Episode 11

Alka Joshi Discusses The Henna Artist

and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur - Part I

Author Alka Joshi
In Episode I of the two-part episode of Bollywood and Books, New York TImes best-selling author Alka Joshi talks about her novel The Henna Artist.

Enjoy this episode featuring my conversation with author Alka Joshi. Alka talks about her childhood in India and her path to publishing her debut novel The Henna Artist. It’s a New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick, and it’s an LA Times Bestseller and a USA Today Bestseller. The Henna Artist is now a Netflix Project. We’ll talk about that in part two of the conversation.

Alka discusses the reasons she launched an ad agency and hired women to help her implement projects for clients. It was all about empowering women.

 She created the character Lakshmi to give her mother the chance she never had-- to lead her life in the independent way in which Alka has been able to lead her own life. She wanted her mother to experience that independence. She talks about her fascinating journey to publication. She advises writers that they need passion, patience, and perseverance--stick-to-itiveness, to get good at what they're doing. 

 Make sure to tune in next week for part two of the episode with New York Times best-selling author Alka Joshi. We'll talk about the Netflix project for The Henna Artist and book two in the trilogy The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and we’ll discuss the third novel that Alka will publish in 2023.

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www.thehennaartist.com
Now a Netflix Project
New York Times Bestseller
Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick
LA Times Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller

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