[Unedited] Anita Desai with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios

Society, Spirituality, Society & Culture, Sociology, Culture, Science, Religion & Spirituality, Krista Tippett, Social Sciences, On Being, Arts

4.7 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2014

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Anita Desai is an Indian novelist of Bengali descent. Her novels include “Clear Light of Day,” “The Village by the Sea,” and “Fasting, Feasting.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Anita Desai and Andrew Robinson — The Modern Resonance of Rabindranath Tagore.” Find more at onbeing.org.

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0:00.0	This is On Beings on Herd Cutts. I'm Chris to tip it. You're listening to my unedited conversation with the novelist Anita Desai.
0:08.0	I spoke with her on December 19, 2013, from Caliapaya Studio at On Being on Loring Park in Minneapolis.
0:16.0	She was at Argo Studios in New York. You can download the MP3 of our produced show with Anita Desai at OnBeing.org.
0:24.0	How are we? I don't know. Did they tell you that you are our very first guest for me recording here in our brand new studio?
0:35.0	So you have us in historic place now. Our show is live.
0:42.0	It's very exciting. I'm happy to see it.
0:46.0	So Chris, how are we doing?
0:49.0	Okay.
0:52.0	You're pretty good. Anita, I just want to caution you about when you're speaking. Be careful about rubbing your hands on your clothing or whatever.
1:00.0	I mean, you can hold your arms and everything as you want, but just while you speak, try not to.
1:05.0	Do you hear me when I touch this? I try to avoid doing that.
1:10.0	Yeah. Do you want me to move that so it's not on you?
1:13.0	I don't know if it can be done.
1:18.0	Let me... I can move this this way.
1:21.0	Maybe. That might be better.
1:27.0	Just the headphone thing.
1:29.0	Okay.
1:37.0	I think we're good to go if you guys are.
1:40.0	Okay. All right.
1:43.0	So I wanted to just start by asking a question about you.
1:48.0	And to go or may or may not be implicated in your answer.
1:54.0	And then we'll just really focus in on him.
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