India Habitat Literary Fest : SAMANVAY
PROGRAME details:
Opening Day–16TH December, 2011
Inauguration: Kunwar Narain, Sitakant Mahapatra.
Speakers: Kunwar Narain, Dalip Kaur, Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Ashok Vajpeyi, Laxman Gaikwad, Alok Rai.
Moderator: K. Satchidanandan.
Reading: Sitakant Mahapatra, K. Satchidanandan, Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Ashok Vajpeyi, Mangalesh Dabral, C.P. Deval, Radha Vallabh Tripathi, Gangesh Gunjan, Malkhan Singh.
Date : 16th December 2011
Language : Assamese
TOPIC--NEW CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN WRITERS
Speakers: Arupa Patangia Kalita, Bonti Senchowa, Manika Devee, Moushumi Kandali.
Moderator: Nitoo Das.
Reading: Arupa Patangia Kalita, Bonti Senchowa.
Date : 17th December 2011
Language: Punjabi
TOPIC —-DALIT LOVE POETRY
Speakers: Dr. Gurbachan, Balbir Madhopuri, Swarajbir, Nirupama Dutt, Madan Veera.
Moderator: Desraj Kali.
Reading: Balbir Madhopuri, Desraj Kali, Madan Veera.
Date– 17 December 2011
Language: Malayalam
TOPIC–AUTOBIOGRAPHIES FROM THE MARGINS
Speakers: Sister Jesme, Pokkudan, Nalini Jameela, C.K. Janu.
Moderator: K. Satchidanandan.
Reading: Sister Jesme, Nalini Jameela.
Date—17th December 2011.
Language: Urdu
TOPIC--THE DEATH OF THE MUSHAIRA
Speakers: Nida Fazli, Javed Akhtar, Sheen Kaaf Nizam, Prof. Sadique.
Moderator: Hasan Kamal.
Reading: Nida Fazli, Javed Akhtar, Sheen Kaaf Nizam, Hasan Kamal.
Date — 17 December 2011
Language: English
TOPIC-–INDIAN ENGLISH WRITING: BEYOND FICTION
Speakers: David Davidar, Arshia Sattar, Basharat Peer, Annie Zaidi, Aman Sethi.
Moderator: Chandrahas Choudhury.
Reading: Arundhathi Subramaniam, Rahul Pandita.
Date— 18th December, 2011
Time– 12.15 PM to 1.30 PM.
Language: Bengali
TOPIC—POETRY AND THE POPULAR
Speakers: Nabarun Bhattacharya, Subodh Sarkar, Ujjal Singha, Srijato.
Moderator: Paromita Chakravarti.
Reading: Nabarun Bhattacharya, Subodh Sarkar, Ujjal Singha, Srijato.
Time: 18 December, 2.45 PM to 4.00 PM.
Language: Hindi
TOPIC--SEARCHING FOR READERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Speakers: Rajendra Yadav, Mangalesh Dabral, Paresh Nath, Arun Maheshwari, Neeta Gupta, Ravish Kumar, Giriraj Kiradoo.
Moderator: Satyanand Nirupam.
Reading: Prabhat Ranjan, Mahesh Verma.
Date– 18th December 2011
Time–4.15 PM to 5.30 PM.
Closing session: REFLECTIONS
Speakers: Raj Liberhan, Anant Nath, Giriraj Kiradoo, Satyanand Nirupam.
Special Guest: Namita Gokhale.
Date—18th December 2011
Time– 5.45 PM to 6.00 PM.
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Date–16th -18th December 2011
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