Sensation Explosion feat. Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist
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Join me as I chat with novelist Alka Joshi, author of two novels listed on Art In Fiction: The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, both set in India in the 1950s and 1960s.
Highlights:
Overview of The Henna Artist (Decorative Arts)
Inspiration for The Henna Artist
Women and independence
India of the 1950s and India today
Resourcefulness of the characters in The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
Novels as a metaphor for India
Success of The Henna Artist
The role played by henna in The Henna Artist
Reading from The Henna Artist
The genesis of The Secret…
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