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21st Annual UC Berkeley South Asia Conference
Vikram Chandra Keynote Lecture
Friday, February 17, 6:30 pm
Chevron Auditorium
International House
2299 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA
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Keynote speaker Vikram Chandra, lecturer
in the UC Berkeley Department of English, scriptwriter for the Bollywood
blockbuster Mission Kashmir and Commonwealth Prize-winning author
of Love and Longing in Bombay, will read from his new novel,
Sacred Games. Gautam Premnath, Assistant Professor of English,
will then lead a discussion and question-and-answer session with the author.
The event is free, wheelchair-accessible and open to the public.
Interviews and essays:
Short biography
The Cult of
Authenticity
The
Indian Express interview
Sonia
Faleiro's interview
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