PEN & Dharma Rain Centre: 14 December 2009

THE PEN ALL-INDIA CENTRE
& THE DHARMA RAIN CENTRE

invite you, with your friends, to

Keeping Tibet Alive!

A Talk by THE VENERABLE LHAKDOR-LA

The distinguished speaker will address the crisis of a culture in exile: its literature, art, and the institutions that keep them alive, including the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, and the Men-Tsee-Khang or Tibetan Medical Institute. Cultural activist and Secretary of the Dharma Rain Centre, ASPI MISTRY will chair the session.

Date: 14 December 2009 (Monday)
Time: 6.15 pm
Place: Theosophy Hall (3rd Floor)
40 New Marine Lines, Churchgate, Mumbai 400 020

ENTRY IS FREE, ALL ARE WELCOME!

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The Ven. Lhakdor-la, Geshe Lhakdor, has served His Holiness The Dalai Lama as his translator and religious assistant since 1989, accompanying him to numerous conferences and forums throughout the world. He has translated many important works from English to Tibetan and from Tibetan to English, and offers rare insight into the cultural and philosophical issues surrounding contemporary Buddhism. Reflecting the elite scholarly training tradition of his lineage, the title “Geshe” is the equivalent of a doctorate in Buddhist philosophy. Geshe Lhakdor has also been involved in the growing academic and institutional interest in Buddhism in the West. He is a trustee of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility, and Director of the Central Archive of the Dalai Lama. He currently serves as Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India.

Ranjit Hoskote
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer
The PEN All-India Centre

PEN@Prithvi: 12 December 2009

Dear Friends,

We look forward to seeing you at PEN@Prithvi this December, where we present

A Reading by TSIPPY LEVIN BYRON

The author will read from her three collections of poetry, as well as new work. Novelist and actor VIVEK TANDON will introduce and engage the author in conversation.

Date: 12 December 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 6.30 pm
Place: Prithvi House (1st Floor)
Opp. Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049

ENTRY IS FREE, ALL ARE WELCOME!

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Tsippy Levin Byron (born Tel Aviv, 1955) has published four books of poetry in Hebrew with Israel’s leading publishing house. She has received grants and awards from some of the most respected Israeli foundations, and her work as been warmly received by critics in the newspapers, television and radio, both in Israel and India. Levin Byron is at work on a PhD in Comparative Literature, addressing Natalia Ginsburg and Clara Sereni, who, she argues, were “central voices in the writing of Italian secular Jewish women”. While other scholars have emphasised the feminist and socialist affiliations of these writers, Levin Byron draws attention to their secular Jewish identity. Her thesis proposal was awarded a prize by the Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Center for the Study of Women in Judaism. Levin Byron is a frequent visitor to India.

Sampurna Chattarji
Member, Executive Committee
The PEN All-India Centre