BOOK DISCUSSION "India Dissents: 3000 Years of Difference, Doubt and Argument" at Annexe Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 10th August 2017

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 10/08/2017 18:30 10/08/2017 20:00 Asia/Kolkata BOOK DISCUSSION "India Dissents: 3000 Years of Difference, Doubt and Argument" Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/08/book-discussion-india-dissents-3000.html Lecture Room - 2, Basement, Annexe Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Venue : Lecture Room - 2, Basement, Annexe Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
Landmark : Annexe Building is Next to Alliance Francaise
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : BOOK DISCUSSION "India Dissents: 3000 Years of Difference, Doubt and Argument".  

A discussion on the recent book, India Dissents (Speaking Tiger, New Delhi: 2017)

Speakers: Keki Daruwalla, Githa Hariharan, Purushottam Agrawal, Madhavi Menon, and Siddhartha Varadarajan

Chair: Ashok Vajpeyi

The book is a collection of essays, letters, reports, poems, songs and calls to action – from texts ranging from the Rig Veda to Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste; and by thinkers as varied as the Buddha, Akka Mahadevi, Lal Ded, Nanak, Ghalib, Tagore, Manto, Jayaprakash Narayan, Namdeo Dhasal, Mahasweta Devi and Amartya Sen. Their words embody the undying and essential spirit of dissent in one of the world’s most diverse, dynamic and oldest civilizations

Collaboration: Speaking Tiger

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