Come join us for a book discussion of Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 Fragments between Shamya Dasgupta, Jayant Kaikini and Sreyashi Dastidar.
Here are all the event details:
Date: 15th March, Sunday
Time: 6:30 PM
Venue: Champaca Bookstore, Indiranagar.
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About the Book:
Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 Fragments by Shamya Dasgupta is a centenary tribute anthology that explores the life, work, and legacy of the influential Indian filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. Rather than being a novel or a single narrative, it’s a collection of fifty essays written by a wide variety of contributors, including filmmakers, collaborators, scholars, family members, and critics, each reflecting on different aspects of Ghatak’s personality, art, and impact on cinema.
About Shamya Dasgupta:
Shamya Dasgupta is a sports journalist by profession, currently working as deputy editor with ESPNcricinfo, and a cinema enthusiast. He's the author of Don't Disturb the Dead: The Story of the Ramsay Brothers (2017), and two books on sports, Bhiwani Junction: The Untold Story of Boxing in India (2012) and Cricket Changed My Life: Stories of Hope and Despair from the IPL and Elsewhere (2014). He translated Mahasweta Devi's Laayl-e Aasmaner Aayna into the English (Mirror of the Darkest Night, 2019). His latest book Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 Fragments has received widespread critical acclaim. He lives and works in Bangalore.
About Jayant Kaikini:
Jayant Kaikini is a Kannada poet, short-story writer, columnist and playwright, as well as a lyricist and script writer for films. He won the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi award for his debut poetry collection in 1974, at the age of nineteen, followed by three more (1982,1989,1996) for his short-story collections. He has received the Katha Award for Creative Fiction (1996) and the Kusumagraj National Literary Award (2010). He is the recipient of the Karnataka State Award for Best Dialogue (2003) and Best Lyrics (2006), and the Filmfare Award for Best Lyrics (2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2022). No Presents Please, his volume of selected Mumbai stories, translated by Tejaswini Niranjana, is the first book in translation to have won the DSC South Asian Literature Prize in 2018.
About Sreyashi Dastidar:
Sreyashi Dastidar studied English literature and has been a journalist, editor and communications professional at different points in her career. When not trying to navigate minefields of corporate jargon, she likes translating, and collecting obscure trivia for quizzing purposes.
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