{"id":160,"date":"2017-05-16T11:52:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T11:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/githahariharan.com\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2025-02-12T14:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:37:21","slug":"about-githa-hariharan-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/githahariharan.com\/?page_id=160","title":{"rendered":"Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Interviews<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1495537384522{margin-top: 45px !important;margin-bottom: 35px !important;}” el_class=”sec-title”]Read[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]‘Lived diversity under threat, exclusion process has begun’: Githa Hariharan speaks to Nawaid Anjum on her edited book This Too Is India: Conversations on Diversity and Dissent<\/a>
\nThe Federal, <\/i>February 11, 2025[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]India a Begumpura of reason & compassion: Githa Hariharan<\/a>
\nDeccan Chronicle, <\/i>December 14, 2024
\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan in conversation with Yuvanika on I Have Become the Tide shortlisted in the English Fiction category of the PFC-VoW Book Awards 2020.<\/a>
\nValley of Words VoW Connect \/ Episode 26 \u2013\u00a0<\/i>September 2020[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\u2018\u0d32\u0d4b\u0d15\u0d02 \u0d2e\u0d41\u0d34\u0d41\u0d35\u0d28\u0d4d\u200d \u0d35\u0d46\u0d31\u0d41\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4d \u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d1a\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d15\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d23\u0d4d, \u0d28\u0d3f\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d33\u0d4d\u200d \u0d15\u0d47\u0d30\u0d33\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d4d\u200d \u0d1c\u0d40\u0d35\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d41 \u0d0e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d24\u0d41\u0d24\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d46 \u0d2d\u0d3e\u0d17\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d02\u2019<\/a>
\nMathrubhumi, February 2020[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\u2018Voices of Dalit Women More Marginal Than Men \u2013 That’s Why Their Resistance Hits Hard\u2019<\/a>
\nThe Wire\u00a0<\/i>May 2019[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]There is no single authority in my stories<\/a>
\nHindu\u00a0<\/i>Apr 2019[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]TM Krishna, Githa Hariharan, Hemant Divate on signing appeal urging citizens to ‘vote out hate politics’<\/a>
\nFirstPost\u00a0<\/i>Apr 2019[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan On Writing About Caste, Dissent, And Resistance<\/a>
\nShethePeople,<\/em> March 2019[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]There is no such thing as an objective fiction writer<\/a>
\nThe Indian Express,<\/em> March 2019[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan on her latest novel I Have Become The Tide, Rohith Vemula, politics of her writing<\/a>
\nFirstpost, <\/em>March 2019[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan\u2019s Response to Aniruddhan Vasudevan Declining the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation<\/a>
\nNewsclick,<\/em> February 2018[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We are talking of more than writers\u2019 rights; we are talking of letting people live<\/a>
\nWriters and Free Expression,<\/em> July 2017[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Freedom of speech is an index of maturity of a society
\n<\/a>Governance Now,<\/em> April 2017[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan Talks Indian Femme Fatales and Politics
\n<\/a>Ploughshares,<\/em> September 2016[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]An Interview with Author Githa Hariharan
\n<\/a> Tishman Review,<\/em> 2016[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Everything is a soft target today unless you are male, Hindu, upper caste, rich and preferably in government
\nCatch News,<\/em> October 2015[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Non-fiction: a fiction writer\u2019s gift<\/a>
\nLive Mint,\u00a0<\/em>February 2015[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]An Interview with Githa Hariharan
\n<\/a>curledup.com,<\/em> 2003[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Plea for Pluralism
\n<\/a>The Hindu,<\/em> April 2003[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The cerebral erotica was fun
\n<\/a>Outlook India,<\/em> February 1999[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”sec-title”]Watch[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\u0932\u0947\u0916\u0915 \u0915\u094b \u092d\u0935\u093f\u0937\u094d\u092f \u0915\u0940 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0926 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f<\/a>
\nNewsclick<\/em>, July 2021[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan in conversation with Ritu Menon, Ranjit Hoskote and Sudhanva\u00a0Deshpande<\/a>
\nGalp Lok<\/em>, June 2021[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan in conversation with Manju Jaidka<\/a>
\nShoolini Literature Festival<\/em>, February 2021[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan in Conversation with Ngugi wa Thiong\u2019o<\/a>
\nIndian Cultural Forum<\/em>, March 2018[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan in Conversation with Perumal Murugan<\/a>
\nIndian Cultural Forum<\/em>, December 2017[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Githa Hariharan in Conversation with TM Krishna<\/a>
\nKerala Literature Festival<\/em>, 2016[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The ‘Epic’ Controversy of Ramanujan’s Essay: A Writer’s Perspective
\n<\/a>Newsclick<\/em>, October 2011[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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