BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8b981376d82bfbe3a3d3cb3d16f16d7f CATEGORIES:Conference / Symposium CREATED:20211120T121114 SUMMARY:'ON READING' Symposium DESCRIPTION:Program Schedule: \n\n10 am – Opening \n\n\n10.15 am – C S Lakshmi (Ambai) - The Synchronized Act: A Way of Understanding Writing and Reading \n\n\n11 .15 am – Tea Break \n\n\n11.30 am – Rizio Yohannan Raj - Will She Ever Get There? A Reader's View from the Translator's Middleground \n\n\n12. 30 pm – Lunch \n\n\n1.30 pm – Pushpamala N – From Seeing to Reading – A Visual Art ist’s Perspective \n\n\n2.30 pm – Tea Break \n\n\n3 pm – Panel Discussion – C S Lakshmi, Rizio Yohannan Raj, Pushpamala N.Moderator – Dr. Maya Dodd\n\ n\nAbout the speakers\n\n\n1. C S Lakshmi - C. S. Lakshmi (Ambai) is a dist inguished fiction writer in Tamil. Her works are characterized by her passi onate espousal of the cause of women, humor, a lucid and profound style, an d a touch of realism. She is the only Tamil writer to have been included in the Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature edited by Amit Chaudhuri. Mos t of her stories are about relationships and they contain brilliant observa tions about contemporary life. Exploration of space, silence, coming to ter ms with one's body or sexuality, and the importance of communication are so me of the recurring themes in her works.\n\n\nA Doctorate from Jawaharlal N ehru University in the 1970's, she is presently the Director of Sound & Picture Archives for Research on Women (SPARROW) in Mumbai. She is a recip ient of Narayanaswamy Aiyar Prize for her fiction. Among her works are Sira kukal muriyum, Vittin mulaiyil oru camaiyalarai and The Face behind the mas k : Women in Tamil literature. Many of her stories have been translated int o English. \n\n\n2. Rizio Yohannan Raj - Rizio Yohannan Raj is a bilingual writer, translator and educationist. Her works include two collections of p oetry in English (Eunuch, Naked by the Sabarmati and Other Guna Poems), and two novels in Malayalam (Avinasom, Yatrikom), the first of which is transl ated into English as A Tale of Things Timeless (HarperCollins 2012). She ha s translated major 20th century Malayalam writers into English, and introdu ced seminal works from other languages in Malayalam. Her academic works inc lude a pioneering volume on Comparative Literature, Quest of a Discipline: New Academic Directions for Comparative Literature. She has also been a jou rnalist, a books editor and a publisher. Her last assignment in publishing was at Katha, New Delhi, as Head of Publishing. She is the founder-director of a trust dedicated to the cause of education and life appreciation, Lila Foundation for Translocal Initiatives and presently works towards developi ng Lila as a cultural think-tank, action platform and a dynamic conservatio n space.\n\n\n3. Pushpamala N - Pushpamala N has been called “the most ente rtaining artist-iconoclast of contemporary Indian art”. In her sharp and wi tty work as a photo- and video-performance artist, sculptor, writer, curato r and provocateur, and in her collaborations with writers, theatre director s and filmmakers, she seeks to subvert the dominant cultural and intellectu al discourse. She is known for her strongly feminist work and for her rejec tion of authenticity and embracing of multiple realities. As one of the pio neers of conceptual art in India and a leading figure in the feminist exper iments in subject, material and language, her inventive work in sculpture, conceptual photography, video and performance have had a deep influence on art practice in India.\n\n\nStarting off her career as a sculptor, Pushpama la began using photography and video in the mid -1990s, creating tableaux a nd photo-romances in which she casts herself in various roles. Interested i n history and the idea of cultural memory, she cites a wide range of refere nces in her series of masquerades where she simultaneously inhabits and que stions familiar frames from art history, photography, film, theatre and pop ular culture, thereby placing herself as the artist at the centre of social and political inquiry.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Program Schedule: 

10 am – Opening 


10.15 am – C S Lakshmi (Ambai) - The Synchronized Act: A Way of Understanding Writi ng and Reading 


11.15 am – Tea Break 


11. 30 am – Rizio Yohannan Raj - Will She Ever Get There? A Reader's View from the Translator's Middleground 


12. 30 pm – Lunch 


1.30 pm – Pushpamala N – From Seeing to Reading – A Visual Artist’ s Perspective 


2.30 pm – Tea Break 


3 pm – Panel Discussion – C S Lakshmi, Rizio Yohannan Raj, Pushpamala N.Moderato r – Dr. Maya Dodd


About the speakers


1. C S Lakshmi - C. S. Lakshmi (Ambai) is a distinguished fiction writer in Tam il. Her works are characterized by her passionate espousal of the cause of women, humor, a lucid and profound style, and a touch of realism. She is th e only Tamil writer to have been included in the Picador Book of Modern Ind ian Literature edited by Amit Chaudhuri. Most of her stories are about rela tionships and they contain brilliant observations about contemporary life. Exploration of space, silence, coming to terms with one's body or sexuality , and the importance of communication are some of the recurring themes in h er works.


A Doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University in the 1970's, she is presently the Director of Sound & Picture Archives f or Research on Women (SPARROW) in Mumbai. She is a recipient of Narayanaswa my Aiyar Prize for her fiction. Among her works are Sirakukal muriyum, Vitt in mulaiyil oru camaiyalarai and The Face behind the mask : Women in Tamil literature. Many of her stories have been translated into English. 

2. Rizio Yohannan Raj - Rizio Yohannan Raj is a bilingual writer, translator and educationist. Her works include two collections of poetry i n English (Eunuch, Naked by the Sabarmati and Other Guna Poems), and two no vels in Malayalam (Avinasom, Yatrikom), the first of which is translated in to English as A Tale of Things Timeless (HarperCollins 2012). She has trans lated major 20th century Malayalam writers into English, and introduced sem inal works from other languages in Malayalam. Her academic works include a pioneering volume on Comparative Literature, Quest of a Discipline: New Aca demic Directions for Comparative Literature. She has also been a journalist , a books editor and a publisher. Her last assignment in publishing was at Katha, New Delhi, as Head of Publishing. She is the founder-director of a t rust dedicated to the cause of education and life appreciation, Lila Founda tion for Translocal Initiatives and presently works towards developing Lila as a cultural think-tank, action platform and a dynamic conservation space .


3. Pushpamala N - Pushpamala N has been called “the most entertaining artist-iconoclast of contemporary Indian art”. In her sharp a nd witty work as a photo- and video-performance artist, sculptor, writer, c urator and provocateur, and in her collaborations with writers, theatre dir ectors and filmmakers, she seeks to subvert the dominant cultural and intel lectual discourse. She is known for her strongly feminist work and for her rejection of authenticity and embracing of multiple realities. As one of th e pioneers of conceptual art in India and a leading figure in the feminist experiments in subject, material and language, her inventive work in sculpt ure, conceptual photography, video and performance have had a deep influenc e on art practice in India.


Starting off her career as a s culptor, Pushpamala began using photography and video in the mid -1990s, cr eating tableaux and photo-romances in which she casts herself in various ro les. Interested in history and the idea of cultural memory, she cites a wid e range of references in her series of masquerades where she simultaneously inhabits and questions familiar frames from art history, photography, film , theatre and popular culture, thereby placing herself as the artist at the centre of social and political inquiry.

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