Positions: Essays on Indian Literature

Launch of the new book of essays by K. Satchidanandan (New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2019)

 

The book will be launched by Prof. Indra Nath Choudhury who will also speak 

 

Followed by discussion

Githa Hariharan, novelist and editor; and Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet and critic will be in conversation with Prof. K. Satchidanandan, author of the book

 

Moderator: Prof. Alok Bhalla

 

The book features a careful selection of K. Satchidanandan’s essays on Indian literature, written over the past 25 years. The book raises some critical issues - whether Indian literature should be treated as a unitary essence or as diverse literature from various languages, is a vexing issue. Or whether literature of India should evolve its own poetics or should continue to be governed by western critical apparatus, are some of the issues raised in this collection of essays

 

(Collaboration: Niyogi Books)

 

Positions: Essays on Indian Literature

Launch of the new book of essays by K. Satchidanandan (New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2019)

 

The book will be launched by Prof. Indra Nath Choudhury who will also speak 

 

Followed by discussion

Githa Hariharan, novelist and editor; and Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet and critic will be in conversation with Prof. K. Satchidanandan, author of the book

 

Moderator: Prof. Alok Bhalla

 

The book features a careful selection of K. Satchidanandan’s essays on Indian literature, written over the past 25 years. The book raises some critical issues - whether Indian literature should be treated as a unitary essence or as diverse literature from various languages, is a vexing issue. Or whether literature of India should evolve its own poetics or should continue to be governed by western critical apparatus, are some of the issues raised in this collection of essays

 

(Collaboration: Niyogi Books)

 

Aaj Kavita

Poetry readings by Tushar Dhawal Singh (Kolkata); Pankhuri Sinha (Delhi); Yashashwini Pandey (Baroda); and Abha Bodhisatva (Mumbai)

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

Cross-Cultural Conversation: A New Way of Learning

Release of the new book by Anindita N. Balslev (New Delhi: Routledge, 2019)

 

The book will be released by Dr. Karan Singh

 

Followed by a discussion 

Speakers: Dr. Karan Singh; Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC; Dr. Oscar Pujol, Director, Cervantes Institute, New Delhi; and Dr. Anindita N. Balslev, independent philosopher based in India and Denmark

 

This book proposes a radical shift in the way the world thinks about itself by highlighting the significance of Cross-Cultural Conversations. Moving beyond conventional boundaries, it examines the language in which histories are written; analyzes how scientific technology is changing the idea of identity; and highlights the need for a larger identity across nationality, race, religion, gender, ethnicity and class

 

(Collaboration: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group)

 

BIJOYA SAMMELAN

 

An Evening of Golden Melodies of Bengal – Banglar Gaan

Presented by Lopamudra Mitra from Kolkata, well-known artist of Rabindra Sangeet and modern Bengali and folk songs

 

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

 

Parwana (90 min)

Directed by Aman Khandelwal and Mahita Valluri

 

A theatrical adaptation of the film The Breadwinner, the play is set in Kabul during the Taliban rule. Parwana is the story of a brave girl, whose life is turned upside down following her father’s wrongful arrest by the Taliban. With the family having lost its sole breadwinner and women strictly forbidden to work in public, at the tender age of 11, Parwana disguises herself as a boy to support her family…

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Afghanistan Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University; The India-Afghanistan Foundation; and Embassy of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan)

 

Gathered Leaves (120 min)

Presented by Ruchika Theatre Group

Directed by Faisal Alkazi

 

With Yogesh Verma; Radhika Alkazi; Sanjiv Desai; Nandini Sra; Gayatri Rattan; Ashish Dhameja; Ritvik Mohan Bhagat; Manvi Nahar; and Lavanya Sinha

 

The story of a family that hasn’t been together in a room for 17 years. On the occasion of the 75th birthday of the patriarch, three generations of the family get together including their adult son with autism. It ensures a dramatic, comic, poignant, and thought-provoking situation

 

(Collaboration: Action for Autism)

 

Gathered Leaves (120 min)

Presented by Ruchika Theatre Group

Directed by Faisal Alkazi

 

With Yogesh Verma; Radhika Alkazi; Sanjiv Desai; Nandini Sra; Gayatri Rattan; Ashish Dhameja; Ritvik Mohan Bhagat; Manvi Nahar; and Lavanya Sinha

 

The story of a family that hasn’t been together in a room for 17 years. On the occasion of the 75th birthday of the patriarch, three generations of the family get together including their adult son with autism. It ensures a dramatic, comic, poignant, and thought-provoking situation

 

(Collaboration: Action for Autism)

 

BIJOYA  SAMMELAN

 

An Evening of Golden Melodies of Bengal – Banglar Gaan

Presented by Lopamudra Mitra from Kolkata, well – known artist of Rabindra Sangeet and modern Bengali and folk songs

 

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

 

Gathered Leaves

Presented by Ruchika Theatre Group

Directed by Faisal Alkazi

 

The story of a family that hasn’t been together in a room for 17 years. On the occasion of the 75th birthday of the patriarch, three generations of the family get together including their adult son with autism. It ensures a dramatic, comic, poignant, and thought-provoking situation

 

(Collaboration: Action for Autism)