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Sunday, March 20, 2011

A FESTIVAL OF LETTERS * (Updated with pictures)

We are pleased to inform you that the Dept. of English, Bharati College, Delhi University is organising 'A Festival of letters' from 15 March to 18 March 2011.


The festival shall be inaugurated with a lecture by the playwright Mahesh Dattani, followed by a three day workshop on playwriting / script writing conducted by him. The participants will be expected to have read two of Dattani’s plays Thirty Days in September and Seven Steps around the Fire. They will also be expected to write and share their writings in the workshop.


This shall be followed by a day of literary events for students on 18 March concluding with a production of Bertolt Brecht’s play The Good Person of Szechwan in Hindi, titled Kanpur ki Aurat Bhali Ramkali.


The poster carrying the details of the four day festival:


For further queries, contact:
Dr. Mukti Sanyal  (Teacher convenor)                                                                                             
Shivani Sharma (President, Red Stockings)




UPDATED: The festival went-off well. The workshop with Mr. Mahesh Dattani was very enterprising and the students enjoyed the literary events as well. The play received favourable reviews as well.


Below are pictures by Pooja Singha from English Honours, Ist Year.


                        



                            MR. MAHESH DATTANI  WITH THE WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS