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Lamp Lighting by Shabana Azmi
Aneesh Vidyashankar
Shabana Azmi
Neela Bhagwat with Sumit Naik and Umakant Puranik
S. Diwakar, Jogi, M.R Kamala and Prathibha Nandakumar
DC Rajappa, GA Jagadeesh
Yatindra Mishra with Sundeep Bhutoria
Anand Lal, Bhuchung Sonam and Dibyajyoti Sarma
Kavish Seth?
Amruta Dongray and Nandita Bose with Prashant Sankaran
Alvin Pang, Gili Hamovich and Ulrike Almut Sandig
Ajoy Bose with Nirupama Menon Rao
Dr Chandrashekhara Kambara
AJ Thomas, Manmohan Singh, Paramita Satpathi, Sunita Raina and Vasant Abaji Dahake
Ulrike Almut Sandig with ALIF
Kavita Seth with Kavish Seth
Perumal Murugan
Biswamit Dwibedy, Manjiri Indurkar, Rabia Kapoor and Rahul Soni with Amit Ranjan
Amarendra Dhaneshwar with an introduction by Ramachandra Guha
Sohini Basak, Sridala Swami, Srilata Krishnan and Urvashi Bahuguna
Bhuchung Sonam, Mona Zote and Sophia Naz
Usha Uthup with Sundeep Bhutoria
Anamika, Asang Ghosh, Jayant Parmar, Manglesh Dabral with Yatindra Mishra
Anupama Raju, Dibyajyoti Sarma, Rohinton Daruwala and Uttaran Das Gupta
Manisha Agarwal
Jayanta Mahapatra
Mamang Dai, Mona Zote, Nilim Kumar and Sameer Tanti
Akarsha Kamala
Vishal Bhardwaj with Shantanu Chaudhari
Delicate Balances in a Short Poem
Description: 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
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
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
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
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
Description: Jugaad.Co brings its popular children’s play -'The Day the Crayons Quit' to the Bengaluru Poetry Festival.
Age: 5+
Entry: Free
