Shashi Tharoor at Melbourne Writers Festival

Friday 1 September

The Fifth Estate: Hindu Nationalism in India

1.00pm - 2.00pm

Location: ACMI Cinema 1, Federation Square, Melbourne

Hindu Nationalism is on the rise in India today. How does it impact Hindus, religious minorities in India and other countries in the region? Join authors Barkha Dutt, Meena Kandasamy and Shashi Tharoor as they talk politics and religion in the world’s largest democracy. Hosted by Sally Warhaft.

$22/$19
Tickets go on sale at 9am Friday 21 July. This session is able to be booked on a Festival Pass.

Supported by the Wheeler Centre

Saturday 2 September

Shashi Tharoor: Colonialism in India

6.15pm - 7.30pm

Location: Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne

In 1947, India regained independence after almost 200 years of British rule – a period that was both culturally and economically damning, with almost 35 million Indians dead from British acts of commission and omission, and an unprecedented plunge into abject poverty. Join Indian author and politician Shashi Tharoor (Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India) as he explores the disastrous consequences of colonialism, and how India continues to rebuild since the colonisation that has been called ‘the greatest crime in all history’.

$30/$27
Tickets go on sale at 9am Friday 21 July. This session is not able to be booked on a Festival Pass.

Supported by The Monthly

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