As the british left india since world war two, calcutta has become significantly less central. In some ways, deli and mumbai seem to become more important in India. Do you think that's true? And be if it is true, do you think that actually, in part ounts for why Calcutta has stayed so interesting or existing on the margins?"
Author, teacher, and translator Jhumpa Lahiri joins Tyler for a conversation on identity, Rhode Island, writing as problem solving, reading across languages, the badness of book covers, Elena Ferrante, Bengali culture, the magic of Calcutta, Italian authors, Indian classical music, architectural influences, and much more.
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