The Fourteenth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Wednesday, October 25th to Sunday, October 29th 2023

THE POWER OF WORDS

Online : 25 - 26 Oct
On ground : 27 - 29 Oct

Saumya Roy

Author, India

Saumya Roy is the author of Mountain Tales: Love and Loss in the Municipality of Castway Belongings, a non-fiction book that follows the lives of waste pickers who live at Mumbai’s Deonar dumping grounds. The book was listed among the best books of 2021 by National Public Radio (USA), theprint.in, Telegraph India, GQ India among others. She is also a co-founder of Vandana Foundation and has taught at UC Berkeley and Mumbai University.

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  • 28th October
  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am

The struggles and triumphs of Manoranjan Byapari
Manoranjan Byapari in conversation with Saumya Royi

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