TASTE
TASTE
Lakshmi Chaudhry
Category: Non-Fiction / Culture
ISBN: 9789353455613
Size: Custom
Page extent: 220 + 112 •
Taste is a book like no other—part art object, part literary magazine and entirely its own world. Featuring original essays by some of India’s finest writers, the book includes Aatish Taseer on the new style of living rooms and what it says about the nation, a rare conversation between Vivek Shanbhag and Parul Sehgal on how taste shapes the act of writing itself, and Srinath Perur’s glorious meditation on Boney M. and their enduring Indian afterlife.
Designed with extraordinary flair by graphic designer Kriti Monga, Taste explores what taste is, who decides it and how it reveals itself—in our homes, our travels, our music, our books and our lives.
Printed in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies, this, the first of an annual imprint, is not just a book, but a cultural classic.
Taste is a book like no other—part art object, part literary magazine and entirely its own world. Featuring original essays by some of India’s finest writers, the book includes Aatish Taseer on the new style of living rooms and what it says about the nation, a rare conversation between Vivek Shanbhag and Parul Sehgal on how taste shapes the act of writing itself, and Srinath Perur’s glorious meditation on Boney M. and their enduring Indian afterlife.
Designed with extraordinary flair by graphic designer Kriti Monga, Taste explores what taste is, who decides it and how it reveals itself—in our homes, our travels, our music, our books and our lives.
Printed in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies, this, the first of an annual imprint, is not just a book, but a cultural classic.
Author Bios:
Lakshmi Chaudhry’s career in journalism spans two decades and continents, starting with her first job at Wired in the United States. She is the co-founder of Firstpost, Broadsheet and Splainer.
She was previously the senior political writer at The Nation and has received two Webbys for her work as editor on the Iraq war. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Al Jazeera, Columbia Journalism Review and Mint, among others. She is currently the CEO of Splainer Media, which is sharply focused on the territory of taste—mapped, curated and explained by humans at a time when the machine reigns supreme. Its verticals include
the shopping recommendation platform Souk and weekend magazine Advisory. All this while working on living the good life
in Bangalore.
Lakshmi Chaudhry’s career in journalism spans two decades and continents, starting with her first job at Wired in the United States. She is the co-founder of Firstpost, Broadsheet and Splainer.
She was previously the senior political writer at The Nation and has received two Webbys for her work as editor on the Iraq war. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Al Jazeera, Columbia Journalism Review and Mint, among others. She is currently the CEO of Splainer Media, which is sharply focused on the territory of taste—mapped, curated and explained by humans at a time when the machine reigns supreme. Its verticals include
the shopping recommendation platform Souk and weekend magazine Advisory. All this while working on living the good life
in Bangalore.
