L I T E R A T I    E V e N T S


Upcoming Events...

   

21st Nov 2009    Eminent filmmaker and author Saeed Mirza will read from his book Ammi: Letters to a Democratic Mother at 5.30 p.m. at Literati

7th Dec 2009        Author and Academician Savia Viegas will exhibit her art and describe the role and process painting had in aiding the writing of her book Tales from the Attic at 6 p.m. at Literati

11th Dec 2009     Film and documentary maker and journalist Navina Sundaram will screen her documentary  Amrita Sher-Gil  A family album previously shown at the Munich museum and the Tate alongside a slide-lecture on her aunt at Literati at 7.15 p.m. The newly released book Amrita Sher-gil a self-portrait letters and writings will be available on this occasion.

   

          

 

Past Events.... 

 interactive workshop Appreciating Mughal Art for Ages 10 onwards at Literati. This book was born of her conviction that

children will delight in history if adults will bring it alive for them. In her workday, Suhag co-manages Teclarity, her

technical documentation company. Suhag divides her time between India and California, but her heart is always in Goa.

This is her first book.

Bullough-Khare for about 12 people which aimed at increasing their creativity and showed the therapeutic value of art .

by the author Ajit Harisinghani. Ajit is a speech therapist in  Pune who rode his Royal Enfield Motorcycle solo from Pune

to Ladakh, Kargil and Srinagar. The book has received rave reviews from Indian and foreign magazines.



                                                 

Saturday, 8th March.
On International Womens' Day there was a spirited reading by Usha R. Khanna from her book  "The Making of Samovar: How a Mumbai Cafe Became a Metaphor for a Generation"  

29th February 2008 - The Book Club met and discussed the superbly written Half A Yellow Sun by Chimananda Ngozi Adichie.
9th February 2008 saw a large turn out at the book launch of RED SUN a book on the Naxals by Sudeep Chakravarti


22nd January 2008 -  Bulbul Singh poet, artist, a man of many parts, read from his book WINDBLOWN OM AND OTHER SONGS 

3rd January 2008 - We started the New Year with a photographic exhibition by Alex A.  Fernandes, "Tiatristes".  Dayanita Singh, the internationally renowned photographer opened the exhibition and released the catalogue. Mr. Tomazinho Cardozo, the eminent tiatriste, gave an enchanting talk on Tiatr, the Konkani folk theatre.  
9th December 2007 - Saw the launch of Darlingji by Kishwar Desai the true love story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt . The Book was released by Lord Meghnad Desai followed by a reading by the author.
2nd December 2007 - The Book Club met to discuss The Assassin's Song by MG Vassanji.

18th November 2007 - Jeeva Raghunathan, Sandhya Rao, Paro Anand, Ashok Rajagopalan, Jonathon Lindstrom and Helena Bergendalh gave the kids an evening to remember with story telliing, book reading, illustrating and what have you. The fortunate fallout of an Indo Swede writers' workshop being held in Goa.
 
 17th November 2007 Alma Freni conducted an un-cooking workshop called Raw Food and Well Being based on the Fit for Life philosophy which advocates only "living" or vegan food as being the conscious choice towards a healthier lifestyle. Alma is a living example of the philosophy and has been vegetarian for 34 of her 48 years.

28th October 2007 Rahul Alvares gave a slide show followed by a discussion on snakes, how to identify them, how to deal with snake bites, myths and snake tales to a rapt audience. Rahul is the author of Call of the Snake and Free From School. He also edits an online newsletter called Creepy Times.
 
29th September 2007 Prerna Singh Bindra one of India's leading environmental journalists and travel writers and author of "The King and I", shall present travels in tigerland, with the aid of a slide show followed by a panel discussion.

15th September 2007 - From Saturday 15th September at 5.30 p.m. there was  a selection of signed limited edition prints from Goa based photographer and writer Vikram Sundarji's forthcoming solo exhibition "Who Am We" at the Mousonturm Gallerie Frankfurt at display at Literati.

1st September 2007- Literati held the Goa release of  Venita Coelho's "Dungeon Tales" a children's book. Venita the Creative Head of fiction of  Endemol India has been working for a long time in television as a script writer/producer/director.

21th July 2007- Literati played host to acclaimed psychoanalyst Dr. Sudhir Kakar along with Katharina Kakar in an interactive session based on their book  The Indians: Portrait of a People. Dr. Sudhir Kakar is a well-known figure in the fields of cultural psychology and the psychology of religon, as well as a novelist. Katharina Kakar is a scholar of comparative religon and is also a writer. The book among other issues deals with what is a common Indian identity and issues of family, caste, sex, marriage etc.

15th July 2007- Storyteller Lady Luck (Anja Bulthuis) was back at Literati with the story of "The Good Witch"  followed by a workshop.

29th June 2007 - The book club met and discussed The Alchemy of Desire by Tarun Tejpal.

22nd April 2007- Ranjit Hoskote writer and well known art critic read from his book of poems Vanishing Acts and interfaced with author Sudeep Chakravarti on his work.

