Bloomsday in New Delhi

This year for Bloomsday celebrations in India, Embassy New Delhi is partnering with Kaivalya Plays to present ‘The Year of Joyce’.

This three-phase cultural journey begins with live dramatised readings from Dubliners, performed on 15 June at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, as well as the launch of an immersive, multi-sensory installation based on ‘Dubliners’, incorporating sound, light, and projection mapping to reinterpret Joyce’s work in a contemporary Indian context.

The celebration concludes with a full-length theatre production of ‘Translations’ by acclaimed Irish playwright Brian Friel, to be staged in New Delhi and Nagaland. ‘The Year of Joyce’ will also include book giveaways, interactive quizzes, on-ground events, and social media contests.

As a special highlight, renowned blogger, author and journalist Mayank Austen Soofi – writer of the beloved ‘Delhiwale’ column in the Hindustan Times- is travelling to attend the Bloomsday celebrations in Dublin in collaboration with the James Joyce Centre. Mayank’s column will be retitled as ‘Dublinwale’ for five days, offering millions of readers a uniquely immersive window into Joyce’s Dublin. Read Mayank’s dispatches.