BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.2//EN TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1245@map-india.org DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260416T180000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260416T193000 DTSTAMP:20260414T115750Z URL:https://map-india.org/map-events/writing-in-the-present-arundhati-roy- in-conversation-with-nandini-nair/ SUMMARY:Writing in the Present: Arundhati Roy in Conversation with Nandini Nair DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Arundhati Roy that engages with her literary and political writing\, tracing the intersections of fiction \, memory\, and contemporary realities. The discussion will focus on her b ook\, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me'\, situating the text within Roy’s broade r body of work and her sustained engagement with questions of identity\, d issent\, and narrative form.\n\nModerated by Nandini Nair\, the session wi ll reflect on the movement between the personal and the political in Roy ’s writing\, and consider how storytelling can shape and respond to publ ic discourse.\n\n \;\n\nPlease note that registration does not guarant ee a seat\; it is on a first-come\, first-serve basis.  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://map-india.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04 /Website-cover-images-new-2026-04-07T163352.072.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20250416T180000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR