Topic: Do Liberals Moralize the Oppressed? Speaker: Rahul Sonpimple, Former Student Leader at JNU In conversation with: Asad Ashraf (Founder, Karvaan India) Hosted by: Karvaan India Date/Time: November 08, 2020 | 08:00 PM Type: Zoom Conversation Video: Sarim Ashrafi For more stories visit https://www.karvaanindia.com Follow us on Social Media https://www.faceboook.com/thekarvaanindia https://www.instagram.com/karvaanindia https://www.twitter.com/karvaanindia

Topic: Delhi February 2020: Riot or Pogrom? Speaker: MR Shamshad In conversation with: Asad Ashraf (Founder, Karvaan India) Hosted by: Karvaan India Date/Time: July 25, 2020 | 08:30 PM Type: Zoom Conversation Video: Sarim Ashrafi For more stories visit https://www.karvaanindia.com Follow us on Social Media https://www.faceboook.com/thekarvaanindia https://www.instagram.com/karvaanindia https://www.twitter.com/karvaanindia #DelhiViolence #AntiCAAProtests

About the Books -------------------------------- A young District Collector is posted to one of the furthest outposts of rural Rajasthan and finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into the lives and troubles of the common people there. Then one day, with the help of a mysterious musician, the Sarangiya, he has an encounter with beauty in its purest, most absolute form – an encounter that precipitates a dangerous descent. The pages from the journal he keeps are combined with the narratives of various people around him to create a compelling account of his slide away from reality Can too much love be a dangerous thing? Bhaunri is married, as is the custom in her tribe of nomadic blacksmiths, when she is still a child. When she is finally sent away to her husband’s home as a young woman, she finds herself drawn deeply and powerfully towards the gruff and handsome Bheema. Bheema, however, is far from the ideal husband, and when he strays one time too many, Bhaunri’s love for him begins to fester and grow into something dark and fearsome. This is a story of obsessive love and the destructive power of desire. -------------------------------- About the Author -------------------------------- Anukrti Upadhyay has post-graduate degrees in Management and Literature, and a graduate degree in Law. She writes in both English and Hindi; Daura and Bhaunri are her first publications in English. In her other life, she worked in a global investment bank as a Compliance and Risk Officer. She divides her time between Mumbai and Singapore. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organized by --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karvaan India in collaboration with Harper Collins India At Karvaan Open Studio, Abdul Rab Apartment, Ghaffar Manzil Colony, Jamia Nagar, Okhla, New Delhi, 110025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit and follow us at --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webiste: https://www.karvaanindia.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarvaanIndia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karvaanindia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KarvaninIndia/

URDU HAI JISKA NAAM is a six weekend course that helps you to learn read and write the celebrated language of Urdu using a blend of Technology Literature and Cinema. Batch Size: 25 Each Program Coordinator: Tanzil Rahman Tanzil Rahman is a poet and an entrepreneur based in New Delhi. He is the co-founder of Karvaan and facilitates an Urdu learning program at Karvaan. Professionally he runs a consulting firm named Stepping Cloud and is an alumnus of AMU and IIM Bangalore. Learning Plan Session Topic 1 A brief history of Urdu Understanding the Alphabet • Urdu- The historical perspective • Key Stages in the development of Urdu • Introduction to Urdu Alphabets and Phonetics • Joining alphabets to form words 2 Build your vocabulary – Tools and Tips Writing Urdu – Tools and Tips • Introduction to Urdu Dictionary • Tips on building vocabulary • Writing using pen and paper • Technology aids for writing – virtual keyboards / dictaton • Assignment - Writing Practice 3 Understanding the Urdu Grammar Urdu Reading – Tools and Tips • Key elements of Urdu Grammar • Singular / Plural • Masculine / Feminine • Introduction to Reading • Tips for reading • Technology aids for writing – virtual keyboards - Transliteration / Audio • Assignment - Reading Practice 4 Assessment 1- Quiz Time / Basics of the language • Team based Quiz Competition on learnings from prior 3 sessions 5 Reading Comprehension – Pieces from Urdu Literature • Reading selected pieces from short stories / poems / satire • Reviewing Common pronunciation issues • Write what you read 6 Reading Comprehension – Pieces from Urdu Literature • Reading selected pieces from short stories / poems / satire • Understanding the meaning and theme • Write what you read 7 Write and recite your own song Recommended Readings – For future • Situational Song Writing • Recite what you wrote • Recommended Readings 8 Assessment 2- Final Performance • This will be in the form of a performance where each individual has to write / read / perform either solo or group. It can be a Short play / Skit, Daastan-goi / Talk / Mushaira etc Workshop details https://www.karvaanindia.com/urdu-workshop-registration/

