Speaking of the City w/ Ramachandra Guha

We invite you to the very first talk in a new series ‘Speaking of the City’ with renowned historian, scholar, researcher Ramachandra Guha, in conversation with Anjum Hasan.

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Bangalore’s World-Famous Semi-Deluxe Writing Program presents a monthly curated talk, Speaking of the City. Writers, artists, journalists, scholars, architects, scientists, entrepreneurs, historians, geographers, activists or anyone who has worked on Bangalore will be invited to speak of this city we all inhabit. They will be 40 minutes long, followed by a discussion of 40 mins.

There is no entrance fee and seating is available on a first-come basis, though 25 seats in the front rows are reserved for bona fide students and faculty of Bangalore’s World-Famous Semi-Deluxe Writing Program.

The talk will be followed by book signings by prominent Bangalore writers such as Guha himself, and others who are faculty on the writing program including Rohini Mohan, Vanamala Vishwanatha, Samhita Arni, Radhika Chadha, Zac O’ Yeah, Eshwar Sundaresan and Anjum Hasan. Housed at Shoonya – Centre for Art and Somatic Practices, this writing program is a first of its kind initiative in Bangalore and will run over 12 weeks from July 23. It will expose participants to a range of literary genres and is designed to encourage both novice and published writers.

Join us for the inaugural session being held at, and supported by, local literary institution The Bookworm.