"Today's the day you're supposed to burn stuff. The haters got an early start", and other things I said are now available online. This session on Invisible Men at The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 happened on Bhogi. I was asked about the book burning, which naturally prompted some sit-down comedy. Sections from this interview were misquoted in one of the many denigratory pieces published on Indian news-ish portals, so you might as well have a look-see at what was actually said. A lot of it is funny 
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My first ever session at any lit fest on Invisible Men was at The Hindu Lit Fest 2019. The very erudite Farahnaz Ispanani, bestselling writer Nazia Erum and I were in conversation with the inimitable Kalpana Sharma. Among other things, we spoke of the kind of discriminatory prejudices exercised, by majorities against minorities, by majorities within minorities, and by cliques within minorities.
This conversation with performance Ulrike Almut Sandig at The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 was so much fun. My favourite moment is a little performance we did, around 39 minutes into the video. And how I love Ulrike's haunting voice!
The Hindu Lit for Life 2019 videos are up. In this first one, I interview author Lara Fergus and publisher-author-poet Susan Hawthorne, from Spinifex Press, about their quite fantastic work. A special bonus is a beautiful reading by Thamizhachi Thangapandian of the Tamil translation of Lara Fergus' My Sister Chaos by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.
Here is the video of the book launch in Madras. I was interviewed by Ranjitha Gunasekaran, and the book was released by Selvam and Kirithik Shiva. The first copy was received by the chief guests, authors Mr. Shreekumar Varma and Mrs. Geeta Varma, and the guest of honour was educator and theatre-maker Mrs. Mina Swaminathan.
I do hope to see you at the book launch in Madras
I'll be doing a Facebook Live with Agents of Ishq on November 20:
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