Spoken Word

A Topical Debate

Pankaj Mishra, Kamila Shamsie and Mirza Waheed in a Topical Debate

TCF-UK, welcomes authors Pankaj Mishra, Kamila Shamsie and Mirza Waheed for an evening of literary conversation. Bringing their Indian, Pakistani and Kashmiri roots, the trio will join forces for a topical debate on Pankaj’s latest, critically acclaimed book From the Ruins of Empire.

In aid of TCF-UK, Pakistan's education charity.

Date: 
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Venue: 
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St London, UK W1G 7LP

Kavita K2K

London Kalibari presents Kavita K2K.

A music, dance and drama ensemble celebrating Indian poetry from Kalidas to Kaifi Azmi.

Tickets £15 & £10

For further information or to book contact Dalia Dasgupta on 07889336715 or dalia.dasgupta@btinternet.com & Kanu Roy on 07860544225.

Date: 
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Venue: 
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 4a Castletown Road, West Kensington, London W14 9HE

Discussion: Amit Chaudhuri on The Immortals

On Friday 17th May, Indian writer Amit Chaudhuri will be talking about his novel The Immortals. Set in the Bombay of the 1970s and 80s The Immortals is a celebration of the power of music to inspire and console. The novel centres on three very different talented musicians and has won 8 praise for its fusion of melancholy and social comedy.

The BBC World Book Club is a unique radio programme that brings readers from around the world together with their favourite writers.

Date: 
Friday, May 17, 2013
Venue: 
Nehru Centre

Censorship and the freedom of expression

The panel looks at freedom of speech and censorship in India, Sri Lanka, China and across Asia with former head of Index on Censorship, author and advisor to Google, John Kampfner.

Salil Tripathi – Offence: The Hindu Case | Frances Harrison – Still Counting the Dead | Julia Farrington – Index on Censorship | John Kampfner – Freedom for Sale |

Moderator Mishal Husain 

Thursday 16th May, 18.45

Date: 
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Venue: 
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St London, UK W1G 7LP

Cricket and the Rise of Modern India

Two important new books examine the explosive rise of cricket and its relationship to the emerging Indian middle class. The authors examine the politicians, illegal bookmakers, rampant consumerism, governing bodies, players, match fixing and even murder – and how they all contribute to the story of modern India.

James Astill, The Great Tamasha- Cricket, Corruption and the Turbulent Rise of Modern India

Ed Hawkins, Bookie, Gambler, Fixer, Spy

With Dr Mukulika Banerjee

Date: 
Monday, May 13, 2013
Venue: 
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St London, UK W1G 7LP

British Asian Culture: Doomed to be 'uncool?

The Asia House panel of “cool” British Asians looks at the development of Brit Asian culture, food, literature and music and asks the burning question: Can we ever be perceived as cool?

DJ Nihal | Bobbie Friction| Ravinder Bhogal – Cook in Boots |  Siddhartha Bose - Kalagora | Moderator Sathnam Sanghera 

Tickets £10 Concessions £8 | Friends £7

Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2013
Venue: 
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St London, UK W1G 7LP

Nadeem Aslam, The Blind Man's Garden

Nadeem Aslam in conversation with Homa Khaleeli

The Blind Man's Garden is set in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months following 9/11 - a story of war, love, of one family's losses, and of the simplest, most enduring human impulses.

Asia House

Wednesday 8th May  18.45 | Tickets £10 Concessions £8 | Friends £7

asiahouse.org/arts-and-culture/festival-of-asian-literature/programme

Date: 
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Venue: 
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St London, UK W1G 7LP

Michael Palin in conversation

As part of the Festival of Asian Literature, Asia House presents an evening with the UK’s most engaging globetrotter, Michael Palin. He talks about his novel, The Truth set in the environmental hotspots of India, his latest adventures in Brazil and about his life of travel throughout Asia and beyond, with Times Literary Editor, Erica Wagner.

Tuesday 7th May | Asia House | Tickets £15 Concessions £12 | Friends £10

Date: 
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Venue: 
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St London, UK W1G 7LP

Festival of Asian Literature

The Asia House Festival of Asian Literature 7-22 May, 2013 | With Pre-Festival events in April.

Date: 
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Venue: 
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St London, UK W1G 7LP

Women, Freedom and the Islamic World

Festival of Asian Literature Pre-Festival panel event.

The Asia House panel of women writers from Turkey, Iraq and Iran look at issues of concern to women in Islaminc societies: love, marriage and family, domestic and sexual violence, freedom and autonomy, war, how women's freedom differs between countries, how changes in Islam and world perceptions have influenced Muslim women's lives and how their writing can effect change.

Date: 
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Venue: 
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St London, UK W1G 7LP
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