Parmesh Shahani, Vice President at Godrej Industries and Lab Head at India Culture Lab is in conversation with Laxmi Krishnan on the 30th Episode of Lit Nama. Exploring the intricacies of writing about queer lives, communities, inclusion the politics of representation, they look back at queer histories and timeline of queer movement in India through the Milestones archived in Shahani's latest book Queeristan. They also discuss the future of the Queer inclusion at workplace, writing a resource and research-driven business book that is as much a memoir as an HR guide, the power of Gen Z in the movement, and their mutual love for Bombay.

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On this episode of Lit Nama, Laxmi is in conversation with Behavioural Researcher, Slow Traveler, and Podcaster Utsav Mamoria where they travel through their (good and bad) memories, talking about experiences and lessons Utsav picked up on through his slow travel experiences. They also talk about the complex interstices of History, Politics, Geography and Memory, how slow travel uncovers newer truths about places and time and attempt to decode the basics of travel writing. Psst: Utsav talks about his work-in-progress book too!

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In this episode, Laxmi is in conversation with the Namrata "social media manager of mother earth" Menon who is a videographer/editor based out of Mumbai. Namrata's skill set lies in working on inclusive projects not just by participating in them but by also creating them. Be it working on-ground documenting events to protests, to using reels to talk about laws and acts - she makes the most of every space accessible. But what is the politics of this space like? If activism is a part of all walks of life, how does one rest or can one rest at all? In the eyes of collective revolutions, what do individual efforts amount up to? Tune in to hear Namrata answer all these questions and more on this episode of Lit Nama.

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On this episode of Lit Nama, Laxmi is joined by Saurabh Singh aka Art.Soopified who is an artist, illustrator, caricaturist, and a graphic designer at Social Samosa. Talking about Saurabh's journey as a self-taught artist, they talk about being an artist in times where plagiarism goes hand in hand with recognition, the culture around art and appreciation, fandom and it's life-changing impact, and the probable future of Digital Art. You can follow Saurabh on @art.soopified on Instagram.

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Reading is often looked at as a solitary exercise. How do you let someone in on the fictional world that exists in your head - a place you have made your self home at, at your own accord? But what if there more people that think like you, more worlds that exist and you'd get a chance to see how similar settings chart out anew in different heads? In times where (virtual) book clubs are making a comeback, how do existing literary communities catch up with the ever-evolving world of literature? In this episode of Lit Nama, Laxmi is in conversation with Pravin Subramanian, Founder of SwapBook! tracing how literary communities are formed and sustained over the years in different capacities.

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As conversations around Climate Change and Global Warming have made their way into living rooms across the globe, it is natural to wonder what can one do (apart from holding corporations accountable) on a personal level. Similar bewilderment led Laxmi to Brown Living and to Chaitsi. Tune in to listen to Chaitsi Ahuja (Founder and CEO, Brown Living) and Laxmi explore the process and impact of sustainable and low-waste living, evolving fashion and lifestyle trends towards sustainability, and the evolving cultures and literature around the same.

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Ikigai roughly translates to a reason for being. It is commonly understood to lie exactly where these four facets intersect: what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, what can you be paid for. When Harshit set out to explore and find his Ikigai, what was his journey like? He took a plunge into his passion at a significant peak of his career but how did he calculate this leap of faith? In this conversation, Laxmi and Harshit look at art and the independent artist's life and what does this independence mean, what comes after the leap of faith and how does an artist sustain their passion in a world that is still grappling to understand their significance. Can you absolutely achieve Ikigai or is Ikigai nothing but an act that makes you work harder to arrive there? Tune in to find out!

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Katarvel (Marathi) means the time when evening scissors into the night. In this conversation, Laxmi and Anish attempt to trace what books and literature mean for them as individuals, their experience of studying literature as a way to understand the world around them and how Anish translates these learning experiences into his work with The Dara Shikoh Fellowship, Pink List India, and as a writer, translator, and art curator. Tune in for a dive into understanding the relationship between theory and praxis and how they scissor into each other and overlap, civic consciousness, and the current trends in Humanities and Academia through the intersections of gender and sexuality. Bonus: Anish reads an original poem in the second half of the conversation.

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