Dear Friends, Thanks to a unique collaboration between the Pakistan Embassy in New Delhi and Goa Arts + Literature Festival, the remarkably multi-talented writer, journalist and singer Ali Aftab Saeed of Pakistan will attend GALF 2014 (December 4-7, goaartlitfest.com).
Saeed's band, Beygairat Brigade became globally famous for its satirical songs and videos that have bravely mocked status quo politics and Army heavyhandedness in Pakistan. See Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beygairat_Brigade, and also this video for Aalu Anday http://youtu.be/ZEpnwCPgH7g, and also this TedX address http://youtu.be/_BImqj-89dI Recently, Saeed has been producing some of the most interesting/valuable journalism on and from Pakistan. See this latest, in Scroll (whose editor Naresh Fernandes has also confirmed for GALF 2014), about Pakistani obsession with Bollywood http://scroll.in/article/675874/Pakistan's-romance-with-Bollywood-starts-with-its-Prime-Minister Saeed will visit colleges in Goa on 2nd and 4th December 2014, and will speak at least twice on the GALF programme. Register now goaartlitfest.com, and do not miss the chance to see/hear/meet this brilliant and talented voice from Pakistan. Warm regards, VM