[Reader-list] Reminder: 27 July Monday @ Sarai, CSDS

[Navayana Publishing]

Navayana and Sarai invite you to the
fourth in the series of Navayana-Sarai lectures

on Monday, 27 July 2009, 3.30 p.m. at Seminar Room, CSDS

Hindi writer Ajay Navaria will read selections from his short fiction, and

Laura Brueck will speak on “The Alienation of Modernity in Ajay Navaria’s
Fiction”.

Ajay Navaria is the author of a collection of short stories (*Patkatha aur
anya Kahaniyan*, 2006) and the novel (*Udhar ke Log*, 2008). Navaria has
been involved with the premier literary journal Hans as a guest editor for
special issues. He was bestowed with the Sahitiyik Kriti Award in 2008 by
the Hindi Academy, Delhi. Navaria teaches at Jamia Milia Islamia University,
Delhi.

Laura Brueck is Assistant Professor in Hindi at the Department of Asian
Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Her
research focuses on contemporary Hindi Dalit literature. Her 2006 PhD
dissertation was titled “Rethinking Resistance: Constructing a Hindi Dalit
Literary Identity in Contemporary India”.

www.navayana.org

www.sarai.net
Sarai-CSDS, 29 Rajpur Road, New Delhi 110054

For further details, contact:

S. Anand
www.navayana.org

Navayana Publishing
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