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Welcome to Harshaneeyam Podcast. Today I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Vashalice Kaaba, a brilliant scholar, librarian, grant writer, and the Executive Director of the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. With a Ph.D. from Florida State University and a career helping social impact organizations secure more than $10 million in funding, her work beautifully blends literacy, cultural access, and community transformation. In this episode, Dr. Kaaba shares the deeply personal roots of her care

My guest for today is Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma — an American writer, poet, and translator who has spent more than two decades of his life inside the Tamil language. Thomas first arrived in Madurai in 1998, almost by accident, planning to study Spanish and ecological ethics, and instead found himself apprenticed to a remarkable teacher, Dr. K. V. Ramakoti. That apprenticeship reshaped his entire life, drawing him from spoken Tamil into the world of Sangam poetry, Avvaiyar, and eventually the Ti

Today on Harshaneeyam podcast we are thrilled to speak with author Ann Morgan about her new book, Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing. While many books about reading focus on comfort and coziness, Ann’s latest work takes a refreshing, different approach. The book is built on the realization that if we want to truly read widely, we must first make friends with our own incomprehension. Ann argues that since no one can possibly be an expert in every literature from around the globe, we

Today we are talking to Iswarya who translated Tamil Writer Jeyamohan's short story collection - 'One Million Footsteps' into English. In One Million Footsteps, We meet Ousepachan, a jaded, maverick ex-police officer with razor-sharp wit. He turns his gaze inward, dwelling on the complex minds that commit crimes. We trace transgressions back to raw human drives: love, desire, ego, and power. The Story Collection is layered with history and myth, challenging us to confront deeper truths. To

Daniel's new book, If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation, is part love letter, part close reading, and part globe-trotting investigation — one that took him from Budapest theatre seats to Zoom calls with translators working in everything from Swahili to Bangla. It's a book that asks: when you change everything, can you still keep everything? published in April 2026 - If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation by Daniel Hahn is a non-fiction boo

"Welcome to Harshaneeyam Podcast. Today, we enter the intricate, wickedly humorous, and deeply observant world of Swedish author Ia Genberg. Joining us is the acclaimed translator Kira Josefsson, whose English translation of the short story collection - Small Comfort, has been longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026. Kira is no stranger to Genberg’s sharp prose; she also translated the 2024 International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel The Details. In Small Comfort, the author shift

"Welcome to Harshaneeyam. Today, we delve into a powerful work of Bulgarian literature that has recently made its way to the 2026 International Booker Prize shortlist: 'She Who Remains' by Renée Karbash translated into English by Izidora Angel. The novel explores the life of a 'sworn virgin'—a woman who, according to an ancient Balkan tradition, takes a vow of celibacy and lives as a man to gain the rights and status reserved for men in a patriarchal society. However, Karbash moves beyond the

"Can a work of art ever truly be washed clean of the hands that funded it? Is it possible to create a masterpiece in the shadow of a monster? Today, we are exploring these haunting questions through the lens of The Director—the latest novel by the brilliant German author Daniel Kehlmann and translated into English by Ross Benjamin. Set against the harrowing backdrop of the late 1930s and 1940s, the story follows the legendary film director G.W. Pabst as he returns to Nazi-occupied Austria.

"In this episode, Harshaneeyam Host Anil sits down with Sruthi, a long-time listener of the show, to talk about the launch of the website, harshaneeyam.com. They discuss what’s coming next for the podcast and explore how the site serves as a complete library for all episodes. Now, it is easy to find favorite shows by category, leave detailed reviews, and sign up for the newsletter to stay updated. Head over to www.harshaneeyam.com and take a look around—explore everything the platform has