KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL FEB 2007

Thursday, February 08, 2007


KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL FEB 2007

David Sassoon Library Garden
Wednesday, 7 February, 2007

·                      Nocturne

Readings from pieces on the theme “Night” by members of the Writers’ Circle, a British Council writers’ group. Pieces chosen by award-winning poet and writer Sampurna Chattarji, and Helen Cross, author of the acclaimed novel “My Summer of Love”, who will end the evening by reading from their own fiction.

David Sassoon Library Garden • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Thursday, 8 February, 2007

·                      Fresh Off the Shelf

An event to showcase several new voices from 2006, and new words by older ones. Jerry Pinto (Reflected in Water), C. Sriram (The Long Reverie of Partha Sarma), Amitabha Bagchi (Above Average), Ambarish Satwik (Perineum), Sampurna Chattarji (Sight May Strike You Blind), Manisha Lakhe, Annie Zaidi and Peter Griffin (Stories at the Coffee Table), Sarnath Banerjee (The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers)

David Sassoon Library Garden • 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
·                      Voices from Iran

Gallerie’s newest issue, being launched at Kala Ghoda, continues to surprise its readers. Poetry reading, music, slide show, film. Inauguration: Mohammad Shokrani, Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Speakers: Bina Sarkar Ellias, editor & publisher, Gallerie, Mohammad Reza Mirzaei, director of the Iran Culture House, Mumbai, Rafeeq Ellias, photographer, filmmaker and travel writer, Rashid Irani, film connoisseur, Sampurna Chattarji, poet and writer.

David Sassoon Library Garden • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Sunday, 11 February, 2007

·                      Mumbai Poetry Live!

Highly popular last year, back for an encore. Readings by a host of local poets, and renowned poets from the UK. Simon Armitage, Gillian Clarke, Simon Armitage, Imtiaz Dharker, Heather Taylor and Aoife Mannix. Adil Jussawalla, Subuhi Jiwani, Ranjit Hoskote, Menka Shivdasani, C P Surendran, Peter Griffin, Sampurna Chattarji, Arundhathi Subramaniam, Jerry Pinto. Organised by the British Council.

David Sassoon Library Garden • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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