Speaking of the City with Meera Iyer

Literature
Talk

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 Sunday, 12th January, 11.30 am

Free

Speaking of the City with Meera Iyer

Sunday, 12th January, 11.30 am
“Discovering Bengaluru: History. Neighbourhoods. Walks”
Meera Iyer on the place of heritage and history in Bangalore’s fast – changing urban landscape. In conversation with Zac O’ Yeah.

||About the speaker:
Meera Iyer is a writer, independent researcher, and the Convenor of INTACH Bengaluru Chapter. Her most recent publication is Discovering Bengaluru: History. Neighbourhoods. Walks. She has written on history, heritage, architecture and science for Deccan Herald, The Hindu, Mint, Indian Express, and HIMAL. She has a PhD in Forest Ecology from Michigan State University.

||About the series:

Bangalore’s World-Famous Semi-Deluxe Writing Program sponsors a bi-monthly curated talk called “Speaking of the City” at Shoonya. Writers, artists, journalists, scholars, architects, scientists, entrepreneurs, historians, geographers, activists or anyone who has worked on and for Bangalore is invited to speak of this city.

These are free talks for the students and alumni of the program and for the general public.
The inaugural talk in the series, in July 2017, was given by historian Ramachandra Guha whose discussion about his life and work in Bangalore drew a packed house. Subsequently, the series has featured writers Vivek Shanbhag, Anita Nair, Lavanya Shankaran, Jayant Kaikini, and Vasudhendra; philanthropist and social activist Rohini Nilekani; editors and journalists Sugata Srinivasaraju, Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed, and Mukund Padmanabhan; urbanist and architect Naresh Narasimhan, and popular historian Maya Jayapal.
These talks have analysed the city from various angles personal and public, thereby contributing to an oral history of south Indian urban life.

Read more about the writing program here: http://www.shoonyaspace.com/bwfsdwprogram