“While paintings of the contemporary Gond art movement are now internationally celebrated, its three-dimensional expressions remain surprisingly neglected. Thus this solo exhibit — the first to focus on a Gond sculptor — is long overdue. Sukhnandi’s engaging, bold and earthy sculptures will astonish and captivate many Indian art devotees.”
– John H. Bowles, art critic and author of Painted Songs & Stories: The Hybrid Flowerings of Contemporary Pardhan Gond Art
Navayana, in association with W+K Exp, presents “Dog Father, Fox Mother, Their Daughter & Other Stories” by Sukhnandi Vyam, the first ever exhibition of sculptures …

At this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival, as India commemorates 60 years of being a Republic on 26 January 2010, the focus is on Dalit writing. There shall be four sessions devoted to issues related to caste and Dalit writing. Despite the Constitution being piloted by Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a Dalit and one of the architects of modern India, Dalits seem to hardly figure in sectors where there is no affirmative action. Consequently, beyond representation in jobs in the government sector (which too is begrudged to them) and in politics, …

Slavoj Žižek on
“Capitalism and Particular Life-Worlds: In Defense of Universalism”
7 Jan 2010. 11 a.m.
Room 1, New Academic Building, EFLU Campus
Interlocutor: Madhava Prasad
Come early to ensure seats. Žižek books and other latest Navayana titles will be available for sale at the venue.
To order Žižek’s latest book First as Tragedy, Then as Farce and The Sublime Object of Ideology, or any other Navayana title online in any part of South Asia, visit Scholars Without Borders.

5 Jan 2010. 7 p.m.
Slavoj Žižek on “Tragedy and Farce”
Interlocutor: Nivedita Menon
Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
This evening see how Slavoj Žižek, in a talk ostensibly on 11 Sept 2001 and the crisis in capitalism (the Tragedy and the Farce), manages to speak on Ambedkar, caste, Gandhi, shit, manual scavenging and the Laws of Manu…
Prof Nivedita Menon will critically engage with  Žižek’s book, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, and his talk.
Come early to ensure seats.

The rest of the schedule of his India tour is as follows:
7 Jan 2010. …

At the Navayana-Sarai First Annual Lecture
on Monday, 4 January 2010, at 5: 00 p.m.
Seminar Room, CSDS
29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110054
Slavoj Žižek speaks on “Ideology in the Post-ideological World: The Case of Hollywood”
to a full house.

Navayana presents preeminent Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek in its 1st Annual Lecture series. The lectures, beginning 4 Jan 2010, are preceded by screenings of films on/with Žižek. After the screening of two films on 24 Dec 2009 at Sarai, the show now moves to Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, where Astra Taylor’s Žižek! will be screened on 2 Jan 2010. All the events are open to the public.
“Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn’t give you what you desire — it tells you how to desire.” — Slavoj Žižek
“Žižek!” …

In the first annual Navayana lecture series, Navayana, which turns six on 5 November, is delighted to present Slavoj Žižek – maverick marxist from Slovenia, “the Elvis of cultural theory”. He shall be in India from 2 Jan to 9 Jan 2010, participating in two public events in Delhi and one each in Hyderabad and Kochi. His tour shall coincide with the Navayana edition of his latest book, First and Tragedy, Then as Farce. There will also be pre-event shows – film screenings, launches, discussions. A …

Navayana and Sarai invite you to the fifth in the series of Navayana-Sarai lectures
on Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 3.30 p.m. at Seminar Room, CSDS.
RAVIKUMAR, author of Venomous Touch: Notes on Caste, Culture & Politics (Samya) shall speak on “Theorising Resistance”
ANIL CHAMADIA, Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha;
SANJAY KAK, filmmaker; and R. AZHAGARASAN, translator of Ravikumar’s work, shall participate in a discussion on the book.
Ravikmuar has pursued writing, publishing, translation and rights activism over two decades in Tamil Nadu. He has authored seven books and edited three little magazines in …

‘Bhagwan Das: In Pursuit of Ambedkar’, produced by Navayana, scripted and directed by S. Anand, photographed by Anshul Uniyal and edited by Shikha Sen has been selected for screening in the competitive section of Film South Asia 2009, the seventh edition of the biennial festival of Southasian documentaries in Kathmandu (17 to 20 September). According to the organisers, there were 320 entries, of which only 36 were selected for screening. And the Navayana film on Bhagwan Das is one among them.
The hour-long film charts the life and work of Bhagwan …

Navayana and Sarai invite you to the fourth in the series of Navayana-Sarai lectures on
Monday, 27 July 2009, 3.30 p.m. at Seminar Room, CSDS
Hindi writer Ajay Navaria shall read selections from his short fiction, and
Laura Brueck shall speak on “The Alienation of Modernity in Ajay Navaria’s Fiction”.
Ajay Navaria is the author of a collection of short stories (Patkatha aur anya Kahaniyan, 2006) and the novel (Udhar ke Log, 2008). Navaria has been associated with the premier literary journal Hans as a guest editor for special issues. He was bestowed with …