Ep. 495: feat. Laxmi Krishnan

This week, Cyrus is joined by Laxmi Krishnan, host of Lit Nama on the IVM network, to talk about the origin of her podcast and the purpose behind it, her thoughts on Chetan Bhagat, her love for literature, the state of regional literature in India, literature teachers and looking at literature in its pure form. Wow, that's a lot of 'literature'!

You can follow Laxmi on Instagram and Twitter @literarychills

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Ep. 390: Feat. Jerry Pinto

On this week's episode of Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by professor, poet, author, and man who loves to take long walks - Jerry Pinto. Jerry talks about being a math tutor in his teens and a certain celebrity student he tried to teach, his experience of winning a national award, and his offbeat method of teaching. In the second half he traces his writing career - from writing 28 pieces in one paper to putting his experiences with his mother into his novel 'Em and the Bog Hoom'. He even puts Cyrus' writing through a critical lens.

Follow Jerry Pinto on instagram @mahimkajerry

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Ep. 375: Feat. Chetan Bhagat

This week on Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by bestselling author, columnist (and once a dance reality show judge) Chetan Bhagat. Chetan talks to Cyrus about the "socials" from his IIT days, the moment his boss realized he was a popular author, his new non-fiction book 'India Positive', how he thinks the 2019 general elections are different from the 2014 one, how being neutral is more risky than picking a side in today's discourse and more.

Follow Chetan on twitter at @chetan_bhagat 

You can order 'India Positive' here: https://www.amazon.in/India-Positive-Essays-Selected-Columns/dp/1542044162

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Ep. 327: Satyajit Roy & Raachyeta Sharma of The Open Library Project

On this week's Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by Raachyeta Sharma and Satyajit Roy of the Open Library Project. The 3 of them discuss:

• Raachyeta's jump from a banking job to running a library

• Why Satyjit is called 'Onion Knight'

• Cyrus's favourite books and obsession with history

• Satyajit and Raachyeta's podcast ablut books called 'Paperback'

• Reading habits in India

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