BoTcast Episode 28 - Contemporary Female Fiction with Deepanjana Pal

This rather long video features a lot of 'accurate jokes', laughter, fan-girling and many many book recommendations!
Books Discussed which you can buy:
Hush A Bye Baby by Deepanjana Pal
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Circe by Madeline Miller
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Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
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Iliad by Homer
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The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
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Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
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Cats Eye by Margaret Atwood
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My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
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Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
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Power by Naomi Alderman
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
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Freshwater by A. EMEZI
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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
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Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
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Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
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Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders
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Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
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Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
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A God In Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie
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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
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The Books on Toast BoTCast is a weekly show where we discuss literature: the good, the bad, the timepass, the serious, the best, the worst and everything else in between. We have a new guest and topic in every episode, so be sure to check back every Wednesday to see waddup!
Episode 28: Contemporary Female Fiction
Guest: Deepanjana Pal
Shot and edited by: Yohann Benson
Lights: Dinkar Dwivedi
Sound Recording and Mixing: Nishant Agarwal, Culture Shoq Productions
Venue: Cuckoo Club, Bandra, Mumbai ( toocuckoo)
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[@mukulgarg4619]

Oh My God! This has to be the best BotCast ever. Now I can buy more cool books so that I cannot read them. Thank you

[@sattvi]

Also love Sharin doing her thing while not actually speaking :D

[@kya_farak_padega]

I thought she would be starting with * drum sound * THIS is Newslaundry and You're listening to NLHafta.

[@ShivamSingh-qz3kh]

@Vatsal Purohit I miss those days when Deepnajana used to host that podcast.

[@overthemoon8905]

This episode was so bloody good! Please do get Depanjana on the show again P. S. I wish the three of you were my best friends. You seem so fun to hang out with!

[@geetikasaxena5798]

The magic of BOT is back! Loved it. Got my next set of dope :) Beeeeest episode

[@artemist99]

This episode was such a BLAST guys great work👌 So many great recommendations BUT Madeline Miller!!!! People, if you've not read The Song of Achilles please do yourself a favour and read it, it's so achingly beautiful. Also Donna!!!Tartt!!! She reminds me of Nicole Krauss, another author who does characters and emotions so well- The History of Love is amazing! Also thanks for inspiring me to pick up The Goldfinch, should've picked it up right after I read The Secret History tbh. I'll stop rambling now 😂 PS. The Penelopiad is part of the Canongate Myth series.

[@riddhikotecha913]

Such lovely 58 and a half minutes! Thank you Books on Toast :)

[@pranavkalambi9365]

Fun fact: from the Spiderman comment, Spiderwoman (Jessica Drews) can actually produce bioelectricity from her hands. P.S. Great episode you guys.

[@BooksonToast]

Woah! That's a really fun fact. Thanks Pranav.

[@nickeltesla7375]

So manyyyy amazing recs after such a looooooooong time, yay! Read only 3 of the books discussed, SO MUCH TO READ NOW

[@twashti]

Books on toast I am really thankful for coming up with this botcast , it was amazing and , so much to learn from you all . You are inspiring me (and many others) day by day by your videos and knowledge. Many thanks and more power to you

[@prathameshrane5841]

Random recco:'The thirteenth tale' by Diane Setterfield,an amazing Gothic suspense!

[@Tryingtobringchange]

Finished 'The children of blood and bone' in one sitting. It was just impossible to put it down.Thanks for the recommendation.

[@ifbut_then]

thanks alot for making such informative and interesting videos

[@rucjos]

One of the best episodes on this channel, amongst the one with Kanan, Tujeja

[@poojaharish752]

Can we have an episode on world war (1&2) and Indian history (non fiction)?

[@sattvi]

I hate all the cuts you have in between... Makes me go paranoid thinking about what inappropriate joke I am missing :(

[@RoannaFernandes]

hey, i think the pen deepanjana is talking about might be a livescribe one? (also: i want to read the bloody chamber too, now.) + there is a fair chance i have said this, before but cannot remember now; this is a brilliant episode filled with so many gems. i am definitely going to read as many of these as i can! best episode of 2018, can i just say? okay, bye, guys. i can never get enough of this show. i hope i never ever tire of it.

[@SacredGaea]

This was a great episode! Thanks guys!

[@gwendolinetatah8930]

I actually enjoyed today's discussion cos it was on female fiction and in the process of joggling with one here... There was diversity which to me is a strong point and we were exposed to different varieties. I also love today's guest because I am a pedantic kind of person too and pay attention to details. Hopefully these podcast will push me in the right direction. And to top it all I loved the involvement of all and deep discussions. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@AdityaPatil1993]

Truly great discussion and amazing suggestions!!!

[@deepanjalisingh8427]

My name is almost Deepanjana😆😆😂😂 Also great episode!

[@stormgirl2cs]

The Handmaid's Tale is a Hulu production and not Netflix, unfortunately.

