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SUMMARY:IAAC Literary Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC) Literary Festival returns to New York City for two days of conversations\, book presentations\, poetry\, and discussions celebrating Indian and South Asian literature. The 2026 program brings together novelists\, historians\, journalists\, poets\, scholars\, and cultural commentators whose work explores identity\, migration\, history\, food\, and contemporary society. \nThis year’s lineup includes novelist Manil Suri\, whose memoir A Room in Bombay revisits his childhood\, family relationships\, and experiences growing up gay in India. Suri will discuss the book with WNYC and Gothamist journalist Arun Venugopal. Also appearing is novelist Karan Mahajan\, who will discuss The Complex\, and chef and food writer Rachel Gurjar\, whose cookbook East to East connects her experiences in Mumbai and New York through food. \nThe festival also features Brinda Charry discussing her historical novel Hocus Pocus\, Priya Hajela presenting For Whose Dear Sake Our Fathers Died\, and a conversation on India’s development featuring authors Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian. Sessions address publishing\, historical fiction\, cultural identity\, politics\, and the creative process. \nA special spotlight on Odisha celebrates the region’s literary and cultural traditions\, with conversations featuring writer Pratibha Ray and discussions on Odia language and literature. Poetry readings and a publishing-industry panel round out a program that connects established literary voices with emerging writers. \n  \nSaturday\, November 14\n\n\n\n\n\nTime (EST)\nEvent / Book\nSpeakers\n\n\n10:00–10:50 AM\nEast to East\nRachel Gurjar\, Tanya Sichynsky\n\n\n11:00–11:50 AM\nA Room in Bombay\nManil Suri\, Arun Venugopal\n\n\n11:00–11:50 AM\nFour Minutes Past Midnight\nSanjay Srivatsa\, Virendra Tavathia\n\n\n12:00–12:50 PM\nKapila Jnanagarbha\nAdvaitavadini Kaul\, Rakesh Kaul\n\n\n12:00–12:50 PM\nHocus Pocus / For Whose Dear Sake Our Fathers Died\nBrinda Charry\, Priya Hajela\, Manreet Sodhi Someshwar\n\n\n1:00–2:00 PM\nCreator’s Block: Conversation and Meditation\nKiran Merchant\, Jagdish Tummala\n\n\n2:00–2:50 PM\nEllora\nArno Klein\, Vishakha Desai\n\n\n2:00–2:50 PM\nNo. 10 Doyers Street\nRadha Vatsal\, Ravi Shankar\n\n\n3:00–3:50 PM\nThe Coffee Can Investor\nNeeraj Khemlani\, Mathew Veedon\n\n\n3:00–3:50 PM\nHindutva and Hind Swaraj\nMakarand Paranjape\, Indu Viswanathan\n\n\n4:00–4:50 PM\nPublishers Panel: How to Get Published\nPrabhu Guptara\, Anjali Singh\n\n\n4:00–4:50 PM\nThe Orissan\nSandip Das\, Pallavi Das\, Barkha Cardoz\n\n\n5:00–6:50 PM\nPoetry Reading: Blue Selvage\, My Life Closed Twice and RED\nPreeti Parikh\, Subhashini Kaligotla\, Sudeep Sen\, Ravi Shankar\n\n\n5:00–5:50 PM\nMy Life\, My Time\nPratibha Ray\, Bhavani Parameswar\n\n\n6:00–6:50 PM\nHistory of Odia Literature / Neeladri Vijaya\nPrasanta Kumar Bhunya\, Adyasha Das\, Ranjita Mishra\, Deepti Paikray\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday\, November 15\n\n\n\n\n\nTime (EST)\nEvent / Book\nSpeakers\n\n\n11:00 AM–12:00 PM\nThe Complex\nKaran Mahajan\, Yoshita Singh\n\n\n12:00–1:30 PM\nA Sixth of Humanity\nDevesh Kapur\, Arvind Subramanian\, Chip Kaye\, C. S. Venkatakrishnan\, Sonal Shah\n\n\n1:30–3:00 PM\nWaterFire Day Zero\nRakesh Kaul\, Rajendra Singh\, Makarand Paranjape\n\n\n3:30–5:00 PM\nEqual to the Task\nKenneth Chenault\, Ash Gupta
URL:https://newyorkwala.com/event/iaac-literary-festival-2026-nyc/
LOCATION:Bohemian National Hall\, 321 East 73rd Street\, New York\, 10021\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books
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SUMMARY:THE JAZMINES: A Rage Play – and for Legal Reasons\, a Parody at Lincoln Center
DESCRIPTION:THE JAZMINES: a rage play – and for legal reasons\, a parody is a new theatrical work with music from writer and performer Jasmine Sharma. Set within a satirical multiverse of choices and consequences\, the piece follows brown artists navigating the theater industry\, where professional success can come at the expense of friendships and personal relationships. \nA finalist for the 2025 Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference\, THE JAZMINES makes its Lincoln Center debut with music by composer Xander Browne and direction by Asmeret Ghebremichael. The approximately 100-minute presentation is billed as a musical theater reading.
URL:https://newyorkwala.com/event/the-jazmines-jasmine-sharma-lincoln-center-nyc/
LOCATION:David Rubenstein Atrium\, 1887 Broadway\, New York\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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