Feb 14 2024 to Feb 14 2024 6:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Mithun Number Two is a collection of stories by the award-winning author and translator team that won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2018 for a previous collection titled No Presents Please. These stories explore moments of transcendence in the midst of anonymity and routine. Characters, both young and old, migrate to Mumbai for various reasons, where strangers become friends, families navigate strife and affection, and children grow up in homes with blurred lines between coercion and care. Jayant Kaikini’s stories, translated by Tejaswini Niranjana, are delightfully unexpected and deceptively simple. This evening has the writer and translator in conversation with two more formidable persons of letters – Vanamala Vishwanath and Indira Chandrasekhar as they respond, reflect and reminisce over the evocative storytelling of Mithun Number Two.