Hosted by IIHS, Lekhana once again brought together writers from Bangalore city to share conversations, discussions and readings with international writers resident at Sangam House. It featured a weekend of readings, conversations about literature, and performances. Special panels this year were readings from the works of writers who returned their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest, and an open forum on the efficacy of organisations like PEN and non-violent modes of dissent and protest. Amar Kanwar’s film “A Night of Prophecy’ was screened.
This edition of Lekhana was supported by PEN International and brought together writers and translators from the Asia-Pacific region.
Schedule
Friday, 8 January
- 7.00pm
Film Screening: An Old Dog’s Diary (Dir: Shai Heredia, Shumona Goel)
Discussion with the film maker
Saturday, 9 January
- 10.00am to 11.00am
Keeping it Short
Mahesh Rao with Indira Chandrasekhar - 1.45pm
Dramatised Reading: A Pound of Flesh
Vivek Madan, Salmin Sharief - 4.00pm to 5.00pm
Warts and All: The Art of Biography
Suresh Menon, Nakul Krishna, DW Gibson with Sam Arni
- 11.15am to 12.15pm
The Archaeology of Nonfiction
Salil Tripathi, Raghu Karnad, Rohini Mohan with Arshia Sattar - 2.00pm to 3.00pm
How do you say this in Kannada?
Vanamala Vishwanatha, Bageshree Subbanna, Srinath Perur with Chandan Gowda - 5.15pm to 5.45pm
Reading
Suresh Menon, Nakul Krishna, DW Gibson
- 12.30pm to 1.00pm
Reading
Rohini Mohan, Salil Tripathi, Raghu Karnad - 3.15pm to 3.45pm
Reading
Chandan Gowda, Srinath Perur - 6.00pm to 7.00pm
Leaving Home: Traveller / Refugee / Migrant
Christopher Kloeble, Srinath Perur, Rohini Mohan with Salil Tripathi
Sunday, 10 January
- 10.00am to 10.50am
Andal: The Autobiography of a Goddess
Priya Sarukkai Chabria with Lata Mani - 1.00pm to 1.30pm
Reading
Anjum Hasan, V Sanjay Kumar, Neal Hall - 4.15pm to 5.15pm
Writing Fic-Tory
Saskya Jain, Uttaran Das Gupta, Raghu Karnad with DW Gibson
- 11.00am to 11.30am
Reading
K. Srilata, Sam Arni, Indira Chandrasekhar - 2.15pm to 3.15pm
In the Belly of the Beast
Zac O’Yeah, DW Gibson, Salil Tripathi with Sam Arni - 5.30pm
Is PEN Mightier than the Sword
Salil Tripathi, DW Gibson, Aakar Patel, Arshia Sattar
- 11.45am to 12.45pm
Portrait of the Artist
Shai Heredia, Anjum Hasan, V Sanjay Kumar with Arshia Sattar - 3.30pm to 4.00pm
Reading
Saskya Jain, Uttaran Das Gupta, Zac O’Yeah