GLF 2014 coverage on Assam Times
28th Guwahati Book Fair and Literary Festival 2014 at the Assam Engineering Institute ground from Dec 25 - Jan 5.
The Literary Fest will be held on December 27-29. Few session will be available live on the Internet.
PUBLICATION BOARD, ASSAM
Guwahati Literary Festival 2014 (GLF2014), DEC 27-29
VENUE: NEDFi HOUSE, DISPUR, GUWAHATI
DAY ONE: 27/12/2014 (see report here: English/Assamese)
TIME | SESSIONS | PARALLEL SESSIONS |
09-9:30am | Registration by participants | ------------------ |
09:30-10:00am |
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10:00-11:30am | CONVERSATION: Shifting Sands of history: Remembering and forgetting NAMITA GOKHALE in conversation with Pushpesh Pant, C P Surendran, Manorama Sarma, Pradip Sarma and Chandan kumar Sarma | PANEL: Short stories: My world, my writing Moderator: PRASANTA RAJGURU Panelists: Rabi Thapa, Arupa Patangia Kalita, Debabrata Das, Robin Sarma, Bipul Khataniar and Prasanta Kumar Das |
11:30-11:45 | TEA BREAK | TEA BREAK |
11:45-1:15pm | PANEL: Resisting stereotypes: Writing in Northeast Moderator: ARUP KUMAR DUTTA Panelists: Mamang Dai, Prabhat Bora, Janice Pariat and Dhruba Hazarika, | PANEL: SHADOWS OF SELF: Being a poet in NE Moderator: HARE KRISHNA DEKA Panelists: Robin Ngangom, Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Gyan Pujari,Sameer Tanti,Nilim Kumar, Anupama Basumatary and Tapati Baruah Kashyap |
01:15-2:00pm | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK |
02-03:30pm | CONVERSATION: North East India: On the map, off the mind (Altering perceptions through history and literature) SAMUDRA GUPTA KASHYAP in conversation with Mark Tully, Arnab Goswami, John Elliott and Rahul Bhattacharya |
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03:30-03:45pm | TEA BREAK | TEA BREAK |
03:45-04:30pm | TALK: Remembering Indira Goswami Chair: NAMITA GOKHALE Speaker: MITRA PHUKAN | PANEL: Is there a North-East identity? Moderator: UDDIPANA GOSWAMI Panelists: Mausami Kandali, Bibhash Choudhury, Janice Pariat, Kaushik Deka and Manjit Barua |
04:30-05:30pm | PANEL: Myth, society and storytelling Moderator: DR. BIRENDRA NATH DUTTA Panelists: Neelesh Misra, Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Imran Hussain | PANEL: Emerging trends in fiction Chair: JERRY PINTO Co-Chair- Phanindra kumar Dev Choudhury Panelists: Ankush Saikia, Janice Pariat, Anjali Joseph and Pankaj Govinda Medhi, |
06:00-07:30pm TALK: Why the nation ought to know Chair: Dhruba Jyoti Borah Speaker: Arnab Goswami | ||
DAY TWO: 28/12/2014 (full day report)
TIME | SESSIONS | PARALLEL SESSIONS |
09:30-10:30am | The poetic gaze Chair: HIRENDRA NATH DUTTA; Co-chair: ROBIN NGANGOM Panel: Sananta Tanty ,Bipuljyoti Saikia, Anubhab Tulasi, Nilima Thakuria Haque, Rajib Baruah, Gangamohan Mili ,Bijoy Sankar Barman and Kamal Kumar Tati | |
10:30-11:30am | CONVERSATION: Women’s narratives: The personal is political Urvashi Butalia in conversation with Tilottoma Mishra, Arupa Patangia Kalita and Nandana Dutta | |
11:30-11:45 | TEA BREAK | TEA BREAK |
