An Evening With Perumal Murugan

Toto Funds the Arts

and

British Council Library, Bangalore

are delighted to invite you to

An evening with the celebrated Tamil writer

Perumal Murugan

in the company of his translator

N Kalyan Raman

to mark the publication of Kalyan Raman’s translation of Perumal Murugan’s Poonachi or The Story of a Black Goat 

Vijeta Kumar, who will be in conversation with the author and translator, will introduce the range of Perumal Murugan's literary works and the highs and lows of his writing career

Sharanya Ramprakash, actor, director and playwright, 

will read excerpts from the novel

Date: Saturday, 7 April 2018.  Time: 6.30 p.m.

Venue: British Council Library, Prestige Takt, 23, Kasturba Road Cross (Opposite Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum)

ENTRY IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!

PERUMAL MURUGAN heads the department of Tamil literature in a government college in Attur, Tamil Nadu. He is the author of ten novels and five collections each of short stories and poems, as well as ten books of non-fiction. Several of his novels, stories and poems have been translated into English, including Seasons of the Palm, which was short-listed for the Kiriyama Prize, Current Show, One Part Woman, Pyre and Poonachi, or The Story of a Black Goat. The first collection of Murugan's stories in English translation, The Goat Thief, was published last year. He has also written a memoir, Nizhal Mutrathu Ninaivugal.

N KALYAN RAMAN is a Chennai-based translator of Tamil fiction and poetry into English. His translations of 11 works of Tamil fiction and over 200 poems by leading Tamil poets have been published in journals and anthologies in India and abroad. He is a regular contributor of essays, articles and book reviews to journals and newspapers in India. In 2017, he received the prestigious Pudumaipithan award, given by Vilakku, for his contribution to Tamil literature through his translations.

VIJETA KUMAR, who was shortlisted for the TOTO Award for Creative Writing in English in 2018, teaches English and Journalism at St Joseph’s College, Bangalore.

Celebrating Jane Austen: Readings and Discussions

Toto Funds the Arts & The British Council Library

are pleased to invite you to

“The Sensibility of Jane Austen”

Marking the 200^th death anniversary of the Mistress of Irony

Date and Time:  Saturday, 22 July 2017, 6.30 p.m.

Venue:  The British Council Library, Prestige Takt, 23 Kasturba Road Cross (Opposite Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum), Bangalore

Readings of excerpts from her novels

 by the actors Lekha Naidu and Nakul Bhalla

&

A panel discussion between Cheriyan Alexander and Poorna Swami

moderated by C.K. Meena

Unpacking the life and times of this much-loved writer, her panoply of characters, and the continuing relevance of her work to our part of the world.

Dr Cheriyan Alexander, who has been teaching English at St. Joseph's College, Bangalore for over three decades, is currently Head of the Department of English at SJC. 

Poorna Swami is a writer and dancer who has been Editor-at-Large of the online literary quarterly Asymptote since 2015.

C.K. Meena, novelist/journalist, wishes that Austen’s novels and other unabridged classics weren’t foisted on her during her adolescence because they make so much more sense when read at a later age.