Poetry on the Edge
with Amar Sindu, Gerhard Falkner, Naseem Shafaie, Somasundarampillai Pathanathan
Moderated by Arundhati Subramaniam
Discussion
26 Nov 2016
4.00 pm to 5.00 pm
Auditorium, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Fort, Mumbai
Language: English
Free entrance. Open to all first-come-first-seated
Information: +91 22 22027710
poetstranslationgpoets@gmail.com
26 Nov 2016
4.00 pm to 5.00 pm
Auditorium, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Fort, Mumbai
Language: English
Free entrance. Open to all first-come-first-seated
Information: +91 22 22027710
poetstranslationgpoets@gmail.comHow do we understand borders beyond maps? How do poets deal with old borders, with the borders of the mind, the borders undefined?
Gerhard Falkner was born in erstwhile West Germany and witnessed dissolving borders as the Berlin wall came down.
Gerhard Falkner was born in erstwhile West Germany and witnessed dissolving borders as the Berlin wall came down.
Naseem Shafaie, Kashmiri poet, often writes about the double consciousness of her identity. Sri Lankan Tamil poet, Sopa wrote all through the recently concluded civil war in his country. In conversation with Arundhati Subramaniam, they will speak of being perched on and crossing over multiple imaginations of home.
