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Hey Ram!
Prasanna, in conversation with Chandan Gowda
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“Jai Sri Ram!” has been a slogan of triumph for some time. “Hey Ram!” on the other hand, was an exclamation of dismay heard from Gandhi when he was assassinated. This talk raises possible lines of moral introspection in our times: Can there be a Ram Rajya without Gram Swarajya (rural autonomy)? How can social activists engage religion while steering clear of religious fundamentalism? How might we rethink the industrial economic vision shared by both the left and the right?
Speakers
Prasanna
Prasanna, theatre director, writer and activist, is one of the pioneers of modern Kannada theatre. He co-founded the influential theatre group, Samudaya, in the 1970s. He has directed plays in Kannada, Hindi, Punjabi and English for various theatre repertories including National School of Drama, New Delhi, Rangmandal, Bhopal and Rangayana, Mysore. He has also authored several books.
Chandan Gowda
Chandan Gowda teaches at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. He has translated UR Ananthamurthy’s novella, Bara (Oxford Univ Press, 2016) and edited Theatres of Democracy: Selected Essays of Shiv Visvanathan (HarperCollins, 2016). A Life in the World, a book of autobiographical interviews he did with UR Ananthamurthy is due to appear soon (HarperCollins, 2018). He writes regularly for newspapers, including a weekly column on culture and politics in Bangalore Mirror.
