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January 17 Schedule

January 17

Track 1

10:00

Sangam Literature as a Source for History:

Dr. R Balakrishnan, IAS

Dr. R Balakrishnan, IAS (Retd), Indologist

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10:00

Country hours 4: France and Canada

Session coordination by Mr. Amutharasan Paulraj, Thadagam Publications

maylis de Kerangal

Ms. Maylis de Kerangal, award winning French author, France

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Ms. Julia Trouilloud

Ms. Julia Trouilloud, Attaché for Books, Debates & Ideas, French Institute in India – French Embassy in India

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Mask Group 22

Mr. Robert Morgan, General Manager, BookLand Press, Canada

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14:00

Language Publishing in India: Session 1

Session coordination by Mr. Karthikeyan Pugalendi, Vanavil Puthakalayam

neeta gupta

Ms. Neeta Gupta, Publishing director, Tethys Books & Co-Founder Publishers’ Exchange

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Gita Ramaswamy

Ms. Gita Ramaswamy, Hyderabad Book Trust

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Mask Group 21

Mr. Akhil Mehta, Mehta Publishing House, Pune

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Tridib Kr Chatterjee

Mr. Tridib Kr Chatterjee, Hony. General Secretary, Publishers and Booksellers Guild & Organiser, International Kolkata Book Fair

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15:30

Language Publishing in India: Session 2

Session coordination by Mr. N.A. Jayendhran, Karpagam Puthakalayam

Ms. Urvashi Butalia

Ms. Urvashi Butalia, Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist & founder Zubaan books

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Shweta Khurana

Ms. Shweta Khurana, Editor, All About Book Publishing (AABP)

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Naresh Kumar Chutani

Mr. Naresh Kumar Chutani, Joint Director, Capexil

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ilango

Mr. Ilangoven Chinnusamy, Ailaysa

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Kannan Sundaram

Mr. Kannan Sundaram, Publisher, Managing Director at Kalachuvadu Publications Pvt Ltd

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Abhijit Tiwari

Mr. Abhijit Tiwari, Nielsen BookData

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Track 2

Special Session 1 (10 AM - 1 PM)

11:00

Session coordination by Ms. Subhasree Desikan

The Kural and its Music of Wisdom

Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

Mr. Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, author and translator   Online

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11:00

The Many Worlds of Translation

Sara Joseph

Ms. Sara Joseph, award winning novelist in Malayalam

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Jinoy Jose Palathingal

Mr. Jinoy Jose Palathingal, Senior Deputy Editor, The Hindu’s Frontline magazine

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Sangeetha Sreenivasan

Ms. Sangeetha Sreenivasan, Novelist and children’s writer

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11:00

International Scholarship

Persis Naumann

Ms. Persis Naumann, Editor & Founder | Kelir Books, USA (Chair person for the Online Session) (11 AM - 1 PM)   Online

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11:00

Reclaiming Tamil literature to the diaspora

Peniel Prabakaran

Ms. Peniel Prabakaran, Author & Co-Founder | Kelir Books, New Zealand (11 AM - 12 PM)  Online

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Meyyappan

Mr. Meyyappan, Founder | Aotearoatamil, New Zealand  Online

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12:00

Language Revitalisation (Revitalisation of Te Reo Maori)

Scotty Morrisson

Mr. Scotty Morrisson, Adjunct Professor & Director | Māori Student and Community Engagement Auckland’s Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand   Online

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Stacey Morrisson

Ms. Stacey Morrisson, Author | Māori Made Easy 2, Māori Made Fun, Māori at Home, Māori at work, New Zealand (12 - 1 PM)   Online

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Special Session 2 (2 PM - 5 PM)

18:30

Session coordination by Ms. Subhasree Desikan

Discussions with author

M A Baby

Mr. M A Baby, Former Education and Culture Minister and Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

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12:00

Taking Tamil to the world

V. S. Sridharan

Mr. V. S. Sridharan, Author

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Mini Krishnan

Ms. Mini Krishnan, Author, translator and publisher

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Sankara Saravanan

Dr. Sankara Saravanan, Joint Director (Translation), Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation

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18:30

Discussions with author

Vivek Shanbhag

Mr. Vivek Shanbhag, Kannada writer & founding editor of the literary journal Desha Kaala

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20:30

Talk on Paulo Coelho

Dr.VKKarthika

Dr. V. K. Karthika, Assistant Professor of English, NIT Trichy

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20:30

A talk from Ms. Martha Ann Selby

Ms. Martha Ann Selby

Ms. Martha Ann Selby, Chairperson, Sangam Chair, Harvard University

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