In conversation with podcaster
Lakshya Datta, we welcome economist
Shrayana Bhattacharya, author of
Desperately Seeking Shahrukh, to discuss her book and explore possible answers to the question: what do women want? The conversation is coupled with a 30-minute play 'Power Within’, directed by veteran theatre writer-director Dilip Shankar.
Day/Date: Friday, 17.02.2023
Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
The Artist
© Shrayana Bhattacharya
Shrayana Bhattacharya
Shrayana Bhattacharya is a Senior Economist at the World Bank. Her first book of non-fiction Desperately
Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence was published by HarperCollins India in November 2021 and by Liberty Books in Pakistan in August 2022. Shrayana recently won the Atta Galatta BLF Book Prize for Best Non-Fiction for 2022. She has also won the Times of India JK Paper AutHer Prize for Best Non-Fiction Author for 2022 and the SKOCH Economic Forum Prize for literature.
The Moderator
© Lakshya Datta
Lakshya Datta
Lakshya Datta is a writer and founder of Launchora, a storytelling platform and narrative podcast company. Lakshya also hosts Jaipur Bytes - the Jaipur Literature Festival podcast. He was named India’s Top Podcaster of 2021 by JioSaavn.
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