BoTCast Episode 17: Father's Day Special

The self-confessed Young Adults in our life, Prakash Jakatdar and Raminder Jit Singh, who kickstarted our crazy reading habits tell us what kickstarted theirs. Stand by for classics, philosophy, history, and Punjabi and Marathi regional literature.
Ganit and Vidyan by Dr. Jayant Naralikar
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Indian Summer by Alex Von Tunzelmann
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The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan
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The Anthology of New Writing
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No Orchids for Miss Blandish
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Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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The Godfather by Mario Puzo
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Das Kapital by Karl Marx
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The Outsider/ Stranger by Albert Camus
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The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
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Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
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Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Coyle
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Pinjar by Amrita Pritam
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Train To Pakistan
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Shiv Kumar Batalvi
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Ek Shoonya Bajirao
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Three Plays, Girish Karnad
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Five Plays, Vijay Tendulkar
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Ashi Pakhre Yeti by Vijay Tendulkar
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Ghashiram Kotwal by Vijay Tendulkar
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Complete Works of Premchand
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Aashad ka Ek Din
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The Magus by John Fowles
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Shot by: Arjit Sahai, Culture Shoq Productions
Edited by: Dinkar Dwivedi, Flarepath Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Sound Recording and Mixing: Nishant Agarwal, Culture Shoq Productions
Venue: Cuckoo Club, Bandra, Mumbai ( toocuckoo)
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[@jakash1954]

My self Prakash Jakatdar Anuya's father would like to thank all viewers of this channel for such a generous appreciation of what was actually an informal chat with our talented girls.

[@geetgeorge9696]

Hello Mr. Prakash, it was such a pleasure to be introduced to you. You've more charisma than almost all of the guests who have appeared on BoTcast yet. Also, please keep coming back for more episodes.

[@nilshedge4717]

Mr .Prakash. ..I am absolutely in jibe with you on the Topic of reading Marathi literature, which is now a days like a forgotten case ...Also, appriciate your reading regime . Hope to see you again the BoT ...!!!

[@omkarmanjrekar6430]

Sir you are amazing.

[@20shourya]

R D Sharma - it has many horror stories about people trying to find their x's.

[@maitreyeesarma5190]

Mr Jakatdar, waiting for another video with both of you.

[@99999shivam]

Anuya's father is so well read and also a very good orator. We need few more episodes with him.

[@BooksonToast]

We'll definitely get him on for more

[@padmajakulkarni28]

Some of marathi books also!(any extended epoisde)

[@Rahulkumar-nh5cv]

ACADEMICS STUDY DOESN"T PROMOTE LOVE FOR LITERATURE. YOU GUYS ARE DOING GOOD WORK FOR INDIAN EDUCATION METAPHORICALLY HRD . KEEP THE GODD

[@sharinbhatti1920]

[@mugdhachadha]

You both are blessed to have such progressive and learned men as your fathers. I see where your love for reading comes from. I wish my parents read or even encouraged me to read. I discovered the world of books and my love of it much much later in life. I missed out on that during my childhood. Now I pledge to pass it on to my kids!

[@crashpointXzero]

Great episode. Very insightful. I noticed an interesting pattern in the gap in what Anuya and Sharin's father's readings were and what we pick off a bookshelf now. What they read wasn't tagged "cool" by being made into a movie or a TV show. Maybe what they read demanded the kind of involvement that only those times permitted. They internalised what they read, while we, and I speak strictly for myself, we want to externalize it, we have this compulsive need to speak about it, tweet about it. There is no harm in doing that but there is more talk and less work nowadays. Their fathers were cool with the end in itself. They didn't have to explicitly make peace with it. It was that way. No frills. While we, we are sadly living in a time where the means and the mediums are shallow enough and wide enough to lock us in and drain us out.

[@tigerinthetunnel]

Saurabh Hirani Did you take English coching from Shashi Tharoor :D

[@SP-pg5ew]

completely agree !

[@mashpranav]

Saurabh Hirani Well said!

[@amazingbluebubble]

oh my 36 crore gods.... SO TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vadlamudisaikrishna]

You are. My reading habits make for a happy secret.

[@pratikahire2375]

so good to see prakash sir in this video, he was of great help for me to crack the IIT exam, also many may not know but he is damn good at playing mouth organ.

[@hahagaurav]

Prakash Jakatdar Sir and Raminder Sir a soothing combination of activeness and calmness!

