India’s Season of Dissent: An Interview with Poet Karthika Naïr

Laetitia Zecchini (1) , Karthika Naïr

1 THALIM - THALIM - Théorie et histoire des arts et des littératures de la modernité - UMR 7172

In the following interview Karthika Naïr and Laetitia Zecchini talk of Shaheen Bagh and Karthiika Nair's poem “Ghazal: India’s Season of Dissent; of the activism of Indian writers and artists; the politics of literature; of the relevance of poetry to protest movements and resistance struggles; of how literary texts can “respond” to violence, grief and pain. And since Karthika Naïr’s poetry and biography constantly weave together a multitude of contexts, voices, and cultural backgrounds, she also throws light on the interconnection and intersectionality of these struggles; on the resonances of the anti-CAA protests and of Shaheen Bagh outside India; on how terror and resistance to terror are echoed in different parts of the world.

Domaines: Littératures

Laetitia Zecchini, Karthika Naïr. India’s Season of Dissent: An Interview with Poet Karthika Naïr. South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2020. ⟨hal-03065617⟩