About
Ajiva Talks is an independent editorial platform dedicated to long-form conversations with writers, artists, thinkers, and cultural voices across Asia and beyond.
We publish interviews that take time — time to listen, time to reflect, and time to understand the ideas, histories, and inner lives that shape creative work. In an age of speed, summaries, and surface-level commentary, Ajiva Talks chooses depth.
Our conversations explore literature, identity, memory, philosophy, faith, art, and the lived experiences that sit beneath public personas. We are interested not only in what people create, but why they create — and how their personal histories, cultural contexts, and inner conflicts inform their work.
Ajiva Talks believes that meaningful dialogue cannot be rushed.
We value nuance over virality, clarity over noise, and thoughtful questioning over performative interviews. Each piece is approached as a document — something meant to be read slowly, returned to, and remembered.
The platform features authors at different stages of their journeys: debut writers and established voices, independent thinkers and internationally published creators. What connects them is not fame, but seriousness of thought and commitment to craft.
Ajiva Talks is independently run and editorially driven. We are not affiliated with any publishing house, media corporation, or commercial agenda. This independence allows us to remain focused on storytelling that is honest, patient, and culturally grounded.
At its core, Ajiva Talks exists to archive conversations that matter — conversations that resist simplification and honour the complexity of human experience.