IN CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH CENTENARY OF LOKNAYAK JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA
with the cooperation and support of
Sahitya Akademi (Academy of Letters) New Delhi, India

HAS ORGANIZED

A 3-Day Conference on Indian Literature
ON SEPTEMBER 25, 26, & 27, 2003
at MANHATTAN CENTER, New York City
(34th Street between 8th & 9th Avenue)

THEME:
Tradition, Modernity & Beyond

AIM:
To create an awareness about the inherent unity of Indian literature

Honorable Prime Minister of India
SHRI ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE
has kindly agreed to inaugurate the conference

Guest of Honor:
SHRI YASHWANT SINHA
Minister of External Affairs

Fourteen modern Indian Languages from Kashmiri to Malayalam and Gujrati to Assamese will be represented by more than 40 eminent poets, novelists, playwrights and scholars from India and the USA.

Participating Poets, Novelists, Playwrights and Scholars who have accepted our invitation

Prof. Gopi Chand Narang (Urdu) President, Sahitya Academi, New Delhi Dr. Indira Goswami (Assamese) Shri Sunil Gangopadhyay (Bengali) Vice President, Sahitya Academi, New Delhi Shri Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee (Bengali) Sri Harprasad Das (Oriya) Dr. Pratibha Ray (Oriya) Smt Padma Sachdev (Kashmiri/Dogri) Dr. Sutinder Singh Noor (Punjabi) Dr. Surjit Patar (Punjabi) Shri Suresh Dalal (Gujrati) Shri Raghuveer Chaudhary (Gujrati) Dr. Sitanshu Yasaschandra (Gujrati) Sri Dilip Chitre (Marathi) Dr. Narayan Surve (Marathi) Dr. Moti Prakash (Sindhi) Dr. Chandrasekhar Kambar (Kannada) Smt. Vaidehi (Kannada) Prof. K.Satchidanandan (Malayalam) Secretary, Sahitya Academi, New Delhi Shri M.T. Vasudevan Nair (Malayalam) Dr. R. Balchandran (Tamil) Shri Variarmuthu (Tamil)

Dr. A. Jayaprabha (Telegu) Dr. G.V.Subramanyam (Telegu) Prof. Indra Nath Chaudhuri (Hindi) Shri Gulzar (Hindi/Urdu/Punjabi) Shri Manohar Shayam Joshi (Hindi) Shri Kamleshwar (Hindi) Shri Kanhaiya Lal Nandan (Hindi) Shri Nirmal Verma (Hindi) Shri Bashir Badr (Urdu) Dr. A. M. K. Shahryar (Urdu) Besides, Shri Vishwanath Sachdev (Hindi), Dr. Nirmal Jain (Hindi) and Shri Yatindra Misra (Hindi) from India and poets, writers and scholars from the USA, namely Shri Shashi Taroor (English/Malayalam), Shri Adil Mansoori (Gujrati/Urdu), Shri Madhusudan Kapadia (Gujrati), Smt Panna Nayak (Gujrati), Smt Preeti Sengupta (Gujrati), Dr. Susham Bedi (Hindi), Shri Gulab Khandelwal (Hindi) and a few others will also participate.

Registration Fee*:
$250 per person for 3 days. $100 per person for a day.
20% discount for pre-registration (prior to Sep. 15, 2003)
20% discount for Bhavan's members and seniors and for those
who register for 10 persons or more.
All regular registrants will receive free membership to the
Bhavan for one year (value $100)
Special student rate with valid ID : $125 per person for all three days.
$50 per person for one day.
*Lunch , dinner and snacks are included.

VISA/MASTER CARD ACCEPTED

REGISTER SOON. SEATS ARE LIMITED AND AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.
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For Registration and information, call
Dr. Jayaraman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan at (212) 989-8383;
Ram Gadhvi (973) 628-8269; Rashmi Kamdar (732) 494-8853;
Ambalika Mishra (718) 262-9262; Dr. Mukund Modi (7618) 273-1157;
Dr. Kunal Sen (718)899-4832; Mr. Chandrakant Trivedi (732) 463-3471;
Mr. Devendra Peer (215) 464-7676/(215) 947-9083