The quiet, bookish narrator who walks with a limp and often feels like the odd one out is drawn to the story of the beautiful Mohua who died a hundred years ago but still resides in her ancestral mansion on Moira Street in the heart of Old Calcutta. He finds himself outside the dilapidated mansion one day, sipping cha at a local tea stall and listening to the oddball cha wala narrate the story of the Deys who once owned the mansion. Unable to resist the temptation to make his life more meaningful the narrator enters the mansion, only to find that his life will never be the same again.

Episode 1 'Mohua'

In this episode of The Yodakin Podcast we bring to you Miss Hadd from Padmini Mongia's collection of short stories titled 'Baby Looking Out and Other Stories'. 

One evening Miss Hadd sits down and tells young children a frightening story---a story that could come true because all her stories are true. All you have to do is look, and see.

Episode 2 'Miss Hadd'

On 13th December 2019, Goldsmiths Award nominee, Sarah Ladipo Manyika sat down with Arpita Das, Publisher-Founder of Yoda Press. Their candid conversation over coffee included Sarah's inspiration behind her extraordinary novel, her love for stories that remain untold and most importantly, why she feels that it is the young people of today that grapple most with the anxiety around ageing.

In conversation with Sarah Ladipo Manyika

Arpita Das and psychotherapist and author Nupur Dhingra Paiva sit down to discuss the effects of lock down across the world due to COVID19. How children are the most affected but are also the most resilient. Nupur Dhingra Paiva also talks about the way children's coping mechanisms have a lot to teach us about how we view our self isolation.

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In conversation with Nupur Dhingra Paiva

Bhaswati Ghosh and Arpita Das sit down to discuss Victory Colony, 1950, Ghosh's debut novel on the aftermath of the Indian Partition. They discuss the inspiration behind the novel, which is set in Calcutta, its deeply resilient protagonist Amala Manna and how history has treated the Partition on the eastern border of India.

In conversation with Bhaswati Ghosh

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