Join us on Friday, 19th May, for an evening with author and independent researcher Akshaya Mukul. The lecture will focus on Agyeya, one of the most remarkable and controversial figures of Hindi literature. This lecture is brought to you by Champaca Bookstore and NCBS Archives.
The event will take place at Champaca, from 7 PM onwards. Please RSVP here.
Open to Bangalore only.
About the Lecture:
Agyeya is one of the most remarkable figures of Hindi literature and also the most controversial. There is nothing about him that does not have many versions. So much was written on him and yet so little is known about the writer, translator and revolutionary born in 1911 as Sachchidanand Hirannanda Vatsyayan. Ironically, a treasure trove of his papers existed in India and abroad that gives a unique peek into his public, private and secret lives. His life is also the story of Hindi literature, its pettiness, factionalism and grand debates. The lecture will delve into my quest to humanise Agyeya and examine his civilisational enterprise entirely through various archives, his struggles as a writer, his grand success and failures, stories behind his iconic novels, poetry and translation.