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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)
 

Event starts on Thursday, 10 August 2017 at 05:30 hrs

Type

Discussions

Dates

10 Aug 2017, 05:30 AM

Venue

India Dissents: 3000 Years of Difference, Doubt and Argument