[Sarai Newsletter] July 2009- Talk at Sarai

[The Sarai Programme]

*Newsletter- July 2009- Talk at Sarai*

Sarai and Navayana invite you to the fourth in the series of 
Navayana-Sarai lectures on *Monday, 27 July 2009, 3.30 p.m. at the 
Seminar Room, CSDS*

Hindi writer *Ajay Navaria* shall read selections from his short 
fiction, and

*Laura Brueck* shall speak on "The Alienation of Modernity in Ajay 
Navaria's Fiction".

Ajay Navaria is the author of a collection of short stories (Patkatha 
aur anya Kahaniyan, 2006) and the novel (Udhar Ke Log, 2008). Navaria 
has been involved with the premier literary journal Hans as a guest 
editor for special issues. He was bestowed with the Sahitiyik Kriti 
Award in 2008 by the Hindi Academy, Delhi. Navaria teaches at Jamia 
Milia Islamia University, Delhi.

Laura Brueck is Assistant Professor in Hindi at the Department of Asian 
Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado in Boulder. 
Her research focuses on contemporary Hindi Dalit literature. Her 2006 
PhD dissertation was titled "Rethinking Resistance: Constructing a Hindi 
Dalit Literary Identity in Contemporary India".    
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Hope you will make yourself available for the event.


Mitoo Das
Programme Coordinator
Sarai, CSDS
29-Rajpur Road
Civil Lines
Delhi- 110 054
Email me at: mitoo at sarai.net
www.sarai.net
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