Writers and poets from eight NE States to meet here on January 28-29
New Delhi | Monday, Jan 24 2011 IST
Writers and poets from the eight Northeastern states will reflect upon the complexity, diversity, richness and poignancy of the North East Region (NER) in a two-day 'Cultures of Peace: Festival of the North East' commencing here on January 28. According to an official statement here today, Zubaan, a leading publishing house based in Delhi in collaboration with Heinrich Boll Foundation and Indian Habitat Centre, will organise the great event in the national capital. Preeti Gill, Editor of Zubaan, said that the festival of peace would showcase the vibrant writing and cultural tradition of the region and at the same time would look at the whole question of whether or not culture could play a proactive role in bringing about peace. It would also allow for people, both from the North East and from outside to talk across borders and to learn from the experience of others. Six series of seminars on peace, a photo exhibition on young women from the North East entitled 'Seven Sisters and the City' and a music concert with musicians from the North East would be the main programmes of the two-day event. Several prominent litterateurs from all the eight states -Assam, Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Meghalaya - will participate in the event. In the first session of the seminar entiled 'Writing Peace, Writing Violence', Subir Bhaumik, BBC journalist from Tripura, Temsula Ao, retired professor from Nagaland, Arupa Kalita from Assam, Ananya Guha, senior academician from Meghalaya, Aruni Kashyap, writer and translator from Assam, Pradip Phanjoubam, Editor of Imphal Free press from Manipur and Indrani Raimedhi, journalist and writer from Assam will deliver their speeches. Nalanjana Roy, a well known journalist and literary critic will the moderator. In the second session - The Words To Say It - Mamang Dai, writer and journalist from Arunachal Pradesh, Mitra Phukan, writer from Assam, Bijoya Sawian, writer and translator from Meghalaya, Rita Chowdhury, writer from Assam, Mona Zote, poet from Mizoram and Omer Sharif, poet and blogger from Assam will be the speakers and Ms Gill will be the moderator. In the third session - Crossing Borders - Monalisa Changkija, journalist from Nagaland, Uddipana Goswami, poet and media consultant from Assam, Aruni Kashyap, writer and translator from Assam, Tribeni Mathur, writer and translator from Assam, Rajesh Dev, political scientist from Meghalaya, Rupa Chinai, journalist from Mumbai and Dhiren Sadokpam, journalist from Manipur will be the speakers and Uma Chakravarti, a scholar on gender and history will be the moderator. In the fourth session: - Stories From A War Zone; Subir Bhaumik from Tripura, Sanjoy Hazarika, journalist and writer from Assam, Meenakshi Ganguly, human right activist from New Delhi, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, scholar and writer from Delhi, Utpal Borpujari, journalist and film maker from Assam and Pradip Phanjoubam from Manipur will be the speakers and Urvashi Butalia, a feminist and historian will be the moderator. In the fifth session - Confronting The Past, Imagining The Future - Sanjoy Hazarika, journalist and writer from Assam and Laxmi Murthy, journalist and writer from Bangalore will be speakers. In the sixth session - Expressing The North East - Haripriya Soibam will read out a poem from Irom Sarmilas Fragrance of Peace, Rojio Usham will present a performance based on Irom Sharmila's poetry and 12 creative writers and poets from the North East namely Mitra Phukan, Mona Zote, Aruni Kashyap, Monalisa Changkija, Uddipana Goswami, Nitoo Das, Omar Sharif, Ananya Guha, Rita Chowdhury, Sabah al Ahmed, Haripriya Soibam and Nazneen Hussain will read out their literary piece. -- (UNI) -- 24DI19.xml
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