August 2017

To commemorate the Madras Day Celebrations, Prakriti Foundation, in association with the U.S. Consulate General Chennai, organized a Poetry Slam Contest titled “Chennai That Was Madras.” The competition was held on Tuesday, the 22nd of August, 2017 between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm at Loyola College (Bertram Hall), Chennai. Poetry Slam is a competitive art of performance poetry. Participants were

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Prakriti Foundation launched the book The Third Squad by V. Sanjay Kumar on the 23 August, 2017 at 7 pm at Amdavadi Snack House. About the Book Karan is an expert sharpshooter who never misses his mark. He belongs to a police hit squad formed to only commit encounter killings. All members of this squad fall somewhere along the autism spectrum. Karan, who

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Chicago-based poet Ranjani Murali was presented during the first edition of Poetry with Prakriti’s all new Monthly Series. Date & Time: 10th August, 2017 at 7.00pm Venue: Amdavadi Restaurant She read excerpts from her book Blind Screens that revolved around nostalgia of growing up and living in Chennai that was Madras. Ranjani Murali also conducted a workshop the following day. She

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Kalakshetra in association with Prakriti Foundation were delighted to present The Whabiz Merchant Memorial Lecture (IV Edition) by Prof. David Shulman. The topic was ‘Visions of Dust: A Bottom-Up View of the South Indian Universe‘. The lecture was convened by Hoshang Merchant. Date & Time: Wednesday, 9th August at 7 pm Venue: Under the Banyan Tree (Kalakshetra Campus) Visions of Dust:

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Naomi Ackerman, founder and director of the Advot Project, is a theater profesional, who uses theater & performing arts to facilitate social change. On August 5th & 6th , 2017, she performed her award-winning monologue, Flowers Are Not Enough, at Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai. Flowers Are Not Enough is a monologue that tells the story of Michal, a young woman

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