'Ek Sham Ismat Chugtai ke Naam' A programme on Ismat Chughtai – panel discussion & readings at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 5pm on 24th May 2014

Time : 5:00 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Place : C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : 'Ek Sham Ismat Chugtai ke Naam' A programme on Ismat Chughtai – panel discussion and readings.

Speakers: Ms Geeta Patel; and Dr. Shohini Ghosh

Moderator: Ms Urvashi Butalia

Program: 1. Video (12-15 minutes) interview (by Nirupama Dutt) with Hiralal Sibal, lawyer who fought the censorship case on behalf of Ismat Chughtai. 

2. Panel discussion on censorship and publishing, the case and related issues.
Panelists: Geeta Patel, Noor Zaheer, Nirupama Dutt, and moderated by Shohini Ghose.

Tea Break : 6.15 PM to 6.30 PM 

3. Conversation with Sukrita Paul Kumar and  moderated by Geeta Patel. 4. Readings by Nirupama Dutt, Sukrita Paul Kumar and Noor Zaheer

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