[Reader-list] Guftagu: the colloquial and the visual in Urdu's popular culture

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India Foundation for the Arts 
takes pleasure in inviting you for the showcase of two of its grants

Guftagu
an exploration of the idea of the colloquial 
and the visual in Urdu’s popular culture

Gautam Pemmaraju, a Mumbai-based writer, director and producer, 
talks about the Hyderabad/Deccan comic-satire poetic tradition 
known as Dakhani Mizahiya Shairi, Dakhani vernacular history and traditions, and the decline of Urdu and the composite culture of the region
&
Yousuf Saeed, a Delhi-based filmmaker, author and archivist, 
talks about the historical and socio-political relevance of printed images from popular Urdu literature produced in the first half of the 20th century,
and the stories they reveal of Urdu's transformation from a language, 
reflecting the cultural plurality of North India, to one associated with Islam

Wednesday | March 05, 2014 | 07:00 PM
The Oak Room, The PARK, Bangalore
No. 14/7, M G Road, Bangalore

We also welcome you to join us for hors d'oeuvres after the event.

To RSVP, write to contactus at indiaifa.org or call +91 080 2341 4682/ 83

We hope you join us for the event!