For over 70 years, Bahrisons Booksellers has been connecting readers with the stories they love. Now, we’re taking the next step with The Reading List, a new podcast celebrating Indian authors and the vibrant voices shaping today’s literary landscape. Hosted by Aashna Malhotra, each episode brings thoughtful conversations with Indian authors about creativity, storytelling, and the heart behind every great book.
If you love meeting the people behind the pages, you’ll feel right at home here.
Follow along; your next great conversation starts here.
For over 70 years, Bahrisons Booksellers has been connecting readers with the stories they love. Now, we’re taking the next step with The Reading List, a new podcast celebrating Indian authors and the vibrant voices shaping today’s literary landscape. Hosted by Aashna Malhotra, each episode brings thoughtful conversations with Indian authors about creativity, storytelling, and the heart behind every great book.
If you love meeting the people behind the pages, you’ll feel right at home here.
Follow along; your next great conversation starts here.
In this episode of The Reading List, author Anirudh Kanisetti takes us beyond kings and battlefields into the everyday rhythms of life under the Chola Empire. With rich research and vivid storytelling, he brings the past alive, not just through court politics and royal ambition, but through emotion, conflict, and the choices of ordinary people.
From family feuds to the surprisingly savvy PR moves of nobles, this episode invites you to see Indian history in a whole new light.
If you’ve ever wondered how the past still echoes in our language, buildings, identities, and daily life, this is a thoughtful and refreshing way to revisit it, and maybe even rethink your own story.