5.01 Tara & Michelle: Adventures, Mishaps And Wild Ways Authors Do Research

Published: Jan. 10, 2023, 12:30 p.m.

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Find out to what extent an author can go in the name of a story, and is it all worth it?

Let\\u2019s take off season 5 with Tara and Michelle by diving into thrilling adventures and life changing experiences authors have put themselves through in order to write a book.\\xa0

Some books have jaw dropping stories, and some have even more, if not as much, shocking backstories to them. Do writers go out there to unconventional locations and do research through unconventional ways? How much research does it require to write a fiction book? And\\u2026what\\u2019s the craziest thing Michelle has done for a story? Tune in to find out!

Books mentioned in this episode:

  • \\xa0To Kill a Mockingbird\\xa0
  • On The Road
  • Truck De India
  • Why Men Rape
  • The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing
  • Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul
  • \\xa0The Bad Boys of Bokaro Jail
  • The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India
  • \\xa0Remnants of a separation

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Produced by Aishwarya Javalgekar
Sound edit by Kshitij Jadhav


\\u2018Books and Beyond with Bound\\u2019 is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D\\u2019costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India\\u2019s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.




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