Jashn e Rampur marks the culmination of the project ‘Forgotten Food: Culinary Memory, Local Heritage and Lost Agricultural Varieties in India’ (2019-2022) funded by Global Challenges Research Fund through the Arts and Humanities Research Council in UK and executed under the aegis of University of Sheffield. The day long festival focuses on the culinary heritage of Rampur with talks, discussions, film screening and performance
From 10:00 to 11:45
Welcome Address: Principal Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi
The Journey of the Project Forgotten Food
Prof. Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Project Principal Investigator and Professor of Global History, University of Sheffield, UK ; Dr. Tarana Hussain Khan, Project Consultant; and Dr. Saumya Gupta, Project Co-Investigator and Associate Professor, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi;
Heritage Foods of Rampur: From Translation to Revival
Rana Safvi, Project Collaborator in conversation with Dr. Jayeeta Sharma, Project Partner Lead, Culinaria Research Center, University of Toronto; Dr. Tarana Hussain Khan; Sadaf Hussain, Project Collaborator; and Shri Birendra Sandhu, Benazir Farms, Rampur
From 12:15 to 13:15
Collecting Oral Histories in Covid Times
Prof. Siobhan Lambert-Hurley in conversation with Dr. Saumya Gupta and her students
From 14:30 to 16:00
Film: Dastarkhwan e Rampur: A Culinary Journey
Yousuf Saeed, filmmaker, Project Collaborator in conversation with Samina Naqvi, Project Collaborator followed by screening of the film
From 16:30 to 17:30 in Multipurpose Hall
Degh to Dastarkhwan: Qissas and Recipes from Rampur
By Tarana Hussain Khan (Penguin: 2022)
Launch of the book followed by an in-conversation
Dr. Tarana Hussain Khan in conversation with Prof. Pushpesh Pant, historian and writer
From 15:30 -18:30 in the Multipurpose Hall
Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia
Rana Safvi, Anoothi Vishal and Prof. Siobhan Lambert-Hurley in conversation with Prof. Claire Chambers, Project Co-Investigator and Professor of Global Literature, University of York, UK
At 18:45
Jashn e Benazir
Rekhtigoi performance by Dastango Fouzia and Dastango Saneya
Introduction: Dr. Tarana Hussain Khan
(Collaboration: Team Forgotten Foods)
