The First Pratilipi Event: Danza Poesia

Udaharan presents, in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi, the first Pratilipi Event.

Danza Poesia

A recital of poems by Oscar Pujol and Sameer Rawal, in translation and the original (Spanish, Catalan, English, Hindi) and a rendering of Sanskrit verses, in Catalan translation, along with Bharatnatyam mudras by Merce Escrich.

Oscar Pujol is an Indologist from Catalunya, Spain. He has published a Sanskrit-Catalan Shabdkosh having around 60,000 entries, besides having published various academic books and articles. After working as Director, Education Programmes of Casa Asia (Asia House) in Barcelona since its inception he now is setting up the Instituto Cervantes in New Delhi, as its Director, to promote Spanish culture and languages in India. He has a doctorate from BHU, Varanasi in Sanskrit.

Merce Escrich is the Director of Kalavana, Barcelona, dedicated to promote Indian art and Culture in Spain. She is a disciple of Jamuna Krishnan, and performs and teaches Bharatnatyam. She is involved in many projects concerning Indian classical dance and art, and has contributed many times in various forms to their study and promotion.

Sameer Rawal lives in Barcelona, Spain, and teaches Hindi and translation strategies for intercultural communication. He writes and translates narratives and poetry between/in Hindi, English, Spanish and Catalan. He was the first to translate a Catalan novel (La Plaça del diamant) into Hindi and is now translating an anthology of stories by Merce Rodoreda. He has also published Caialx de sandal, a Hindi/Catalan book of poetry.

Venue: Krishnayan, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.

Date and Time: September 4, 2008. 5:00 PM.

Contact: +91-98281-12994

Email: pratilipi.in@gmail.com

Hospitality

Devi Niketan

Sponsors

Vagdevi Prakashan

Surya Prakashan Mandir

Jhamad Finance (Jaipur)

Ashok Bajaj