India Dissents: 3000 Years of Difference, Doubt and Argument

DISCUSSION ? ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 18:30

 

A discussion on the recent book, India Dissents (Speaking Tiger, New Delhi: 2017)

 

Speakers: Keki Daruwalla, Githa Hariharan, Purushottam Agrawal, Madhavi Menon, and Siddhartha Varadarajan

Chair: Ashok Vajpeyi

 

The book is a collection of essays, letters, reports, poems, songs and calls to action – from texts ranging from the Rig Veda to Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste; and by thinkers as varied as the Buddha, Akka Mahadevi, Lal Ded, Nanak, Ghalib, Tagore, Manto, Jayaprakash Narayan, Namdeo Dhasal, Mahasweta Devi and Amartya Sen. Their words embody the undying and essential spirit of dissent in one of the world’s most diverse, dynamic and oldest civilizations

 

(Collaboration: Speaking Tiger)