Insider/Outsider: Writing India’s Dreams and Realities
- Each session contributes to the exploration of the theme Insider/Outsider and also tries to expand the concept of language beyond the ‘verbal’.
- Day 1 Inaugural
- Day 2 Explores the possibility of creating a multidynamic methodology to understand and market the continuities of Indian languages and their expressions
- Day 3 Features sessions on the focal languages of 2015
- Day 4 Attempts to expand the theme with a futuristic vision
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SESSION |
TIME/VENUE |
PANELIST/S |
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| Day 1
26 Nov Thursday |
Inaugural Lecture
The Languages of a Union |
6.00-7.00 pm
Amphitheatre |
Prof. Aijaz Ahmad | ||
| Special Session 1
Common People, Uncommon Minds: A Tribute to RK Laxman & A Discussion on the State of Cartoons in India
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7.00-8.00 pm
Amphitheatre
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EP Unny
Krishna Prasad Christel Devadawson Hartosh Singh Bal (HSB to moderate)
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| Dinner | 8.00-10.00 pm
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| Day 2
Nov 27 Friday |
Special Session 2: Volunteer-designed Session. Inside the Exile: An Encounter with Tibet in India Discussion, readings and Q&A featuring Tibetan writers.
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11.00 am -12.00 noon
Amphitheatre |
Tenzin Tsunde
Bhuchung Sonam et al (TT to moderate) |
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| Reading and Conversation 1
Dialoging Lives: Two Dalit Autobiographies |
12.00 noon – 1.00pm
Amphitheatre |
Jerry Pinto
Urmila Pawar In Conversation with: Gopal Guru |
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| Lunch | 1.00-2.00 pm
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| Panel Discussion 1
Breaking Middle Ground: Translatorspeak!
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2.00-300 pm
Amphitheatre |
In conversation Arunava Sinha (Bangla);
Sachin Ketkar (Marathi); AR Venkatachalapathy (Tamil) Rakshanda Jalil (Hindi/Urdu) (AS to moderate) |
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| Panel Discussion 2: Building New Grounds for Translation in India
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3.00 pm- 4.00 pm
Amphitheatre |
Urvashi Butalia
Ashok Vajpayee Avadhesh Kumar Singh Bulbul Sharma (AKS to moderate) |
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| Tea Break and Book Release | 4.00-4.30 pm | ||||
| Panel Discussion: 3
A Passing Witness: A Conversation with Riyas Komu
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4.30-5.30 pm- | Riyas Komu in conversation with Gayatri Sinha | |||
| Reading and Conversation 2:
Architectures of Transgression: On Writing Desire |
5.30-6.30 pm
Amphitheatre |
Margaret Mascarenhas
Meena Kandasamy Rosalyn De Mello Sudeep Sen (MK to moderate)
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| Theme Session: Readings
(Meena Alexander’s book release: Atmospheric Embroidery, Collection of Poems)
The Writer as Insider/Outsider
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6.30-7.30 pm
Amphitheatre |
K.Satchidanandnan (Malayalam)
Meena Alexander (English) Taslima Nasrin (Bangla) Sharmila Seyyid (Tamil) Padma Sachdev (Dogri) Ashok Vajpeyi (Hindi) Sachin Ketkar (Marathi) (KS to moderate) |
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| Evening Performance | 7.30 – 8.30 pm
Plaza Steps |
Jeet Thayil’s Band, “Still Dirty” | |||
| Day 3
Nov 28 Saturday |
Special Session 3: Inside Outside: Who Asks?
TM Krishna Unplugged
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11.00-12.00 noon | TM Krishna in conversation with Sadanand Menon
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| Panel Discussion 4
Child as Cultural Outsider (We will also have outreach activities in schools) |
12.00-100 pm | Samina Mishra
Jerry Pinto Radhika Menon Ameen-ul-Haque (JP to moderate)
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| Lunch | 1.00-2.00 pm | ||||
| Focal Languages Session 1
Tamil The Bound Word: On Creativity and Censorship |
2.00-3.00 pm | AR Venkatachalapathy
Khushbu Kannan Sundaram Sharmila Seyyid (ARV to moderate) |
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| Focal Languages Session 2
Dogri Coming to Terms—From the Folk to the Contemporary in Dogri Literature |
3.00 – 4.00 pm | Balwant Thakur
Lalit Mangotra Promila Manhas (LM to moderate)
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| Tea Break | 4.00-4.30 pm | ||||
| Focal Languages Session 3
Bangla Beyond Tagore: Towards a Brand New Bangla |
4.30-5.30 pm | Shubro Bandyopadhyay
Dolochampa Chakravary Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay (SB to moderate) |
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| Focal Languages Session 4 Marathi
Marathi Theatre: Playing out India’s Dreams and Realities
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5.30-6.30 pm | Makarand Sathe
Iravati Karnik Vaibhav Dharmakriti Sumant (MK to moderate) |
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| Award Ceremony
Samanvay Bhasha Samman & Vani Award for Distinguished Translator |
6.30-7.30 pm
Plaza Steps |
Jury Members of Both the Awards | |||
| Evening Performance | 7.30-9.00 pm | TM Krishna concert exploring the idea of Insider Outsider | |||
| Day 4
29 Nov |
Special Session 5:
Mise-en-scene of Creative Resistance: The Cinema Alternative |
11.00-12.00 noon | Fareeda Mehta
and others |
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| Panel Discussion 4: Towards Sustainable Idioms of Technology | 12 noon-1.00 pm | Jyoti Narula Ranjan –-thinking -audio
Amit Pasricha – imagining -visual- Madhushree Dutta Transforming/archiving- films
Chair: Shivendra Singh
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| Lunch | 1.00-2.00 pm | ||||
| Panel Discussion 5: Gender in Sexuality: Images in Transition
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2.00- 3.00 pm | J Devika
Manabi Bandyopadhya Saleem Kidwai Chair: Shohini Ghosh |
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| Special Session 6:
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3.00-4.00 pm | To be finalised
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| Tea Break | 4.00-4.30 pm | ||||
| Reading and Conversation 3: The Southern Bhakti Route | 4.30-5.30 pm
Amphitheatre |
Readings and Introductions to Translations of South Indian Bhakti poetry: Priya Sarukkari Chhabria (Aandal from Tamil)
Shiva Prakash (Vachana Poetry from Kannada) Arundhathi Subramanian (Moderating and readings from multiple poets) |
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| Panel Discussion 7:
The Continuous/Discontinuous City: Delhi in Their Eyes
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5.30-6.30pm
Amphitheatre |
Aman Nath on Delhi’s Architectural Continuity
Ayesha Kidwai on Delhi’s Linguistic and Cultural Continuity Vijay Dhasmana on Delhi’s Ecological Continuity Moderator: Rizio Yohannan Raj
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| Closing Performance | 7.00-8.00 pm
Stein Auditorium |
Chandralekha’s Shariria | |||