Fresh ink in the PEN FAHEEM RUHANI TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2005 09:37:50 PM ] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1114783.cms
New members and a renewed plan of action to give the literary body a new lease of life The United Lodge of Theosophists, which had asked PEN, the popular literary body in Mumbai, to vacate its ground floor premises on grounds of "inactivity" has now asked the PEN to occupy its premises on the second floor to resume their activities. PEN secretary Ranjit Hoskote says, "The president of the United Lodge of Theosophists, V Ramakrishnan has been gracious enough to allow us to use the second floor." Hoskote continues that the PEN committee "went through a lot of introspection" and has now inducted four new members in the executive committee. This, the PEN feels will save the literary body from going through a phase of "inertia" that it underwent in the last nine months. Literary organiser and activist Aspi Mistry, writer Sampurna Chattarji, architect Savio Lobo and journalist Ronita Torcota are the new executive committee members who will participate in PEN work. Earlier, mostly only Hoskote, Jerry Pinto and Arundhati Subramaniam were handling this. Hoskote had earlier admitted "their being busy with their individual careers" had led PEN activities taking a backseat. Additionally, at an executive committee meeting, a decision was also taken to revive their journal The Indian PEN -- which has not been published since 1998. The group is also planning future activities. Ronita Torcato adds, "The committee has decided to hold a memorial reading of Dom Moraes' poetry on June 6. It also plans to have more readings, discussions and novelists, writers and experts visiting PEN from time to time." They also plan to have a strong membership drive for PEN to increase its visibility. "Things are looking up," said an optimistic Hoskote, who added that the task of handing over a section of books to the University of Mumbai has been accomplished, while the other books have also been transferred to the second floor. Let's hope that the ink in this PEN will never dry up! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Did you get this mail as a forward? Subscribe by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join. Members are encouraged to post poetry, their own and others', respond critically to the poems circulated, and participate in discussions. Post via email at [email protected] OR online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post. ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
