Why emperor Ashoka still matters: Historian Nayanjot Lahiri and vocalist TM Krishna in conversation
Reflections on the nature of remembering and perpetuating the ruler from the third century BCE and the link between the past and the present.
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Reflections on the nature of remembering and perpetuating the ruler from the third century BCE and the link between the past and the present.
In a discussion, artists from different countries shared their perspective on how the arts and resistance shape each other.
__________________________________ Friday, February 12, 2021 | 6:00 AM – 6:59 AM A true Bergener – both proud of and spiteful about his city – is author Tomas Espedal, who has written extensively about Bergen life and rain. Author Karl Ove Knausgård lived in Bergen for many years and will read from his latest novel Morgenstjernen (The Morning Star), which is partly set in the city. On stage are also Sámi author Kathrine Nedrejord and musician Sara Marielle Gaup. The Sámi, Norway’s indigenous population, were at one time forcibly assimilated into Norwegian life, language, culture an...