Books and Beyond with Bound

Aashisha Chakraborty takes Tara and Michelle through her experience of surviving and thriving in a male-dominated industry with her book: “Mis (s) Adventures of a Sales Girl”. As the conversation unravels we learn about Tara and Michelle’s misadventures in their workplaces, and how they creatively handled the tricky situations. How did Aashisha find her way back after getting lost in Chandni Chowk? Why does she consider herself the CEO of her own book? And how did this mindset help her publish the book?Tune in to find out!Here is a link to ‘CogVerse’, written by Vivekananda Selvaraj: https://amzn.eu/d/2BO8YFnBooks & Movies mentioned in this episode:Wolf of Wall StreetHarry PotterJane Austen Margaret AtwoodAyn RandElon Musk, by Ashlee MannProduced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound edit by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Tara and Michelle debate over a question as old as time: “Do self-help books really help?”They cover everything from productivity and dating guides to philosophy and wellness books. Can reading a self-help book help you cut sugar from your diet? Is there a definite way to get the most out of your self-help book? Was Tara able to change Michelle’s mind?Tune in to find out!Books mentioned in this episode:Atomic HabitsThe Monk Who Sold His FerrariThe 5 AM ClubEverything To Live ForPsychology TodayForbesIkigaiWhen Breath Becomes AirProduced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound edit by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Find out how Aparna Piramel Raje wrote a part memoir, part guide on battling mental health.She has been speaking out about her bipolarity and the stigma around mental illnesses in India for over 10 years. She chats with Tara and Michelle about her revealing and vulnerable book, “Chemical Khichdi: How I Hack My Mental Health”. What prompted her to write the book? Why is balancing work and mental health so important for Aparna? Did the book get the response she had expected? Tune in to find out!Books & movies mentioned in this episode:Counting sheep Mountain TailsBurn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My MindThe Big HomeHow to Travel Light: My Memories of Madness and MelancholiaBeautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's AddictionBeautiful Boy (film)A Beautiful MindIf you live, eat and breathe books, subscribe to Books and Beyond!Produced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound edit by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Find out how romance is depicted throughout Indian mythology!Ashok Banker makes Tara and Michelle travel through centuries as they talk about his book “Epic Loves: Stories from the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata”. A book which finds love within the epic war of Mahabharata. Find out how love has transformed in our mythologies throughout centuries. If all the mythological stories are written by men, can we avoid the trap of male gaze and misogyny? Whilst retelling the epics, how can you be true to the original text and bring along your own spin to it? And… are there any LGBTQ+ characters in the epic of Mahabharata? Tune in to find out!Books & movies mentioned in this episode:Amar ChitraStephen King Ponyo by Ghibli studioJoseph and his brothers by Thomas MannHarry PotterLord of the RingsIf you live, eat and breathe books, subscribe to Books and Beyond!Produced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound edit by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Find out how to write a self-help book and start an open discussion about sex!Leeza Mangaldas talks to Tara and Michelle about sex and how the cultural shock of this Indian taboo compelled her to write her book “The Sex Book: A Joyful Journey of Self-discovery”, a book that strikes a conversation about sex. Find out how to make your protagonist relatable to the reader without revealing their identity. How not to make a self help book sound preachy? How does she reach Indian youth and educate them about sex, as a content creator and writer? Tune in to find out!Books & movies mentioned in this episode:Come as You AreSex EducationCyber sexy The Tragedy of HeterosexualityDetransition, babyBesharamThe Handmaid's TaleIf you live, eat and breathe books, subscribe to Books and Beyond!Produced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound edit by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Find out how to write a gripping novel as a journalist which makes the readers question the institution of marriage!Mansi Choksi takes Tara and Michelle through her journey of writing her book “The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India”, a book not just about love and stakes of love, but is also a reflection of the rural and modern divide. How to write a thrilling investigative nonfiction? How did she meet her protagonists and gain their trust to talk about such a sensitive topic? How did she maintain the composure of an observer and a documenter, a fly on the wall? Tune in to find out!Books & movies mentioned in this episode:Ruth Vanita and Saleem KidwaiManoj and Babli: A Hate StoryBehind the Beautiful ForeversA Fine BalanceA Life Of Adventure and Delight.No Good Men Among the LivingWomen's WorkIf you live, eat and breathe books, subscribe to Books and Beyond!Produced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound edit by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Find out what goes on behind writing a Booker prize winning book which discusses politics and death in a humorous light!Shehan Karunatilaka talks with Tara and Michelle about his experience of writing the Booker prize winning book “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”, which at first struggled to find a publisher. How to write a book in second person narrative? Why should you never be afraid of a lousy first draft? What kind of books do the Booker prize judges prefer? Tune in to find out!Books mentioned in this episode:Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative FictionThe Blind AssassinIshiguro NeverlandCloud AtlasMaps of Our Spectacular BodiesChinaman: The Legend of Pradeep MathewThe Birth LotteryBright Lights, Big CityA Case of Exploding MangoesIf you live, eat and breathe books, subscribe to Books and Beyond!Produced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound edit by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Find out what goes behind writing a gender defying book on dating!Aniruddha Mahale takes Tara and Michelle through his dating and writing journey as a part of the LGBTQ+ community as they talk about his first book “GET OUT: The Gay Man’s Guide to Coming Out and Going Out”. How to write a straight girl friendly, gay dating guide? Did he face any backlash for the book? Did he go out on dates solely to get material for the book? Tune in to find out!Books & movies mentioned in this episode:Archies ComicsFamous FiveHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireSex and the City‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.If you live, eat and breathe books, subscribe to Books and Beyond!Produced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound edit by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Find out to what extent an author can go in the name of a story, and is it all worth it?Let’s take off season 5 with Tara and Michelle by diving into thrilling adventures and life changing experiences authors have put themselves through in order to write a book. Some books have jaw dropping stories, and some have even more, if not as much, shocking backstories to them. Do writers go out there to unconventional locations and do research through unconventional ways? How much research does it require to write a fiction book? And…what’s the craziest thing Michelle has done for a story? Tune in to find out!Books mentioned in this episode: To Kill a Mockingbird On The RoadTruck De IndiaWhy Men RapeThe Good Girls: An Ordinary KillingShadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul The Bad Boys of Bokaro JailThe Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India Remnants of a separation If you live, eat and breathe books, subscribe to Books and Beyond!Produced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound edit by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Tara is on the scene at Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2022 as the official podcast partner! She speaks to Arjun Gaind. He is one of India’s leading comic book writers and graphic novelists. He has many critically acclaimed best-sellers under his name like ‘Empire Of Blood’ and ‘Reincarnation Man’. His latest book, ‘The Anatomy Of Loss’ has been published by Bloomsbury and is a novel set against the backdrop of the Operation Blue Star of 1984.  Produced by Aishwarya JavalgekarSound Edit and Mix by Kshitij Jadhav‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.