The third edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival will open its virtual doors tomorrow with Feminist Publishing House Zubaan Books founder Urvashi Butalia unveiling the festival with a special keynote. Day Two headlining keynote will feature renderings by Seagull Books founder Naveen Kishore on Theatre and Memory. The Women in Literature Festival is an online event...
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AnankeWLF to Present Disruptive, Female-led, Independent Publishing In Its Publishers Corner
The third edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival will present a unique set of panels titled Publishers Corner. Three specific sessions held on both days April 11th and 12th, 2023 are set to showcase discussions between publishers and their authors. The sessions will celebrate disruptive, female-led publishing houses and their diverse set...
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On Love, Longing In A Personal Metropolis at AnankeWLF2023
No choice is arbitrary, not every fantasy is an escape. On April 12th, 2023 at 4.25 PM UAE, a fascinating conversation, titled Seeking Shahrukh, Unraveling Loneliness: Love and Longing in a Personal Metropolis; will be unpacking urban loneliness, power, and intimacy, and the way interiority translates into a public space Envisioning and chairing the session,...
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Taking a Deep Dive into Transnational Feminism, Film and Media at AnankeWLF
Curating unique discussions, the third edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival (AnankeWLF) will explore the resurgence and evolution of transnational feminism beginning with movies like Mother India (India), Muthi Bhar Chawal (Pakistan), Two Women (Italian/Hollywood), Mirch Masala (India) juxtaposed against films epitomizing hegemonic representations of masculinities such as Maula Jutt (especially the older version),...
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AnankeWLF To Explore The Language of Grief vis-à-vis the Dialectics of Freedom & Autonomy
There is a universality of the language of grief and melancholy. Grief is a common denominator in all human experience. It is as universal as it is isolating, as collective as it is individualistic. Sweet sorrow is an age-old, wise companion to humanity. Unbeknownst to many, grief imbues the spirit of unity albeit in the...
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Dialogue on ensuring the written word is free of barriers for broadest audience to feature at AnankeWLF
The third edition of Anankes Women in Literature will highlight an important discussion on inclusive publishing. Happening on the first day of the festival, April 11th, 2023 at 5.00 PM UAE, this session will focus on the importance of inclusion in the production and dissemination of the written word, on the principles of diversity...
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AnankeWLF To Highlight Pandering to Western Readership With Neo-Colonialist, Exoticized View of South Asia
Arranged marriages, hyper-conservative in-laws, violent husbands, mangoes, and of course the monsoon season are some of the numerous stereotypes, many may have an aversion to reading in a work of fiction or even non-fiction. That said, typecasting continues to plague writers from within the South Asian region as well as the diaspora. Painting a conventionalized...
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Ananke Women In Literature Festival Announces More Speakers
Eminent names from across South Asia, MENA and beyond will be gracing the third edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival 2023 on April 11th and 12th. Independent publishers, authors, filmmakers, artists, writers and creatives will congregate remotely to engage in dialogue focusing on a wide ranging array of topics including Arab Women in Literature...
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AnankeWLF Unwraps the Migratory Experience of Language
Joao Guimarães Rosa says so beautifully that every word has its shadow. Taking cue from the Brazilian novelists exposition, Anankes Women in Literature Festival unveils a fascinating conversation that will delve into the migratory experience of language through translation and interpretation. Eminent names from across South Asia, MENA and beyond will be gracing the third edition of...
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AnankeWLF unveils Illustrated Resistance
Art and the visual has played a pivotal role in the socio-political history of humanity. Existing since the time when mankind had limited modes of communication as well as vocabulary, it is an organic canvas representing ideas shared and otherwise riveting emotions and angst. Keeping in mind the role of art as a...