Geetanjali Shree Interview: Booker Prize-Winning Author in Conversation With Seema Chishti

"Literature is always more than what just shows on the surface," Booker Prize-winning author Geetanjali Shree tells Seema Chishti in an exclusive chat with The Quint. Geetanjali opened up about her life and philosophies. Watch the full interview.
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[@sabnamhassan7568]

I'm a big big big fan of this woman💕💕💕💕 such a great soul.

[@sankeolsimicklepcha9703]

Getting a Booker to be among Salman Rushdie, and Arundhati Roy is incredible.

[@krishnathapa177]

Tomb of sand is fantastic ..Just finished it.I am speechless.

[@arcr1079]

It would be great to see Arundhati Roy and Geethanjali Shree interviewing each other, the two Booker winning writers of India.

[@nirmalahegde1307]

Nice Congratulations 👏🏻

[@FervidlyCurious]

Congratulations Mam, You are the leader who is making the path of international recognition available for young writers ❤❤❤❤❤ I am very emotional seeing you win , All the Love to You 🙏🏻💐

[@meghbanerjeemusic]

Pride of India.

[@hdthdt3822]

Prime minister, Modi is yet to congratulate Geetanjali for making India proud

[@LimitlessLiterature]

Thanks for this update, The Quint

[@richardwestwood8212]

She speaks good English but opted instead to write with music and style in Hindi, which tells me that she is a responsible writer with a clear vision. I greatly respect that and hope that the Indian government would see to it that she lacks in nothing and dedicate her time fully to the service of Hindi language and literature.

[@shatakshirai9809]

Proud to have such prominent personality from my village.

[@mrpatchy9950]

Excellent interview, the interviewer brought out and asked the relevant questions wrt Hindi literature , GS answered them in a most interesting way. Her latest book Tomb of Sand clearly shows that she is not just an excellent writer but a very sensitive person . A truly well deserved award, we are all very proud of you.

[@sandy39453]

Beautiful...... I'm mesmerised by her prose in lyric. God bless you.

[@perfectlyimperfect6781]

Many congratulations to her!

[@siddhilodha6519]

She is from LSR and I am also from LSR. Looking forward to becoming like this when I am of her age.😊

[@agmaxwell6476]

Thanks to the nurturing and inspiring family environment, the writer could take up what she loved most. In bygone eras, benevolent rajahs and opulent palaces would have patronized the writer, philosopher and observer of life. She has the dare of Krishna Sobti, her writing is suffused with the 'belches of compassion', her idiom, novel, unconventionally conventional, unique, her own, born from the inner recesses of much cogitation, reflection, meditation and a delicate mental balancing act.

[@IndiaDuniya]

Certainly, she would be celebrated much much more in the past.

[@TrajanRoman]

What an eloquent speaker!

[@rajashreepriyadarshani5771]

I felt like I just got a quick revision of my entire comparative literature course in the span of this video. 🤩🤩

[@cloudyyy_0.0]

Tomb of sand definitely my fav

[@amaresh321]

Sharmila tagore...

[@naqeebhaikalzai]

Good

[@user-wk3qc4rz8s]

Is Tom of Sand available in Flipkart?

[@pallavisingh6084]

she is much more comfortable and effortless in English than in Hindi.

[@deogiriyadav8399]

Liberals wahi bolte h... Jo unko bolne k liye kaha jata h... They r on payroll... Whatever they say.. It's on toolkit.. Because I never saw them to condemn taliban, Pakistani terrorism, china dictatorship, even when nupur sharma was getting death threats openly... Jab tak social media nhi tha.. Inka dhanda khoob chala.. Ab to bolne se pehle pta hota h k ye kya kahenge... So let them bark...

[@deogiriyadav8399]

They always talk about hindu muslim love... But they never support hindu boy with muslim girl... Never...

[@sauron2000000]

@@deogiriyadav8399 Manoj Bajpai gets a lot of support 🤣

[@Redemption-r]

to counter your argument, Pakistanis probably think same about India when it comes to Balouchistan, having said that I don't support terrorism supported by Pakistan. On China front, your Prime Minister does not acknowledge the infrastructure laid down by China in disputed land it is not just liberals fault if they don't talk about it. People who are sending death threats to Nupur Sharma are just stupid and it should not happen in democracy however Nupur Sharma should be tried like any other individual. And my last point is if you have not seen a liberal denouncing all these things does not mean there are none. It is just like if I haven't seen oxygen it means it does not exist. I don't know which media are you talking about here. To people who talk about communism, have you even read what communism is?

[@tushar-tipartiwar]

They have a disease that is called as Sickularism.

[@deogiriyadav8399]

@@Redemption-r hmm u like debates... I like results... That's the difference... Topic is over...

[@sm4063]

They give bookers to any mc Now

[@sauron2000000]

What do you mean?

[@karanmehra4287]

Bro i totally agree with you,i wish it would be given to you, for ur amazing works.

[@SG-cq4nc]

As if opinion of jhaatus like you matters.

[@Redemption-r]

If that's the case why don't you write a book and you can get one too.

[@shubhamjha4754]

@@karanmehra4287 Olele liberal simp spotted 😆😂

[@aronblanche]

Modi 2024❤️❤️