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21 October 2011
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Panel on “Kabir in context: Purushottam Agrawal’s New Study” on my book Akath Kahani Prem Ki: Kabir Ki Kavita Aur Unka Samay at 40th Annual South Asia Conference at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Chair: Thomas Trautmann | Panelists: David Lorenzen, John S. Hawley, Pashuara Singh.
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13 October 2011
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Talk on Kabir Ki Kavitai at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi
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7 October 2011
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Chaired discussion entitled “Samkalin Lekhan aur Aupniweshik Anubhav ka Vismaran” [Contemporay Writing and the Erasure of Memories of Colonial Experience] organized by Jigyasa and Pratilipi at Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi
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2 October 2011
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Public Lecture on “Gandhi aur Iqqeeswi Sadi Ka Naujawaan” [Gandhi and the Youth of the 21st Century] organized by Hum Log at Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh
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27 September 2010
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Participated in a national seminar on the topic “Public Sphere of Bhakti” at the Banaras Hindu University.
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9 September 2010
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The second edition of my book Akath Kahani Prem Ki: Kabir Ki Kavita Aur Unka Samay was launched by Shri Ashok Vajpayee at the Triveni Kala Sangam, in a function presided over by Prof Namwar Singh. Prof Harbans Mukhia delivered the keynote address.
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15th June 2010
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My book, Akath Kahani Prem Ki: Kabir Ki Kavita Aur Unka Samay has been placed on Bestsellers list by Rajkamal Prakashan.
You can buy the book from the Rajkamal e-store.
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20-21st May 2010
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Participated on a panel on the topics “Contribution of Agyeya”, “Kabir’s Poetry” and “Democracy and Violence” in Raipur, Chattisgarh. The event was organized by Chattisgarh Sanskriti Manch. Ashok Vajpeyi and Prabhat Tripathi were the other panelists.
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19-20th March 2010
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Delivered two lectures on “Indigenous Modernity, Public Sphere of Bhakti and Kabir’s Poetry” at Faculty of Arts, Benaras Hindu University.
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19th March 2010
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Inaugurated national seminar on “Literature, Society, Globalization and Environment” at Women’s College, Benaras Hindu University.
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12th March 2010
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Declined to accept “Sahityakaar Samman” announced by Delhi Hindi Akademi since the Akademi decided to withdraw the “Shalaka Samman” awarded to noted writer Shri Krishna Baldeo Vaid due to extraneous considerations. I wrote to the Akademi emphasising the need to mantain the autonomy and integrity of literary institutions.
The very next day, senior poet Shri Kedar Nath Singh, theatre personality Rekha Jain, poet Pankaj Singh and writer Priyadarshan also declined to accept Akademi awards.
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6th March 2010
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Spoke in Kabir Samagam at Luniyakheri, Madhya Pradesh. The event was organized by Prahlad Singh Tipania.
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18th February 2010
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Delivered the Rajendra Lal Mitra Memorial lecture on the topic “Science and Poetry” at the Indian Academy for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.
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6th February 2010
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Spoke on the topic “My Personal and Political Kabir” as part of “Kabir Utsav” organized in Baroda.
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2nd February 2010
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Spoke about my book Akath Kahani … at Jawaharlal Nehru University in a lecture organized by Jigyasa.
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29th January 2010
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Panelist on 2nd Ahimsa Day event at Indraprastha College, University of Delhi. Dilip Simeon and Amita Bhavaskar were the other members of the panel. I spoke on the topic “Towards a Non-Violent modernity”
>> Watch the video on Youtube
>> Read the transcript on Gandhitopia
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26th January 2010
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Delivered the Republic Day Lecture at Hindi Sahitya Kala Parishad, Port Blair on the topic “Interrogating Colonial Modernity”
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29th November 2009
Ekatra organized a discussion on Akath Kahani Prem Ki
The speakers were: Nityananda Tiwari, Sudhir Chandra and Archana Varma. The discussion was presided over by Ashok Vajpeyi
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21st October 2009
My book Akath Kahani Prem Ki: Kabir Ki Kavita Aur Unka Samay was launched today by Shri Shyam Benegal at a function organized at the National Museum, New Delhi.
Prof. Wagish Shukla and Smt Shabhnam Virmani addressed the audience. Prahlad Singh Tipania and co. rendered Kabir bhajans and Prof. Namwar Singh presided over the function.
The book has been awarded the first Rajkamal Prakashan Kriti Samman
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