BOOK LAUNCH & DISCUSSION "Theatres of Democracy : Between the Epic and the Everyday - SelectedEssays" at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 2nd September 2016

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 02/09/2016 18:30 02/09/2016 20:00 Asia/Kolkata BOOK LAUNCH & DISCUSSION "Theatres of Democracy : Between the Epic and the Everyday - SelectedEssays" Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/08/book-launch-discussion-theatres-of.html Multipurpose Hall, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Multipurpose Hall, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : BOOK LAUNCH "Theatres of Democracy : Between the Epic and the Everyday - SelectedEssays"

Unburdened by partisanship or political correctness, these essays by Shiv Visvanathan, one of India’s foremost public intellectuals, chronicle the democratic ferment and political upheavals in contemporary India. Written over the last twenty years, they engage with issues as diverse as the new dimensions of violence, the value of dissent, the creativity in popular culture and the pathologies of nationalism and religious fundamentalism. Always alert to nuance, Visvanathan offers novel portraits of politicians, intellectuals, and sport and film personalities. Combining wit, irony and analytical brilliance, the writings collected in Theatres of Democracy show a commitment to thinking creatively about India.

Author : Shiv Visvanathan is Professor, School of Law, Jindal University, Sonepat. Earlier, he was Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, and Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute for Information and Communication Technology, Ahmedabad. His books include Organizing for Science and A Carnival for Science. Visvanathan is also a columnist for The Hindu, The Asian Age, Open magazine, Sunday Mail and Firstpost.

Editor : Chandan Gowda is Professor, School of Development, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. Besides his academic writings, he has translated Kannada fiction and non-fiction into English, including Bara, a novella by U.R. Ananthamurthy, and edited The Post Office of Abachooru, a book of short stories by K.P. Purnachandra Tejasvi (forthcoming). He is presently completing a book on the cultural politics of development in the old Mysore state.

Organized by : HarperCollins

Book Launch followed by panel discussion.

Discussants : 
Apporvanand, Professor of Hindi, Delhi University 
Suranya Aiyar, Lawyer, Supreme Court
Santosh Desai, CEO, Future Brands
Ramin Jahanbegloo, Philosopher and Vice-Dean, Jindal Global Law School
Amar Kanwar, Filmmaker and Installation Artist 


Moderated by : Harsh Sethi, Editor, Seminar Magazine

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