Zuni in Press
Published: AUG-SEPT 2019
Left to Their own Devices
In a special photo feature, Verve separates urban Gen Zer Zuni Chopra and her group of girlfriends – Lavanya Raju, Ish Patil, Anjali Savansukha and Lameeya Bandukwala – from their various gadgets for a day and transports them to a dystopia without modern technology. The teen author shares an exclusive poem in which she muses on an eerie reality while speculating with Huzan Tata about an analog life…
Published: 31st December 2018
The words of the year 2018
On the last day of 2018, four young storytellers share with us their word of the year and what it means to them
Published: 18th October 2018
Zuni Chopra, the quirky millennial author, at her candid best
At 17, while most of us were cramming last minute of exams, Zuni Chopra has had two novels and two collections of poems published. Her first novel The House That Spoke was published in January 2017. Her latest work, The Island Of The Day Before is a diverse collection of short stories. The collection house stories about the every day and the extraordinary, the fantastical and the mundane.
Published: 4th October 2018
Zuni Chopra: It’s important for people of my age to find ways to tell stories
She’s all of 17, and yet, well on her way to literary stardom. Zuni Chopra, daughter of film journalist Anupama Chopra and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra takes time to open up about a myriad of topics, but she makes sure she’s engaging and witty.
Published: 25th September 2018
The name of the prose: Zuni Chopra deconstructs fairytales in The Island of the Day Before
From short stories to even shorter verses, Zuni Chopra’s latest anthology, The Island of the Day Before is all about giving centuries’ old fairy tales a modern twist. Talking about how the book came about, the daughter of veteran filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and film critic Anupama Chopra states that it was also about “asking ourselves what these fairytales mean to us today.”
Published: 24th September 2018
Micro review: 'The Island of the Day Before' is fit for an afternoon of whimsical musings
The Island of the Day Before is 17-year-old Zuni Chopra’s second book and is a delightful piece of prose that takes you out on an unexpected voyage. The book is a slim volume and features a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry.
Published: 21st September 2018
Zuni Chopra's latest book is about fairy tales, but it's so much more than just that
For Zuni Chopra's debut novel, The House that Spoke, the most special compliment she received was from Kashmiri artist Masood Hussain himself. "He said that I had captured the heart and soul of Kashmir.
Published: 19th September 2018
Wordsmith Zuni Chopra on storytelling of a different kind
With a previously published work of fiction and two books of poetry, Zuni Chopra — the daughter of film critic and author Anupama Chopra and filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and also niece to award-winning writer Vikram Chandra — is carrying forward her family’s legacy. She has a new book — The Island of the Day Before, a retelling of fairy tales — on stand. And, she’s just 17. t2 caught up with the author in Mumbai to talk about her new book and balancing work and school.
Published: 18th September 2018
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 17-year-old daughter, Zuni, talks about her second novel
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's daughter, Zuni is all set to release her next book, The Island Of The Day Before. We manage to exclusively chat with her about books, reasons to read and the essence of reading.
Published: 15th September 2018
‘The Island Of The Day Before’ : A bridge betwen childhood and adult experiences
It isn’t a stretch to imagine the author of The Island of the Day Before as a teenager; an articulate one, with a palpable love for the written word. Zuni Chopra’s latest is a dreamy and at times dark bridge between still-fresh childhood memories and wonder, and the mysterious world of adult experiences.
Published: 14th September 2018
Storyteller’s flight of fancy
Seventeen-year-old Zuni Chopra, the daughter of producer-director Vidhu Vinod and critic Anupama Chopra, is famous in her own right as an author. She talks to Ayushi Sharma about how important it is to step beyond one’s comfort zone.
Published: 6th September 2018
Zuni Chopra on her new novel, favourite authors and the book that made her cry buckets
In 2017, Zuni Chopra, all of 15, was the youngest writer at the prestigious Jaipur Literary Festival. She had already written two collections of poems by then and spoke about her debut novel The House That Spoke that deals with the fantastical at the festival.
Published: 1st September 2018
New Book Alert : The Island of the day Before by - Zuni Chopra
A diverse collection that traverses every day and the extraordinary, the fantastical and the mundane
A little matchstick girl seeks a companion…
Published: 31st August 2018
'Brilliance is defined by other people, excellence is for yourself - the advice Zuni Chopra gets from her father, Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Zuni Chopra’s debut book, The House that Spoke - a story based in Kashmir and her fictional debut made it to the top of the bestseller charts. Besides this book of fiction, she had published two poetry books by the age of 15. “I think in words, ideas, chapters and then a book,” says Zuni, when we speak on the phone.
Published: 31st August 2018
After 'The House That Spoke',Zuni Chopra released second book titled 'The Island of the Day Before'
Young writer, Zuni Chopra who is a daughter of film director Vidhu Vinod Chopra released her second book named 'The Island of the Day Before'.
