(From left) Vinay Vishwas, Arun Gemini and Ashok Maheshwari of Rajkamal Prakashan
RJ Syema shares her experience of reading Manto’s stories in Radio Mirchi, as part of Ek Purani Kahani. PrintWeek India talked to RJ Syema about ‘Listening to Manto on Radio Mirchi’ (http://www.printweek.in/features/listening-manto-radio-mirchi-17201)
Piyush Mishra reads from his book Kuchh Ishq Kiya Kuchh Kaam Kiya
Panini Anand during the event
Panini Anand and Shazi Zaman during the event
(From left) Kshitiz Roy, Divya Prakash Dubey, Neelima Singh Chauhan, Saurabh Dwivedi and Nishtha Gautam during the panel discussion on ‘Pyar Ka Panchnaama: Youth Aur Campus’
(From left) Irfan, Trishna Gupta, Sailesh Bharatwasi, Rajeev Prakash Khare and Shiraz Hussain during the panel discussion on ‘Hindi: Jaisi Dikhti Hain’
Panini Anand and Shazi Zaman
Piyush Mishra with a visitor
A discussion on translation
Visitors during the event
Piyush Mishra read his poems and also performed during the event
Anu Singh Choudhary, Vidya Shah, Piyush Misra and Matreyi Pushpa during the panel discussion on ‘Apni Chuni Rahein: Kya Maksad Kya Haasil’
Piyush Mishra with visitors
Divya Prakash Dubey made a presentation titled ‘Storybaazi’
Anu Singh Choudhary, Vidya Shah, Piyush Misra, Matreyi Pushpa and Urvashi Butalia who were part of the panel discussion on ‘Apni Chuni Rahein: Kya Maksad Kya Haasil’
Rajkamal celebrates new trends in Hindi writing
Leading Hindi language publisher Rajkamal Prakashan organised a day-long Hindi Sahitya Utsav at Oxford Book Store in New Delhi on 19 March 2017. The itinerary of discussions included topics such as language and society; youth and campus; translations; religion and power; the reality of Hindi today, and Monto’s stories in radio, among others. The event, attended by well known authors such as Mrinal Pande; Urvashi Butalia; Maitreyi Pushpa; Vidya Shah; Piyush Mishra; Anu Singh Choudhary; Nilima Sin