#767
July 2023
STORYTELLING
a symposium on
Indian folk and
contemporary traditions
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symposium participants
FROM THE PUBLISHER
THE PROBLEM
Posed
by
Kishalay
Bhattacharjee,
Professor
and
Dean,
Jindal
School
of
Journalism
and Communication, Jindal Global University, Sonipat
THE INTRIGUING TALE OF THE PATTA CHITRA PATUAS OF BENGAL
Ritu Sethi, Founder Trustee, Craft Revival Trust; Editor, 'Global InCH', Delhi
TRAVEL, LOVE AND LONGING
Saumya Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication, Sonipat
RETELLING AS RESISTANCE
Uddipana Goswami, writer and feminist peace researcher, Guwahati
VOWEL ATTACKS
Sumana Roy, poet and author; Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing, Ashoka University, Sonipat
RESIST, REMEMBER, RECITE, REPEAT
Kanupriya Dhingra, Assistant Professor of English and Assistant Dean, Jindal School of Languages and Literature, Sonipat
FIGHTING THE SAHIB'S WAR
Sarnath Banerjee, graphic novelist, artist, filmmaker; co-founder of the comics publishing house, Phantomville, Kolkata
AFTER THE STORY
Ranjit Hoskote, contemporary poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator, Mumbai
STORIES ON WARP AND WEFT
Sentila T. Yanger, independent arts and crafts professional, Dimapur
JANAMBHUMI CHARAOLI
Parasher Baruah, cinematographer and director, Mumbai
'ALL THAT BREATHES' AND 'COMMUNITIES OF AIR'
Rituparna Sengupta, writer, translator, teacher and researcher, Kolkata
WHERE OUR STORIES FORMED
Isaac Tsetan Gergan, artist, photographer and designer, Leh
THE STORY OF INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND DEAF CULTURE
Himanshu Upadhyaya, Assistant Professor, School of Development, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
DRAWING TO AN END
Trisha Gupta, writer, culture critic and Professor of Practice, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication, Sonipat
STORYTELLING IN JODHPUR
Jagnoor Singh, law student, Jindal Global Law School, Jindal Global University, Sonipat
KALAKAR AND KALAMKARI
Pitchuka
Srinivas,
kalamkari
craftsman,
Pedana,
AP,
interviewed
by
Muskan
Kaur
and
Shreya
Saksena,
Jindal
School
of
Journalism
and
Communication,
Sonipat
ON ORALITY
Satish C. Aikant, former Professor and Head, Department of English, HNB Garhwal University and former Fellow, IIAS, Shimla
COMMENT
A GOODBYE TO STORYTELLING
Shiv Visvanathan, Professor at Jindal Global Law School and Director, Centre for the
Study
of
Knowledge
Systems,
O.P.
Jindal
Global
University,
Sonipat
A TRIBUTE
Received from Vikram Seth, novelist and writer, Delhi