[@sharinbhatti1920]

[@akshatpujara9800]

Who Rohan?...what kenny??......Dads are rockin it! I wish i would be half as cool as these dads.🙌🙌🙌🙌😍😍😍😍 A big thanks to BooksOnToast!

[@sumitshetty42]

Anuya's dad is like the cool professor in colleges. Loved the episode guys!

[@apoorvapuri8964]

Wow. I could listen to them talk for hours! This was so great

[@procstrat42]

this was an awesome episode! I wish I had Anuya's father as a professor in college. He explains concepts so thoroughly and in a practical manner. Same with Sharin's father (even though he isn't a professor by profession). It's so nice to see all the types of books they're passionate about, especially the regional literature.

[@anujakelkar3845]

Anuya, my father and I have similar conversations all the time. I never got into the habit of reading Marathi literature. This video reminded me of my father and I shared this video with him immediately! Thank you for running this channel for bibliophiles like us! 😊 I love it and mention it to all the book nerds like me.

[@BooksonToast]

[@swapnilchavan1]

finally you guys have got real people on BOTcast

[@smritisant]

Just a Matter of Time. That was the James Hadley Chase book Sharin's dad was talking about. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_a_Matter_of_Time_(novel)

[@omkarkulkarni8918]

This is gonna be one of the best episodes of BoTCast. I loved Marathi poems in my school days and today's podcast gave me an instant trigger to read some more. Thanks to Anuya's and Sharin's Dads. I was so hooked to this podcast for nearly an hour. AMAZING EPISODE!!!

[@KoushikMuddu]

Books on Toast Anuya on Roast😂😂😂

[@shivanigole1665]

Oh my God!! Anuya's​ father is same like my mom and mamaji... Although my mom forced me to read a lot of Marathi literature, I left Marathi books after the age of 14. Many of the Marathi books Anuya's father has read are my mom's favourite. Anuya's father is so relatable to my mom. I think I should pick up a couple of Marathi books from my mom's shelf. It is an irony how my taste of books is almost as same as that of Anuya's and at the same time my mom relates to Anuya's father.

[@VijayJadhav-sb7xe]

the sweetest and the best episode soo far!! anuyaa's dad was soo cool and well read and so was sharon's . No wonder both girls have reading in their blood!!

[@sharinbhatti1920]

Thanks Vijay

[@sierraromeomike]

Sirs, your daughters rock!

[@ayustikaaa]

now we know where the funny genes come from! guys , you have to do more episodes with them.

[@BooksonToast]

Thank you :D

[@apoorvthacker]

Jayant Narlikar is a really great writer! i love his books, especially the sci-fi ones! also anuya's dad is such an amazing personality! somebody is talking about dialectical materialism on BoT WOOOOOHOOOOO! sooo well put that marx explained how society functions, really we need more from him :)

[@DaveSustain]

Listening to this again today. Always brings a smile on my face listening to these fine gentlemen. Everyone deserves a teacher like Mr. Jakatdar.

[@sumanyav1]

Guys, the Lewis Carroll and Queen anecdote is one of the Queen Victoria. Caroll died long before Elizabeth II's reign who is featured in The Crown.

[@AbhishekVerma-jk2tt]

So much pride in their eyes for their daughters. Great episode ladies. Very well deserved and very well done!

[@sachinp2165]

Great episode ! Happy to see someone discuss regional literature on BoTcast. Very different discussion than usual due to presence of a different generation. Tells you that there is beauty in diversity and you need not always seek company of 'like minded people'.

[@parul_kuls]

Both of your father's are so well read....The best thing about them is that reading for them is a very important part of their lives.....We need another episode of them. Please.

[@sharinbhatti1920]

Thanks Parul. We think the same

[@mojorojo6]

I can watch Prakash jakatdar for hours explaining the history, he himself is so passionate about it.

[@prajaktawaikar8372]

Anuya and Sharin your fathers are superb. Now I see where you get your inspiration from. Jakatdar Kaka I totally love reading Marathi literature along with English so Thank Youuuu!! 😍for your insights on the same.Anuya apple jyada door nai gira Hai..you are like ur father..Also now I feel like I should pick up those Punjabi poems😍😍

[@kshamashekar5682]

Anuya your dad is damn cute and soooo much funnnn!! :)

[@AnuyaJakatdar]

kshama shekar I agree and he'll be very, very happy to read this.

