Lit Nama

Parmesh Shahani, Vice President at Godrej Industries and Lab Head at India Culture Lab is in conversation with Laxmi Krishnan on the 30th Episode of Lit Nama. Exploring the intricacies of writing about queer lives, communities, inclusion the politics of representation, they look back at queer histories and timeline of queer movement in India through the Milestones archived in Shahani's latest book Queeristan. They also discuss the future of the Queer inclusion at workplace, writing a resource and research-driven business book that is as much a memoir as an HR guide, the power of Gen Z in the movement, and their mutual love for Bombay. You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Lit Nama, Laxmi is in conversation with Behavioural Researcher, Slow Traveler, and Podcaster Utsav Mamoria where they travel through their (good and bad) memories, talking about experiences and lessons Utsav picked up on through his slow travel experiences. They also talk about the complex interstices of History, Politics, Geography and Memory, how slow travel uncovers newer truths about places and time and attempt to decode the basics of travel writing. Psst: Utsav talks about his work-in-progress book too!You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laxmi is in conversation with the Namrata "social media manager of mother earth" Menon who is a videographer/editor based out of Mumbai. Namrata's skill set lies in working on inclusive projects not just by participating in them but by also creating them. Be it working on-ground documenting events to protests, to using reels to talk about laws and acts - she makes the most of every space accessible. But what is the politics of this space like? If activism is a part of all walks of life, how does one rest or can one rest at all? In the eyes of collective revolutions, what do individual efforts amount up to? Tune in to hear Namrata answer all these questions and more on this episode of Lit Nama.You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Lit Nama, Laxmi is joined by Saurabh Singh aka Art.Soopified who is an artist, illustrator, caricaturist, and a graphic designer at Social Samosa. Talking about Saurabh's journey as a self-taught artist, they talk about being an artist in times where plagiarism goes hand in hand with recognition, the culture around art and appreciation, fandom and it's life-changing impact, and the probable future of Digital Art. You can follow Saurabh on @art.soopified on Instagram.You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reading is often looked at as a solitary exercise. How do you let someone in on the fictional world that exists in your head - a place you have made your self home at, at your own accord? But what if there more people that think like you, more worlds that exist and you'd get a chance to see how similar settings chart out anew in different heads? In times where (virtual) book clubs are making a comeback, how do existing literary communities catch up with the ever-evolving world of literature? In this episode of Lit Nama, Laxmi is in conversation with Pravin Subramanian, Founder of SwapBook! tracing how literary communities are formed and sustained over the years in different capacities.You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As conversations around Climate Change and Global Warming have made their way into living rooms across the globe, it is natural to wonder what can one do (apart from holding corporations accountable) on a personal level. Similar bewilderment led Laxmi to Brown Living and to Chaitsi. Tune in to listen to Chaitsi Ahuja (Founder and CEO, Brown Living) and Laxmi explore the process and impact of sustainable and low-waste living, evolving fashion and lifestyle trends towards sustainability, and the evolving cultures and literature around the same.You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ikigai roughly translates to a reason for being. It is commonly understood to lie exactly where these four facets intersect: what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, what can you be paid for. When Harshit set out to explore and find his Ikigai, what was his journey like? He took a plunge into his passion at a significant peak of his career but how did he calculate this leap of faith? In this conversation, Laxmi and Harshit look at art and the independent artist's life and what does this independence mean, what comes after the leap of faith and how does an artist sustain their passion in a world that is still grappling to understand their significance. Can you absolutely achieve Ikigai or is Ikigai nothing but an act that makes you work harder to arrive there? Tune in to find out!You can follow Molabocha at www.instagram.com/molabochaYou can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katarvel (Marathi) means the time when evening scissors into the night. In this conversation, Laxmi and Anish attempt to trace what books and literature mean for them as individuals, their experience of studying literature as a way to understand the world around them and how Anish translates these learning experiences into his work with The Dara Shikoh Fellowship, Pink List India, and as a writer, translator, and art curator. Tune in for a dive into understanding the relationship between theory and praxis and how they scissor into each other and overlap, civic consciousness, and the current trends in Humanities and Academia through the intersections of gender and sexuality. Bonus: Anish reads an original poem in the second half of the conversation.You can follow Anish at www.instagram.com/anishgawande and his work with Pink List India at www.instagram.com/pinklistindiaYou can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laxmi is in conversation with poet, composer, and singer-songwriter Sameer Rahat. Uncovering the origin story of Aamad, they talk about a novel genre of music called the "Urdu Blues" that Sameer practices and various influences on his life right from his parents' poet Anjum Rehbar and poet-lyricist Rahat Indori to Jaun Elia to contemporary soundscapes of rock and film music. They also discuss the influence of Urdu on pop culture as well as indie cultures today and trace the consequences of the same on the language, form, and culture itself.BONUS: Sameer reads two Ghazals in this episode!You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Lit Nama, Laxmi is in a conversation with Bombay Bellyrina aka Chitra who is a Fitness Coach and the creator of #TwitterGetsFitter. In a conversation that meanders through their personal journey with fitness and acceptance of their bodies, they talk about exercise, food, diets, the emerging and existing narratives around fitness both online and offline featuring their personal superhero - spinach!You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Lit Nama, Laxmi is in conversation with comedian, Gotham Award-winning writer, and author of a memoir titled 'Unladylike' - Radhika Vaz. Talking about the global landscape of art forms through stand-up comedy, improv, literature festivals, fiction writing, and the way these spaces deal with the intricacies of race and gender, they question what forms this modern collective consciousness and shared experience.You can follow Radhika Vaz at @radvaz on Instagram and TwitterYou can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laxmi is in conversation with Rytasha Rathore who is an actor and also a podcaster on the IVM Network hosting a show 'Agla Station Adulthood' with Ayushi Amin. Talking about Rytasha's versatile career across mediums, they take a look at how women are portrayed across these mediums, how are the women in narratives or narratives in and around women evolving, the economics of being an actor and also attempt to unravel the politics of representation and body positivity movement.Link to Rytasha's recommendation: Sex-Rated: A VICE Guide To Sex In India (4 Parts) - https://youtu.be/FYGAcYO78GsFollow Rytasha on Instagram @rytash (https://www.instagram.com/rytash/?hl=en)You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laxmi and Meghna look back (and into the future) at how Poetry has defined their lives and their relationships with themselves and the world. They also unpack the story of Poetry Dialogue - an Instagram community that works towards increasing accessibility towards poetry in India, discuss the art of curation, and look at how the Indian and Global publication industry deals with poetry.Bonus: Catch Meghna read a poem in the second half of the episode!You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 In this conversation with Nidhi Dugar Kundalia, the author of White as Milk and Rice published by Penguin India, Laxmi tries to navigate through the terrains of literary fiction and delves deeper into Nidhi's work with stories from six spaces that have seen generations of indigenous communities come and go. Questioning the idea of marginality, ethnographic research, anthropological voyeurism, and representation, this conversation is defined by my personal and professional experiences of the author. Bonus: catch Nidhi reading an excerpt from her book!Link to Nidhi's book: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B085HWHN6L/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_St7REbSZPKZ1GYou can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laxmi is in conversation with storyteller Mehak Mirza Prabhu as they discuss the doing and undoing, the becoming and unbecoming of stories that make our world go round. Reading between the lines, Mehak addresses the discipline required to be a storyteller and performs "Kairi ka Achaar" in the second half.You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode featuring Ayushi Mona and Rewa Tamboli from the Broke Bibliophiles Bombay community, Laxmi takes a dive into the story of a Four-year old book club in the city, the ideas and influences of literary communities, and how they become an integral part of a literary ecosystem. While illustrating how virtual and physical book clubs function, they talk about evolving norms, practices as well as how they are functioning through the current Lockdown.You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In an episode that is part recollection of memories, part literary criticism and a complete fangirling over Shakespeare, Brecht, Beckett and Ionesco, Laxmi and Trupti navigate how the times today have made our lives into absurd plays through private and public memories, discuss the evolving idea, definition, and relevance of Theatre and look at the theatrics of modern times that keep us going. They also talk about #NaPoWriMo as Trupti reads out two of her poems that she's written as a part of this challenge.You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her Instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comPlease share your feedback and suggestions to us at talktous@ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong." says F. Scott Fitzgerald which in times like these is more relevant than ever. When we look back in time, classrooms were the spaces where we learned the struggle to belong, where we were shaped as ideological beings. But have classrooms been at the same time immemorial? How is the radically changing classroom culture preparing individuals for the newer ways of being? Listen to Dr. Nilakshi Roy narrating her experience as a professor and how the worlds, academic and real, have revolved into newer ones on this episode of Lit Nama.You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Laxmi talks to the Author of the novel Milk Teeth, Amrita Mahale who shares her experience of writing, editing and getting this book published. They discuss three parts of the book, its context, middle class sensibilities, upward mobility, violence, privileges, points of view- everything that makes this narrative.Tune in to find out what makes a multi-dimensional story and why is it important to tell that story as Laxmi and Amrita dive deep into the politics of writing.You can buy Amrita Mahale's book "Milk Teeth" here:(https://www.amazon.in/Milk-Teeth-Amrita-Mahale/dp/9387894320)You can follow Amrita Mahale on her instagram handle: @ummrita(https://www.instagram.com/ummrita/?hl=en)You can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Laxmi is joined by the poet, Menka Shivdasani, who traces the growth of Indian Poetry Writing In English as she recites her poems written across different time periods. How has poetry changed today? How did she come up with an entire anthology on poems? How does one engage in the process of writing? Find out.Tune in to this conversation where Menka reads from her book Frazil the tiny droplets of wisdom and experience.You can buy Menka Shivdasani's book here: https://www.amazon.in/Frazil-Menka-Shivdasani/dp/B07B1R592BYou can follow Laxmi Krishnan on her instagram handle: @literarychills(https://www.instagram.com/literarychills/?igshid=14c6tsq7jyhjb)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.