Poetics and Politics after Ramayana - Ancient Voices and Modern Experience
Details
Jul 23 2023 to Jul 23 2023 4:30 p.m.
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Where
Bangalore International Centre
7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071
Event Description
After is a collection of poems inspired by Valmiki’s Ramayana, one of Asia’s foundational epic poems and a story cycle of incalculable historical importance. But After does not just come after the Ramayana. On each successive page, Vivek Narayanan brings the resources of contemporary English poetry to bear on the Sanskrit epic. In a work that warrants comparison with Christopher Logue’s and Alice Oswald’s reshapings of Homer, and Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red, Narayanan allows the ancient voice of the poem to engage with modern experience, initiating a transformative conversation across time. In this session, Vivek Narayanan is in conversation with Mani Rao and Arshia Sattar. A Q&A with the audience will follow.
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