At the Jaipur Lit Fest with Vidya Balan to discuss our film Shakuntala Devi with Vani Tripathi Tikoo
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
And We Won...!!
There's nothing more precious than to have a Young Adult jury select your book as the winner, from amidst a formidable line-up of some...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
When Tendulkar Tweeted Abut My Book (gulp!)...
And then this happened....I was at Sainsbury's when I started getting messages that Tendulkar had Tweeted about Across the Line. I've...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
Genghis & I are cool and Cosmopolitan...
Now who'd have thought that Genghis Khan would get me into the Cosmopolitan :)
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
'Across the Line of Leadership & Literature'
My second thought on skimming through this was - me and 'a dashing life'? Really? Then I figured - of course my life was dashing...I...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
South Asia Book Award for Across the Line!
A small ray of sunshine came my way today amidst all the bleakness. 'Across the Line' has been selected in the Honours List of the 2020...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
Jaipur Lit Fest & Penguin Invited Me to Speak for their wonderful 'Read For Resilience' Initiative
To be honest, the last couple of days have taken their toll on my resilience. In this little video clip filmed last week, I speak for JLF...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
Recommended Teen Reads
So thrilled to have Across the Line feature in this stellar line-up of books for young adults, recommended by prize-winning author Paro...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Ambushed Word Search!
Here's a fun word hunt to keep you busy! Look for the words highlighted in red - they could read forwards, backwards, up, down or...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Once Upon A Book With Penguin
Get your dose of some seriously FUN-TASTIC stories every day with these awesome authors! Tune in everyday at 6.30pm from 30th March,...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Lockdown Tales
So thrilled to be in such august company with all these wonderful authors - coming soon to a (small) screen near you...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Feb 24, 2020
- 1 min
Deeply deeply grateful to Vidya Balan, Sachin Tendulkar for their ever generous words...
Also my heartfelt thanks to Asma Khan (feted restaurateur), Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Oscar winning filmmaker) & Asif Farrukhi (founder of...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Jan 28, 2020
- 2 min
Character Building
On my school visits, I’m sometimes asked – where do the characters in your stories come from? Well, most of them just show up,...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Nov 2, 2019
- 0 min
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Nov 2, 2019
- 1 min
Bookaroo Lit Fest Beckons! (And I just love this caricature they've created for my profile!!)
Nayanika Mahtani once harboured dreams of being a stage actor but became an investment banker instead. She is now an author and...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Oct 17, 2019
- 1 min
It's here - and I'm so glad this story chose me!
Rooted in the Partition of the subcontinent, this is a tale of borders and beliefs shaped by the games people play. In book stores by...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Jun 20, 2019
- 1 min
My debut writing for cinema :)
I first saw the 'Human Computer' Shakuntala Devi when she did a Maths show at my school in Kolkata. I was 6 but I remember she seemed...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Mar 26, 2019
- 1 min
Hot Off the Press! :)
A collection of short stories for children by various Indian authors including Ruskin Bond, Rabindranath Tagore, Sudha Murty and somehow...
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Nayanika Mahtani
- Sep 30, 2018
- 0 min
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