar
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Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous by Manu Joseph
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Serious Men by Manu Joseph
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The Illicit Happiness Of Other People by Manu Joseph
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The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Divakaruni
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Mythos by Stephen Fry
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The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
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Manto: Selected Short Stories by Saadat Hasan Manto
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Stranger to History: A Son's Journey through Islamic Lands by Aatish Taseer
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The Temple Goers by Aatish Taseer
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Dork: The Incredible Adventures of Robin 'Einstein' Varghese by Sidin Vadukut
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Simoqin Prophecies (GameWorld Trilogy) by Samit Basu
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Turbulence by Samit Basu
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BOMBAY FEVER: Medical Thriller by Sidin Vadukut
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Shot and Edited by: Yohann Benson
Sound Recording and Mixing: Akash Kumar, Culture Shoq Productions
Venue: Cuckoo Club, Bandra, Mumbai ( toocuckoo)
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@AshishSharma-cb3ku 5 лет назад

I love you Sumukhi

@tigersri 2 года назад

Indian English fiction is mostly similar in spirit and structure, except for Kushwant Singh.

@shrutit4237 4 года назад

Re-watching all Books on Toast episodes during lock down

@krishnachavan1922 3 года назад

Omg I hate Harry Potter movies too....and loveeee the books!!

@lazygirlrants9426 5 лет назад

"Harry Potter should have been a TV series" - YAASSSSSSS SUMUKHI I FUCKEN LOVE YOU FOR SAYING THAT!!!

@vadlamudisaikrishna 6 лет назад

The most underrated Indian author is Siddharth chowdhury by far. His short story collection, the Patna manual of style is a must read. The fact that more people don't know about him keeps me awake at night.

@adelaideneels8587 4 года назад

Please call vir das to the show too!

@bhow8772 2 года назад

Yes!!! I love Simoquin Prophecies, no one talks about this amazing fantasy series from India!

@rucjos 6 лет назад

Sumukhi just makes it livelier. Great one. And I guess one dislike is from Shiv ji for that 'chill Parvati' joke :D

@shrutiv1471 6 лет назад

Please consider adding goodreads links of the books you mention

@gargipawar5313 3 года назад

I always find myself coming back to this episode every week or so and watch it with a smile on my face throughout! You guys are the best!! And this is easily one of my favourite BoT videos after the harry potter botcast!❤️

@ConsistenTea 5 лет назад

after watching BoT I started reading Salman Rushdie. Honestly, I don't get his writing. I feel there's a big obvious flaw in midnight children that no one acknowledged. which is that the main character is exchanged during birth but still he continues to talk about the rich grand father as he is of its own, even when biologically he is not of his own, still Rushdie gave reference to the nose of grandfather to the non biological grandson. I'm wondering how Sharin manages to love Rushdie. Again I read that story in which emperor Akbar was there. it is so confusing why most of the characters are even there. I don't hate his writing, but I found it so confusing.

@mitalibapat7816 6 лет назад

Shashi Deshpande is another brilliant Indian Fiction writer

@praj8058 3 года назад

recommend books for beginners

@ramyasrimadeti668 4 года назад

sudha murthy , R K Narayan Books will be awesome.

@MyBookDen 6 лет назад

No mention of R.K. Narayan. I am kind of disappointed. But, there were many great reccos nonetheless. :) I am reading A family secret and other stories by Bijoya Sawian. It’s a collection of ten short stories set in Meghalaya which explores the beautiful place through lives of the women there. And Suki by Suniti Namjoshi. It’s a memoir as well as an elegy which is about the author’s cat. It’s about loving someone whose days are numbered and coping with their loss.

@AnuyaJakatdar 6 лет назад

My Book Den These recos are amazing :) We did a lot of R.K. Narayan in our short stories episode with Naveen, check it out!

@TheKirti123 6 лет назад

My Book Den yes and mulk Raj anand, premchand... although they recommended many good ones

@aggarwalshivani1993 Год назад

Where are youuuuuu :(

@aiswaryakishor5033 6 лет назад

Can you get Karuna Nundy as a guest please? The conversation would be so interesting!

@TheDreamerji 6 лет назад

Whew! Its been so long! Thank you for coming back! OK, let me watch it now.

