Sadly, this magazine has now shut down and the website is not accessible, but here's a photograph from the print copy I have:
Sadly, this magazine has now shut down and the website is not accessible, but here's a photograph from the print copy I have:
This is the transcript of Nandini Krishnan’s conversation with bestselling author Ashwin Sanghi, at the launch of the former’s first book, Hitched: The Modern Woman and Arranged Marriage, published by Random House India. Ashwin Sanghi (AS): Nandini, honestly speaking, this is one of the most enlightening books that I…
(Published in the July 2014 issue of Shubh Yatra magazine, retrieved from http://www.shubh-yatra.in/emag/july14/#/ShubhYatra/52) It’s rather awkward when one is deemed an expert on a subject one has no practical experience of. Since Hitched was released, I’ve been accosted by journalists, young men…
(Published in Bharat Matrimony's blog, on February 21, 2014, retrieved from http://blog.bharatmatrimony.com/celebrity-interviews/717-arranged-marriages-are-here-to-stay.html) Are arranged marriages still relevant? I’m assuming we are talking about their relevance in urban, westernised India. That is the milieu that was my concern for the book,…
And so, I make my appearance in Hindi media.
(A shorter version of this appeared here.) There is, as far as I know, no book of the kind written on the topic. With no precedent, what was it like approaching the subject? Well, it was lovely, because I didn’t…
(A shorter version of this interview was published here.) What were some of the big surprises for you from your research and interviews? The biggest surprise for me was how willing people were to share their personal stories. I felt…
