The Cultures of Peace 2018 day-2 will be held at Hotel Acacia, Dimapur on November 10 starting from 11:00 am. Some of the highlights are as follows: The Stories We Tell: A Roundtable with Women Editors A roundtable with editors of news and fiction—Kalpana Sharma, Parismita Singh, Tongam Rina, Japleen Pasricha, Lanusangla Tzüdir in conversation with Xonzoi Barbora—talking about why panelists take up certain stories to write and publish; how these stories go against our perceived understanding of politics and culture. • Kalpana Sharma is an independent journalist and author. In over 45 years as a journalist, she has worked with several publications including The Indian Express, The Times of India and The Hindu. • Parismita Singh is a writer and graphic novelist. Her publications include the graphic novels The Hotel at the End of the World and Mara and the Clay Cows. She helped conceptualise the Pao Anthology of Comics and has edited Centrepiece: New Writing and Art from Northeast India. She has been working on a primary school education project in Assam with the NGO Pratham since 2009. Her last book Peace has Come (2018) was a collection of short stories. She has since been working on non-fiction comics. • Tongam Rina is a Reporter/ Associate Editor, The Arunachal Times. She reports on current affairs, environmental, mostly hydro power and children’s issues. She also teaches print media in the department of Mass Communication, Rajiv Gandhi University. • Japleen Pasricha smashes the patriarchy for a living. She is the founder & editor-in-chief of Feminism in India, an award-winning digital feminist media platform. Japleen likes to travel solo, swim and cycle. Find her on Twitter: @japna_p. • Lanusangla Tzudir is an author, as well as the publisher and chief editor of Heritage Publishing House. • Xonzoi Barbora (moderator) is a professor at TISS, Guwahati, whose research interests include agrarian change, resource conflicts, media studies and human rights. Working in a Man’s World: Tête-à-tête with Women Professionals How do women professionals navigate their way through workplaces where men have traditionally ruled the roost? What are the challenges that they face while going into work every day, particularly along the lines of gender roles in the domestic sphere, and sexual harassment faced at the workplace; what have they been able to achieve despite these constraints? Can working women be the face of the future workforce in urban Nagaland, as they are in the rural economy? Covering a number of different professional fields, this panel takes a freewheeling look at the lives of working women in Nagaland today. • Theyiesenuo Keditsu (moderator) is a poet, writer and educator. She is co-founder of Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Alternative Learning (CIKAL) and advocates for the revival of Indigenous textiles and women's narratives through her popular Instagram avatar @mekhalamama. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Kohima College, Kohima • Abokali Zhimomi is an entrepreneur and a freelance writer. She founded an organization called Organic Nagaland that promotes organic food, networks with small farmers, and women self-help groups for supporting and marketing local produce of Nagaland since 2011. At present Organic Nagaland operates organic retail stores under the name of ‘Infinity Organic’ in two districts of Nagaland. • Sophy Lasuh is a filmmaker who also runs her own production house, named Monday to Saturday, which focuses on ethnographic films. A winner of the Dalmiya Group’s ‘Young Achievers Award’ in the field of filmmaking, she is currently a PhD research scholar from Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong. The two-day festival will culminate with the feedback and Way Forward Moderated by Dr. Aküm Longchari, Publisher, The Morung Express.
