Books have a way of getting into our DNA, burrowing deep into the way we see the world, our place in it, and the possibilities of change or the complexities of acceptance. In this episode, writer and media analyst Achala Upendran curates a set of readings that were chosen because of their formative role in one's worldview, or because they opened up a different way of seeing.

Books featured in the episode:

1. Matilda, Roald Dahl (read by Anuja Vaidya)

2. A Little Princess, Francis Hodgson Burnett (read by Priyanka Mookerjee)

3. The Giver, Lois Lowry (read by Shreya Jindal)

4. The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly (read by Achala Upendran)

5. A Two Toned Tale, Bonophool (read by Ramona Sen)

7. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (read by Neha Vaddadi)

8. If This is a Man, Primo Levi (read by Tarini Mookerjee)

Some of the readers are writers too! Do check out their books:

Hedon by Priyanka Mookerjee (Penguin, 2016)

Simply Complicated and Another Chance at Life by Shreya Jindal (Penguin Metro Reads)

Crème Brulee by Ramona Sen (Rupa, 2016)

The Sultanpur Chronicles: The Shadowed City by Achala Upendran (Hachette, 2018)