Deepa Mehta and Lisa Ray: on Water and women shaping the narrative

When Deepa Mehta began filming Water in Varanasi, India, protesters burned the sets and forced production to a halt. The film, the final chapter in her trilogy exploring fire, earth, and water as metaphors for social realities across the Indian subcontinent, was eventually made in Sri Lanka. Twenty…

Lara Love Hardin on Mama Love: addiction, healing and writing her way back

Lara Love Hardin lost everything. Writing helped her find her way back. In this conversation, the author of the New York Times bestseller  and Oprah’s book club pick reflects on The Many Lives of Mama Love, a memoir of addiction, incarceration, motherhood, and recovery. She talks  about reading as …

Shrabani Basu: on Victoria & Abdul, forgotten stories and an unlikely friendship

Indian journalist, historian and bestselling author Shrabani Basu has spent her career rescuing stories that history forgot. She talks about uncovering the extraordinary bond between Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim, bringing spy and SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan into the light, and why these stories ma…

Lynsey Addario: on documenting reality: the bold, the brutal and the beautiful

Pulitzer winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario has spent her career documenting war and covering conflict. She discusses her commitment to capturing hard truths and opens up about what happens when she puts the camera down and steps back into life as a wife and mother.    Aperture: She captured …

Elif Shafak: on The Island of Missing Trees, roots and belonging

Award-winning British-Turkish novelist, political scientist and activist Elif Shafak discusses  her bestselling novel The Island of Missing Trees, her multicultural upbringing and the fragile bond between humans and nature. Prologue: Elif opens with a daring narrative choice: choosing a fig tree a…

Barkha Dutt: on the stories that shaped India, and her

Indian journalist Barkha Dutt is one of the most fearless reporters of her generation. Not just for the conflicts she's covered, but for her unflinching commitment to the stories others simply won't tell.    Breaking: From the peaks of Kargil to covering India’s COVID crisis, Barkha Dutt has had …

Yann Martel on Life of Pi and the stories we tell ourselves

Canadian author Yann Martel talks about his Booker Prize winning novel, Life of Pi, a fantastical and philosophical tale of a boy stranded on a boat with a tiger, the power of faith, and how stories help us make sense of the world.    What happens when a boy, a Bengal tiger, and the vast Pacific …

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