Zuni got her first book published in the year 2017 when she was only 15-year-old. And her second book where she experiments with subjects and form is now available.
Published: 29th August 2018
Luna Lovegood makes me embrace my weirdness : Teenage author Zuni Chopra
Seventeen-year-old Zuni Chopra, daughter of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and journalist Anupama Chopra has recently released her second novel, The Island of The Day Before.
Published: 29th August 2018
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's daughter Zuni Chopra is all set to release her second book 'The Island of the Day Before'
After winning hearts with her first book 'The House That Spoke', teen writer Zuni Chopra is all set to release her second book 'The Island of the Day Before'. Her second book 'The Island of the Day Before' is a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry.
Published: 28thAugust 2018
Zuni Chopra is all set to release her 2nd book
After winning hearts with her first book 'The House That Spoke' teen writer Zuni Chopra is all set to release her second book ˜The Island of the Day Before. Her second book ˜The Island of the Day is a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry.
Published: 28thAugust 2018
Vidhu and Anupama's daughter Zuni Chopra to release her second book soon
After her first book 'The House That Spoke', teen writer Zuni Chopra, also daughter of Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Anupama Chopra, is all set to release her second book 'The Island of the Day Before'.
Her second book 'The Island of the Day' is a collection of stories, flash fiction and poetry.
Published: 27thAugust 2018
Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Anupama Chopra's daughter Zuni Chopra is all set to release her 2nd book !
After winning hearts with her first book 'The House That Spoke' teen writer Zuni Chopra is all set to release her second book 'The Island of the Day Before'.
Her second book 'The Island of the Day' is a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry.
Published: 27thAugust 2018
Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Anupama Chopra's daughter Zuni Chopra is all set to release her 2nd book !
After winning hearts with her first book 'The House That Spoke' teen writer Zuni Chopra is all set to release her second book 'The Island of the Day Before'.
Her second book 'The Island of the Day' is a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry.
Published: 27thAugust 2018
Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Anupama Chopra's daughter Zuni Chopra is all set to release her 2nd book !
After winning hearts with her first book 'The House That Spoke' teen writer Zuni Chopra is all set to release her second book 'The Island of the Day Before'.
Her second book 'The Island of the Day' is a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry.
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Published: 27thAugust 2018
Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Anupama Chopra's daughter Zuni Chopra is all set to release her 2nd book !
After winning hearts with her first book 'The House That Spoke' teen writer Zuni Chopra is all set to release her second book 'The Island of the Day Before'.
Her second book 'The Island of the Day' is a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry.
Published: 27thAugust 2018
Zuni Chopra’s second book ‘The Island of the Day’ is a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry. Zuni Chopra creates a world of fantasy, distinct from other young writers or greats like Neil Gaiman, whose work she admires in this book under Harper Collins’ rights.
Published: 27thAugust 2018
Zuni Chopra’s second book ‘The Island of the Day’ is a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry. Zuni Chopra creates a world of fantasy, distinct from other young writers or greats like Neil Gaiman, whose work she admires in this book under Harper Collins’ rights.
Published: 25thAugust 2018
Young Writer's have amazing stories to tell
Teen writer Zuni Chopra on her latest book, drawing inspiration from an illustrious family and juggling college applications and literary festivals.
Published: 19th August 2018
The island of the day before
With The Island Of The Day Before, Zuni Chopra takes users on an unpredictable voyage.
Published: 17th August 2018
An anecdotal travelouge that begins in the present and travels through time to the mythological origins of Lahore, attributed to Ram's son Luv.
Published: August 2018
Here is one teen who might soon be giving her famous parents a run for their money when it comes to being in the news.
Published: July, 2018
Sacred Games author Vikram Chandra interviewed by his niece Zuni Chopra
Here’s the thing about being the niece of Vikram Chandra, the author of Sacred Games: Since you want to be a writer too, you get to interview your own uncle! His 900-page novel is now a digital show – the first Indian original series on Netflix, and HT Brunch suggested I put some interview questions to him. Here are excerpts, niece to uncle, writer to writer, Chopra to Chandra.
Published: July,2018
Zuni Chopra Kidoprenuer coverage in young metro
Dressed in red and black, she excuded confidence the minute she walked into the auditorium. Zuni Chopra is no ordinary teenager. The daughter of flimmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and journalist Anupama Chopra, Zuni is already an established author and was shortlisted for young Author Awards 2018.
Published: June,2018
Helping dad with his script is encouraging: Zuni
Zuni Chopra has a rich pedigree to count on. Daughter of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and author and film critic Anupama Chopra, 17-year-old Zuni, however prefers to carve her own identity and is currently busy promoting her debut novel The House That Spoke. She has already penned two books on poetry.