[@kshamashekar5682]

please do tell him I said this!! very much like my dad! ;) :)

[@jakash1954]

kshama shekar Thanks Kshama! God bless you !

[@kshamashekar5682]

PRAKASH JAKATDAR omg! Haha thank you so much uncle ! So sweet of you ! :)

[@MrHarsh3600]

Shame on you. Tere baap ki umar ke hai woh.

[@chikooman]

Bhatti Sahab Cha Gaye...Intellectual Types Haan!!

[@sharinbhatti1920]

[@BikeAndBeyondChannel]

Thanks...just expressed my thoughts

[@abhishekkhamrai]

Loved the left brained-right brained contrast between Anuya's and Sharin's dad, right from their professions to their reading preferences. 50 minutes well spent! (Y)

[@sharinbhatti1920]

Thanks Abhishek

[@jerry-ic8id]

This must be 100th time i m rewatching this botcast. I like to hear your fathers talking because the books they read have actually made them better person. They inspired me to read non-fiction books. I was big fan of mystery and thriller but now I am reading non-fiction so that I will maturity and depth like them.I so want to meet uncle and listen him talk about books over cup of tea .... Please make more botcast with them.

[@adityamujumdar5774]

Great episode! Mr.Jakatdar slaying it ... Multiple moments of aaishappat 'that's exactly what my dad said..' Highlight being 37:02 - 37:37 :D There's some definite Jalgaon district connect

[@amanroses]

38:00 what a lovely insight

[@sthitapragnya1984]

Such knowledgeable and well read fathers, you've got! It's no wonder you two turned out to be people who gobble books like there's no tomorrow. You're 'Literature Bakasurs'! Loved the recommendations and the discussion. I've always had a love for Telugu (my native language) literature, but never got around to reading a lot of it. I shall now pledge that I will read at least one book in Telugu for every three in English!

[@bhaveshnaphade99]

This is the sweetest podcast love you guys

[@suvratapargaien3929]

It's been almost 3years since I came across this channel. Love the botcast and have watched every episode of it multiple times. this father's special is my favourite, whenever I am down I just play it in background and it cheers me up. Thank you PS please consider uploading to Spotify. Edit: I have to say it out Sharin's dad looks so much like the 'Stephen' actor from TVD

[@akashgupta4059]

This is just awesome & inspiring see both the fathers talk about their reading

[@sagarg7361]

one of the best episode of botcast

[@jadooblue]

this was a great podcast. learnt so much, plus it was engaging and fun. Both dad's should be given permanent place in the channel.

[@avinsortavdheshkumar1177]

All parents are like that only..but, I have found that earlier people used to read all types of literature with their academics. Nowadays, things got vice-versa despite having so much literature and materials on our finger tips not able to complete our academic writings. I feel really sad for this transition. The subscription of this channel itself showing what kind of reading culture we have. Despite having second largest populated country India don't have readers even in lakhs in this channel. You guys are doing great job atleast u are conveying good literature and ppl to follow. Thank you guys for such a wonderful and laborious work. Keep it up.

[@moldyboi354]

So nice and heartwarming

[@amazingbluebubble]

WHY IS THIS EPISODE SOOO SHORT!!!.... Absolutely loved to listen to such intellectually strong people!!!!!

[@deepikamallar]

Such a lovely BoT Cast Sharin and Anuya!! I can't wait to show it to my dad.. There were so many parts in the video where I wished I was with my dad and said the things you guys did.. They really come from a time where reading was cultivated and nurtured by themselves and what interests they had. And they allowed the books to influence their lives .. so much to learn from that generation ☺️ Thank you sirs for giving us such a beautiful insight into your formative years..

[@sharinbhatti1920]

I agree 100% Deepika. Thanks for watching :-) Tell us what your dad says

[@manishmishraji]

Indian summer is just beyond perfect! that's cos the author is a historian and neither a Brit nor an Indian. superlative stuff!!

[@uditajoshi2159]

Omg! Anuya your dad is so adorable. Complete Marathi dad. Reminded me of my dad. Loved the episode thoroughly especially all the experiences that the dads had with books.

[@pRIYAnshiArora]

wow i really enjoyed watching the whole episode.. gained so much knowledge about our roots, our indian literature... one of the best episode.. i am definately going to show this to my father and make him read books now...

