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Tuesday, 7
December
Mulk Raj Anand 1905-2004, The Nehru Centre, 8 South
Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1. 020 7491 3567. Tube: Green Park/Bond
Street/Marble Arch, 7pm.
A dramatised celebration
of the life and writings of the Indian novelist Mulk Raj
Anand
presented by Mán
Melá Theatre Company. Cast includes Vincent Ebrahim (Kumars at
No 42). Introduced by Alastair
Niven. Reception follows. www.manmela.org.uk (FREE)
MULK RAJ ANAND
1905-2004:
a dramatised celebration of his
life and writing with live
music.
A TRIBUTE is to be
held at London’s Nehru Centre to Mulk Raj Anand, the father of the modern Indian
novel in English.
Anand, who
died in September near Mumbai aged 98, was the
author of classic novels like Untouchable (1935), Across the Black Waters (1940) and The Private Life of an Indian Prince
(1953).
The free
event, at the centre at 8 South Audley Street, Mayfair, W1, takes place from
7pm-8pm on Tuesday, 7 December 2004 and the performance will be followed by a
reception. Presented by Mán Melá Theatre Company, and
introduced by Dr Alastair Niven,
OBE, author of
Yoke of
Pity, a study of Mulk Raj
Anand's writing.
The cast
includes Vincent Ebrahim, (Ashwin Kumar
in The Kumars at No 42).
Mulk Raj
Anand was a
follower of Gandhi and a passionate advocate of Indian independence. He visited
Spain during the Civil War.
Based in
London during the inter-war years, he became part of the Bloomsbury Group and
worked at the BBC alongside George Orwell and TS Eliot. His work was championed
by EM Forster.
Returning
to India in 1947, his literary accomplishments gave him the status of a national
treasure.
India’s
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, said after
Anand’s death that his ‘realistic and sympathetic’ portrayal of the lives of the
poor would always be remembered.
The event is funded by
The Arts Council of England. For
more information contact
Mán Melá Theatre
Company on 07966 215090 Website: www.manmela.org.uk
THE NEHRU
CENTRE
London
5 November
2004
Mulk Raj
Anand is among the pioneers of the
modern Indian Novel in English. His
concern for the underprivileged and downtrodden is a pervasive theme in much of
his writings. In many ways, his
literary career is based both in India and in England, and is therefore, a
bridge between both countries. His
contribution to the preservation and promotion of Indian Art is equally
significant and Marg, a magazine dedicated to revealing lesser known facets of
the world of art, will remain a lasting testimony to this. His passing away signifies the ending of
an era.
Pavan K Varma
Minister (Culture) and Director, The Nehru
Centre
An Indian in
Bloomsbury
BBC
Radio 4
92-95FM
& 198LW
Saturday
27th November 2004 3.30pm
“powerful and
revealing” Sue Arnold, The Observer
“I was gripped”
Elizabeth Mahoney, The
Guardian
As a
tribute to Mulk Raj Anand Radio 4 is repeating Mukti Jain Campion’s
compelling portrait of the novelist often described as the Indian Dickens.