Zubaan Talkies Take 1/Writing the Self

February 9, 2012

The Attic, CP,Delhi

6.30pm

For centuries, women’s narratives have been sustained through the space of the memoir and the autobiography. These genres offer women the possibility of recounting the story of their lives and their experiences first-hand. Indian literature has been enriched by these re-tellings, these attempts by women to write their selves.

“Writing the Self”, Take 1 of Zubaan Talkies, pays tribute to these narratives. The event will feature readings from a selection of excerpts from first-person accounts by writers such as Rashsundari Devi, Binodini Dasi, Kamala Das, Sister Jesme, Baby Halder, Revathy, Anjum Zamrud Habib, and others. The event will also feature performances by women writers and poets who will perform original work.

Feel free to bring along extracts from your own personal diaries/blogs.

The final selection of excerpts and readers will be confirmed in a few days.

Anita Roy, senior editor at Zubaan will be the host for the evening.