Monday, March 15, 2010

Praznath Launch


Praznath Launch
Type:
Music/Arts - Opening
Date:
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time:
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:

Gulmohar Hall
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

Description:
Praznath is the idiom of the discourse, a reflection of the self in the mirror of conscious.Together we shall write, rewrite, delve, learn, unlearn, work, enrich ourselves and the world around us with our focus on Art, Culture and Thought of and from Kashmir and Kashmiris. This shall be "the forum" for interactions and one day shall be the reference archive for anyone wanting to know KashmirWe request your presence at the launch of the quarterly - PRAZNATH at India Habitat Centre. Praznath will document Kashmiri art, culture, literature, tradition and history.

A panel discussion on - IDENTIFYING IDENTITY IN KASHMIR - will mark the occasion.

The PANELISTS are:

Dr. Kapila Vatsayan (Eminent Scholar)MP, Rajya Sabha & Member, Amarnath Shrine Board

Sir Mark Tully (Eminent Journalist)Padma Bhushan, formerly BBC Correspondent in India

Dr. Swapan Dasgupta (Eminent Columnist)

Mr. Francois Gautier (Founder, FACT India)Editor-in-Chief, La Revue de l’Inde

Dr. Khema Kaul (Eminent Writer)Awarded ‘Hindi Writers Award’ by the President of India, 1997.Her published works include Samay ke Baad, Baadalon Mein Aag (poetry) and Dardpur (novel).

For details contact: Rashneek Kher - +91-9810049979 - rashneek@gmail.com

Sinead Kachroo - +91-9717059747 - sinead.kachroo@gmail.com

An initiative by Roots in Kashmir.

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