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Jaipur Bytes

Jaipur Bytes

Written by: Jaipur Literature Festival
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 Jaipur Bytes, the official podcast of the Jaipur Literature Festival, is your gateway to enriching and entertaining conversations featuring the finest thinkers, writers, speakers, and doers! Hosted by music programmer & broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik and writer & itihasology's founder, Eric Chopra, the podcast guarantees an eclectic mix of cross-genre discussions traversing diverse themes and ideas. With a constellation of the world's most eminent trailblazers, here's your chance to listen to authors, diplomats, historians, filmmakers, artists, and the unsung heroes of the arts.Jaipur Literature Festival Art
Episodes
  • Arundhati Nath on ‘The Phantom’s Howl’ | Jaipur Bytes 2025

    Arundhati Nath on ‘The Phantom’s Howl’ | Jaipur Bytes 2025
    Nov 19 2025

    Ghost stories are a significant part of Bengali culture. In this podcast, Arundhati Nath recalls how she grew up listening to her grandmother narrate ghost stories. She discusses how the stories in the collection ‘The Phantom’s Howl’ feature supernatural creatures with not only elements of horror but also humour.

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    11 mins
  • Sandeep Khanna on His Debut Novel | Jaipur Bytes Podcast 2025

    Sandeep Khanna on His Debut Novel | Jaipur Bytes Podcast 2025
    Nov 6 2025

    India cannot be separated from its ten thousand years of history, even when focusing on the last fifty years. Sandeep Khanna’s debut novel follows characters as they navigate the economic, political, and socio-cultural changes India has undergone from the 1970s and 80s to the present. In this gripping podcast, Khanna shares the stories, poetry, and themes that inspired his writing, discusses what he aimed to convey, and reflects on what he learned through the process.

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    18 mins
  • Susan Jung on Food and Beyond | Jaipur Bytes Podcast 2025

    Susan Jung on Food and Beyond | Jaipur Bytes Podcast 2025
    Nov 6 2025

    Even after testing ninety fried chicken recipes in three months for her cookbook ‘Kung Pao and Beyond’, food writer and chef Susan Jung still loves fried chicken. In this engaging podcast, Jung shares her culinary journey from starting out as an English literature graduate to becoming a pastry chef, writing a cookbook and now a food writer at Vogue Hong Kong.

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    14 mins
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