5-6-7 Nov is ILF Samanvay at Habitat Delhi

Bharat 11/02/2016 05:24:00 pm

Indian Languages Festival ‘Samanvay’ 2016

As Kabir said, “Wherever you are is the entry point.” So if you have not yet been able to attend any of ILF Samanvay's #NoTonguesBarred conversations, this is your chance not to miss the discourse anymore. The India Habitat Centre, New Delhi’s - Indian Languages Festival ‘Samanvay’ 2016 will unfold on November 5, 6 & 7.

ILF Samanvay, now in its 6th edition, is India's only exclusive Languages Festival. The festival actually appreciate the term 'language' beyond the literary and the verbal, and explores its nuanced expressions in various fields, such as visual arts, performance, food, technology and the like, along with literature.

The theme of ILF 2016 is 'Language as Public Action', and it will animate all the segments of the festival this year. The focal languages this year are Gujarati, Telugu, Urdu, Santhali and Khasi, and a special appearance of Tripuri.

This year’s inaugural lecture - Empowerment as Verb: The Power of Voicing – will be delivered by Ela Bhatt on Nov 5. The festival will close on Nov 7 with Pratap Bhanu Mehta's valedictory address, Satya, Bakwas aur Janatantra.

ONENESS
the visual art segment of the festival
on November 03, 2016 at 5:30pm to Nov 18
Yamuna, the Amphitheatre,
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Supported by The Raza Foundation and Ashok Vajpeyi, conceptualised in 2015, Art-Articulations, the visual arts feature of ILF Samanvay will have exhibition Oneness curated by Deeksha Nath. Oneness presents multiple art vocabularies speaking with diverse audiences. The art exhibition will be opened by eminent artist Krishen Khanna on November 3, and will be on view till Nov 18.

ILF Samanvay gives some amazing time to food lovers too, this year No-Tastes-Barred Food Counters will put up a Best Food Forward Sale. You can enjoy your Hyderabadi Biriyani, Lucknowi Kebabs, Dimsums and Soup, Gujarati Farsan and many more! At the Author-as-Gourmet corner you get to taste our participating writers' own recipes.

ILF Samanvay is a free for all event, it is held at India Habitat Center, New Delhi.