Vikas Swarup in conversation with Advaita Kala as part of Writers etc. at Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 8th November 2013

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre
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Event Description : Alliance Francaise de Delhi, Institut Francais en Inde and The French Embassy in India present Writers, etc. - session 25 - Vikas Swarup in conversation with Advaita Kala.

For our twenty-fifth session we are very pleased to welcome Vikas Swarup to be in conversation with Advaita Kala.

Diplomat and author Vikas Swarup was born in Allahabad in a family of lawyers.
After graduating from Allahabad University with distinction, he joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986. He has served in Indian missions in Ankara, Washington DC, Addis Ababa, London, Pretoria and was till recently Consul General of India in Osaka-Kobe, Japan. 

He is the author of three novels: Q&A, which was filmed as the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, Six Suspects and The Accidental Apprentice. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages. 

He has been conferred the degree of Doctor of Literature & Philosophy (honoris causa) by the University of South Africa (UNISA), the largest university in South Africa and one of the largest distance education institutions in the world. 

He has participated in several international literary festivals and served on the jury of the Cairo International Film Festival and the Man Asian Literary Prize. He has also written for TIME, Newsweek, The Guardian (UK), The Telegraph (UK), Outlook magazine (India), DNA (India) and Liberation (France).

Advaita Kala is the author of the bestselling novel, Almost Single. Almost Single has been published in the United States under the Bantam Discovery Program as well as in France by Editions Marabout. She is an award winning screen writer (Kahaani) and is a columnist for Mail Today newspaper. She also writes a popular food column called EPICURIOSITY for the Financial Express.

Background : Writers, Etc is our literary platform: a space where the written word gets primacy, where written ideas and their practitioners can interact with each other and the general public, coming together to ask pertinent questions and seek their answers: what role does literature play in contemporary societies? How do writers see their responsibilities vis-à-vis the public and, turning that over, how do we see writers? How has the written word adapted to its place among the growing pantheon of varied and addictive forms of cultural transmission? The aim is to encourage a discovery, unencumbered by genre, of all the written oeuvres, ranging from living legends to new and emerging talent.

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