Talks Sarmaya
Sarmaya Arts Foundation is excited to host its series, Sarmaya Talks at the Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai on Friday, 17th November 2023 from 6 pm onwards.
Sarmaya Talks is a space for conversations where we invite scholars, authors, and experts to speak on a topic of their choice, introducing our audience to a wide range of subjects from art, culture, and history. We have hosted a diverse range of speakers including Ira Mukhoty, Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Rana Safvi, Girish Shahane, Madhavi Menon, Bijoy Jain, V Sriram, Manu Pillai, Devdutt Pattanaik and Javed Akhtar.
Our sessions for the evening are:
The Great War: Literary Responses in Prose and Poetry to the First World War by Rakhshanda Jalil
From Tokyo to Netaji's Rani of Jhansi Regiment: The Incredible
Diary of Lt. Bharati 'Asha' Sahay by Tanvi Srivastava
17th November 2023
6 pm onwards. Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
About the Speakers:
Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil is a multi-award-winning translator, writer, and literary historian. She has published over 25 books and written over 50 academic papers and essays. Some of her books include Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of the Progressive Writers Movement in Urdu, Krishan Chandar's Partition novel, Ghaddar, and many others. She runs an organization called Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularization of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture.
Tanvi Srivastava is the translator of The War Diary of Asha-san written by Lt Bharati ‘Asha’ Sahay Choudhry of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment. She is the author's granddaughter-in-law. The book has been longlisted for the Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize 2022. Tanvi also writes fiction and has been published in journals like Asymptote, Kitaab, and Gulmohar Quarterly.
The event is free for all with limited seating. To register, please click here. https://docs.google.com/forms/
