Category: MyKitaab Podcast

Jesse Karjalainen was born in Sweden to Finnish parents, and he grew up in Australia and returned to Scandinavia in his twenties to discover his roots. His latest book is English Masala, a narrative-nonfiction book about the language and history of Anglo-Indian words or, story of English words from India.…

Introduction Chris Kennedy is the bestselling author of Science Fiction and Military Fiction Books. Chris is a former Navy pilot, a school principal, and he is a coach and a consultant. In this podcast interview, Chris and I talk about use of social media by authors, maintaining a writing schedule,…

Introduction Dave Chesson is a Husband and a Father, a successful Kindlepreneur and Online Marketing Ninja. Dave is in his early 30s and has close to a decade of experience in the US Navy. He is also a nuclear engineer and being a military kid he has lived in all…

Introduction Sharath Komarraju is a renowned author of fiction and nonfiction books His best known work (to date) is the Hastinapur series, in which he speaks into the silences of the Mahabharata story through the voices of the epic’s many women characters. His first novel, Murder in Amaravati, was long…

Introduction Shrabani Basu is the author of books such as Spy Princess, Victoria and Abdul, and For King and Another Country. She graduated in History from St Stephen’s College, Delhi and completed her Masters from Delhi University. In 1983, she began her career as a trainee journalist in the bustling…

Introduction Kashyap Deorah is the author of The Golden Tap: the Inside Story of Hyper- Funded Indian Startups. He is better known for being a successful entrepreneur and investor. Over fifteen years, he has split his time between Silicon Valley and India building global technology companies. Besides India and US,…

Sunil Gandhi is a management consultant who specializes in customer experience and financial engineering. He has been a writer since 1994 and has written in various publications on the subject of finance, management, personal development, economy and customer experience. He has written for The Smart Manager, The ICAI Journal and…

Welcome to Episode 50 of the MyKitaab Podcast! We celebrate Episode  50 of the MyKitaab Podcast with a big Thank You to all the listeners and the supporters. This episode is different in many ways. This is a solo cast, and I talk about some updates, learnings from past interviews…

Introduction Karan Bajaj  tells us How To Market Your Book. Karan is a #1 bestselling Indian novelist with more than 200,000 copies of his novels in print, both optioned into major films. Karan’s first worldwide novel, The Yoga of Max’s Discontent, will be be published by Random House on May 3rd…

Introduction This is Part II of our discussion with Bestselling author Karan Bajaj. We discuss Karan’s upcoming book Yoga of Max’s Discontent. The book is about a Wallstreet Banker who becomes a Yogi in the Himalayas. It is the contemporary version of the story of the Buddha. Part I of…