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Meghnad Desai

A riveting hourlong session with Lord Meghnad Desai – British economist, politician, author and renowned columnist but very much an Indian at heart – seemed too little to get a full feel of Lord Desai’s ideas and thoughts.
The 64th session with Lord Desai went beyond the allotted time. Though an author of many books, conversationalist Esha Dutta focused mainly only his latest thought-provoking book “Raisina Model” which deals with the subject of high politics. Lord Desai, a Modi admirer-turned-critique shared his views on India – past, present and future.

Reshma Qureshi and Tania Singh

The 63rd Session of An Authors’s Afternoon turned out to be a very touching session with Co-Authors Reshma Qureshi and Tania Singh. Social activist Agnimitra Paul was in conversation with both the authors and Reshma, who spoke in Hindi, shared her life’s tragic heart-wrenching experience of being an acid attack survivor. She refuses to think herself as a victim and tells everyone her story of how she survived the incident.

Shashi Deshpande

Shashi Deshpande was the first octogenarian guest author so far at An Author’s Afternoon. A recipient of Padmashree, Shashi’s deep knowledge and experience stood out as she shared her views on many topics of human interest. She was in conversation with Professor DebnitaChakravartiwho is very well familiar with the format of the session as a conversationalist.

Anita Nair

61st session of An Author’s Afternoon with author, essayist, poet and playwright Anita Nair was a lively session. Anita carved out a niche writing crime fiction and women-oriented stories.

Kavita Devgan

The 60th session of An Authors Afternoon with author, famous nutritionist and weight management consultant, Kavita Devgan, revealed many wise-dining tips to take home for the audience. Conversationalist Esha Dutta came well prepared. Her questions elicited many answers regarding food and diet that many of us have from time.

Isaque Bagwan

59th AAA with Guest Author IsaqueBagwan in conversation with Dinesh Vajpai. Action thrillers always appeal to the audience but real-life action is far more attractive than the tinsel version. It was a thrilling Author’s Afternoon session at The Souk, Taj Bengal, with top ex-cop IsaqueBagwan. The entire session was pickled with interesting anecdotes from his life experience as a top cop who spent over three-and-half decades combating crime.

Rita Chowdhury

The 58th session of An Author’s Afternoon welcomed Assamese poet and author Rita Chowdhury whose life has been a saga of struggles. The lady got into political activism early in life. After much socio-political turmoil and a few deaths of near ones, including that of her sister, transformed her view towards life.

Dominic Franks

It was a smooth ride into the 57th session of An Author’s Afternoon with doctor-turned-author Dominic Franks. He began his career as a medical practitioner but called it quits to become an author. But writing a book is not an easy task, he soon realised. However, the adventurer in him bailed him out.

Sumana Roy

Guest Author Sumana Roy grew up as a small-town girl from Siliguri who longed for her city to be in the limelight and in the national news. But that rarely happened. This, she later came to realize, was a blessing in disguise and she liked Siliguri for its “remarkable ordinariness”.

Joshua Pollock

The invitees to the 55th session of An Author’s Afternoon with Guest Author Joshua Pollock were in for a spiritual experience with a 10 minutes of meditation under the author’s guidance. The purpose was to set the pace for the session for his book which deals with a subject that is purely experiential in nature.