dialogues2009 — almostisland

editions

2019 | Dec. 6–8 | BIC, Bangalore

with Zoë Wicomb, Togara Muzanenhamo, I. Allan Sealy, Michael Kelleher, Jayant Kaikini, Joy Goswami, Vivek Shanbhag, Sharmistha Mohanty

2018 | Dec. 22–23 | IIC, Delhi

With Ari Sitas, Mani Rao, Subhro Bandhopadhyay, Rahul Soni, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2017 | Dec. 16–17 | IIC, Delhi

with Bei Dao, Mohammed Bennis, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Manglesh Dabral, Sergio Chejfec, I. Allan Sealy, Joy Goswami, Emily Sun, Jared Stark, Magaret Carson, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2015 | Feb. 13–15 | IIC, Delhi

with Raul Zurita, Joy Goswami, Kutti Revathy, K. Satchidanandan, Anna Deeny Morales, Bahauddin Dagar, Parvathy Baul, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2013 | Dec. 19–22 | IIC, Delhi

with Xi Chuan, Bahauddin Dagar, Renee Gladman, László Krasznahorkai, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Ashis Nandy, Sharmistha Mohanty, Rahul Soni

2011 India-China | Dec. 19–21 | Jnanapravaha, Mumbai

with Bei Dao, Adil Jussawalla, Irwin Allan Sealy, Xi Chuan, Ouyang Jianghe, Han Shaogong, K. Satchidanandan, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Ge Fei, Ashis Nandy, Li Tuo, Lydia Liu, Yourou Zhong, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2011 | Mar. 11–13 | IIC, Delhi

with Forrest Gander, Vahni Capildeo, George Szirtes, Irwin Allan Sealy, Rahul Soni, Giriraj Kiradoo, the Cybermohalla Collective, Charu Nivedita, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2010 | Mar. 18–21 | IIC, Delhi

with Tomasz Salamun, Vahni Capildeo, Eliot Weinberger, Joy Goswami, Xu Xi, Anita Agnihotri, Charu Nivedita, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2009 | Feb. 12–15 | IIC, Delhi

with Ashis Nandy, Kunwar Narain, Bei Dao, Joy Goswami, Xi Chuan, Ouyang Jianghe, Ge Fei, Zhai Yongming, K. Satchidanandan, Li Tuo, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Irwin Allan Sealy, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2008 | Mar. 6–9 | IIC, Delhi

with Claudio Magris, Bei Dao, George Szirtes, Udayan Vajpeyi, Irwin Allan Sealy, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Mani Kaul, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2006 | Dec. 15–17 | IIC, Delhi

with Irwin Allan Sealy, George Szirtes, Mani Kaul, Mariko Nagai, K. Satchidanandan, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Arvind Mehrotra, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2009 India-China Dialogues

February 12–15, India International Centre, New Delhi

With Ashis Nandy, Kunwar Narain, Bei Dao, Joy Goswami, Xi Chuan, Ouyang Jianghe, Ge Fei, Zhai Yongming, K. Satchidanandan, Li Tuo, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Irwin Allan Sealy, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

evening readings

6.30 pm, IIC Annexe Court

Thursday, Feb. 12

Xi Chuan (poet), Rukmini Bhaya Nair (poet), Zhai Yongming (poet), Kunwar Narain (poet)

Friday, Feb. 13

Vivek Narayanan (poet), Ge Fei (fiction), K. Satchidanandan (poet)

Saturday, Feb. 14

Ouyang Jianghe (poet), Sharmistha Mohanty (fiction), Allan Sealy (fiction)

Sunday, Feb. 15

Joy Goswami (poet), Vinod Kumar Shukla (poet), Bei Dao (poet)

discussion

There will be three discussion sessions. The subjects are meant only to conjure up a space, open ended, allowing each writer to pass through it as they wish. There are no specific speakers or panels, so that it can be a real conversation.

Sessions 1 and 2

Friday, Feb. 13, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Private Dining Hall

Saturday, Feb. 14, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Annexe Lawns

Many of the Indian writers at this conference have been in dialogue with the forms, texts, and art of our long past, with past as space or time, even a past beyond history, along with an overwhelming present, in their own work. This seems almost inevitable in the context of old civilisations. What kind of a presence is the past for contemporary writers in both India and China?
Moderators: Ashis Nandy/Sharmistha Mohanty

Session 3

Sunday, Feb. 15, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Conference Room 1

Having come from this long past, what is our understanding of the new, in poetry and prose, what is innovation for us, and what are the many ways in which we approach it?
Moderator: Vivek Narayanan

The Dialogues continue at Fatehpur Sikri from Feb. 16–18.