New Delhi. The presentation and discussion of the book by journalist and Italian writer Carlo Pizzati on Tuesday, 20 June at the India International Center, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi, Conference Room 1 (1st Floor), titled “The Edge of an Era “(Juggernaut Books, 2017). Parth Mehrotra, editor of Juggernaut Books and Manu Joseph, a journalist, are the two speakers at the book presentation. “The Edge of an Era” gathers the author’s three conversations with Indian intellectuals. In the lobby of Hotel Bauer in Venice, the critic Homi Bhabha will speak of the crisis of the Western paradigm focusing at what is happening in the United States. Pankaj Mishra, in a home in front of Bengal Bay, guides the audience through an
intellectual dialogue between Asia and Europe. Political philosopher John Gray at the Taj Mahal in Bombay analyses the current European political crisis, the rise of fascism, and reminds us that the main driving force in history is human madness. The Italian Institute of Culture of New Delhi website communicates that the event was organised by the Italian Embassy’s Cultural Centre in collaboration with the India International Centre, New Delhi & Juggernaut Books. (9Colonne)