Chandausi Junction Authors in Conversation for HLF

Chandausi Junction
Chandausi Junction is a collection of stories set in India between 1942-1982. These are the tales of an era that has “Gone with the Wind”, as Margaret Mitchell would say. Stories from small and big towns of India, and of the times when there was no television, but kids were not bored. When the bicycle was the common mode of transport and cars were owned by the rarest of the rare. When even the well-to-do people would travel by 3-tier second-class coaches, enjoying samosas, jalebis, and home-cooked poori-sabzi. A time of scarcity but people were happy. The common thread that binds these stories together is the immortal element of love and emotional bonds.

Shankar Sahay and Preeti Sahay, authors of Chandausi Junction will be in conversation with A Giridhar Rao during an online session of Hyderabad Literary Festival.

Chandausi JunctionShankar Sahay has over 30 years of experience in education, training, and the corporate world as a career counsellor and mentor. He has organized and moderated academic and industry sessions at roundtable conferences/ seminars, as well as conducted webinars. His love for writing and story-telling prompted him to write several articles, co-author a book, and present one of his papers at IIT, Delhi. He is also a scriptwriter, poet, lyricist, and composer.

Preeti Sahay is a Spanish and English teacher. She is an avid reader and a keen observer of different cultures and the way life unfolds itself at various moments. She also enjoys watching movies and travelling and her dream is to travel the world, not as a tourist, but as a local, immersing herself in the culture, food, and rituals of the place.

The Sahays are movie buffs and chess enthusiasts. Their writings can be accessed at http://shankarsahay.wordpress.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4tQfyM3CUVYuulo7yN2vA?view_as=subscriber

A Giridhar Rao teaches courses on the pedagogy of language and literature, multilingual education, Esperanto and linguistic democracy, and science fiction at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. He has translated Gandhi, Manto, and Faiz into Esperanto. He blogs on language and education in Esperanto (https://lingvovivo.blogspot.com/) and English (https://bolii.blogspot.com/).

Shankar Sahay and Preeti Sahay, authors of Chandausi Junction, in conversation with A Giridhar Rao.

Friday19 May 20237 pm IST (1:30 pm UTC)

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