Mappa Mundi: The Map of the World

Will reflect on a specific context (1950s and 60s) of intense interaction between the literary and the visual arts in Baroda and how this translates into the ongoing moment. Ajay will read from his work of fiction (Gujarati and its English translation) constructed around Gulammohammed Sheikh’s Mappa Mundi, a series that celebrates trans- cultural histories and contemporary events. Sheikh and Jorge Luis Borges appear as characters in this work-in-progress.

Will reflect on a specific context (1950s and 60s) of intense interaction between the literary and the visual arts in Baroda and how this translates into the...