Event Details

Prior to the annual festival in January 2023, HLF brings to you two unique events in November and December 2022. Kaavya Dhaara: The HLF Poetry Festival, scheduled for 12 November 2022, is a day-long celebration of poetry. Poets from the UK and India will read and discuss their work. On 10 December 2022, translators from the UK and India will reflect on the art and craft of translation in Anuvaad: The HLF Translation Festival.

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Inaugural

speaker-1

Dr B Kinnera Murthy

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Jayesh Ranjan, IAS

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Gorati Venkanna

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Session 1

Gorati Venkanna in conversation with T Vijay Kumar

Language: Telugu.

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Gorati Venkanna

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Dr T Vijay Kumar

Poetry Reading - Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh

Language: Gujarati (Pre-recorded video)

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Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh

11:20 am - 12:05 pm

Session 2

Nirmala Putul Murmu in conversation with Harjinder Singh ‘Laltu’

Language: Santali-Hindi

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Nirmala Putul Murmu

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Harjinder Singh ‘Laltu’

Poetry Reading - Jayanta Mahapatra

Language: Odia (Pre-recorded video)

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Jayanta Mahapatra

12:10 pm - 12:55 pm

Session 3

Kalyani Thakur in conversation with Sayantan Mondal

Language: Bangla

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Kalyani Thakur Charal

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Sayantan Mondal

Poetry Reading - Jacinta Kerketta

Language: Hindi (Pre-recorded video)

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Jacinta Kerketta

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

LUNCH

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Session 4

Language: English (Online live)

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Imtiaz Dharker

Poetry Reading - Jameela Nishat

Language: Urdu-Dakhni

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Jameela Nishat

2:50 pm - 3:35 pm

Session 5

Clare Pollard in conversation with A Giridhar Rao

Language: English (Online live)

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Clare Pollard

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A Giridhar Rao

3:35 pm - 3:50 pm

Tea

3:50 pm - 4:35 pm

Session 6

Indu Joshi in conversation with Amita Desai

Language: Gujarati

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Indu Joshi

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Amita R Desai

Poetry Reading - Harjinder Singh ‘Laltu’

Language: Hindi

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Harjinder Singh ‘Laltu’

4:40 pm- 5:25 pm

Session 7

Language: English-Welsh (Online live)

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Gillian Clarke

Poetry Reading - Afsar Mohammad

Language:  Telugu (Pre-recorded video)

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Afsar Mohammad

5:30 pm - 6:15 pm

Session 8

Language: English (Online live)

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Nadine Aisha Jassat

Schedule

 

Event Streams

 

Lit Stream


Kaavya Dhaara

Poetry Stream

Stage Talks

Audio-Visual Track

Nanha Nukkad

Children’s Corner

Youngistan Nukkad

Youth Programmes

Storytelling


Cultural Events


Workshops


Exhibitions


Moving Images Talkies

Film Screenings

Meet My Book

Author’s Pitch

Interlude