Anudit Kavitayein – Poetry in Translation

A feast of poetry in Hindi translation 

With Gagan Gill; Rashmi Bharadwaj; Nidheesh Tyagi; and Apoorvanand

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles and India
An illustrated presentation by Ajoy Bose

This is the fascinating saga of the world’s most famous 60s rock group embracing Hindustani classical music. It is also the story of a pioneering cultural connection forged between the East and the West well over half a century ago by four working class rock stars from Liverpool and the versatile sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar along with the Himalayan mystic Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The reverberations of this enduring love affair between India and The Beatles continue to resonate after all these years. The talk will explore how they have influenced each other in popular music and culture across the universe.

Ajoy Bose is a veteran journalist, television commentator and author whose most recent book, Across the Universe: The Beatles in India inspired him to direct an award-winning film, The Beatles and India
 

Coordinated by Smt Rani Khanam, well-known Kathak exponent, choreographer and disability management specialist

Chief Guest: Dr. Arshiya Sethi, independent scholar

Presentations by Sharbari Banerjee, art educator and musicologist; Mrinalini Sinha, Special Educator; and Rani Khanam

Moderator: Jayanti Ranganathan, Executive Editor, Hindustan and writer

The seminar will begin with a live demonstration and lecture-demonstration by artists with and without disabilities

(Collaboration: AAMAD Dance Centre)

Celebrating Time Travel: An Anthology of Poems of Poets’ Childhood Memories
Edited by Amarendra Khatua and Mandira Ghosh (Authorspress: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Chief Librarian, IIC; Dr. Amarendra Khatua, Former Secretary, MEA & DG, ICCR & Poet, Diplomat & Editor of the book; and Ms. Mandira Ghosh, poet, researcher, writer, and co-editor of the book

Chair: Ms Rajni Sekhri Sibal, Writer & Former IAS Officer

Readings

By Sharmistha Mohanty, writer and poet; and Najwan Darwish, poet from Palestine
 

Organised in collaboration with Almost Island Dialogues

Readings
By Anitha Thampi, critically acclaimed poet, essayist and translator; and David Herd, poet, critic and teacher from UK
 

I want to go to Haldwani and other poems
By Satbir Chadha (Authorspress; 2024)

Discussants: Ms. Mandira Ghosh, poet, researcher and writer; Ms. Rachna Joshi, poet and reviewer; and Ms Satbir Chadha, poet and author of the book

Chair: Shri K. Jayakumar, President, The Poetry Society (India) and former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Kerala

Displaced: Refugees, Trauma, and Integration within Nations

By Shaifali Sandhya (OUP, USA: 2024)

Discussants: Amb. Navtej Sarna, Author, Historian & Former Ambassador to USA; and Dr. Shaifali Sandhya, Psychologist & Author of the book

Moderator: Amir Singh Pasrich, President Oxford & Cambridge Society of India 

My Favourite Urdu Poems

With Leeladhar Mandloi; Om Nischal; Giridhar Rathi; and Asad Zaidi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Anemone Morning and other poems
By Gopal Lahiri (PENPRINTS Publications: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Payal Nagpal, Professor, Dept. of English, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi; Shri Mohammad Jamshed, author, poet and former Member, Central Administrative Tribunal; Ms Satbir Chadha, novelist and poet; and Shri Gopal Lahiri, poet, Editor, critic, translator and author of the book

Chair: Prof. Malashri Lal, author and Convener, English Board, Sahitya Akademi