Bengaluru Poetry Festival

Poets

AJ Thomas

Ajoy Bose

Akarsha

Alif and Mohammad Muneem

Alvin Pang

Amarendra Dhaneshwar

Amit Ranjan

Amruta Dongray

anamika

Ananda Lal

Andrea Jeremiah

Aneesh Vidyashankar

Anuja Chandramouli

Anupama Raju

Asang Ghosh

Bhuchung D Sonam

Biswamit Dwibedy

Chandrashekar Kambara

DC Rajappa

Dibyajyoti Sarma

Ga jagadeesh

Gili Haimovich

Jayant Parmar

Jayanta Mahapatra

Jogi

Kavish Seth

kavita seth

Mamang Dai

Mangalesh Dabral

Manisha Agarwal

Manjiri Indurkar

Manmohan Singh

Michael Creighton

Mona Zote

MR Kamala

Nandita Bose

Neela Bhagwat

Nilim Kumar

Nirupama Menon Rao

Paramita Satpathi

Perumal Murugan

Prashanth Shankaran

Prathibha Nandakumar

Rabia Kapoor

Rahul Soni

Ramachandra Guha

Rohinton Daruwala

S Diwakar

Sameer Tanti

Shabana Azmi

Shantanu Chaudhari

Sohini Basak

Sophia Naz

Sridala Swami

Srilata Krishnan

Sundeep Bhutoria

Sunita Raina

Ulrike Almut Sandig

Urvashi Bahuguna

Usha Uthup

Uttaran Das Gupta

Vasant Abaji Dahake

Vishal Bhardwaj

Yatindra Mishra

Schedule

Saturday 4th August 2018

9:45 am - 10:00 am

Inauguration

Lamp Lighting by Shabana Azmi

10:00 am - 10:15 am

The Walking Violinist

Aneesh Vidyashankar

10:15 am - 11:00 am

My Father, Kaifi

Shabana Azmi

11:00 am - 11:45 am

Mana Laagi to Naa Kathinaayii

Neela Bhagwat with Sumit Naik and Umakant Puranik

11:45 am - 12:30 pm

Kavi Samaya - Verse Times

S. Diwakar, Jogi, M.R Kamala and Prathibha Nandakumar

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

Permanent Address

Mamang Dai, Michael Creighton and Nirupama Menon Rao

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Police Kavita

DC Rajappa, GA Jagadeesh

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm

Hum Par Itne Daag Hei

Yatindra Mishra with Sundeep Bhutoria

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm

Publishing Poetry in India

Anand Lal, Bhuchung Sonam and Dibyajyoti Sarma

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Meri Zubaan Desi Hai

Kavish Seth?

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Two Poets

Amruta Dongray and Nandita Bose with Prashant Sankaran

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Yonder Shores

Alvin Pang, Gili Hamovich and Ulrike Almut Sandig

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Across the Universe: The Beatles in India

Ajoy Bose with Nirupama Menon Rao

5:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Ellide Shivapura

Dr Chandrashekhara Kambara

5:45 pm - 7:00 pm

Kashmir se Kanyakumari Tak

AJ Thomas, Manmohan Singh, Paramita Satpathi, Sunita Raina and Vasant Abaji Dahake

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Alif & Almut Live in Concert

Ulrike Almut Sandig with ALIF

Sunday 5th August 2018

10:00 am - 10:45 am

Main Kavita Hoon

Kavita Seth with Kavish Seth

10:45 am - 11:15 am

Songs of a Coward

Perumal Murugan

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

The Young and the Restless

Biswamit Dwibedy, Manjiri Indurkar, Rabia Kapoor and Rahul Soni with Amit Ranjan

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Bhatki Sufi in Hindustani Art Music

Amarendra Dhaneshwar with an introduction by Ramachandra Guha

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

Identity

Sohini Basak, Sridala Swami, Srilata Krishnan and Urvashi Bahuguna

1:15 pm - 2:00 pm

For the Love of my Language

Bhuchung Sonam, Mona Zote and Sophia Naz

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

One Two Cha Cha Cha

Usha Uthup with Sundeep Bhutoria

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Verse has Two Wings

Anamika, Asang Ghosh, Jayant Parmar, Manglesh Dabral with Yatindra Mishra

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm

Don’t Look for Something to Write About

Anupama Raju, Dibyajyoti Sarma, Rohinton Daruwala and Uttaran Das Gupta

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm

Rajathani Folk Performance

Manisha Agarwal

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

The Journey of Indian English Poetry

Jayanta Mahapatra

6:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Songs from the North East

Mamang Dai, Mona Zote, Nilim Kumar and Sameer Tanti

6:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Drishyakavya

Akarsha Kamala

7:30 pm - 8:15 pm

Nude

Vishal Bhardwaj with Shantanu Chaudhari

Workshops

Saturday 4th August 2018

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Art Of Losing Is Not Hard To Master:

Delicate Balances in a Short Poem

Description of workshop:

A quick deconstruction of poems chosen from the non-western world to help explore the importance of place in contemporary writing. Enter into an inter-textual dialogue with fellow poets from different linguistic streams to investigate deeper into the art, artifice and ethics of bearing witness to other’s perspective in poetry.

