Twinkle Khanna talks to Booker Prize Winner Banu Mushtaq | Tweak India Book Club

0:00 - Introduction
0:16 - Banu Mushtaq: The woman who lived many lives
1:04 - When does a woman first notice inequality?
2:00 - Finding her voice through words
3:02 - Activism and movement awareness
3:35 - Translating truth without losing soul
5:06 - Fiction isn’t fiction at all
7:41 - Postpartum depression and her husband’s consolation
8:59 - The right to write
9:40 - Twinkle on invisible patriarchy
10:43 - Why women turn against each other
12:14 - The emotional labour of motherhood
13:06 - The trajectory of Banu’s mother
13:59 - ‘A Poem Called Ammana Seree’
15:44 - Closing reflections

We did not expect International Booker Prize Winner and author of ‘Heart Lamp’, Banu Mushtaq to drop such hilarious truth bombs at our Tweak India Book Club meet-up.

During her chat with Twinkle Khanna, author and curator of the book club, Banu spoke about her battle with post-partum depression, raising her own mother, finding a supportive partner and how she’s been ripping up the patriarchal playbook.

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The Tweak India Book Club X Crossword is curated by Twinkle Khanna. It’s a space for the literary curious where we dive into a new book every month. You can expect side effects like laughter, deep introspection and the occasional book hangover.

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