Hi readers, welcome to Literary Gupshup, Pune's first podcast on literature and writing. I, Vikas Prakash Joshi, your host and founder, will interview Pune's best known writers, translators and creative personalities to answer the questions you had but were too scared to ask.

"How does one improve as a writer?" "How difficult is it to get published?" "How do you market yourself as a writer?" These are just some of the questions that I answer through these podcasts.

For guys and girls new to this podcast, depending on your interest, we have the following for you:

1. For those interested in translation and its challenges-Vilas Salunkhe, Bharti Pande, Vikrant Pande2. For those into writing for children and childrens' literature-Leela Gour Broome, Sowmya Rajendran, Mini Srinivasan, Deepak Dalal3. For new writers who want an idea what its like to get published-Varsha Seshan4. For aspiring writers of YA fiction and readers of YA fiction-Sonja Chandrachud5. Poets and poetry lovers-Randhir Khare6. Adult fiction and tips for aspiring writers-Gouri Dange7. Writing plays for the youth-Dharmakirti Sumant8. Journalistic writing and future media trends-Prasanna Keskar

We will upload more podcasts on other topics in future, so stay tuned :).

Check out the second part of the podcast at https://soundcloud.com/user-855142820, where I continue the series.

If you have any questions, feedback, comments or writers you would like to see interviewed, please comment or email me at joshi.vikas500@gmail.com.

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