Mobility, Representa­tion and Performanc­e: Politics of the Headscarf in Orhan Pamuk's 'Snow'

Where: Mobility and Creativity: Narrative, Representation, Performance, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom Dates: 3rd July 2009 - 4th July 2009

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Miniatures and the Ottoman Empire in Orhan Pamuk's 'My Name is Red'

Where: The Nation: Narratives and Communities, CENS-RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore When: 2nd March 2009, 8am - 7pm

Co-written with Prof. Sudha Shastri

This paper studies the way the Nation/community is shaped by, and within, supposedly peripheral criteria like Art. We examine the use of artistic techniques and philosophies in contributing to self-definition, as ideologies; thereby demarcating the Self from the Other, by drawing national and communal frontiers.

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"Imagined worlds are more potent than real ones ..." Reading Lolita in Tehran: Reading Group as Community Narrative

Where: National Seminar on "Community Narratives", IRIS, Jaipur When: March 2008

Co-written with Prof. Sudha Shastri

This paper considers the impact of discussion and reading groups in Tehran, during the reigns of Ayatollah Khomeini and Rafsanjani. We take as our point of reference, Azar Nafisi's memoir 'Reading Lolita in Tehran', to discuss the power of literature in helping women cope with the oppressive regimes. We argue that the reading group formed by Nafisi helps foster feelings of solidarity that an isolated reading of novels may not allow. In this respect we study the role of the discussion group as a community narrative, which not only critiques Iranian society under the Ayatollah, but also generates an alternative narrative, through dialogue and exchange, to counter divisive and fundamentalist policies.

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Valentine Gandhi, IIT Bombay  7th August, 2009 Could I have a copy of this paper please?