Tune in for a very interesting conversation with Amitava Kumar and Aditya Mani Jha on Amitava’s latest work THE GREEN BOOK, published by HarperCollins India.
This is an online discussion happening on the 28th of February on the Champaca YouTube channel. The video will also be available on YouTube after the session.
Here are all the details about the event -
DATE - 28 FEBRUARY
TIME - 7:30 PM IST
YOUTUBE LIVE DISCUSSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZVzDUgLEWc
About the book -
Many of the drawings and paintings in this book are the result of the walks I have undertaken. Don't stop walking! And keep a journal. What you draw is a way of keeping a diary, of course, but write words to record what you see. - Amitava Kumar
The third book in the series that started with THE BLUE BOOK and continued with THE YELLOW BOOK, THE GREEN BOOK gives us a profound insight into the mind of a writer who observes closely and attempts to capture in images and words what is happening to the world around us.
About the speakers -
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar is a writer, journalist and a professor of English at Vassar College. His novel IMMIGRANT, MONTANA was on the best of the year lists at The New Yorker, The New York Times, and President Obama’s list of favorite books of 2018. The New Yorker magazine called his 2021 novel A TIME OUTSIDE THIS TIME “a shimmering assault on the Zeitgeist.” His latest novel is MY BELOVED LIFE and was described by James Wood as “beautiful, truthful fiction.” Amitav’s work has appeared in Granta, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper’s, BRICK, Guernica, The Nation and several other publications.
Aditya Mani Jha
Aditya Mani Jha is a writer and journalist with 10 years of work experience. He was Commissioning Editor at The Hindu Business Line between 2015-2017 and at Penguin Random House India between 2017-2019. He was a Books Editor at The Sunday Guardian between 2012-2015. He has a screen column at The Hindu called 'Binge Watch' and his articles are regularly featured at Mint Lounge, India Today, Times of India, Open, FirstPost and several other publications.