About Githa Hariharan

About Githa Hariharan

Githa Hariharan requires little introduction to the reader of contemporary Indian fiction. Her novels include The Thousand Faces of Night (1992, winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize), The Ghosts of Vasu Master (1994), When Dreams Travel (1999) and In Times of Siege (2003). She has also written an acclaimed book of short stories--The Art of Dying (1993), co-edited a book of children's fiction--Sorry, Best Friend!-- and edited a collection of translations into English of stories from South Indian Languages--A Southern Harvest. Her most recent work is a collection of stories for young readers entitled The Winning Team. Her novels have been translated into a number of European and South Asian languages and both The Thousand Faces of Night and In Times of Siege were also published in English in England and the United States. She writes a regular column for the major Indian newspaper The Telegraph. More information on her books, as well as links to reviews and other interviews may be found at her official website.

This conversation with Arnab Chakladar was conducted almost entirely in person on August 12, 2005 at Githa Hariharan's residence in New Delhi. The conversation was recorded and transcribed; a few follow-up questions were asked and responded to over email. While the transcript has been cosmetically edited to make it a more "readerly" text this is essentially presented as it happened, a free-flowing conversation rather than a structured interview.

Read the conversation here.

Discuss it here.

(Photograph of Githa Hariharan on the front page by Arnab Chakladar)


home about contact policies submissions feature archives audio visual writing reviews forums art film & television food literature music society & culture elsewhere desilit parabaas sasialit sawnet upper stall	About Githa Hariharan Githa Hariharan requires little introduction to the reader of contemporary Indian fiction. Her novels include The Thousand Faces of Night (1992, winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize), The Ghosts of Vasu Master (1994), When Dreams Travel (1999) and In Times of Siege (2003). She has also written an acclaimed book of short stories--The Art of Dying (1993), co-edited a book of children's fiction--Sorry, Best Friend!-- and edited a collection of translations into English of stories from South Indian Languages--A Southern Harvest. Her most recent work is a collection of stories for young readers entitled The Winning Team. Her novels have been translated into a number of European and South Asian languages and both The Thousand Faces of Night and In Times of Siege were also published in English in England and the United States. She writes a regular column for the major Indian newspaper The Telegraph. More information on her books, as well as links to reviews and other interviews may be found at her official website. This conversation with Arnab Chakladar was conducted almost entirely in person on August 12, 2005 at Githa Hariharan's residence in New Delhi. The conversation was recorded and transcribed; a few follow-up questions were asked and responded to over email. While the transcript has been cosmetically edited to make it a more "readerly" text this is essentially presented as it happened, a free-flowing conversation rather than a structured interview. Read the conversation here. Discuss it here. (Photograph of Githa Hariharan on the front page by Arnab Chakladar)