The Road to Zanskar
"Even in winter, twice a month, the first postmen in Zanskar in the 1980s climbed rock faces and crossed frozen rivers -- if you fell in, you could di...
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In this podcast, National Books Editor Manjula Narayan tells you about books, authors and their journeys. This is a Hindustan Times production, brought to you by HT Smartcast
Slow and steady wins the race
"The fossil fuel age gave us speed. This, on the one hand, allows us to think, 'I'm going faster', but it never defines 'faster to where, and to what?...
The quiet pull of the Pune police procedural
"The way I look at it, whydunnit is actually more important than whodunnit. There are only so many permutations and combinations you can think of in t...
A return to the land
"We went in with urban confidence and rural reality hit us in the face at every turn! Establishing a farm is probably the most difficult thing I've do...
Using stick figures to demolish dubious politics, doublespeak and more
"You may try to believe that you are living in a First World country and that your reality differs from that of a poor person in your vicinity. But, a...
A fight against forgetting
"Comics and literature allow us to enter worlds through our imagination; it is a medium of not-saying. We read because we want to get into the interio...
A people willing to sacrifice their lives to save nature
"The Salman Khan story reached the headlines and people thought, well, if the Bishnois can go for him so effectively, it's not safe to poach there. It...
Jewellery: Of ornamentation and adornment
"I don't think you will find anyone in India who doesn't wear a piece of jewellery [of some sort]. The Amrapali Collection is a pan Indian one. The je...
Tatti tales: The things you can learn from animal poop
"Poop acts like social media for many herbivores. Besides, the droppings of whales tackle climate change, while elephant waste helps regrow forests. W...
From poffertjes to perad and pepper water
"I used to be very possessive of my recipes. I didn't want to give them away until a senior chef told me, "Listen, even if you give the recipe, everyb...