The Indian Edit

Nitasha Manchanda
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Welcome to the Indian Edit, a new series of in-depth interviews with inspiring entrepreneurs, educators and culture-makers. Subscribe here on iTunes and stay updated at http://theindianedit.com and on instagram @theindianeditpodcast

  1. 08/03/2025

    Mini-Edit 6: Readers and writers! Author Sonali Dev is back with a new book and lots of great tips!

    🎙️ The Indian Edit: Mini Edit with Sonali Dev – “There’s Something About Mira” Welcome back to The Indian Edit! In this special mini edit, award-winning romance author Sonali Dev returns to the podcast to discuss her newest novel, There's Something About Mira (Feb 2025). We dive into the inspirations behind the book, themes of identity, love, and community, and the layered characters that travel from Naperville to New York to Darjeeling and beyond. 📚 In This Episode: The origin of There's Something About Mira and how a New York Times article inspired the plot Exploring “Brown Town,” community expectations, and finding emotional safety The story within the story: a powerful queer love story in 1980s India What draws readers to wealthy romantic leads and how Sonali rethinks that trope Creative energy management and the joys and pitfalls of newsletters & social media Travel tips and favorite cities: Mumbai, Darjeeling, Chicago Sonali’s recent reads and book recommendations 📘 Books & Media Mentioned: There's Something About Meera by Sonali Dev → Buy on Bookshop / Amazon The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev → Read more Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen homage in Sonali’s series) All We Imagine As Light (film about Mumbai life) → IMDb The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese → Amazon People of Means by Nancy Johnson 🎧 More with Sonali: Visit: https://sonalidev.com Instagram: @sonali.dev Newsletter: Sign up on her website for The Three R’s: a recipe, a recommendation, and a really bad joke! YouTube archive of Lit with Love: Lit with Love on YouTube 📍 Cities We Discussed: Mumbai – a city of grit, warmth, and humor Darjeeling – majestic Himalayas and spiritual beauty Chicago – architecture, lakefront, theater, and cozy big-city charm ✨ If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, rate, and share! Catch Sonali’s previous appearance on The Indian Edit in Episode 57. Hear our latest chat now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND!

    47 min

  2. 06/16/2025

    Ep. 99: Leading with purpose with Pratham USA CEO Manisha Bharti

    🎙️ New Episode Out Now! In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Manisha Bharti, CEO of Pratham USA, to explore what it takes to lead one of India’s largest education nonprofits. From her journey through Harvard to her work in HIV response and international development, Manisha shares powerful insights on: ✨ Nonprofit leadership & global impact 🌍 Philanthropy in the Indian diaspora 📚 How Pratham empowers youth through education & skilling 🤝 The importance of partnerships and scaling what works 🔍 Her favorite tool for self-awareness: the Enneagram 🎧 Plus: Breaking into public health & international development Using private sector strategy to drive nonprofit success Advice for young professionals seeking purpose-driven careers Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND!

    1h 11m

  3. 05/03/2025

    Ep. 98: Rivers Between Us: Family, Heritage, and Storytelling with kidlit author Suma Subramaniam & illustrator Tara Anand

    Rivers have been on my mind recently with some recent buzzy arrivals on their power (from Elif Shafak to non-fiction Robert Macfarlane). Join me with author Suma Subramaniam and illustrator Tara Anand to discuss their beautiful picture book My Name Is Long As a River. Inspired by Suma’s own heritage, the story celebrates the deep connections between names, family history, and cultural identity. Together, Suma and Tara share how rivers, poetry, and personal memory shaped this tribute to the power of knowing where we come from. Listen now on iTunes,Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! Rivers have been on my mind recently with some recent buzzy arrivals on their power (from Elif Shafak to non-fiction Robert Macfarlane). Join me with author Suma Subramaniam and illustrator Tara Anand to discuss their beautiful picture book My Name Is Long As a River. Inspired by Suma’s own heritage, the story celebrates the deep connections between names, family history, and cultural identity. Together, Suma and Tara share how rivers, poetry, and personal memory shaped this tribute to the power of knowing where we come from. Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! Suma Subramaniam Tara Anand, photographed by Brittany Oxley SHOWNOTES for Ep. 98: Connect with Suma through her website And with Tara Anand here Books and other stuff we discussed on the show: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books Tishani Doshi’s poetry collection A God at the Door The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Amar Chitra Katha comics Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan Support the show via Patreon! Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram! Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden Special thanks to Soumya Saksham, Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!

    54 min

  4. 02/07/2025

    Ep. 97: The craft of writing in the age of BookTok - with environmental lawyer turned author Farah Naz Rishi

    Another long overdue episode with a FANTASTIC guest! Philly-based lawyer-turned-writer Farah Naz Rishi has written YA, sci-fi, romance, and a heartbreaking memoir ‘Sorry for the Inconvenience’. Pop in your airpods, grab a hot drink, go for a walk, listen how you please, but don’t miss how this Pakistani-American Muslim writer became a TikTok sensation, how she wrote the book that ‘broke Mindy Kaling’s heart’, and of course her favorite books and hometown Philadephia hang outs! Listen now on iTunes,Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! SHOWNOTES for Ep. 97: Connect with Farah through her website and Instagram Buy Sorry for the Inconvenience and Farah’s other books here Books and other stuff we discussed on the show: Robin Hobb’s books R.F. Kuang’s books Ursula LeGuin’s writing schedule Philly’s fab restaurant Mawn (I tried it based on Farah’s tip and it is AMAZING, but now apparently hard to get a table!) Free Library of Philadelphia Harriet’s Bookshop in Fishtown Support the show via Patreon! Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram! Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden Special thanks to Soumya Saksham, Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!