Published: June,2018
Like her dad, young author Zuni Chopra wants to chase exellence.
It After writing her first book of poems, aged nine, she wrote her debut novel-The House that Spoke-that was released at the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2017.And she's only 17.On the morning of Father's Day, we met Zuni Chopra at the ITC sonar lobby, with dad(film producer and director) Vidhu Vinod Chopra beside her. By the time we got chatting, Zuni was her own person-confident and witty.
Excerpts...
Published: May 12,2017
BizAsia talks to Zuni Chopra on her book ‘The House That Spoke’
It was definitely a surprise that Penguin agreed to make it into a book at all because I didn’t think that was going to happen. I didn’t think it was that good, so it is really gratifying to have people enjoying it and responding to it. The fact that it’s been made into a copy is a little bit crazy.
Published: June 6, 2017
Tanuja Chandra & Niece Zuni Chopra Reveal Sleepover Secrets From The Pages Of Their Books
What’s it like to be in a family of artists? While someone’s a movie critic, or film director, or a script writer. What way do things turn? Is it a home full of people ‘seriously’ dedicated to writing? Is it a zone where non-readers have no access?
Published: Mar, 2017
It's her 16th birthday on April 3rd and she’s got a theatre performance and a French oral examination coinciding on the same day a teenager’s worst nightmare, you might think.
Published: Mar 23, 2017
'There's more to life than just marks'
One look at Zuni Chopra in her school uniform and you could easily mistake her for an average 15 year old.
But Zuni has already published two books on poetry and has just published The House That Spoke, her first novel.
Published: Mar 19, 2017
Let it be known that the 15-year-old author, Zuni Chopra, is a perfectionist, albeit a self-proclaimed one. But she is aware of its shortcomings. "I am yet to accept that everything can't be exactly the way I would like it," she says, talking about balancing school, writing and the other pursuits of a typical teenager.
Published: March 17 2017
Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s daughter Zuni Chopra pens poem on exam pressure
The poem is inspired by filmmaker Shoojit Sircar's latest short film "#ReleaseThePressure". Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and film critic Anupama Chopra’s 15-year-old daughter Zuni, who has already published two books of poetry and a novel, has now penned a poem titled “The Mountain Range” on exam pressure on students.
Published: Mar 09, 2017
At Just 15, Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Daughter, Zuni, Is A Writer & Poet With 3 Books To Her Credit
Already a published author of two books of poetry and now a fantastical novel to her credit, Zuni Chopra is wise beyond her years. Oh, did we mention, she is only 15? Her eloquence screams from over the phone, while I interview her. She is about to take off for London before she sits for her Class 10 board exams.
Published: Mar 02, 2017
At this year's Jaipur Literature Festival, Jhumpa Lahiri and William Dalrymple were rubbing shoulders with a 12-year-old poet who has two books under her belt. Zuni Chopra was invited to the literary event to speak at a panel discussion on "The writer within: creating your first book". "Writing is not like mathematics or rocket science. You have an idea, pen it down," she advised the audience.
Published: Feb 03, 2017
Book review 'The House that spoke': Magical world all of its own
Even though she comes from a family into the film business, Zuni Chopra prefers books to films. “In fact, I can never think in images. I think in words,” says Zuni, daughter of film critic Anupama Chopra and filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
Published: Feb 23, 2017
Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s daughter Zuni Chopra pens poem on exam pressure
Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and film critic Anupama Chopra’s 15-year-old daughter Zuni, who has already published two books of poetry and a novel, has now penned a poem titled “The Mountain Range” on exam pressure on students.
Published: Feb 20, 2017
Debutant author Zuni Chopra is full of stories Her she talks about her novel,The House That Spoke and magic and darkness.In the book, the protagonist Zoon Razdan talks to objects and furnitures in the house and the inanimate objects too talk amongst themselves.
Published: Feb 15, 2017
Juggling with evil spirits and school work
As a fiction writer, you’re often inspired by your surroundings, which then morph into whimsical plotlines involving demons, dragons, or in 15-year-old Zuni Chopra’s case, a house that spoke. The young author has changed the face of the grim reality of Kashmir into a land where adventure and acceptance are the core traits in her first novel The House that Spoke, published by Penguin India. Chopra has published two books of poetry in the past, The Land of Dreams and Painting With Words (Ameya Prakashan).
Published: Feb 11, 2017
Zuni Chopra Shows There Is More To Kashmir Than Turmoil In Her Debut Novel
Fifteen-year-old Zuni Chopra has been obsessed with storytelling for almost a decade now; not putting pen to paper per say, but conjuring tales involving her Lego or Mobile Play sets. Building them or arranging her animal toy figures in an order was a vital conduit to get to the point where she could make up stories about them. “They made no sense,” says Zuni who has just published her first novel, The House That Spoke.
