31 Jan 2015
Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi this evening hosted two
women writers from Delhi who have recently been making waves in the literary
world: Anu Singh, who writes short fiction in Hindi, and Giti Chandra who
writes young adult fiction in English.
Anu Singh Choudhary is a Communications Consultant,
Documentary Filmmaker, Writer, Editor and Translator. A compulsive multi-tasker,
Anu also writes columns on women and youth empowerment and trains students
and corporates on video production and creative writing. She has worked
with a leading news channel for several years directed four independent
documentaries and co-directed and scripted many others. Her debut collection of
short stories, ‘Neela Scarf’, broke record of sorts, and became one of the
highest pre-booked titles on Flipkart. This evening she read some excerpts and
highlighted popular aspects of her collection of short stories.
Giti Chandra is an Associate Professor at
the Dept of English, St Stephen's College, Delhi. She is a trained Soprano,
Violinist and Conductor and has been teaching for more than two decades. A PhD
from Rutgers University, she is the author of several published papers,
articles, book reviews, and has written two fiction novels, part of an ongoing trilogy
The Book of Guardians. This evening
she spoke eloquently about her novels, "The Fang of Summoning"
(Hatchette:2010); and "The Bones of Stars" (Hachette: 2013).
The
two authors this evening shared in common their love for the magic of the
everyday world. All you need to do is look around for the stories hidden in
every nook and corner. It is this magic that makes the world a special place.
The authors recounted anecdotes from real life and interacted with the listeners
animatedly. Present in the audience were leading writers, critics and
literature aficionados of the city.
Referring
to future programmes of the CSA, Chairperson Manju Jaidka announced that on
10th February the lyricist Irshad Kamil, is likely to pass through the city and
will engage in an interactive session with students at the Panjab University.
The exact time and venue will be announced on the CSA Blog and Facebook.
Further,
from 20th to 22nd February, CSA will hold “Spring
Celebrations”, details of which will be announced likewise.
Grants-in-Aid
awards are likely to be announced in the next few days.
Stay
tuned. Ciao
Link
for Today’s pics: https://www.facebook.com/chandigarhsahitya.akademi/media_set?set=a.1034445469905860.1073741849.100000212495273&type=1&pnref=story
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