Indian Writers Festival
Indian Writers Festival Poster
Year of India
in Canada 2011
Indian Writers Festival
Vancouver Program
University
of British Columbia University of the Fraser Valley Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Delegation
Arrive Wednesday Oct 26th, 2011 Sheraton
Hotel, Surrey BC |
Surrey,
BC
Lovely
Banquet Hall
Wednesday
October 26, 2011
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6:00-10:00pm |
Diwali Celebrations |
University
of British Columbia
Institute
of Asian Research Auditorium
Thursday
October 27, 2011
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9:30-10:00am |
Tea and Welcome to Indian Writers Festival Gage Averill, Dean, Faculty of Arts Katherine Hacker, Department of Art History and UBC Representative to the Canadian
Members Council, Shastri |
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10:00-11:00am |
Women’s Writing (Chair: Sunera Thobani,
Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies) Sebanti Ghosh Tarannum Riyaz Fauzia Rafique Surjit Kalsi Sheila Sengupta |
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11:00-12:30pm |
Contemporary Fiction
(Chair: tbc) Chandrasekhar Kambar Govind Misra Anelil Sethumadhavan Prabodh Parikh |
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12:30-2:00pm |
Lunch |
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2:00-3:20pm |
Poetry Reading (Chairs: Anne Murphy and Sukhwant
Hundal, Asian Studies) Surjit Patar Shiv Kishan Robin Ngangom Viswanath Prasad Tiwari A.Krishna Murthy Ajmer Rode (tbc) |
University
of the Fraser Valley
The
Reach Gallery Museum
Thursday
October 27, 2011
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5:15-7:00pm |
Book Launch – Undesirables by Ali Kazimi Welcome and Introduction of Indian Writer Delegation |
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7:00-8:00pm |
Opening Reception Punjabi Visions Exhibition Address by Mr. Ashok Das, Consulate General of India – Vancouver |
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8:00-10:00pm |
Dinner |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Cedar Building: Conference Centre
Friday October 28, 2011
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9:00-9:50am
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Coffee/Tea and
Refreshments Writers’ Group, Invited Guests-
internal and external |
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10:00-10:15am |
Welcome by Kwantlen – Mazen
Guirguis Dean, Faculty of Arts, Humanities (TBA) |
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10:20-10:40am |
* Overview of Multilingual
Literary Culture of India (Kruthiventi Sreenivasarao) |
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11:05-12:00pm |
Session I A: “Her” Story – Women Writers Chair: TBA Sebanti Ghosh Tarannum Riyaz |
Session IB: “Expression Through Visual
& Performing Arts” Chair: Prabodh Parikh -
Chandrasekhar Kambar -
Surjit Patar |
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12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch |
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1:05-2:00pm |
Intro by Kwantlen Faculty Member Session II A: Fiction
Readings Chair: Govind
Kumar Misra Farida Akhtar Tarannum(Urdu)
Sebanti Ghosh (Bengali) |
Intro by Kwantlen Faculty Member Session IIB: Poetry
Readings Chair: Surjit Patar (Punjabi) Shiv Kishan
(Urdu) -
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (HindI) -
Prabodh Parikh (Gujrati) |
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2:05-3:00pm |
Intro by Kwantlen Faculty Member Session III A: Poetry Readings Chair: Vishwananth
Prasad Tiwari Rabin Singh Ngangom (English) Prabodh Parikh (Gujrati) Sebanti Ghosh (Bengali) |
Intro by Kwantlen Faculty Member Session IIIB: Fiction Readings Chair: Chandrasekhar
Kambar -
Sethu Madhavan (Malayalam) -
Govind Misra (Hindi) |
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3:00-7:00pm |
Dinner
in Vancouver |
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7:00-8:30pm |
Public Event: Surjit Patar |
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Delegation arrive at Vancouver
accommodation Friday October 28, 2011 Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver BC |