[@flyovermyhead2]

Please bring her back

[@20shourya]

that's what he said.

[@srijitabhattacharya9235]

NEED her back. Favourite episode.

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@Rajaas_Reading_Corner]

Honestly, I read women authors by default because Y.A is usually my go to and it teaches me alot and it's very female dominated. And I just find it so enlightening.

[@tanyafernandes6475]

Please make this a series!

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@roshanrajsingh5494]

There isn't any link for the books discussed! 😥

[@BooksonToast]

There is now! And as N'Sync once said, "BUY BUY BUY!" (Those were the lyrics right?)

[@ashutoshmishra1890]

Could you please try doing the podcasts in a more casual way like don't look at the camera and sit casually and talk to each other. BTW love wat you doing.

[@RoannaFernandes]

i loved this so much that i am watching it again! 💛

[@kunaljain8527]

I've been waiting for this!!

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@pyruspashia]

Hi...can't get my attention away from sharin's necklace....love it...plz tell me the source...

[@bijayprakashupadhyaya6995]

This is the best episode.

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@shrutiv1471]

OH MY GODDDDDDDD! TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOME IS AMAZHIINNGGGGGGGG

[@AnuyaJakatdar]

Shruti Vasave AND HEARTBREAKING

[@rummaankhurshid7625]

Superb! Superb! Superb!

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@aroratanvi9]

Series of funny, witty books!

[@anant7101]

Holy Trinity.

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@sasi_kumar96]

One can't forgot depanjana pals bahubali movie review.. She expects secularism in movies

[@sudeeptapradhan8427]

Phenelopiad is a part of the myth series. Ali Smith girl meets boys is really good, also Jeanette's Winterson Weight are great in this series. It's by penguin publishers

[@AnuyaJakatdar]

Sudeepta Pradhan I've read The Stone Gods and its delightful

[@sudeeptapradhan8427]

Also if you guys get the chance please read books by Manjhushree Thapa particularly The tutor of history it's really good

[@abonmathew825]

Talented Mr Ripley book also by women

[@AM-sp6je]

The best Title on KZbin ever "deepanja yt final" :P

[@AnuyaJakatdar]

Abhishek we almost called it YT Deepanjana semi final. It was a tough 20 seconds.

[@AM-sp6je]

Anuya Jakatdar 😂 it was very enjoyable as usual. Sidenote: black suits you.

[@jesminsadique2345]

why don't you do a video on poem for beginners?

[@20shourya]

nursery rhymes?

[@vaibhav6826]

You guys did not mention Zadie Smith. It's weird

[@mrinaldo]

No clickbait round?

[@123ayisha]

👍 you guys are amazing ❤

[@aashna4738]

DONNA TARTT. DONNA TARTT YES YES

[@harshada7827]

How is no one discussing the harry potter pen?? :O

[@coolhood904]

Harshada Upasani not funny

[@raashimudholkar5800]

I wished you talked more about Thing around your neck :(

[@coolhood904]

Raashi Mudholkar wish*

[@coolhood904]

Raashi Mudholkar you'd *

[@umarshaikh3398]

Hey, where's the clickbait round? WTF

[@ShivamSingh-qz3kh]

I love jaana

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@rupalimaurya4964]

Please have a separate podcast on witty books..

[@AnuyaJakatdar]

Rupali Maurya our first one with Ashish Shakya!!

[@acharyavivek51]

learnt a lot about feminism. thanks.

[@20shourya]

that's what she said.

[@raashimudholkar5800]

Why does Deepanjana hate Bengalis? What did we do?

[@somnathchanda1250]

BongBomb...guest was smarter than the hosts

[@paarthokar1606]

Please do a Botcast for LGBTQ+ books. Please. Please.Please.

[@9999shashi]

Best 😁😍

[@RoannaFernandes]

i might be beginning my first chimamanda book, tonight!!!

[@BooksonToast]

YAY! Which one?

[@RoannaFernandes]

i am thinking: either americanah or the book of short stories - which do you recommend i read first, if at all? (i had planned to start, last night but my phone battery was really low... )

[@palakvalecha5136]

How is Amy from Gone Girl an awful character?

[@AnuyaJakatdar]

palak valecha awful human, GREAT character

[@LeaderofMen26]

Newlaundry ki jai ho

[@pinkjammiesss666]

This podcast was awful. The pathetic Deepanjana Pal's phony, trite and antiquated comments about Bengalis was the worst part of the whole podcast. It was like a desperate attempt at humor. Any fool in India can get away with making fun of Bengalis. Bengalis would never attack anyone if somebody criticized them. So Deepanjana simply selected the most peaceful people to defecate upon. The fact that Deepanjana is trying to score points by criticizing her own peaceful community is enough to expose her as a fraud. It is worse than virtue signaling. It is just mediocrity. In fact, it is worse than mediocrity. Btw, I am a Malayali.