Episode 22: In conversation with Arshi Javaid, Neeta Kolhatkar, and Namita Waikar | Ananke Lit Fest 2025

Our 22nd episode is a special one, where Arpita Das, Founder-Publisher of Yoda Press, moderates a panel between three of our authors, as part of the 2025 Ananke Literature Festival. She talks to Arshi Javaid, author of Yaadgah: Memories of Srinagar; Neeta Kolhatkar, author of The Feared: Conversations with 11 Political Prisoners; and Namita Waikar, author of Farmers Protest! A Movement for Our Times.

The theme for this year's festival was 'Speaking Truth to Power', which we believe each of these titles epitomise, through their powerful words; of hope, of resistance. The panel was originally recorded and uploaded in April 2025.

Each of the aforementioned titles are available on Amazon through the links attached below, as well as in independent bookstores.

Yaadgah: https://amzn.in/d/gG6ZobE

The Feared (with Simon & Schuster): https://amzn.in/d/gG6ZobE

Farmers Protest!: https://amzn.in/d/h0wPWv5

Yoda Press on Instagram: @yodapress

Arpita Das on X (formerly Twitter): @arpitayodapress

The opening song is 'Typewriter' by Eric Taboel via Epidemic Sound.

This podcast has been edited and produced by Tara Mathur.