Join us for the Book Talk 𝗞𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶 𝗞𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗽𝗻𝗮, featuring author 𝗦𝘂𝗷𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗱 in conversation with translator 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗷.

𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀

📅 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 28 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 2026
🕠 6:00 𝗣𝗠
📍 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗻𝗮

𝗞𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶 𝗸𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗽𝗻𝗮 — The Life and Legacy of Jayaprakash Narayan is a special session reflecting on the life and ideas of Jayaprakash Narayan. The programme opens with a short film by Arjun Pandey, followed by a dramatised reading by 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝗸𝗵𝘁𝗮𝗿 from the book Kranti ka Sapna, a translation of Sujata’s book ‘The Dream of Revolution’ published by Penguin Random House.

Sujata Prasad is a writer, columnist, curator and heritage conservationist. Her work and research interests cut across disciplines, intersecting with community health, education, rural livelihoods, and the visual and performing arts. A former civil servant who also did a stint in Bihar, Sujata is the founder and chairperson of Ahad Anhad, a forum for creative instigations. Her biography of Jayaprakash Narayan follows several other publications, the most recent being a long essay on Rahul Sankrityayan published in an edited volume by Harper Collins.

Ashutosh Bhardwaj is a literary critic, fiction writer and journalist. As a journalist, he has traveled across Central India and documented the conditions of tribes caught in the conflict between the Maoist insurgents and the police. He has investigated encounter killings, cases of political corruption and electoral malpractices. He is the only journalist in India to have won the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism for four consecutive years.

Tanwir Akhtar is a senior theatre artist, director and cultural activist from Patna and the National General Secretary of the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA). Since 1979, he has been associated with IPTA and active in progressive theatre for over four decades as an actor, director and organizer. His notable productions include Juloos, Machine, Aurat, Poster, Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein, Rakt Kalyan, Gabar Ghichoran ke Mai and Court Martial which reflect his commitment to socially engaged theatre.