@mayurkc 6 лет назад

The Opium wars that Amutav Ghosh is also beautifully written about in Tai Pan.

@asmita625 6 лет назад

Why did this episode ever have to end!? GUYS Sumukhi, should do a monthly appearance! (request you to consider this :P )The love for "A suitable boy" is mutual, and I think I'm dying to re-read it this summer purely because of the discussions that ensued on this episode!

@anoopk4659 5 лет назад

Serious men on the table.One of my favourite indian author

@supriyachar7174 6 лет назад

What a lovely episode! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

@pickyourshow 3 года назад

Subscribed.

@smitamishra2313 6 лет назад

Only 2 Indian fiction writers? DURJOY Datta?? Cmon!!

@manishmishraji 6 лет назад

Hit Like for Super Commando Dhruv #RajnagarForever

@rucjos 6 лет назад

Manish Mishra #RajnagarForever That's the only bandwagon I would like to climb on, ever

@revathysivakumar5680 6 лет назад

Omg! After eons! Missed you guys!

@dawnchamling5710 5 лет назад

'The Japanese Wife' and 'The Miniaturist' by Kunal Basu.

@IshanAranjikal 6 лет назад

Lovely episode, but Arundhati Roy cannot be skipped!

@jathinreddy460 6 лет назад

These podcasts just make me realise how less I read.

@KavitaSingh-ig9jk 4 года назад

Me too😣

@sagarg7361 6 лет назад

i was expecting a mention of Kiran Nagarkar or Arundhati Roy

@swatikoulsk 6 лет назад

Came here from sumukshis instagram ❤❤

@sarthakparashar3695 5 лет назад

Would you guys please bring Sucharita Tyagi from Film Companion? She's funnier than Anuya and once told that she used to read a lot.

@jovialcherrie 6 лет назад

Sumukhi - Palace of illusions is my gift book as well . I love that book.

@abinavravi1063 6 лет назад

Can you do a regional language translated works special? There is fine literature and I would like to see you people discuss the Regional language translations.

@neetika1402 6 лет назад

Jhumpa Lahiri???

@ramashrestha7389 3 года назад

Poor lighting!! Sumukhi looks too dark!

@TheKirti123 6 лет назад

There is a book in odiya by prativa Ray called Yajnaseni (1984), she is winner of jnanpith award ...here aslo she writes the mahabharat from the point of view of draupadi, the book starts as a letter to krishna like..." Priya sakha" the English translated versions are also available

@som874 6 лет назад

38:57 K-I-S-S-I-N-G !! :D :D As always - great hosts, great guest, great books, nice discussion, funny episode.

@rashmidharia5704 6 лет назад

Hi Anuya and Sharin! I just wanted to tell you how much I've come to love your podcast, especially since I moved to a different country and started living alone. Passive participation in your conversations with a mug of hot chocolate was super comforting through a very long and depressing Northern European winter. Said love is evidenced by the fact that this is my first RU-vid comment EVER (I am a mildly creepy but harmless internet ghost otherwise- lurking about and stalking rampantly but shunning exposure :P), but the credit goes to you two and your team for creating a safe space for social media shy book nerds like me. To not have an anxiety attack about BEING SEEN ON THE INTERNET is a big deal for me, so PLEASE TAKE LOVE AND APPRECIATION, thankyouverymuchpleaseokaysorrybye. PS- This was a really fun episode :) a couple more works of Indian fiction that I have enjoyed immensely were Attia Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column (also beautifully evocative of partition-era Lucknow) and Mulk Raj Anand's The Village Trilogy. PPS- I'll be watching you. In the nicest way possible.

@noorsabah4766 4 года назад

Anita desai is my all time favorite author

@ratisharma2569 6 лет назад

Hilarious episode... one of the best! :D Also, what is Luna class?

@AM-sp6je 6 лет назад

I'm surprised A Palace of Illusions was mentioned but Mrityunjaya by Shivaji Sawant was not. Highly recommended.

@vineetv 4 года назад

Anuyeah I recommend you read BB Lals works on Archeology and the Mahabharata before completely dismissing it as mythology. Also disagree with the point of view on Leila. Suggest that you read SL Bhyrappa's Avarana. I would suggest that we stick to book reviews and not bring political biases which hurts the overall review of these books. A book review must be done dispassionately.

