Ep. 77: Engineering paper to tell stories - Karishma Chugani Nankani on the global influences that shape her multidisciplinary work

Growing up in Morocco, then studying in England, France and Spain have all shaped artist, writer, and illustrator Karishma Chugani Nankani in countless ways. Among the many stories she has shared is one of her widespread Sindhi clan which she tells through her art and her books. Karishma also guides others in connecting with their own stories and artistic expression through workshops in person and online. Join me in hearing how she works in different media and on different projects which all tie back to her childhood love of books.

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Photo: Ruben Vicente

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 77:

• Find Karishma at her website, on instagram and her classes on Domestika

• L’Ecole de Papier

• Karishma’s course on the artistic process and sketchbooks

PODCASTS we discussed:

• Listen to children’s media producer and Karishma’s cousin Sandhya’s episode here

• Empire podcast with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple

BOOKS we discussed:

• Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales

• Artist Lynda Barry and her books

• Leila Slimani’s In the Country of Others

• Leila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account

• Heirs to the Past by Driss Chraibi

• Fatima Mernissi’s work and legacy

• The Game of Forgetting

• Arundhati Roy

• Ben Okri

• Hanif Kureishi

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Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

Photo: Ruben Vicente