4.20 Anjana Menon: Writing About Your Backyard Through The Lens Of A Tourist

Find out what makes Kerala unique as a travel destination AND a state. 

Tara and Michelle chat with Anjana Menon about how she uses humour to talk about the larger problems of Kerala in her latest book "Onam in a Nightie: Stories from a Kerala Quarantine". How did she manage to find humour in the mundane, especially during the lockdown? Why does Tara think it’s different from a conventional travel book? How did a Facebook blog turn into a full blown novel? Tune in to find more about Kerala’s culture, food and amazing people!

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Anjana Menon pursued journalism with Bloomberg News. After which she became a founder-editor at Mint, and ended up running her own TV newsroom. Later on, she set up her own content strategy consultancy and co-authored "What's Your Story? The Essential Business Storytelling Handbook". She divides her time living in Delhi and London.

'Books and Beyond with Bound' is a podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D'costa of Bound talk to some of the best writers in India and find out what makes them tick. Follow us @boundindia on all social media. 

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