25 March 2017, 05:30 am
ARTEAST
Programme Type
Festivals
FROM 10:00 TO 11:30 IN SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III
Of Other Partitions
A roundtable discussion that focuses on Eastern India’s stories of Partition that somehow remain outside the general narrative of Partition of India. The discussion will begin with a sound installation by Moushumi Bhowmik
Speakers: Udayon Misra; Moushumi Bhowmik; Debjani Sengupta; and Vishwajyoti Ghosh
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12:00 TO 13:30
The Ground Beneath: Governance and Civil Society in India’s Northeast
Speakers: Barsha Poricha; G.K. Pillai; Govind Bhattacharejee; Sunil Kaul; and Surjit Thokchom
14:45 TO 16:45
Adda: The Lost Art of Conversation
The word ‘adda’ roughly speaking is the practice of friends getting together for long, informal and unrigorous conversations. This session proposes an adda on the culture of adda and perhaps the shrinking space for conversations and opinions as well
Speakers: Shiv Visvanathan; Amarendra Khatua; Ashok Vajpeyi; Basant Rajkumar; Raju Nazary; Ian Lyngdoh
From 17:00 to 17:40 in Seminar Rooms I to III
Tea Tasting Ceremony
Curated and conducted by Dhrubajit Chaliha, Korangani Tea
At 18:30 in the Fountain Lawns
Songs She Carries
Concert by Moushumi Bhowmik with Tajdar Junaid
Moushumi Bhowmik is a singer, songwriter and music researcher who has been involved in a field recordings – based project called The Travelling Archive: Field Recordings and Field Notes from Bengal. Moushumi will present her own compositions and also draw from folk music of Bengal
Tajdar Junaid is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer and producer who’s debut album was named album of the year by Rolling Stone magazine in 2013. His music has featured in the work of leading filmmakers abroad and in India
The festival has been organised to mark 25 Years of National Foundation for India and curated by Kishalay Bhattacharjee
