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2022 Festival Poets

Sholeh Wolpé
Anne Vegter
Erik Lindner
Sandeep Parmar
Jennifer Jean
Mamang Dai
Jesús Sepúlveda
Kumar Ambuj
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
Endre Ruset
Iryna Vikyrchak
Ranajit Das
Neelesh Raghuwanshi
Shikhandin
Sutapa Sengupta
Hindol Bhattacharjee

Program Schedule

​Chair Poetry Evenings 2022 - Program Schedule
Day 1: 26.11.2022 

Venue: Satyajit Ray Auditorium - ICCR
5:00 P.M. : Inaugural address by Festival Director Tushar Dhawal Singh followed by an address by Festival Director Sonnet Mondal
5:10 P.M.:  Inauguration of Festival by lighting of lamp
5:20 P.M. :

Poetry Readings by
Mamang Dai, Sholeh Wolpé (Iran/U.S.A.), Ranajit Das, Erik Lindner (the Netherlands), Neelesh Raghuwanshi, Endre Ruset (Norway), Kumar Ambuj, Jesús Sepúlveda (Chile), Shikhandin, Anne Vegter (the Netherlands), Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Iryna Vikyrchak (Ukraine), Badrinarayan, Jennifer 
Jean (U.S.A.), Sutapa Sengupta, and Hindol Bhattacharjee.
7:00 P.M. : Songs of the Soil- Folk and Sufi songs by Kartooz Folk Band (Band members Rishi Chakraborty, Prajna Dutta, Shiladitya Chakraborty, Saikat Dutta, Ranojoy Singh and Ushnish Acharya.)
8:00 P.M. : Vote of thanks

The program will be directed and coordinated by Sarabjeet Garcha & 
Aishani Chatterjee

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Day 2: 27.11.2022
Morning – Samilton Hotel terrace

9:30 A.M.: Poetry reading and public interaction at Samilton Hotel closed terrace

9:30 A.M.: Hybrid Program hosted by Poetry Book Society, U.K. : Sandeep Parmar in conversation with Preti Taneja 
Each poet reads 2-3 poems and then the ground is open for public interaction.
10:00- 11:30 A.M.: Ranajit Das, Sutapa Sengupta, Hindol Bhattacharjee, Jennifer Jean, Neelesh Raghuwanshi, Kumar Ambhuj and Shikhandin (Convener:
Aishani Chatterjee)

11:45A.M.: Walk to Victoria Memorial 
(Event to be coordinated by Anindita Bose)
 


Day 2: 27.11.2022
Evening – 
Samilton Hotel open terrace
5:30 P.M.: Poetry reading and public interaction
5:30 P.M. to 5:45 P.M.: Poetry and Music by Sholeh Wolpe & Prajna Dutta
5:45 P.M.- 7:00 P.M.: 
Erik Lindner, Anne Vegter, Iryna Vikyrchak, Mamang Dai, Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Jesús Sepúlveda and Endre Ruset
(Event convenor: Aishani Chatterjee)
 

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Day 3: 28.11.2022

4 P.M. to 8 P.M.: Poetry on the Cruise – Cruise will leave from Vivada Jetty (Closing Event)
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Program starts at 4:30 P.M. on the cruise:

Mamang Dai, Sholeh Wolpé (Iran/U.S.A.), Ranajit Das, Erik Lindner (the Netherlands), Neelesh Raghuwanshi, Endre Ruset (Norway), Kumar Ambuj, Jesús Sepúlveda (Chile), Shikhandin, Anne Vegter (the Netherlands), Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Iryna Vikyrchak (Ukraine), Badrinarayan, Jennifer 
Jean (U.S.A.), Sutapa Sengupta, and Hindol Bhattacharjee.

Program will be directed and coordinated by Sarabjeet Garcha

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