[@jagtaphimanshu09]

Great episode,being a Marathi could relate to what Anuya's father was talking about,made my day.Great initiative by both the girls,cheers.

[@anushree50]

Best episode of BoT! Amazing dads you guys have got... so much fun to listen to...would love to listen to many more episodes with both of them..🙂

[@vikasnainwal6635]

Loved the episode. Prakash sir was a riot. You guys should bring the duo to discuss more regional works.

[@thedoihost6037]

For some reason I find book recommendations by old people extremely genuine. Call your moms on the show next time guys. This is damn interesting.

[@mahathigunturu802]

Jayant Naralikar's some Sci-Fi story was there as a Chapter in English in 7th grade for us. #MajorThrowback It's great to hear different perspectives of different kinds of readers. Please encourage diversity of this sorts rather than calling guests of the same school of thought. Loved this episode. Learnt a lot. 😀😀😀

[@MARISALOBO18]

This is the cutest podcast ever!! Anuya, your dad is adorable.

[@ankityeshpattnaik936]

It was the best BotCast,got hooked ,like others mentioned even I could go on to listen to them for hours..it was like those living room conversations

[@dreamysap]

This is my favourite episode from the entire botcast series!

[@shubhankarsengupta8768]

Daddy cool...awesome episode...most knowledgeable til date...

[@rohanpurohit8932]

love you anuya..........i have just started watching this ..bcoz of u ......so pretty u r .....and u r dad is outstanding ....

[@MedhawiKriti]

Please bring them back for another episode! Loved both the Uncles! So much love and respect for them. ❤️ They killed it in this episode!

[@cavis111]

Probably your best and most engaging episode so far!

[@MedhawiKriti]

Loved this episode! I have been on a spree, watching all your episodes of BotCast and I have realised that I have not read Hindi literature in so long even though I loved Hindi literature in college. So, I will definitely go back to reading Hindi literature after this. Thank you so much Anuya and Sharing for this ❤️

[@gaurav37]

now can understand where the pun comes from..... always wanted to hear you talk about local material. great inputs Jakatdar sir. Books he suggested are straight in my goodreads a to read list. @Sharin..... your dad's inputs about Shiv Kumar poems was surprising.... and damn .....he looks so young... wish you girls and your dad's a successful life ahead... probably best episode.

[@jakash1954]

Gaurav Prasade bach pun se!

[@sharinbhatti1920]

Thanks Gaurav

[@aishwaryam1495]

This was so cute and entertaining! *goes to follow Anuya's dad's social media immediately*

[@geetgeorge9696]

Why can't we just have Prakashji and Raminderji on more podcasts? So much to learn. The two of you have had a beautiful chance at childhood... :)

[@shaileebhagat3009]

After watching this botcast, I'm compelled to learn marathi and punjabi just so that I can read all the books you people suggested.

[@sharinbhatti1920]

So much regional lit is a miss on us all. We must do what we can to read and discover more of it

[@vardhanrode8836]

Woooww !! This is surely one of my fav BotCasts !

[@rohansuri2446]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching the video. Was going to ask for a list of all books that the fathers mentioned but I see you've already posted it in the details :). Thanks for putting this together.

[@sharinbhatti1920]

[@deepapatil8770]

Amazing episode....the best one so far!

[@manshasachdev4671]

Lovely episode! My father had gifted me 'jonathan livingston seagull' on my 14th b'day & till date I consider it as one of my favourites. Thank you Prakash sir for saying all that you did about the book & defending it rightfully :) Raminder uncle ji you remind me so much of Amrish Puri (the late actor) & I can't wait to share this episode with my dad who I wish could meet you & Prakash sir.

[@PrakashAdidam]

Nice conversation... After watching all your stuff one conversation I could understand and relate to...

[@neloydutta]

This was one of the best episode of BotCast!

[@Shayri01]

Good Botcast. I agree with everything. Funnily enough this was the Botcast I related to most out of all I've seen so far.

[@loudindian]

This is great. I always love watching aged people, they sound so pure and sophisticated. Also they are so experienced that you will always amazed by their presence. I always wonder how would I be when I'll reach their age, I mean so much information all together. Please call them again, just to keep talking. Thanks :)

[@sharinbhatti1920]

Their generation has seen so much, they were the firsts of their kind to do things their way and that set the tone for us. True inspriation

[@loudindian]

Sharin Bhatti Couldnt agree more.

