Kolkata LitFest - Geoff Dyer

Earthen pots that become our vessel of salvation or Moksha - when a breathing body turns into ashes - ready to move into the other world - a venerable symbol of continuation - mostly finding home while floating over the waters of the Holy Ganges flowing through one of the world’s oldest cities - Varanasi. It was therefore befitting for Oiendrila to make it the centre of her design story for the special evening of literary discourse over Geoff Dyer’s latest novel, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, held at the Makaibari Bungalow during the 14th edition of the Kolkata Literary Meet.
We set the rawness of Varanasi’s mortal truth against the soft romance of European blooms like hydrangeas and calla lilies - setting minds to oscillate between a contemporary mindset and spirituality.