editions

2019 | Dec. 6–8 | BIC, Bangalore

with Zoë Wicomb, Togara Muzanenhamo, I. Allan Sealy, Michael Kelleher, Jayant Kaikini, Joy Goswami, Vivek Shanbhag, Sharmistha Mohanty

2018 | Dec. 22–23 | IIC, Delhi

With Ari Sitas, Mani Rao, Subhro Bandhopadhyay, Rahul Soni, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2017 | Dec. 16–17 | IIC, Delhi

with Bei Dao, Mohammed Bennis, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Manglesh Dabral, Sergio Chejfec, I. Allan Sealy, Joy Goswami, Emily Sun, Jared Stark, Magaret Carson, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2015 | Feb. 13–15 | IIC, Delhi

with Raul Zurita, Joy Goswami, Kutti Revathy, K. Satchidanandan, Anna Deeny Morales, Bahauddin Dagar, Parvathy Baul, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2013 | Dec. 19–22 | IIC, Delhi

with​ Xi Chuan, Bahauddin Dagar, Renee Gladman, László Krasznahorkai, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Ashis Nandy,​ Sharmistha Mohanty, Rahul Soni

2011 India-China | Dec. 19–21 | Jnanapravaha, Mumbai

with Bei Dao, Adil Jussawalla, Irwin Allan Sealy, Xi Chuan, Ouyang Jianghe, Han Shaogong, K. Satchidanandan, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Ge Fei, Ashis Nandy, Li Tuo, Lydia Liu, Yourou Zhong, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2011 | Mar. 11–13 | IIC, Delhi

with Forrest Gander, Vahni Capildeo, George Szirtes, Irwin Allan Sealy, Rahul Soni, Giriraj Kiradoo, the Cybermohalla Collective, Charu Nivedita, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2010 | Mar. 18–21 | IIC, Delhi

with Tomasz Salamun, Vahni Capildeo, Eliot Weinberger, Joy Goswami, Xu Xi, Anita Agnihotri, Charu Nivedita, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2009 | Feb. 12–15 | IIC, Delhi

with Ashis Nandy, Kunwar Narain, Bei Dao, Joy Goswami, Xi Chuan, Ouyang Jianghe, Ge Fei, Zhai Yongming, K. Satchidanandan, Li Tuo, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Irwin Allan Sealy, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2008 | Mar. 6–9 | IIC, Delhi

with Claudio Magris, Bei Dao, George Szirtes, Udayan Vajpeyi, Irwin Allan Sealy, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Mani Kaul, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2006 | Dec. 15–17 | IIC, Delhi

with Irwin Allan Sealy, George Szirtes, Mani Kaul, Mariko Nagai, K. Satchidanandan, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Arvind Mehrotra, Vivek Narayanan, Sharmistha Mohanty

2011 dialogues

India–China Dialogues Three

December 19–21, Jnanapravaha, Mumbai

evening readings

6:30 pm, Jnanapravaha

Monday, Dec. 19

Allan Sealy
Xi Chuan
Rukmini Bhaya Nair
Ge Fei
K.Satchidanandan

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Ouyang Jianghe
Sharmistha Mohanty
Adil Jussawalla
Han Shanogong
Vivek Narayanan
Bei Dao

discussion

Monday, Dec. 19, 10:00 am - 1:00pm

Autobiographies

Two writers talk about their lives and their writing

Han Shaogong, Irwin Allan Sealy
Moderator: Lydia Liu

Monday, Dec. 19, 2:30 - 5:30 pm

Chinese writers talk on the continuing impact of classical poetry on Chinese contemporary literature

Ge Fei, Xi Chuan, Ouyang Jianghe
Moderator: Vivek Narayanan

Tuesday, Dec. 20, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Autobiographies continued

Two writers talk about their lives and their writing

Lydia Liu, K. Satchidanandan
Moderator: Bei Dao

Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2:30 - 5:30 pm

The continuing relevance of Tagore to contemporary
Indian literature and the Indian present

Rukmini Bhaya Nair, K. Satchidanandan, Ashis Nandy
Moderator: Sharmistha Mohanty

Wednesday, Dec. 21, 10:00 am-1:00pm

There has been a lot of talk in these times about what is wrong with our two civilisations, and about our need or desire for economic progress. Can we, as writers and thinkers, talk about our unique resources as well, those things which have perhaps sustained us over our long pasts?

All participants
Moderator: Ashis Nandy

Wednesday, Dec. 21, Chavan Centre, 6:00pm-8:00pm

“The Scope and Limits of Dissent”

A public dialogue between Ashis Nandy, Bei Dao, Han Shaogong, and Li Tuo
Moderators: Lydia Liu and Sharmistha Mohanty

The conversation between Indian and Chinese writers continued at the Ellora caves.