[@Tracks777]

I enjoyed the video! Keep it up!

[@rahulramrakhiani7969]

The funny part is their father's can actually do a way better job than them and take over the Botcast. #Jobthreatalert

[@SparkandStories]

My dad was just like Jakatdaar Sir...read books voraciously and specially interested in Maths and Physics. He too read James Hadley chase !! missing him to much 😞

[@avinashagarwal2504]

This is amazing, I have been following the channel since three months. Thanks a lot for the highly insightful videos, got to know a lot about books from different genres. Have kick started my reading habit once again :)

[@blasangna3797]

Absolutely love you're channel. I never knew I could enjoy listening to people so much. thank you so much. you inspired me to read books. sending my love 😊❤

[@pinkangel17588]

This is the best episode on this channel! @Books on Toast, I think you should do a botcast each with Raminder uncle about Punjabi literature and Jakatdar kaka about Marathi literature and maybe even throw in Hindi recommendations.They both are so endearing and well read, would like to get some recommendations from them! Get your fathers on botcast again! :)

[@123majorock]

This is so beautifully done ! Huge fan of your channel :)

[@geishaultra]

Your dads are so adorable, I can never get over this episode 😄❤️

[@sagarmalkar.3115]

I am a huge potterhead and i loved the potter referance and i am very much interested to see how your parents react to it😘😘😘

[@tarzanis003]

Anuya, your dad was making an interesting point at 47:55 if only you let him speak. Could you ask him what it was?

[@2011vinnys]

Father 1 and Father 2 are awesome....it reminded of my childhood too reading Phantom, Mandrake, Asterix, Tin Tin...

[@tigerinthetunnel]

One man show. Both your fathers are best👍. Sharin, can you ask your father about war books?

[@sharinbhatti1920]

Will do Saurabh and get back to you with recommendations

[@tigerinthetunnel]

Sharin Bhatti thanks, it was the best episode till now.

[@BikeAndBeyondChannel]

Hi Saurabh. There are many books written on war. I have read a few of these and the ones I remember are The History of 1st world war by Stevenson, Tobruk by Peter Fitzsimins, 2nd world war by John Keegan, From surprise to victory by Gen VP Malik, The Himalayan Blunder by Brig JP Dalvi. Good reading

[@SkSohail-ix5ui]

One of the best episode till

[@abheyn1]

Fills up my heart. Love the episode.

[@nikhilgawade6831]

The best episode so far :)

[@manishmishraji]

have read and loved most of these books ( went through the list)... great stuff!!

[@nitheshms6515]

Best episode....

[@arjunlalb_]

A really interesting episode guys. Loved it! Anuya trying so hard to cover up the yawn at 19:11 😂

[@Shayri01]

Please mention all the books you guys talk about. Some books you talked about haven't been mentioned in the description bar!

[@anushreevk2882]

Enjoyed this episode so much!! such an insightful discussion. Anuya.. my dad would definitely roast me just like u got roasted.. I so feel ur pain 😂 Their point that we should probably know more about regional literature s so true. I regret that I don't even know how to read my mother tongue Malayalam. hmm.. not too late.. maybe I can still learn. fantastic episode 🤗

[@bhushan21699]

Bring them back let's have another episode

[@rashmimanjithaya1845]

Best episode of botcast..

[@sudheerkumar4421]

wat an awesome episode!! some really good recommendations and interesting backgrounds of the dads... thank u anuya and sharin for this father's day special!

[@sharinbhatti1920]

Thanks Sudheer

[@gaurijoshi5449]

This podcast made me call my dad and talk about books and ideas again. Really charming guests :) still waiting for an encore appearance

[@AnuraagNandagiri]

this was the best episode

[@karishmakankaria9080]

Guys, awesome episode. Obviously a little to the party, I hope you do another episode with dads this year and yes, do follow up on the given and accepted reading challenge(s). Your fathers' influence is clear. Amazing. Loved the discourse by Anuya's father. Sharin's dad talking about poetry and Ms. Pritam was

[@SourabhGhorpade91]

Easily the best episode so far. Breezed through an hour. Next read -> 'The story of Philosophy'.

[@jakash1954]

Sourabh Ghorpade wish you the most insightfull read!

[@jakash1954]

I will be extremely happy if every youngster reads this book! : Prakash Jakat dar.

[@globalcitizen2862]

Aww, much love to your dad's, they raised you girls well! Bless them.