Language: (Bilingual) English and Hindi

Duration: 60 mins

Ticket Price: Rs.500

Facilitator: Anamika

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Images and Cuts

A Workshop On Haiku

Description:

Learn the art of building concrete images free of judgment or analysis, juxtaposing them through cuts. Convey emotions using objective images. Explore works of the four great masters of Japanese Haiku - Basho, Issa, Buson, and Shiki; apply their craft in Modern English and Hindi verses.

Language: (Bilingual) English and Hindi

Duration: 60 mins

Ticket Price: Rs.500

Facilitator: Sourav Roy

2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Image, Sound, Surprise

Description:

Successful poems often result when poets hammer together ordinary and unexpected things. In this workshop we'll look at some of the many ways poems make our brains go 'pop'. Participants will be given the opportunity to read, discuss and write interesting poems that do surprising things.

Language: English

Duration: 90 mins

Ticket Price: Rs.500

Facilitator: Michael Creighton

For Children

Sunday 5th August 2018

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

What's your Doha? by Amar Chitra Katha

A Doha is a two-line verse that conveys a thought or a story.

Description:

Join the Amar Chitra Katha team as they show you the wonder behind a Doha and help you create your own! There is a poet hidden in all of us and this workshop promises to bring out your poetic side. Inspired by poets like Kabir and Mirabai and their Dohas, this workshop will take you on an enchanting journey!

Age: 5+

Entry: Free

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Rhyme and reason :

A Poetry Writing Workshop for Children by Funky Rainbow

Description:

A hands-on Poetry writing workshop, by the author, editor and reading champion Vidya Mani. Like dancing and painting and singing, poems are just a way to express yourself, your thoughts, and your attitude. And, the best way to get better and better at poetry is to get verse and verse – in other words, just start writing! In the course of this hands-on workshop, author, editor and reading champion Vidya Mani will show you just why rhyme has a reason!

Age between: 8-13 years

Entry: Free

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The Day the Crayons Quit by Jugaad Theatre

Description:

Jugaad.Co brings its popular children’s play -'The Day the Crayons Quit' to the Bengaluru Poetry Festival.

Age: 5+

Entry: Free

2018 Archive

Poets

AJ Thomas

Ajoy Bose

Akarsha

Alif and Mohammad Muneem

Alvin Pang

Amarendra Dhaneshwar

Amit Ranjan

Amruta Dongray

anamika

Ananda Lal

Andrea Jeremiah

Aneesh Vidyashankar

Anuja Chandramouli

Anupama Raju

Asang Ghosh

Bhuchung D Sonam

Biswamit Dwibedy

Chandrashekar Kambara

DC Rajappa

Dibyajyoti Sarma

Ga jagadeesh

Gili Haimovich

Jayant Parmar

Jayanta Mahapatra

Jogi

Kavish Seth

kavita seth

Mamang Dai

Mangalesh Dabral

Manisha Agarwal

Manjiri Indurkar

Manmohan Singh

Michael Creighton

Mona Zote

MR Kamala

Nandita Bose

Neela Bhagwat

Nilim Kumar

Nirupama Menon Rao

Paramita Satpathi

Perumal Murugan

Prashanth Shankaran

Prathibha Nandakumar

Rabia Kapoor

Rahul Soni

Ramachandra Guha

Rohinton Daruwala

S Diwakar

Sameer Tanti

Shabana Azmi

Shantanu Chaudhari

Sohini Basak

Sophia Naz

Sridala Swami

Srilata Krishnan

Sundeep Bhutoria

Sunita Raina

Ulrike Almut Sandig

Urvashi Bahuguna

Usha Uthup

Uttaran Das Gupta

Vasant Abaji Dahake

Vishal Bhardwaj

Yatindra Mishra

Schedule

Saturday 4th August 2018

Inauguration

The Walking Violinist

My Father, Kaifi

Mana Laagi to Naa Kathinaayii

Kavi Samaya - Verse Times

Permanent Address

Police Kavita

Hum Par Itne Daag Hei

Publishing Poetry in India

Meri Zubaan Desi Hai

Two Poets

Yonder Shores

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