About
Sukrita Paul Kumar
Introduction
Sukrita Paul Kumar (born in Kenya) has been a resident poet and Fellow at the prestigious International Writing Programme, Iowa, USA. Former Fellow, IIAS (Shimla), and honorary faculty, Durrell Centre, Corfu, Greece, she has several collections of poetry, translations, critical works and has held exhibitions of her paintings. She has special interest in Partition Studies, World Literature and Translation. She is co-editor of ‘Writer in Contest’ series being published by Routledge UK. She held the Aruna Asaf Ali Chair, University of Delhi. Currently, she is Guest Editor, Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters. The 2023 Tagore Literary Prize was awarded to her for her book of selected poems, Salt and Pepper. Her latest book of poems, Yellow, has been
published by Sahitya Akademi in 2024.
Event & Program Schedule
ANTARANG - Politics, Economics and Justice in Governance: Satya Mohanty and Pradeep S Mehta in conversation with R Parasuram
RANGDARSHINI - Supercharge Yourself, Wellness through Self-Development: Swati Tiwari and Rakhi (Kanchi) Marwaha in conversation with Shalini Mahajan
VAGARTH - Requiem for Janki Bai Ilahabadi: Prof Neelum Saran Gour in conversation with Dr Sukrita Paul Kumar
ANTARANG - Crime Thrillers set in Bhopal: Vinita Dhondiyal Bhatnagar & Dr Pradeep Kapoor in conversation with Jyoti Pande
RANGDARSHINI - Poetry for the Soul: Dr Sukrita Paul Kumar in conversation with Raghav Dua
VAGARTH - Mahapran Nirala ki Kavitayein: Manoj Shrivastava, Dr Shriram Parihar, Badri Narayan. Moderated by Arun Kamal
ANTARANG - The Longest Kiss about the life and times of Devika Rani: Kishwar Desai in conversation with Dr Seema Raizada
RANGDARSHINI - Bhopal 92': Anupam Shrivastava in conversation with Vertul Singh
VAGARTH - Taxi, The Sushila Devi Book Award Winner: Manjula Padmanabhan in conversation with Sukrita Paul Kumar
