Namaste 2020: Global Utsava of Indian Soft Power
Word Power
August 30, 2020, Sunday | 07:00 - 08:30 PM IST
Word, meaning and sound come together in the over hundreds of spoken languages and the millennia old texts of India. Accepted and revered by the world as the mother of all languages, Sanskrit has shaped not just literature but also the progress of science, the basis of all grammar, and even modern-day computer programming. Indian literary works continue to inspire many storytelling traditions over the world.
Chair: Shri. Ashwin Sanghi, Author (India) – Indian Fiction in World Libraries
Panelists:
- Shri. Vasudev Murthy, Author (India) - New Themes in Indian writing
- Dr. Skarbimir Ruciński, Sanskrit Scholar (Poland) – Confluence of Sanskrit and Polish
- Mr. Andy Fraenkel, Storyteller and Author (USA) – Stories that Transform