Published: Feb 11, 2017
Fifteen-year-old Zuni Chopra is sharing the stage with 16-year-old Zaira Wasim. These aren't your ordinary teenagers. While one, the daughter of producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and journalist Anupama Chopra, is launching her vividly descriptive, part fantasy part historical novel, The House That Spoke, the other is basking in the massive success of her Bollywood debut in the Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal.
Published: Feb 10, 2017
What Nita Ambani Has To Say About The Teenage Novelist Zuni Chopra
All of 15 years, Zuni Chopra doesn’t take long to capture your attention. She has the energy, the voice, the positivity that exhibits confidence which arises from deep talent. A high schooler, Zuni has already written two books on poems and this is her first novel.
Published: Feb 08, 2017
Nita Ambani launches Zuni Chopras book at Crossword Bookstores
It is an intriguing mix of the fantastic and the real set in Kashmir. Zuni has dedicated this book to Kashmir, and has done so by sharing her Kashmir adventure in the form of a fantasy novel. A fan of Lewis Caroll, Zuni is among the writers who believe in sharing their imaginative fantasy world through words of wisdom.
In her delightful introduction to the book, Zuni reiterates that her story had originally been set in London because the house that inspired the story was in London. However, she decided to give her narration more innate dimension and purpose. So, she moved the novel’s setting to Kashmir instead, a place where her father grew up and she has been visiting since childhood.
Published: Feb 07, 2017
Zuni Chopra And Zaira Wasim Exchange Thoughts And Ideas On Kashmir Over Zuni’s Book Launch
Talented young budding writer Zuni Chopra, daughter of film producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and film journalist Anupama Chopra and ‘Dhaakad’ actress Zaira Wasim are all set to have an interesting interactive evening lined up on 8th February, 2017.
Published: Feb 06, 2017
‘I think in words, not images’
As Zuni Chopra speaks about her new novel, The House That Spoke, her excitement is palpable even in a phone conversation. She’s always been a fiction person, she says, because “I loved the idea of storytelling.” Within fiction, it was fantasy that caught her fancy.
Published: Jan 31, 2017
Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s daughter Zuni on her novel The House That Spoke
Ask an author what inspires their work, and the answer will most likely be their surroundings, experiences, and memories. But Zuni Chopra, all of 15, found inspiration for her debut novel from a house she had never seen.
Published: Jan 31, 2017
Meet the 15-year-old author of a new book on Kashmir
With two previously published poetry books to her name, Zuni Chopra—daughter of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and film critic Anupama Chopra, and also niece to award-winning writer Vikram Chandra—has certainly carried on their literary legacy. Now, with her first work of fiction due to release this February, the 15-year-old is here to carve a novel niche for herself.
Published: Jan 31, 2017
On Capturing The True Soul Of Kashmir
Ask an author what inspire his /her work, and the answer is surroundings, experience and memories. But Zuni Chopra at 15 drew inspiration for her debut novel from a house she had never seen.
Published: Jan 31, 2017
They're both teenagers and published authors – Zuni Chopra, 15, has three to her name including two collections of poetry and a just-out debut novel, 'The House that Spoke', while Anusha Subramanian has two novels, the last 'Never Gone' out in November last.
Published: Jan 25, 2017
Poets, Chess Players, Journalists: 9 Amazing Women We Met at JLF 2017
offers the opportunity to interact with the crème de la crème of the literary world. Be it authors, activists, or artists, the festival is also full of remarkable and inspiring women who are making their own mark in the world. Here, we list the inspiring women achievers Vagabomb came across at the 2017 Jaipur Literature Festival.
Published: Jan 23, 2017
The conversation that ensues with Zuni Chopra is no give away to the fact that she's just 15 years old. The teenager made her debut as a novelist at the Jaipur Literature Festival held from January 19-23 in the pink city.
Published: Jan 22, 2017
Zuni Chopra turns author at just 15 with debut novel 'The House that Spoke'
Zuni Chopra is all of 15 - the youngest author at the biggest literary event in the world - and is about to release her debut novel The House That Spoke, published by Penguin. She is readying to give her first interview.
Published: Jan 21, 2017
Zuni Chopra’s novel stuns Shah Rukh Khan
Young writer and dynamic author Zuni Chopra is a rising star in the world of literature and recently she caught the attention of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan for her novel The House That Spoke.
Published: Jan 20, 2017
Young writers release their first books at Jaipur Literary Festival 2014
All the lit fest panel stereotypes were up there - the crowd-pleasing author who admits to not being a reader, the assured know-it-all as well as the unsure first time writer - with one difference: they were all under 18. Audiences at Jaipur more used to dealing with authors who sell hundreds of thousands of books were offered a special treat on Sunday; three young women who are still in school but have already been published.