@lubhawaniyadav4610 6 лет назад

Sumukhi from 39:45 :P Thank me later folks! P.S. : Sumukhi you are funny af girl! love you!

@sharinbhatti1920 6 лет назад

HAHHAHAHA

@kinnarikudla 6 лет назад

Guys, you've got to make another part of this conversation, because it's one of my favourite book conversations till date, and do talk of Jerry Pinto's, "Em and the Big Hoom".

@SagarDas-vl6cj 6 лет назад

In a parallel universe : I would like to get literary laid In this universe : me too

@sharinbhatti1920 6 лет назад

Sagar Das Hahahaha

@manishmishraji 6 лет назад

So Ruskin bond isn't part of indian fiction?? That just might be racist , unintentional I am sure, but still. Anglo-Indians are indians.

@buttercup7275 6 лет назад

Great video..can you do a video on books with feminist theme..? Thanks

@squeakylightening5095 6 лет назад

Heroine hira lal-Anuya😂

@PreetiSingh-ik1vm 4 года назад

Just found this channel..love it..u guys r so much fun!

@deepanjalisingh8427 6 лет назад

This is my favourite episode 😂😂😂😂😂

@susmitamukherjee5985 6 лет назад

Many authors missed out - RK Narayan, Tagore, Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Arundhati Roy, Mulk Raj Anand....

@FunkySeargent 6 лет назад

Sherlock committed suicide after watching Sumukhi 😂😂🤣

@sharadhotha1475 6 лет назад

Rajiv Gandhi didn't bring Liberalization. PV Narasmiha Rao did. Tch tch. :'(

@vashudharajedwivedi1088 6 лет назад

sharad hotha and manmohan singh was finance minister

@viveksingh-eo6pu 6 лет назад

sharad hotha bjp it cell hai.

@sharadhotha1475 6 лет назад

vivek singh Why do you think that?

@priyadarshinisethia6550 6 лет назад

Make one on how an elderly person passes his or her wisdom on younger person. Now I am not sure of what genre you can put it in , if there any that is.

@eternalangel11 6 лет назад

This made my day. I am so glad you guys are back and Sumukhi was perfect.

@20shourya 6 лет назад

That's what she said.

@melamparithy 6 лет назад

Simoqin Prophecies is SOOO good. Samit Basu never got his due.

@anaghatelang7806 6 лет назад

Sudha murty is a great writer... gentally falls the bakula, the mother i never knew, dollar bahu are really nice books.

@anannyamusale1923 3 года назад

And Mahashweta!❤️

@shivanigole1665 6 лет назад

Hungry tide sounds like this marathi movie Ajoba!

@balaji-r 6 лет назад

Someone should've at least mentioned Aravind Adiga.

@lucifergem 6 лет назад

I know this is about books, but man Sharin you look waaaaay hottttttterrrr with a bindi.

@chirasreegupta 6 лет назад

When Dia Mirza came to BoTcast some (with lot of respect) criticized her by saying that she's not an honest reader and she's showing off. But here in this episode, I think Sumukhi Suresh less talked about books!!! But maybe I'm the only person who thinks that. 😅 *BoTcast my most favorite RU-vid show* 😄

@muthyeradhika 6 лет назад

“Sangharsh in her pants” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@20shourya 6 лет назад

That's what she said.

@ShubhraSwami 6 лет назад

OMG....Sharin you are looking so damn gorgeous 😘

@sattvi 6 лет назад

Dudette, there's a queue here

@ssnsonal1828 6 лет назад

I like Anuya's that's what she said.

@anantupadhyayk1017 6 лет назад

Yayayayayaya. Finally. A Botcast. I wish more people knew how cool this channel is. Also you deserve wayyy more subs. FYI make a patreon account (www.patreon.com ) so we can help you with sone green leaves , so we can see more of BoT.

