Samanvay Sangat@New Delhi World Book Fair 2013
Dates: 4-10 February 2013 Venue: Hall 12, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi Time: Daily 3pm – 4pm Session 1: 4 February 2013 Reading Culture: Solutions only, please! Speakers: Apoorvanand, M. A. Sikander, Maya Mrig, Manisha Pandey Moderator: Satyanand Nirupam Session 2: 5 February 2013 Missing Readers: Books for Children Speakers: Neelabh Ashq, Sushil Shukla Moderator: Mihir [...]
A Closing Note on Samanvay 2012
When we decided to keep this year’s Samanvay focused on the theme of Boli, Bani, Bhasha: Gaon Kasba, Shehar, we did not know that in three days we would be able to feel the soil of a gaon under our feet and hear the songs of people huddled around a bonfire in a faraway town. We [...]
60 Writers from 14 Indian Languages: List of Confirmed Speakers
This year Samanvay will host more than 60 writers from 14 languages – Bangla, English, Garhwali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Maithili, Manipuri, Marathi, Rajasthani, Oriya, Punjabi, Urdu. The confirmed speakers are: Chandrasekhar Kambar, Ratan Thiyam, K. Satchidanandan, Girish Kasaravalli, Ashok Vajpeyi, Pratibha Ray, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Gopalkrishna Pai, Udaya Narayana Singh, Kashinath Singh [...]
Samanvay 2012: Schedule
2 November 2012 4.00- 4.30: Inauguration By Chandrasekhar Kambar, Ratan Thiyam 4.45 – 5.45: Opening Session: Purani Boli Naya Daur: Boli is Back! Speakers: Chandrasekhar Kambar, Ratan Thiyam, Kashinath Singh, Gillian Wright, Gurvinder Singh, Neelesh Mishra Moderator: Alok Rai 6.00 – 7.00: Opening Reading Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Udaya Narayana Singh, Mamang Dai, Arun Kamal, Arjun Deo Charan, Narender Singh Negi 7.15 – 8.15: [...]
Chandrasekhar Kambar, Ratan Thiyam to Inaugurate Samanvay 2012
We are happy to announce that two of the greatest theater personalities of the country, Chandrasekhar Kambar and Ratan Thiyam will inaugurate this year’s edition of Samanvay. Jnanpith laureate Kambar is a pioneering Kannada playwright , poet, folklorist and critic whose works have influenced generations of readers and writers all over the country. He is known for [...]
Boli-Bani-Bhasha : Gaon-Kasba-Shehar: Samanvay 2012 Theme
Samanvay 2012 is only the second edition of the festival of Indian languages. This celebration of Indian writings began with conversation on the search for Indian Literature and traversed writings in regional languages in its first edition. And now, we move on to highlight and discover the heritage of Indian languages through the strain of [...]
Director’s Note
DIRECTOR’S NOTE Samanvay 2012 is the second edition of the festival of Indian languages. This celebration of Indian writings began with conversations on the search for Indian literature and traversed writings in regional languages in its first edition. And now, we move on to highlight and discover the heritage of Indian languages through the strain [...]