    1h 3m

  5. 12/31/2024

    Ep. 96: How to create a portfolio career with author, doctor, journalist and educator Seema Yasmin

    And we are back! After a very long delay (you can read why here on the newsletter), I’m delighted to bring you this overdue episode with Dr. Seema Yasmin. Ignore my most awkward intro ever to hear how this brilliant Emmy-award winning journalist, author, medical doctor and professor managed to overcome a challenging childhood and Islamophobia in a small town in England to publishing multiple books and teaching at Stanford by following her passions and pivoting when it felt right! The conversation feels very timely given Seema’s efforts to battle Scientific misinformation, promote reproductive rights and queer and Muslim representation in children’s books. Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! SHOWNOTES for Ep. 96: Connect with Seema through her website and Instagram Buy Unbecoming and The ABCs of Queer History and all of Seema’s books here Other books and other tips we discussed on the show: The Who and the What: A Play (I love Seema’s reading challenge ‘A play a day’) Disgraced and other Ayad Akhtar plays Shefali Luthra’s Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America Support the show via Patreon! Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram! Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!

    1h 5m

  6. 09/05/2024

    Mini-Edit 5: Mystery author Sujata Massey's tips for a fun-filled Back-to-School season

    The dynamic author Sujata Massey joined me in conversation earlier this summer and shared her resolution to make it her best summer by “only reading pleasurable and escapist books”! Why not take this idea into the hectic ‘Back to School’ season too? Join us as Sujata shares more about her latest Perveen Mistry historical mystery set in 1920s India and don’t miss her fun suggestions for light reading and how to make some free fun for yourself WITHOUT getting on a plane! Sujata was first on the podcast on Ep. 60 which you can catch right here! Hear our latest chat now on iTunes,Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! SHOWNOTES for Mini-Edit 5: Connect with Sujata through her website and Instagram Buy the Perveen Mistry Book 4 here (The Mistress of Bhatia House) Other books and other tips we discussed on the show: Tehrangeles by Porochista Khakpour The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction Volumes I and II Wives like Us by Plum Sykes The Lost boy of Santa Chiomia The Franchise Affair and Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey Support the show via Patreon! Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram! Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!

    36 min

  7. 08/05/2024

    Ep. 95: Family stories as our most precious inheritance with writer Ritu Hemnani

    “Why do people migrate?” was the question Ritu Hemnani’s daughter posed to her one day. A deeper look at her own family’s story of migration from Sindh to Hong Kong led this educator to explore the history of the Partition and to share this story with her family and beyond. Author of ‘Lion of the Sky’ a beautiful, middle grade novel in verse, Ritu joins me on this episode to discuss her family’s story of resilience. We chat about the Sindhi language, life in Hong Kong, her experience teaching in an urban British school, and so much more. Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! SHOWNOTES for Ep. 95: Connect with Ritu through her website and Instagram Buy Lion of the Sky Veera Hiranandani’s books on the Partition The Night Diary and Amil & the After Other books and other tips we discussed on the show: Restart by Gordon Korman Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WHite Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai The Forgettery by Rachel Ip Arirang Korean restaurant Support the show via Patreon! Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram! Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!

    45 min

  8. 07/12/2024

    Ep. 94: The joy of children’s books with ‘Girls on Wheels’ author Srividhya Venkat

    Another one for you book lovers out there! Many of us were introduced to the wonder of picture books only once we began reading them to our kids. My latest guest Srividhya Venkat fell in love with children’s books and never looked back (at her former career in accounting)! Srividhya began a second act in early childhood education, and then a third in children’s literature. Her beautiful books ‘Girls on Wheels’ and ‘Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps’ are a wonder, and she has a brand new one out next week celebrating Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi! Join us in this conversation celebrating the joy of kidlit! Listen and rate us on iTunes,Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this, please do tell a friend! SHOWNOTES for Ep. 94: Connect with Srividhya through her website and Instagram Buy Girls on Wheels, Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps and Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi's Fight to End Child Labor Other books we discussed on the show: Where Three Oceans Meet by Rajani LaRocca May Your Life Be Deliciosa: A Picture Book by Michael Genhart Support the show via Patreon! Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram! Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgarden Special thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!

    1h 6m
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Welcome to the Indian Edit, a new series of in-depth interviews with inspiring entrepreneurs, educators and culture-makers. Subscribe here on iTunes and stay updated at http://theindianedit.com and on instagram @theindianeditpodcast

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  • Creator
    Nitasha Manchanda
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Nitasha Manchanda
  • Show Website
    The Indian Edit