From: tajender sagoo <tajendersagoo@...>
Subject: Debating South Asian art & culture - Wed 19 Aug - Borders Charing Cross
To: "arvind dubey" <drarvinddubey2004@...>
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 3:52 PM
Hello Arvind
Below is the information for the launch event for Pop Samiti on the 19 August, please pass it onto your networks!
Best wishes,
Tajender
You are invited to an event, which will focus on how Asians in Britain can contribute artistically, and culturally to the new globalised south Asian culture.
It is said that the 19th Century belonged to the Europeans and the 20th century belonged to the Americans. Some American commentators believe that that the 21st century is till up for grabs. But Asia’s economic and demographic explosion will ensure that the 21st Century belongs to Asia (by 2025 there will be 1.9 bn people living in South Asia).
What artistic and cultural contribution will Asians in Britain make to this new paradigm?
This event is FREE but space is limited. Anyone interested in this event is encouraged to RSVP to reserve a seat to; tajender@...
Please forward this email onto your networks.
Wed August 19 Motherland Pop; Talk (FREE) + special guests
These are some of the questions we will be asking a panel of commentators, writers and thinkers on the Wed Aug 19
· If as George Orwell said ‘All Art is Propaganda’, what propaganda are South Asians artists in the UK putting out and do they have anything to say?
· In the 21st century will the South Asian woman become more sexually liberated and if so what model will this follow?
· Was the partition of the sub continent a mistake
Panel;
Dr Kishore Budha; Media researcher from the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds.
Parmjit Singh; Independent filmmaker, runs Agitate films and Creative Director of Black Chilli Productions
Parminder Vir O.B.E; Executive Producer and Media Consultant and founder of the Mayfair Club.
Sara Wajid freelance writer, commentator and editor of Untold London.
Wednesday August 19
Borders Charing Cross
122 Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0JR
Telephone: 020 7379 8877
Leading experts debate South Asian Culture
6.30
FREE
Tottenham Court Road Station
Tajender Sagoo
Old Limehouse Town Hall
646 Commercial Road
London
E14 7HA
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