Aaghaz - e- Nau- is a Poem dedicated to the times we are living in written by Tanzil Rahman. आग़ाज़-ए-नौ चलो ख़्वाबों की फिर से कश्तियाँ खोलें चलो फिर बादबाँ खोलें बहुत दिन ख़ौफ़ की आग़ोश में रहते रहे हैं हम ज़मीनें तंग होने की सज़ा सहते रहे हैं हम चलो फिर से नया कोई आसमाँ खोलें उम्मीदों का जहाँ खोलें वही क़िस्से पुराने सुनके हम बेज़ार हैं इस बार हमारी रूह प्यासी और दिल बीमार हैं इस बार चलो रंगीँ नयी एक दास्ताँ खोलें नया कहने को कुछ अपनी ज़बाँ खोलें कोई कब तक रहेगा क़ैद अपनी कम-ख़याली में करेगा तोहमतें बर्दाश्त कब तक ख़स्ता-हाली में चलो फिर ज़ात के ज़िंदाँ से कोई आस्ताँ खोलें जमा कर सारे अशकों को नया एक गुलिस्ताँ खोलें हवाएँ तेज़ हैं तूफ़ान घर तक आ गया शायद सरा-सीमा है अक़्ल , हेजान सर तक आ गया शायद नया बरग-ओ-गया ढूँढें जहां एक आशियाँ खोलें लगा कर इश्क़ के पर ला-मकाँ खोलें آغازِ نو چلو خوابوں کی پھر سے کشتیاں کھولیں چلو پھر باد باں کھولیں بہت دن خوف کی آغوش میں رہتے رہے ہیں ہم زمینیں تنگ ہونے کی سزا سہتے رہے ہیں ہم چلو پھر سے نیا کوئ آسماں کھولیں امیدوں کا جہاں کھولیں وہی قصے پرانے سن کے ہم بیزار ہیں اس بار ہماری روح پیاسی اور دل بیمار ہیں اس بار چلو رنگییں نئی اک داستاں کھولیں نیا کہنے کو کچھ اپنی زباں کھولیں کوئ کب تک رہے گا قید اپنی کم خیالی میں کرے گا تہمتیں برداشت کب تک خستہ حالی میں چلو پھر ذات کے زنداں سے کوئ آستاں کھولیں جمع کر سارے اشکوں کو نیا اک گلستاں کھولیں ہوائیں تیز ہیں طوفان گھر تک آگیا شائد سراسیمہ ہے عقل ، ہیجان سر تک آگیا شاید نیا برگ و گیا ڈھونڈیں جہاں کوئ آشیاں کھولیں لگا کر عشق کے پر لامکاں کھولیں

Vishnu Gupta of the Hindu Sena talks to Asad Ashraf about his dreams of a Hindu Nation, love for Donald Trump and why the organization paid tributes to Queen Victoria. He has recently also submitted a memorandum to the Government of India seeking a ban on the Holy Book Quran.

Reminiscent of the ‘City of Djinns’ (William Dalrymple), a site filled with the spirituality of wandering saints and fakirs, the fortress is one of the few unexplored, non-conventional places of ritual worship. A curious paradox of believers and non-believers flood this site on a regular basis, perhaps due to a reason that goes beyond the boundaries of logic or maybe it’s just for the uncertainty and thrill of a mystic place belonging to a more fantastical universe. The believers write letters to the resident djinns with the hope of appeasing their wants and gaining miraculous wishes in return. Offerings of milk, sweets, fruits, and meats are made on a regular basis as you walk along, dark old walls stuck with coins, which reflect the desires of their devout hearts. It stands witness to the countless deepest, darkest secrets that believers divulge in their pursuit of faith. Some even stand by their stories of being miraculously cured from physical ailments and recovering from cases written off by most of the well-reputed doctors the city has to offer. Hence, it’s no surprise that the place is also a house to regular exorcist practices. It is a space where rationality and science find themselves bowing their heads in defeat.

About the Book --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forty-years have passed since the Jyoti Basu-led Left Front government in West Bengal resorted to savage means to evict Hindu refugees from an island – known as Marichjhapi in the Sundarbans, situated 75 kilometres east of Kolkata. According to survivors’ estimation, the operation might have led to as many as 10,000 deaths. The massacre that took place in 1979 is a horrifying instance of human rights violations. Journalist Deep Halder’s book Blood Island: An Oral History of the Marichjhapi Massacre serves as a reminder of the tragedy, which has practically disappeared from public memory. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organized by --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karvaan India At K-Café, Abdul Rab Apartment, Ghaffar Manzil Colony, Jamia Nagar, Okhla, New Delhi, 110025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit and follow us at --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webiste: https://www.karvaanindia.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarvaanIndia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karvaanindia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KarvaninIndia/