29th March 2007- Anjum Hasan  read from her recently published book of poems "Street on a Hill".

10th March 2007 - Prof. Edward De Lima author of the book "Spoken Konkani" spoke on Konkani, the beautiful language of Goa, its origin, its various dialects, scripts and literature.

25th February 2007- Storyteller Lady Luck (Anja Bulthuis) from Holland returned once again to bring alive the world of fairy tale creatures with "The Story of the Unicorn". It was followed by a workshop for children between 6 and 12 years.

16th February 2007-Literati held the All India Book launch of Internationally acclaimed photographer Dayanita Singh's latest book Go Away Closer.


18th January 2007-There was a reading by Dr. Carmo D'Souza from his E-novel Jose's Dreams: A New World Order.

9th January 2007- The Book Club met at 7:30pm to discuss The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran Desai winner of the Man Booker Prize 2006. It was followed by a potluck dinner as usual.

4th January 2007-Literati had an evening of poetry and old Bollywood songs. At the meet were poets Sudeep Sen and Ivan Kostka. In addition, Jyoti Guptara did a reading from Conspiracy of Calaspia written by him and his twin brother Suresh.There was also an impromptu demonstration /performance by the renowned musician Talvin Singh.

19th December 2006-Martine Meijer of the Jung Centre India held a workshop on Dreams. It was an interactive lecture on dreams and their relevance to our lives.

10th December 2006-Storyteller Lady Luck (Anja Bulthuis) from Holland brought alive the world of faires to enthral the children. She also held a workshop on fairy apparel.

18th November 2006- Amano Samarpan author of the book Birds of India took us through a slide show of the various birds he 'shot' in goa.

12th October 2006 - The Book Club met to discuss Tin Fish where there was an interesting interaction with the author Sudeep Chakravarti.
7th August 2006 - The Book Club met to discuss Shantaram.

th August 2006 - There was reading  by Zai Whitaker, who is an author of several children’s books including The Boastful Centipede and Other Creatures in Verse, Cobra in my Kitchen, Salim Ali for Schools, Andamans Boy and Kali and the Rat Snake. Zai is a teacher and writer. She has worked at the Chennai Snake Park and Crocodile Bank, and at Abacus Montessori School, Chennai. She has lived and taught in beautiful Kodaikanal for thirteen years. She is also part of a team that helps women of the Irula tribe of hunter-gatherers and snake catchers.

22nd July 2006 - There was poetry reading by Brian Mendonca at 5 pm. Brian read from his much-acclaimed debut volume of poems on Goa entitled 'Last Bus to Vasco: Poems from Goa'. 'Last Bus to Vasco' was launched at Vasco in April 2006. Poems like 'Mapusa Memories' 'Souza Lobo' 'Sonya' and 'Fr Joseph Rowland Salema' all owe their inspiration to Bardez and places like Mapusa, Calangute, Sinquerim and Siolim. Copies of the book priced at Rs 150 with audio CD of the poems in the poets own voice are available for sale.

15th   July 2006 - An Origami workshop was conducted by Master Shivaram. Master Shivaram has been conferred the "National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement in the Field of Origami in June 2001, by the Min. of HRD, Govt. of India. He has published his original models as a book titled- “Fold in Fold Out -Origami Originals” and his original model Aris-Turtle was selected as a winner of the Origami by Children 2004 conducted by Origami USA.

28th May  2006- Literati in collaboration with Association of Componentes of Comunidades held a Seminar on Whether the Govt. has the power to amend the law of the communicades at the Menezes Braganza Hall at 4.30 pm.

4th May 2006 - Goa Book Launch of "Helen - The Life and Times of an H-Bomb" by Jerry Pinto the author, who is a well known writer and journalist.

7th April 2006 - Reading at 5 p.m. by Victor Rangel-Ribeiro author of Tivolem (winner of 1998 Milkweed Prize for Fiction)and Loving Ayesha.

2nd April 2006 - Workshop for Goa Writers Group conducted by author Victor Rangel-Ribeiro on "Editing for Style and Acceptance"

23rd March  2006 - First meeting of Book Club at 7.30 p.m. Discussion on "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hossaini followed by potluck dinner



17th February 2006 - Inauguration at 6.30 p.m. of Deviprasad C Rao's Exhibition of Drawings and Sketches titled "Portraits of Existence" by Dr. Pedro Cabral Adao (Consul General of Portugal, Goa)

27th January  2006 - Panel discussion initiated by Robert S. Newman author of "Umbrellas, Goddesses and Dreams: Essays on Goan Culture and Society with Sandesh Prabhudessai, Sucheta Potnis and Fredrick Noronha as co-panelists and moderated by Jason Keith Fernandes.

28th December 2005 - Reading by William Dalrymple, of excerpts from all his books, from In Xanadu to White Mughals.




3rd November 2005 - Reading by Isabel S. R. Vas, of excerpts from her play "Kator re Bhaji- Through Corridors of Power". Based on the life of Abbe Faria, the father of hypnotism, whose 250th birth anniversary was in May 2006.

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