BOOK ( Launch ) "Farewell Red Mansion" a novel by Sharat Kumar at Oxford Bookstore, Statesman House - 4th May 09

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free

Event Details : Launch of the book 'Farewell Red Mansion', a novel by Sharat Kumar, veteran of 1962 Sino-Indian war and an eminent filmmaker.

Book Release by : Ms. Justice Leila Seth (Retd) with Mr. Keshav Malik, poet and former editor of Shahitya Akademi journal, Indian Literature and Ms Sukrita Paul, Literary Critic and poet.

About the Novel : The novel, set in a town in west Uttar Pradesh, spans half a century, as the plot alternates between the pre-Independence years (1934-42) and the last quarter of 1989, thus straddling two generations of the Sinha family. The narrative parallels the times of the father and the son, moving back and forth in time. In Prof Samarendra Sinha’s story, the Red Mansion is a hub of political, social and familial bustle, while in his son Samar’s life it is the centre of intrigue. The two time-frames, linked by the same locale – the family house – also correspond with the change in environmental tone of the period. While the pre-Independence scenario is high on idealism, social affinities, the moral fibre, the alternate setting sceptically questions the same very value system and debates a dilemma of sorts.
Farewell Red Mansion is English translation of the Hindi original, Lal Kothi Alvida. A television serial of eighty-two episodes based on this novel was telecast at prime time on the national channel of Doordarshan. Subsequently, the author adapted the novel and scripted the screenplay to direct and produce a full-length feature film, Duvidha. The film has received Mention Spéciale du Jury at Strasbourg International Film Festival, France, 2009.

Place : Oxford BookStore, Statesman House, First Floor, 148, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi - 110001
Walking Distance from Barakhamba Metro Station which Comes Under Line 3 ( Indraprastha - Barakhamba Road - Dwarka )
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