@nickeltesla7375 6 лет назад

Great Indian Novel is a funny version of Mahabharat :p Also Indian Independence. Also if you guys can still read middle-grade books, Aru Shah and the End of Time! A recently released one, it's Percy Jackson but with Hindu Mythology and female lead! Lots of fun! Palace of Illusions is LOVE, though, also Amitav Ghosh

@sharinbhatti1920 6 лет назад

Nickel Tesla hey thanks for thou comment :) we spoke about the great Indian novel on the episode with Anuvab pal. Shall check out Aru shah. And OMG hell yeah to LiteraryLay :)

@chamandeepkaur5544 4 года назад

Sumukhi at 39:51 .... God the mischievous expression😂😂

@kanwalnarula 6 лет назад

@Anuya - I'm mid-way in this book "My grandmother sends her regards and apologies". The story is from the POV of this 7 year old who loves reading fantasy fiction, esp. Harry Potter ; and goes around with a red felt-tip pen correcting grammar and adding punctuation. So you !! Check the book out . I can't promise if its great as I haven't finished it yet but it's surely engaging. On a separate note, love the BOTcasts . You guys are the bibliophile friends I never had (which is kind of lame of me at 33 :P). Hugs !!

@priyadarshinisethia6550 6 лет назад

Rabindranath tagore! ?

@knightsliders 6 лет назад

Doctors India mein heart - heart kheltey hein.. Tu bhi feku, mein bhi feku😂😝🤣😂😂 #sanjivani BoTCast is the most amazing yet most underrated talkshow! @Sumukhi is the loveliest firecracker!😝😇#pushpavalli

@anushreevk2882 6 лет назад

I just finished reading 'a suitable boy'!!! I agree.. it was so not what I thought it would be.. was a brilliant snapshot of the time.. interweaving so many strata of Indian society.. the anglophiles, the freedom fighters, the lower social classes like the chamars, along with religious issues, moral issues.. all revolving around most prevalent middle class concern.. BETI KI SHAADI. So good. Thank you for this BoTcast.. I enjoyed it so much.. I haven't delved into Indian literature all that much.. n have been thinking of exploring it more. This was the perfect introduction or rather kick-in-the-pichwada for me 🤗

@SwatiSingh-hu9wv 6 лет назад

Hey guys !loved the episode, but Bittora isn't like lucknow, it's a lot more like the rural villages in and around UP - Uttarakhand ( i used to live on a farm in Uttarakhand and this book encapsulated a lot of the politics there) , this representation is again really inspired by Anuja Chauhan's mother in law, Margaret Alva, who was posted for a long time in Dehradun.

@kilpady 6 лет назад

I have never read a book in my life but i've watched every video on your channel!!

@rucjos 6 лет назад

Rafeeq Mohammed lol

@AnuyaJakatdar 6 лет назад

Arre then read na!

@adyakartavya 6 лет назад

school books bhi nahi padhe kya?

@adyakartavya 6 лет назад

like, kuch bhi

@rohanroy6156 6 лет назад

'aah ko chahiye ek umr asar hone tak' ....heh....I just bought the book We that are young....which they reviewed ages back.

@SaurabhSharma-nr3fi 4 года назад

@BookOnToast: Loved the episode. However, just one thing: Vikram Seth is bisexual. :)

@SaurabhSharma-nr3fi 4 года назад

Also, Aatish Taseer came out as gay, too.

@harshghosh6431 Год назад

Aatish Tasseer is bisexual too

@arpanajuhi 6 лет назад

Great episode! And by the way I think Ruskin Bond is more Indian than Rana Dasgupta :)

@thiruvetti 5 лет назад

You gals are great. But I like how you are talking about the limitations of Indian fiction without considering Non-English books. Thats the beauty of Indian literature. I am sure with So many languages and writers, there should be loads of variety. So lets not say there is nothing without knowing them. Just a suggestion. For ex: Jeyamohan is a popular Indian author who is writing an Epic. Its is version of Mahabharatha and I have heard people rave about it that the writing style is like awesome VR inside your head. I am sure this is going to be an Epic for the next generation. Something which will stand for a long time.

@maithriarunkumar8041 6 лет назад

The best botcast so far! Will definitely pick up the books you guys mentioned :) Missed RK Narayanan though....

@marisalobo8025 6 лет назад

I had to read Such A Long Journey for i guess sy or tyba. And totally agree. Quite depressing. But I did enjoy his views for the particular political party in Bombay of the time 😉

@RomilTiwariWG 6 лет назад

Just bought quite a few books from the links. I am on a mission to read all this awesome Indian Fiction now. BTW got the Leila by Prayaag Akbar reco from you guys. That book just blew my mind. So so good.

