Скачать или смотреть Rebel with a Cause: The Paradox of Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Michael Madhushudhan Dutt led an extraordinary life, rebelling against the status quo, believing that the world was his for the taking; not wanting to be held back by convention or where he was from. Grappling with many of the issues we are facing today, he deeply believed in his ability to transcend his beginnings, confident that his voice could traverse linguistic and cultural boundaries to achieve literary greatness internationally. He ultimately was able to imbibe influences from elsewhere into the very core of Bangla literature. Exploring his international sensibilities, along with his intense, deep-rooted engagement with Bangla, the panel looks forward to celebrating the genius of MMD, along with exploring questions of identity, linguistic nationalism, and innovation.

An actor, director, producer, and writer, Vinita Sud Belani is the Founding Artistic Director of US theatre production house EnActe Arts and a Board member at several non-profits. Belani transitioned to an Arts career after 20 years in technology in the corporate world. She holds a CS degree from BITS, Pilani and an MBA from HEC, France.

Kunal Basu is the author of several critically acclaimed novels, including The Miniaturist and Kalkatta. The Japanese Wife, from his collection of stories by the same name, has been made into an award-winning film. He has also written novels in Bengali and for cinema. Born in Kolkata, he was educated in India and the United States. He lives in Oxford and Kolkata.

Firdous Azim is a professor of literature in the Department of English and Humanities at Brac University. She is also an executive member of Naripokkho, a leading feminist organization in the country. At Naripokkho, she heads the programme entitled ‘The Forgotten Women of 1971’, which aims to restore dignity to Birangonas, or the rape survivors of our Liberation war. In her writing she combines her literary interests with her social activism, writing on issues of women, their place in the national imaginary, as well as the place of women in literature. Her works include The Colonial Rise of the Novel, a special edited volume with Nivedita Menon and Dina Siddiqui of Feminist Review, Negotiating New Terrains: South Asian Feminisms vol 91, 2009, and a special issue of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. Vol 11 no 2 2011 entitled Islam Culture and Women.

Sadaf Saaz is a poet, writer, entrepreneur and women’s rights advocate. She co-founded DLF in 2011, and has been a driving force since its inception. Sadaf is the author of a collection of poems, Sari Reams, and a monologue series Je Kotha Jai Na Bola (That Which Cannot Be Said). Sadaf runs several businesses including an arts management company, Jatrik, which has managed DLF since 2011. She is on the board of trustees of Brac University and on the governing body of the Jamal Nazrul Islam Research Center for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Chittagong.

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