“ Life is actually neither short nor unnecessarily long, it is what is its and we learn to live it, or rather life lives us”Presented by DUBLAB & Onassis LA Hosted by Paul HoldengräberRecorded on March, 29th 2020Naveen Kishore is the founder and managing director of Seagull Books - a publishing house located in Calcutta, India, which began primarily as a response to the growing need for an Indian publishing house focused on theatre and other arts. Seagull Books has translated just about more foreign literature than any other major publishing house in the world. He was the recipient of the Goethe Medal and the Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Kishore lives and works in Calcutta.Paul Holdengräber is an interviewer and curator of public curiosity. He is the Founder and Director of Onassis LA (OLA), a center for dialogue. Previously he was the Founder and Director of LIVE from the NYPL, a cultural series at the New York Public Library, where he hosted over 600 events, holding conversations with everyone from Patti Smith to Zadie Smith, Ricky Jay to Jay-Z, Errol Morris to Jan Morris, Wes Anderson to Helen Mirren, Christopher Hitchens to Mike Tyson. He is the host of "A Phone Call From Paul," a podcast for The Literary Hub.You can find Paul on Twitter: @HoldengraberOnassis LA is a center for dialogue in Los Angeles, and a part of the Onassis Foundation.DUBLAB is a non-profit radio station based in Los Angeles. Since 1999, DUBLAB has been broadcasting wide spectrum music from around the world daily. Their programming has expanded to include the production of original art exhibitions, films, record releases, education programs related to health, youth, development, education creative processes and events with leading institutions in LA and beyond. DUBLAB is a platform for discovery and cultivation of next - wave music, arts and culture.  For over 20 years, DUBLAB’s fundamental goal has been to support the broad range of Los Angeles’ talent and diversity in inclusive and inspiring ways. DUBLAB also includes affiliate stations in Germany, Japan, Spain, and Brazil, with more than 300,000 international listeners who connect to our streams and podcasts every day.Credits:Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA DirectorAnthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA DirectorAlejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, ComposerChristian Pitt - Production Coordinator Erin Cooney - Copy, ProductionDublab Team