Release of Dr. Neera Desai’s book

The third event, a much-awaited one, was the book release function of Dr. Neera Desai’s book, Feminism as Experience: Thoughts and Narratives. It was held in S.N.D.T University’s mini-auditorium on 14th March, 2007. The venue collaborators as well us supporters of the event were, of course, the Research Centre for Women’s Studies, S.N.D.T., Juhu Campus. Dr.Vina Mazumdar came all the way from Delhi to release the book to an extremely appreciative and warm audience who were there to express their solidarity for the subject and the author. We give a few photographs below:

Dr. Vina Mazumdar releasing Dr. Neera Desai's book
Dr. Vina Mazumdar receiving a gift from Dr. Neera Desai
Readings from the book by Dr. Roshan G Shahani and Dr. Shobha Ghosh

Release of Dr. Neera Desai’s book

On 28th January 2010, the launch function was held at Crossword, Linking Road along with Pen India to introduce the book to the public. BEING CARRIED FAR AWAY is the second in the series of five volumes to be published by SPARROW supported by Prince Claus Fund. This volume is a literary journey into Assam, Bengal, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram. The book teaches that one’s geography lessons are never complete, not to talk of one’s knowledge of Indian literature. It is not just a matter of learning about unknown flowers, trees, food and dresses. It is also about the people and the languages that emerge from these surroundings. The experiences narrated in the interviews and the poems and stories become a gallery of paintings of still life, nature and portraits drawn with dexterity in exquisite colours that begin to invade one’s mind as one goes along. Dr. Mitra Mukherjee Parekh (Post-graduate Department of English, S N D T Women’s University) released the book. SPARROW’s Founder Trustee and Director, Dr. C S Lakshmi, made a presentation on SPARROW and the editor, Shoba Ghosh, gave a talk on her experiences of editing the volume. Malsawmi Jacob, one of the writers from Mizoram and also working in SPARROW, read her poems. We give a few photographs below taken by Priya D’Souza.

Release of the Book: HOT IS THE MOON

On 11th February 2009, a pre-launch function was held at Kala Ghoda Festival to introduce the book to the public. Hot is the Moon that contains excerpts from interviews, stories and poems of writers in four languages- Tamil, Kannada, Konkani and Tulu was launched at a function at Crossword, Grant Road, on 25th February, 2009. Shanta Gokhale, writer, translator and theatre critic, released the book. SPARROW’s Founder Trustees and Director, Dr. C S Lakshmi, made a presentation on SPARROW and the editor, Arundhathi subramaniam, gave a talk on her experiences on editing the volume. We give a few photographs below taken by Priya D’Souza.

Arundhathi Subramaniam at the pre-launch function held at Kala Ghoda festival
Reading by Mithra Venkatraj, Kannada writer from the book at the pre-launch function held at Kala Ghoda festival
Shanta Gokhale releasing the book with Arundhathi Subramaniam and Dr. C S Lakshmi at Crossword, Grant Road
L to R: Tulasi Venugopal, Mithra Venkatraj, Suneetha Shetty, Shanta Gokhale, Dr. C S Lakshmi and Arundhathi Subramaniam at the book release at Crossword, Grant Road