@cybershadowX 6 лет назад

39:42 onwards Sumukhi loll anyways great video guys!!

@angelinebee 6 лет назад

If we could also include Indian Subcontinent fiction, I would totally recommend the pakistani author Bapsi Sidhwa who is an excellent writer. Also RK Narayan, Arundhati Roy, Upmanyu Chatterjee, Manu Joseph and among more recent college story authors Amitabha Bagchi and Karan Bajaj. I also quite enjoyed Meera Syal, if she can be considered Indian fiction.

@vaidehiadukia2136 6 лет назад

Guys you'll should read The 20th wife by Indu sunderesan it's my favourite book by an indian author

@AnuyaJakatdar 6 лет назад

vaidehi adukia Such amazing recos 😊

@ConsistenTea 6 лет назад

I heard "Dawn kyon hoti hai" @12:54

@theaaravaanyachannel5493 6 лет назад

Hey lovely to see you back...did you guys ever announce who won your books giveaway....

@tanayapandey 6 лет назад

Ya what happened to that really?

@AnuyaJakatdar 6 лет назад

We did and they even got their presents! We replied to their comments so maybe you guys missed it. Sorry :(

@tanayapandey 6 лет назад

Aaaah.. please do a public announcement next time.. I was still thinking there could be a chance 😂

@AM-sp6je 6 лет назад

Hurray! I love all the three of you! Sharin rocking with the bindi again :) I hope I get to see more of anuya's puns

@riddhikotecha913 6 лет назад

Superb as always ! But you forgot Arundhati Roy..

@sharinbhatti1920 6 лет назад

Riddhi Kotecha we’ve spoken plenty about her in other episodes :) so didn’t want to do a repeat

@riddhikotecha913 6 лет назад

Hey! Yes, I saw the booker- challenge episode right after this one :)

@shivaniwadnerkar604 6 лет назад

Sumukhi smiling slyly while Sharin was speaking about Aatish Taseer was hilarious. Loved the BoTcast. I keep watching the episodes and realise how much there’s to read in the world but I never get around to reading regularly.

@noorsethi5519 6 лет назад

I am just glad there's a new video not like I'm running short on books I should and want to read but you guys are awesome. Idk how many people relate to either of the hosts or the guests on the show but if they do in a way that their reading habits sorta match,one just instantly feels like they're a part of the conversation and it is fun.

@belivinginself3400 3 года назад

Why am I watching it now? Maybe to realize that editing is very important for a writer...👍 my favorite is indian fiction..my childhood is full of nostalgic memories of reading the amar chitra katha stories..

@vatsalamolly 5 лет назад

Just wanted to drop in and say thank you for all these recommendations. I've been slowly making my way through the books you talked about. So far after watching this video, I've read A Suitable Boy, Leila and Those Pricey Thakur Girls. It's been a good time!

@kinnirose3768 6 лет назад

Guys. Just a thought. Why not also do a podcast on all the funny and humorous books? I would love to know about books which I can read and not stop laughing.

@AnuyaJakatdar 6 лет назад

kinni rose Our first episode

@ayushgarg1830 6 лет назад

Crazy people here...so engaging. Such content. Keep it coming!

@20shourya 6 лет назад

That's what she said.

@Janani_Kannan 6 лет назад

Have you read Ashwin Sanghi's books? I really liked Chanakya's Chant and The Krishna Key. His style is reminiscent of Dan Brown's. Also Sita's Sister and Karna's Wife by Kavita Kane are great!

@payalgodbole2810 2 года назад

Krishna key i have read is good

@BAbhijeet 5 лет назад

I lost the respect for Amish Tripathi when he did a video with a very crooked person Rajiv Malhotra.....I liked first and 2nd part of shiva tribology...didn't like third one.....

@ibuhatela8312 6 лет назад

23:00 Ten long seconds of Homophobia..

@ibuhatela8312 6 лет назад

If you think that this sort of a reaction on someone's sexual preference is normal thing to do, then I'm sorry but you are surrounded by homophobes

@mitalibapat7816 6 лет назад

This is one of my favourite genres and Amitav Ghosh is my favourite author! Love Sharin’s observation about his stories always being from the POV of marginalised characters. - The name of the character in Sea Of Poppies was Deeti