World in Other Words: Bengali Stories in Canada
October 01 at 12pm
Stage in the Park, October 1 at 12pm ET.
Meet storytellers from unique communities around the world and across the local neighbourhoods of Toronto in the World in Other Words. With a population of more than 100,000 Bengalis from Bangladesh, and a large Bengali diaspora from India, the language was one of the few that grew in usage by forty percent in Canada, according to the 2011 census. Three members of the Bengali writing community in Canada, including Bhaswati Ghosh and Rummana Chowdhury will be sharing their experiences creating, sharing and translating stories. This panel will be moderated by Subrata Kumar Das.
This is a free outdoor event. Find the venue on the #FestofAuthors22 map here.
