[Kavita] Reminder: Poetry in South Asian Languages -- Jan 29 5:00--6:30, Rm 66-148

[Punyashloka Biswal]

[Some of you may have received a copy of this via Junta already.
Sorry for the duplicate email! --Punya]

Friends,

I'd like to invite all of you to participate in a poetry reading event
at MIT on January 29. Poems can be in any south Asian language, and
you don't have to be the author of a poem to read it! If you are
interested in attending and reading a poem, or simply listening to
others recite poetry, please write to me and let me know.

SPEAKERS: If you are planning to recite poetry at the event, I would
appreciate if you could send me a copy of the poem, preferably with an
English translation, so that I can include it in a booklet to be
handed out to attendees. If this is inconvenient for you, you can also
bring your own copies (at least 15); if none of these works for you,
that's fine too. Just email me the title of the poem and a rough
estimate of how long you'll recite it/talk about it.

LISTENERS: Many of us last took a Hindi (or other Indian language)
class over a decade ago, and before long we'll have trouble
differentiating black letters from buffaloes (hopefully, that
reference made sense). Please join me in celebrating our glorious and
varied literary tradition. Oh, and also in drinking chai and eating
samosas.

EVENT DETAILS:
Date: January 29, 2006
Time: 5:00pm -- 6:30pm
Place: MIT Room 66-148 (http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=66-148)

This event is sponsored by the MIT Indian Students Association,
Sangam. Visit http://web.mit.edu/sangam for information about Sangam
and more events.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Punya