My Sindh, A Journey to the Beloved Homeland..
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai Literary Club ASM LitClub Online programme on “My Sindh, A Journey to the Beloved Homeland” by Shakuntala Bharvani Thursday 12th August at 6 pm on Zoom.
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is delighted to invite you to attend an Online conversation between Shakuntala Bharvani on her book “My Sindh, A Journey to the Beloved Homeland,” published in April 2021, with her editor and publisher Saaz Agarwal. The programme will be held on Thursday 12th August 2021 at 6 pm on Zoom.
My Sindh is a book that weaves together vivid memories with historical snippets, remarkable people, and family stories – some poignant, some wise, some outright funny. A "go-to book if you want a Sindhi history as complex and palatable as sai bhaji," as Bachi Karkaria wrote.
Join Shakuntala Bharvani on a journey to the beloved homeland she has never been to! You will meet interesting characters, view archival images, and hear the author read passages from her book, as she shares her insights into this remarkable community.
Dr.Shakuntala Bharvani taught English literature at Elphinstone and Government Law Colleges. She has published a novel and a monograph on the poet Nissim Ezekiel.
Saaz Aggarwal, is recognized for her work in the field of Sindh studies. She is an independent researcher, writer and artist, her body of writing includes biographies, translations, critical reviews and humour columns.
Do join us for this evening that promises to be both enjoyable and instructive.
Join Zoom for the programme:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83652512734?pwd=ZnBESldHdVRuVVJYWmZkK0FnNHFxZz09
Meeting ID: 836 5251 2734
Passcode: 338154
- Meenal Kshirsagar , Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub
- Dr Usha R Vijailakshmi , Officiating Hon. Secretary, The Asiatic Society of MumbaI
ASM LitClub Online programme on Rochelle Potkar’s “Bombay Hangovers” : Sweating Bombay’s sensorium in stories Saturday 24th July at 6 pm on Zoom
The ASM Literary Club is delighted to invite you to attend a programme based on the latest book by Rochelle Potkar “Bombay Hangovers: Sweating Bombay’s sensorium in stories” on Saturday, 24th July 2021 at 6 p.m. on Zoom. She will be in conversation with our member Raamesh Gowri Raghavan, Editor, Narrow Road Literary Journal.
Join them on a roller coaster journey and traverse the sixteen short stories that comprise the book. The sagas with their disparate caste, class, and religious settings, throb with vivid characters many of us will recognize. The stories are a multisensory overload, as is our city. Yes, the book will pulsate at all five senses, and at the sixth - memory. Experience, with these colourful protagonists, the storied hangovers of a city that intoxicates you, as you live, inhale and exhale in it.
Rochelle Potkar is a Fictionist, Poet, Critic, Curator, Editor, Translator and Screenwriter. She is a convincing raconteur, tells a story well. Her book of haibun, Paper Asylum was shortlisted for the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2020. She is an alumna of Iowa's International Writing Program (IWP 2015) and a Charles Wallace Fellow, University of Stirling 2017.
We look forward to having you with us at this event, if you would like to read some of the stories earlier, the link via Amazon is given below:
Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.in/Bombay-Hangovers-Rochelle-Potkar/dp/8195012639/
Zoom link for the programme:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84428974000?pwd=NEViU2MxcnhNMmlLZnRnS2VWNHZWQT09
Meeting ID: 844 2897 4000
Passcode: 028886
- Meenal Kshirsagar , Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub
- Dr Usha R Vijailakshmi, Officiating Hon. Secretary, Asiatic Society of Mumbai
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai Literary Club
ASM LitClub (Online) Programme Anchored by the book
“The Ant who Swallowed the Sun - The Abhangs of the Marathi Women Saints”,
translated by Neela Bhagwat and Jerry Pinto
on Wednesday, 10th February 2021 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is delighted to invite you to an Online programme based on the book “The Ant who swallowed the Sun”; the Abhangs of the Marathi Women Saints”, translated by Neela Bhagwat and Jerry Pinto. Neela Bhagwat will sing some of the Abhangs, accompanied on the tabla by Sandeep Pawar. Author Jerry Pinto will read the English versions. Neela Bhagwat and Jerry Pinto have translated selections of the poetry of ten women Bhakti poets from Maharashtra. The Ant Who Swallowed the Sun has already been lauded as a "splendid achievement" by Ranjit Hoskote.
Neela Bhagwat is a renowned exponent of the Gwalior gharana. With her background of Masters in Marathi, she has been engaged in composing khayals based on her own experiences as well as social concerns.
Jerry Pinto has translated several books from Marathi including the seminal Dalit autobiography, Baluta by Daya Pawar; When I Hid My Caste and other Stories by Baburao Bagul and Strike a Blow to Change the World by Eknath Awad. He is on the board of MelJol, an NGO that works in the sphere of child rights and teaches at the Social Communications Media department of the Sophia Polytechnic.
Tabla player Sandeep Pawar is a disciple of Pt. Arvind Molgaonkar. He has accompanied many vocalists and is an acclaimed soloist.
We look forward to your participation in the 111th birth anniversary of author Durga Bhagwat. This promises to be a unique, milestone event in our cultural history. It will enchant our poetry and music lovers and those interested in Bhakti Literature. Please be there.
- Dr Usha R. Vijailakshmi, Officiating Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Chairperson - ASM LitClub
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 869 6414 2656
Passcode: 459471