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
Sumit Samos is a writer, rap poet, commentator, and anti-caste activist. He comes from Koraput, Odisha. He is the author of the book Affairs of Caste. He has an MSc degree in Modern South Asian Studies from the University of Oxford and his research interests are Dalit Christians, cosmpolitan elites and caste in Odisha.
sessions
VERSE-ATILE
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27th October
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6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Launch of Geetha Ravichandran’s THE SPELL OF THE RAIN TREE, followed by poetry from around the world
Eeva Maria al-Khazaali, Geetha Ravichandran, Jesse Oliver, Sumit Samos
Presented by: Godrej
BABASAHEB UNBOUND
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28th October
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3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
The making of a legend
Ashok Gopal, Sumit Samos
Chair: Wandana Sonalkar
I AM, THEREFORE I WRITE
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29th October
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6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The power of the memoir in Dalit literature
Manoranjan Byapari, Sumit Samos
Chair: Shrujana Niranjani Sridhar
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Aashay Kadam
Poet, India
Aashay Kadam likes to learn new things, move out of his comfort zone and be challenged. He feels that everyone is essentially a student and the learning process is…
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Amith Prabhu
Public Relations Consultant, India
Amith Prabhu is a pioneering Public Relations professional with 20 years of work experience.
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He has worked at Genesis (now BCW India), APCO Worldwide, Publicis Groupe and Edelman. He has… -
Anjan Sundaram
Journalist, India
Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning author, journalist and television presenter, whose war correspondence has won a Frontline Club Award and a Reuters prize. Sundaram has reported from Central Africa…
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Anjum Hasan
Author, India
Anjum Hasan’s latest novel is History’s Angel. She is the author of The Cosmopolitans, Neti Neti, Lunatic in my Head, and Difficult Pleasures which have been shortlisted for the…
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