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SALTAF 2009 / South Asian Literary and Theater Arts Festival
Event Details
SALTAF 2009 marks the sixth year that the Network of South Asian Professionals (NetSAP-DC) has joined forces with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program to bring yet another unforgettable literary event with an all-star cast. Don't forget to mark your calendars!
Saturday, November 7, 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location:
Baird Auditorium
National Museum of Natural History
10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Metro:
Smithsonian or Federal Triangle
Only months away, the SALTAF and Smithsonian team continue to work tirelessly to finalize event details. Weekend schedule soon to follow..
Event Background
SALTAF seeks to celebrate the diversity of South Asian-themed literary and theater arts; increase awareness of South Asian arts in the D.C. area; offer both established and up-and-coming artists the opportunity to reach a wider audience; and provide a forum for artists to discuss their works with each other and with their audience. The festival was started by members of the NetSAP-DC Book Club to meet the authors of the books they were reading. A theater arts component was added in 2003 to broaden the event's scope to include playwrights, screenwriters, directors, and actors. SALTAF 2009 marked the sixth year NetSAP-DC partnered with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program. This relationship has established SALTAF as a premier showcase for South Asian-themed literary and theater arts in North America. We are excited to work on bringing you the biggest names in South Asian diasporic Literature, Film, and Theater and showcase cutting edge talent.
Prior years' participants include Madhur Jaffrey, Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Deepa Mehta, and Sooni Taraporevala. Past noteworthy film screenings include the US world premiere of Deepa Mehta's Water, the US premiere of Nagesh Kukunoor's DOR, the second-only-in-the-world screeening of Sonni Taraporevala's Little Zizou, and showings of the films Loins of Punjab and Partition. Additional past SALTAF participants include Tahmima Anam, Meena Alexander, Samina Ali, Thalassa Ali, Nadeem Aslam, Anita Rau Badami, Anjali Banerjee, Raj Basu, Jonah Blank, Tanuj Chopra, Geeta Citygirl, William Dalrymple, David Davidar, Anita Desai, Sabrina Dhavan, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Nisha Ganatra, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Amitav Ghosh, Anna Ghosh, Mohsin Hamid, Nagesh Kukunoor, Amitava Kumar, Vishnu Mathur, Richie Mehta, Ved Mehta, Satish Menon, Bharati Mukherjee, Madhusree Mukherjee, Naeem Murr, Mira Nair, Michael Olmert, Vijay Prashad, Rohit Colin Rao, Rishi Reddi, Vic Sarin, Devyani Saltzman, Shyam Selvadurai, Mitra Sen, Kamila Shamsie, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi, Bapsi Sidwa, Indu Sundaresan, Sara Suleri, Manil Suri, Sooni Taraporevala, Tarun Tejpal, Shashi Tharoor, Thrity Umrigar, Samrat Upadhyay, and M.G. Vassanji.
Event Planning Team/Contact
Event Chairs: Shalini Parameswaran, Radha Rohatgi, Deepa Srikantaiah
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