Writers and Readers Festival, Goa. Oct 6, 2014. Kala Academy. http://wrfgoa.org/ The event is non-ticketed and open to the public on the concluding day too, Oct 6. Please reconfirm the programme, as this could be subject to some change.
------------------------------------------------------------- DAY 3 VENUE BLACK BOX 10:00 to 11:00: The Individual and the Institution: Restoring faith in political process - Romesh Gunesekara, Miguel Syjuco, KR Meera, Sudeep Chakravarty. Session moderated by Rahul Jayaram. 11:00 to 12:00: Audio - Poetry Readings: Tishani Doshi, CP Surendran and Prajwal Parajuly 12:00 to 13:00: The Social Media Era: Is everyone an expert? - Vivek Tejuja in conversation with Sandesh Prabhudesai, Radhika Jha, Jugal Mody, Christophe Kloebe. 13:00 to 14:00 Romesh Gunesekara reads from his works and takes questions from the audience. 14:00 to 15:00 Fractals: Book launch by Sudeep Sen. Readings and conversation with CP Surendran. 15:00 to 16:00 ASIAN VOICES, WESTERN MARKETS: Do Asian writers modulate themselves for western acceptance. Miguel Syjuco, Manu Joseph, Prajwal Parajulay. Session moderated by Shweta Bajaj. 16:00 to 17:00: Book Readings: CP Surendran and Prawal Parajulay 17:00 to 18:00 Parting Notes: Thomas Keneally, Kirsty Murray, Romesh Gunesekara – Moderated by Stephen McCarty. ------------------------------------------------------------- DAY 3 VENUE Preview theatre 11:00 to 12:00 The Portable Goan - Goan Writing In Marathi, Konkani, English And Portuguese Language: Alexandre Moniz Barbosa, Savia Veiges, Margaret Mascarenhas reflect on writing coming from Goa. 12:00 to 1.00: KR Meera talks about her work with Rahul Jayaram 13:00 to 14:00: Food for thought: Can baking a pudding be great literature? Kornelia Santoro and Dinesh Patel on culinary writing journey. 14:00 to 15:00: To Live, To Fall, To Err, To Triumph, To Create Life Out Of Life - Writers Discuss Their Shaping Influences: Shehan Karunatilaka, Romesh Gunesekara, Kirsty Murray, Manu Joseph in conversation with Subhanjan Sarkar 15:00 to 16:00 Marathi Language Panel 16:00 to 17:00 New Writing: Devdan Choudhury, Kalyani Rao, Dinesh Patel in conversation with Sathya Saran. COMMUNITY VIDEO: William Dalrymple reading his writing on Dona Georgina Figueiredo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWwBX1ZC_Ho ... an Orthodox priest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkzwDCSgnOg ... and a Jain nun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UnmGI08S4s Genderventions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scEk_AwsrAY Media debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAVSPBs04zY FN: 9822122436 : 0832-2409490 : f...@goa-india.org