India Remembers Octavio Paz

 

 

 

17 November  2018, 16:00 onwards
 

Re-imagining  Octavio Paz

 

An exhibition of graphic posters by young designers and artists

 

Inauguration by Mexican writer, Alberto Ruy Sanchez and Indian modern master, Krishen Khanna

 

Book Launch: India Remembers Octavio Paz

 

 

 

Followed by a panel discussion: Remembering Paz

 

Panelists: Krishen Khanna, Alberto Ruy Sanchez, Ashok Vajpeyi, Gulam Mohd. Sheikh, Mohit Gujral

 

 

 

19 November, 16:45 onwards

 

Launch of the book: Octavio Paz and India: Enduring Resonances

 

Speakers: Prof. Ranjeeva Ranjan, University of Hyderabad; Dr. Jandhyala Prabhakar Rao/Shri Mohammad Shoukat Hayat, University of Hyderabad; and Mr. Santiago Ruy Sanchez

 

 

 

Followed by Seminar: Octavio Paz: Exploring the Labyrinth

 

Panelists: Carlos Varona on Octavio Paz, an all-encompassing vision; K. Satchidanandan on Poetry as History and Apocalypse;  Minni Sawhney on the Conjunctions and Disjunctions of Octavio Paz; Subhro Bandhopadhyay on The Monkey Grammarian, a poem for the future; and Shyama Prasad Ganguly on Paz and India: Some Personal Reflections

 

 

 

25 November, 19:00 onwards

 

Film Screening: The Labyrinth of Octavio Paz

 

 

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation; Embassy of Mexico; and Cervantes Institute, Delhi))