Aug 30 2024 to Aug 30 2024 6:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

The Red Corridor remains one of the most complex and challenging areas in India, marred by Naxal-State conflict, that has been shaping the lives of its residents for over half a century. In the years of reporting from the conflict zone of Bastar, journalist Ashutosh Bhardwaj pieced together The Death Script: Dreams and Delusions in Naxal Country. In this session, Ashutosh will shed light on his experience in the conflict zone – reporting on the Maoist, the state atrocities, the plight of the Adivasis caught in the civil war and what it means to live through and write about these experiences as a journalist and a bilingual writer.

He will talk about deviating from the traditional form of journalistic writing into more creative ones and the crossroads where these forms converge and diverge. The talk will also offer insights into the status of the Hindi media, its role in shaping the Hindi belt polity, and the urgent need to focus on and invest in this media section.

Ashutosh Bhardwaj will be in conversation with Kannada author Vasudhendra followed by a Q&A session with the audience.