11:45-1:15pm | CONVERSATION: Interrogating social reality through cartoons EP UNNY in conversation with Salam Khan, Pankaj Thapa and Champak Borbora | CONVERSATION: Weaving memories: Writing, remembering Nagen Saikia in conversation with Apurba Sarma and Sabita Goswami
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01:15-2pm | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK |
02-3:30pm | PANEL: Publishing the new dynamics: Seeking voices Moderator: MANAS PRATIM SAIKIA Panelists: C P Surendran, Preeti Gill, Bhaskar Dutta Baruah, Simar Puneet and Aditi Maheshwari, | PANEL: The world of short fiction Moderator: ANURADHA SARMA PUJAREE Panelists: Ratna Bharali Talukdar, Banti Senchoa, Anamika Bora , Sanjeev Pol Deka,Apu Varadwaj and Pranjal Sarma Basistha |
03:30-03:45pm | TEA BREAK | TEA BREAK |
03:45-04:30pm | TALK: Changing social and cultural trends in China with focus on writing Chair: PUSPESH PANT Speaker-Alka Acharya | TALK: Conversation of a poet with self: Ode to Amrita Pritam Chair: ARUPA PATANGIA KALITA Speaker: Nirupama Dutt |
04:30-05:15pm | PANEL: Northeast: Beyond conflict Moderator: SANJOY HAZARIKA Panelists: Rahul Bhattacharya, Aruni Kashyap, Monalisa Changkija, Uddipana Goswami and Kaushik Deka | CONVERSATION: Playwrights at work DULAL ROY in conversation with Sukracharya Rabha, Saponjyoti Thakur and Pabitra Rabha |
06:00-07:30pm Live Storytelling and Song performance by Neelesh Misra at the Book Fair venue | ||
DAY THREE: 29/12/2014 (Full day report)
TIME | SESSIONS | PARALLEL SESSIONS |
| PANEL: Northeast: From World War to wars within Moderator: SAMUDRA GUPTA KASHYAP Panelists: Easterine Kire, Govinda Prasad Sarma ,Siddhartha Sarma and Pradip Phanjoubam, | CONVERSATION: Tuning into literature: Music and literature MITRA PHUKAN in conversation with Akhu, Rakhshanda Jalil and Loknath Goswami. |
10:00-11:30am | ||
11:30-11:45 | TEA BREAK | TEA BREAK |
11:45-01:15pm | PANEL: In the shadow of the gun: Literature from a conflict zone Moderator: ARINDAM BORKATAKI Panelists: Megan Kachari, Pranati Deka, Anurag Mahanta, Raktim Sarma, Arpan Saikia and Gobinda Basumatary. | PANEL: Not lost in translation: Building bridges Moderator: ANTARA DEV SEN Panelists: D N Bezbaruah ,Madan Sarma, Tribeni Goswami Mathur, Bipul Deuri, Deep Saikia and Somak Ghoshal |
01:15-2:00pm | Lunch break |
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02:00-3:30pm | CONVERSATION: Indigenous literatures: Writing roots Tabu Ram Taid in conversation with Bijoya Sawian and Anil Boro . | PANEL: Wildlife and writing Moderator: ARUP KUMAR DUTTA Panelists: Soumyadeep Dutta, Anwaruddin Choudhury, Abhijit Rabha and Shiela Bora. |
03:30-3:45pm | TEA BREAK | TEA BREAK |
03:45-4:30pm | TALK: Progressive trends in Urdu literature Chair: NAMITA GOKHALE Talk: Rakhshanda Jalil | Poet NIRUPAMA DUTT in conversation with Balinder Dhanoa and others. |
04:30-5:15pm | TALK: Art of the novel today Chair: DHRUBAJYOTI BORA Talk: JERRY PINTO | Film Show on Bhupen Hazarika and Jadav Payeng. |
06:00-7:30pm Kavita Seth’s concert: Soulful Sufi evening | ||
DAY FOUR: 30/12/2014
06:00-7:30pm IMPHAL TAKIES CONCERT (Book Fair Venue)
*Please note ,this programme is subject to last- minute changes.
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