The speakers and panelists that have been selected to participate in the ‘Chutnefying English’ conference reflect a diversity of perspectives. Speakers include various academicians, cultural theorists, and industry practitioners, such as Prasoon Joshi, Nandita Das, Gurcharan Das, Cyrus Broacha, Urvashi Butalia, and Prashant Panday. The keynote speakers will be Harish Trivedi and Mahesh Bhatt.

aWeave changed as people,a said Professor Rita Kothari, the convener of the conference on Hinglish. aThis is not merely about being globalised (or using multinational products or brands). It’s also about thinking differently and talking differently without even realizing it. We now mix our mother tongues and English and don’t even realize it. And itas important for us to see whether this new language has the ability to be pan-Indian in a way that neither Hindi nor English have been.”

Registration information can be found on the conference website: http://conferences.mica-india.net.