In some ways, it is an advantage not knowing the language, as it has always pulled me to find people who are really close to the experiences of those I wrote about.Ī You make it sound as if I’ve got a scoop. But having lived here for 25 years and having made friends around the country makes it easier. Q Does being a successful author make the job of finding translators, interpreters and leads – the entire network – easier?Ī No. Not only did I have translators but also people who were close to the contexts and experiences of these people as well. Do you speak Urdu or Hindi?Ī I’ve been learning Hindi for the last 25 years, but it is still not as good as it should be. Q Some of your most noted work has dealt with the Mughal era. I’m quite sure no one in this country can speak all the eight languages in this book. Do you understand these languages?Ī With each one of the stories, I had someone to speak the language and also an interpreter. Q Your book has people from diverse states in India. We go to the UK, Australia and some other countries.
The book launch is tied with the music programme of these artistes. We’re planning to hold a cultural event where the bauls of Bengal and the other artistes who I write about perform while I go launching my book. Q What happens to the subjects you depict in Nine Lives, now that your book on them is done?Ī Well, I’m on a world tour with some of them. Anita Anand's book 'The Patient Assassin' won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize in 2020.A bad review is like a slap on the face, says William Dalrymple on the release of his latest book, Nine Lives.She won the Nazia Hassan Award for 2005 in the category of Upcoming Television Broadcasters.Her family originated from a village near Afghanistan.She is a British radio and television presenter, journalist, and author.He has authored 23 works of fiction and non-fiction.He received the ' Sahitya Academy Award' for his book ' An Era of Darkness' in a non-fiction category in the English language' in 2019.Tharoor was formerly the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.Shashi Tharoor has been serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kerala.He is an Indian former international diplomat, politician and writer.The word Kohinoor means " Mountain of Light" in Persian.It is a part of the British Crown Jewels.Kohinoor is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world.He was awarded the President's Medal of the British Academy in 2018.His books have won the Wolfson Prize for History, the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, the Hemingway, the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and so on.Dalrymple is also one of the co-founders of the Jaipur Literature Festival, the world's largest annual writer's festival.William Dalrymple is a British art historian."Kohinoor: The story of the World's Most Infamous Diamond" is a 2017 book based on the Kohinoor diamond written by William Dalrymple.
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