A two-day multidisciplinary occasion highlighting native, nationwide and worldwide writers and artists and representing South Asian tradition is coming to Saratoga.
The South Asian Literature and Artwork Competition runs Oct. 29-30, noon-6 p.m., on the Montalvo Arts Heart, 15400 Montalvo Highway.
Organizers mentioned the occasion goals “to contribute to the literary and cultural lifetime of the residents of Silicon Valley.” The occasion will give attention to the theme of “Humanity,” analyzing stereotypes based mostly on race, class and gender.
Particularly, the pageant will spotlight South Asian tradition to spark engagement between authors and Bay Space audiences.
Greater than 40 authors and artists will host boards and conversations to look at and spotlight completely different factors of view at venues throughout Montalvo’s historic villa and property.
There might be ebook gross sales and creator signings, artwork exhibitions and gross sales, youngsters’s craft actions, dance, music, poetry and portray.
The pageant is being placed on by Artwork Discussion board SF and Montalvo Arts Heart in partnership with the Stanford College Heart for South Asian Research and the UC Berkeley Institute of South Asian Research.
Right here’s a take a look at the schedule:
Saturday, Oct. 29
noon-1 p.m.
- “Breaking Limitations” with Jaistri Abichandani & Vikram Chandra
- “The Henna Artist” with Alka Joshi & Aarti Johri
- “The Stones Converse” with Rahul Mehrotra & Siddharth Mehrota
1:05 p.m.
- E book signing with Vikram Chandra and Dr. Suraj Yengde
1:30 p.m.
- E book readings curated by Shikha Malaviya that includes Aditi Malhotra, Neerja Raman and Saila Kariat
2-3 p.m.
- “On a Excessive Word” with musician TM Krishna
- “Threshold of Modern Artwork” with Annu Palakunnathu Mathew, Ranu Mukherjee, Sarah Ahmad and Apoorva Bakshi
- “Sacred Video games to Geek Elegant” with creator Vikram Chandra
3:05 p.m.
- E book signing with Zuni Chopra
3:30-4:30 p.m.
- “Homeland Elegies” with Ayad Akhtar, Dr. Anuradha and Luther Moitra
- “Uncaste the Duality” with Dr. Suraj Yengde and Davan Maharaj
- “Moving into Phrases” with Pavita Singh and Zuni Chopra
4:35 p.m.
- E book signings with Ayad Akhtar and Alka Joshi
5:30-6:30 p.m.
- Tipu in dialog with Swarta Bhasker
Sunday, Oct. 30
noon-1 p.m.
- “H’Artwork of Giving” with Afzal Ahmad, Shireen Ahmad and Robert Mintz
- “Wine and Shine and Rooster Khurana” with Chef Ajay Walia, Ayesha Thapar (Ettan), Neeta Mittal, Chef Ranjan Dey and Ritu Marwah
- “South Asian Touchdown” with Amit Majmudar, Jenny Bhatt and Vishal Ganesan
1:05 p.m.
- E book signings with Amit Majmudar and Jenny Bhatt
1:30 p.m.
- Poetry readings curated by Shikha Malaviya that includes Amit Majmudar, Monica Mody, Monica Korde, Preeti Vangani and Sarah Mohammad
2-3 p.m.
- “How Onions Brown” with cooks Kauser Ahmed, Nik Sharma, Preeti Mistry and Sonia Chopra
- “Arrived!” with Devi Laskar, Sorraya Khan and Sandhya Gajjar
- “Modern Discord” with Thenmozhi Soundararajan and Rajisvini Bhansali
3:05 p.m.
- E book signings with Nik Sharma, Preeti Mistry, Devi Laskar, Sorayya Khan and Thenmozhi Soundararajan
3:30-4:30 p.m.
- “Present in Translation” with Daisy Rockwell and Moazzam Shiekh
- “Fiery Tales of the Nice Indian Kitchen” with Hetal Vasavada, Chitrita Banerji, Madhushree Ghosh, Vina Patel and Ritu Marwah
- “The Acutely aware Objector” with Chaitali Sen, Salil Tripathi and Raji Pillai
4:35 p.m.
- E book signings with Daisy Rockwell, Moazzam Sheikh, Madhushree Ghosh, Chitrita Banerji, Vina Patel, Hetal Vasavada, Salil Tripathi and Chaitali Sen
5:30-6:30 p.m.
- Conversations with Poorna Jagannathan
For extra info, go to https://montalvoarts.org/expertise/community-events/sala.