Arts & Ideas

13 September 2018

Pavan Varma on why Adi Shankaracharya is the greatest seer of Hinduism

Celebrated diplomat and prolific author Pavan Varma shine a spotlight on fascinating parallels in the development of modern science and Adi Shankara’s thought, with Shoma Chaudhury | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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10 June 2018

Javed Akhtar on why Urdu is not the Language of Muslims

While one is so used to associating Urdu with love and longing, Javed Akhtar opens one’s eyes to the other facades of the language and its evolving relationship with India with Shoma Chaudhury | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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8 June 2018

Dancer Manjari Chaturvedi dispels myths about India’s courtesans

Manjari Chaturvedi discusses courtesans or tawaifs, during the Mughal era, their lives, their relationships with great poets like Ghalib and how the Britishers reduced them to the status of mere nautch girls. With Shoma Chaudhury | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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6 April 2017

Shabana Azmi, Aparna Sen & Lillete Dubey on cinema, feminism, mothering, mistakes & marriages

On creative courage , their uncommon lives and female friendship, The Cats have got their Tongue - Shabana Azmi, Aparna Sen & Lillete Dubey with Shoma Chaudhury | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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2 March 2017

Gulzar Sa’ab and Pavan Varma talk politics, violence and life in a poetry filled evening

Gulzar Sa’ab recollects his life and work in a conversation with Pavan Varma | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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11 December 2016

Blood Diamond – William Dalrymple & Anita Anand @Algebra

William Dalrymple & Anita Anand unearth the curse of the Kohinoor with Shoma Chaudhury | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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16 October 2016

On why he is a ‘Kama Optimist’ – Gurcharan Das

On why he is a 'Kama Optimist', and the story of desire across time - Gurcharan Das with Shoma Chaudhury | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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25 September 2016

Javed Akhtar’s Brutally Honest Interview On Religion, Reason and Politics of Language

Javed Akhtar’s upfront take on religion, atheism, rationale and politicisation of languages with Shoma Chowdhury | © Thinkworks Pvt Ltd

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