Chitra Ramaswamy

Chitra Ramaswamy

Chitra Ramaswamy is an award-winning journalist and author. She started her career at the Big Issue, before moving to Scotland on Sunday and the Scotsman, where she became one of the leading columnist and feature writers.

Her first book Expecting, a collection of nine essays on the nine months of pregnancy and birth, was published in 2016 and won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award.

She currently continues to work freelance as a journalist, mainly for the Guardian, and is working on her first novel.

 

1995: Grrrls Aloud

Sunday 10 August 21:00 - 22:30

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Murrayfield might be basking in Oasis nostalgia, but the mid-90s wasn't all blokes and Britpop. Join BBC broadcaster and A Kick Up the Arts host Nicola Meighan for a celebration of Scotland's femme-powered revolution, circa '95…
 

Jenny Lau, Chitra Ramaswamy & Sami Tamimi: Food and Home

Sunday 17 August 10:15 - 11:15

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Food profoundly shapes our sense of home and belonging, no matter which country or cuisine we identify most closely with. Jenny Lau, Sami Tamimi, and Chitra Ramaswamy come together to discuss the kaleidoscope of stories and connections that come alive…
 

First Edition: The Critics

Monday 18 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Start your day with the facts. High quality, thorough, and trustworthy journalism has never been more important in helping us understand the world as it really is, so in our First Edition events you can join leading journalists from across the media (and…

Look, Listen & Read

Kathleen Jamie, Chitra Ramaswamy & Amanda Thomson: Antlers of Water (2020 Event)
Kathleen Jamie, Chitra Ramaswamy & Amanda Thomson: Antlers of Water (2020 Event)

In a discussion recorded live at the 2020 Book Festival and led by the BBC's Clare English, Jamie is joined by award-winning journalist Chitra Ramaswamy as well as visual artist and writer Amanda Thomson – both contributors to the anthology – to discuss…

A Voice of One's Own by Chitra Ramaswamy
A Voice of One's Own by Chitra Ramaswamy

I once interviewed a woman, a famous, glamorous novelist about to go stratospheric, in the private lounge of a five star hotel in London…