Chiki Sarkar: How India's smartphone revolution is creating a new generation of readers and writers
Чики Саркар: Как смартфонная революция в Индии порождает новое поколение читателей и писателей
Chiki Sarkar is the founder of Juggernaut, a platform to find and read high quality, affordable books and to submit your writing. Full bio
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an airport, a restaurant,
or maybe in your pockets.
есть смартфон.
of my office block.
of 20-something professionals
had a book in their hands.
very, very frustrated.
моменты моей жизни.
in love with was Mr. Darcy.
on a summer break from college.
я впервые прочитала «Гарри Поттера».
in a little flat I bought in my mid-20s,
которую я купила лет в 25,
reading "The Da Vinci Code."
a terrible confession:
I get into bed with "War and Peace."
в постели, когда мне плохо.
people I saw around me:
that I needed a monthly dose of diapers.
что закончился запас подгузников на месяц.
like most urban Indians,
как и многие жители городов Индии,
video-chatting my twin.
с моей сестрой-близняшкой.
that was happening in India.
охватившей Индию,
users of smartphones in the world.
пользователей смартфонов в мире.
slashed so radically
and even a part of rural India
и даже часть сельских жителей
with a data connection in their hands.
к мобильному интернету.
like, all of America or something.
равна по численности Америке.
and growing and growing.
is empowering Indians
that I was seeing around me
my world of books.
мало что поменялось.
достойных книжных магазинов.
to want to read for fun.
the best-seller lists in India,
бестселлеров в Индии,
in the best-seller list
для подготовки к экзаменам
as the "New York Times" number one seller,
в New York Times месяцами
was creating readers and writers
смартфонов породила
and reading all kinds of things:
и рассылали всё что угодно:
историю поп-музыки,
I wondered to myself,
and these readers,
чтобы все эти люди
of India's top publishing company,
in a cheap bohemian district of Delhi,
в просторный офис в дешёвом
a new kind of publishing house.
издательского дома.
needs a new kind of reader
новые книги, которые будут читать
"What would this new reader want?
from their online services,
to want from life today?"
were always on the go.
всё делают на бегу.
their lifestyle and schedules.
под их стиль жизни.
a 200-page book?
книгу в 200 страниц?
a little bit more digestible?
в отношении цен,
to their online reading.
books under a dollar.
быть меньше доллара.
and it was born.
of stories designed for the smartphone,
можно как читать рассказы со смартфона,
to upload their own stories,
along with the very writers
были рядом с авторами,
other people's digital platforms.
с другими цифровыми платформами.
you've had a long day at work,
день был тяжёлым,
in your ride-hailing app,
and you lie back on your seat,
откидываетесь на сидении
waiting for you, timed to your journey.
like Lucknow, which lies near Delhi.
вроде Лакхнау возле Дели.
know about your sexuality.
written in Hindi, priced under a dollar,
про лесби на хинди меньше чем за доллар
around them in real time?
происходящие в жизни читателей?
of very famous politicians
известных политиков
decriminalized homosexuality,
гомосексуальные отношения,
on our home page.
появилась коллекция рассказов про ЛГБТ.
the great writer Mahasweta Devi died,
индийская версия Тони Моррисон,
as soon as news hit.
её короткий рассказ.
to every moment of a reader's life.
соответствующие каждому моменту жизни.
under the age of 30.
there isn't a modern bookshop.
почти каждый день.
during the long commute back home.
по пути с работы домой.
who loves our nonfiction
and that's priced very low.
и купить по низкой цене.
разбирающийся в компьютерах,
city of Bangalore.
Кремниевой долины — Бангалора.
an in-app notification
has written a sexy short story
эротический рассказик, который написала
called Sunny Leone.
бывшей порноактрисой Санни Леоне.
person, as it happens.
a collection of sexy short stories
несколько эротических рассказиков,
в течение недели.
that we'd asked Sunny Leone to write.
что мы попросим Санни Леоне об этом.
читательская аудитория.
what a book is and how a reader behaves,
и поведение читателя,
и сущность автора.
from teenagers to housewives.
так и писатели-домохозяйки.
an essay, a single short story ...
и заканчивая эссе, короткими рассказами...
to the app to write again.
с новыми произведениями.
wife, two kids, a good job.
у него двое детей и хорошая работа.
a book that he loved,
читал любимую книгу,
if he could write, too.
что-то написать?»
he had stories in his mind.
and he couldn't really manage it.
так что он оставил эту идею.
the Juggernaut writer's platform.
для писателей Juggernaut.
was that he felt this was a place
head and shoulders, equally,
that he most admired.
a minute here, an hour there,
a little bit of time on his hands.
extraordinary story for us.
about a family of assassins
lanes of Old Delhi.
улочках старого Дели.
неизбитая, оригинальная идея.
he'd not only scored a film deal
на съёмки фильма,
to write another story.
stories on our app.
популярных в нашем приложении.
and we have a long way to go.
и предстоит сделать многое.
by the end of this year,
и к концу года будет издано
many priced at under a dollar.
в основном по цене меньше доллара.
they've never, ever heard of before.
о которых они ранее не слышали.
that comes from our writer's platform.
нашего приложения.
которые всегда под рукой,
as checking your email,
the six-inch world of the smartphone,
до невероятных пределов.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chiki Sarkar - PublisherChiki Sarkar is the founder of Juggernaut, a platform to find and read high quality, affordable books and to submit your writing.
Why you should listen
Chiki Sarkar is the publisher and founder of Juggernaut Books, a new age publishing house based out of India that has a traditional print list and its own app and amateur writing platform. Before setting up Juggernaut, she was the publisher of Penguin Random House India and the founding editor in chief of Random House India. Sarkar lives in New Delhi, India.
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