October 4th and 5th Indian Cuisine and a Trip to New York Ctiy.
Chef and cookbook author Suvir Saran presented a lecture on Indian cuisine at the Danbury Library and signed copies of his two cookbooks, “American Masala” and “Indian Home Cooking”, for members of the audience. A subsequent bus trip to his restaurant, Deví, in New York City, featured a three-course traditional Indian celebratory meal and a discussion of the many spices used in Indian cooking.
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October 1 Film screening of The World of Apu
This classic Indian film kicked off five weeks of One Book, One Community events. The film is the final movie in Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed “Apu Trilogy”. Set in India in the 1920s it tells the story of a young man’s journey from an aimless, bleak existence to one of responsibility and hope as a husband and father.
President Schmotter welcomed the audience and Mark Hasskarl, Director of the Danbury Library, introduced the film, noting that the Gangulis in The Namesake took their children to see the “Apu Trilogy” when they lived in Cambridge, MA in order to keep them connected to their Indian culture.
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August 25th Press Conference
Western Connecticut State University joined with the Danbury Library and the Danbury School District held a press conference to announce a project called “One Book, One Community,” an effort to encourage all residents in the region to read the same book and come together to discuss its themes. “The Namesake” follows a family as it moves from India to New York and learns to live in a new environment. Several events will take place in the next month to bring readers together, including book discussions, traditional Indian celebrations, and lectures by the owner of an Indian restaurant as well as the author of “The Namesake” and the director of the movie of the same name.
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WCSU President James W. Schmotter, left, greets members of the public who attended a press conference to announce the launch of “One Book, One Community,” an effort by several organizations to encourage all residents in the region to read “The Namesake” during the fall and attend several unifying events.
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