Sampurna chatterjee biography of barack

We are revisiting our project Poetry Connections India Wales on the occasion of Diwali Cymru  and the Connections Through Culture programme prepared by British Council Wales with a session on literary collaborations between India and Wales during the UK India Year of Culture three years ago.

We have reconnected with the ten poets who participated in the project and asked them to look back at the experience and read from the work they co-created on video. You can watch a trailer and the videos on our channel below.

Poetry Connections India Wales was one of the literary projects selected for the UK India Year of Culture programme on the occasion of 70th anniversary of India&#;s independence.

The project brought together poets from both countries in a series of collaborative residencies that made it possible for them to ‘trade places’ by exploring each other’s home location and create new work. Alternating between the hustle and bustle of Indian metropolises and the peace an