30 January - 3 February 2025 | Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur
Malashri Lal, Professor in the English Department (retd), and Former Dean, University of Delhi, has authored and edited eighteen books. These include In Search of Sita, Tagore and the Feminine, and Finding Radha. Betrayed by Hope: A Play on the Life of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, co-authored with Namita Gokhale, received the Kalinga Fiction Award. Her recent books are Mandalas of Time:Poems, and, co-edited with Namita Gokhale, Treasures of Lakshmi. Lal is currently Convener, English Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi. She received the Maharani Gayatri Devi Award for Women’s Excellence, 2022.
02 Feb | 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM | Venue - DURBAR HALL
61. FIRST EDITION: 'TREASURES OF LAKSHMI: THE GODDESS WHO GIVES', EDITED BY NAMITA GOKHALE AND MALASHRI LAL
Invocation to Lakshmi by Vidya Shah; Introduction to the book by Namita Gokhale, followed by Anand Neelakantan and Bulbul Sharma in conversation with Malashri Lal
05 Feb | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Venue - HAWTHORNDEN FOUNDATION MUGHAL TENT
194. Restless Lives: Poetry for our Times
Harish Bhat and Malashri Lal moderated by Anisha Lalvani
01 Feb | 03:00 PM - 03:50 PM | Venue - HAWTHORNDEN FOUNDATION MUGHAL TENT
23. Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred Indian Poetry
Arundhathi Subramaniam in conversation with Malashri Lal
