Indo-American Arts Council

10/15/2026

We are honored to welcome Padma Bhushan Dr. Pratibha Ray to the IAAC Literary Festival 2026.

Dr. Ray stands among the most distinguished voices in Odia and Indian literature. She is a recipient of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Padma Shri, and the Padma Bhushan, and was recently honored with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, becoming the first woman writer from Odisha to receive this distinction.

Her landmark novel Yajnaseni, a retelling of the Mahabharata through Draupadi’s eyes, has seen over 120 editions in Odia.

IAAC Board Member Bhavani Parameswar, Executive Director and President of Indivate Inc., a US-based venture, will moderate the session.

This session is supported by the Odisha Society of the Americas

Join us at the IAAC Literary Festival 2026, November 14 to 15 at the Bohemian National Hall, New York City. The session is free to attend but please register at www.iaac.us

10/14/2026

IAAC welcomes Priya Hajela to the Literary Festival 2026. From the author of Ladies' Tailor comes For Whose Dear Sake Our Fathers Died, a sweeping multigenerational saga that follows a Sikh family across nearly a century of war, empire, and resistance, from the Anglo-Sikh Wars and the uprising of 1857 to the Komagata Maru, the freedom movement, and Partition.

In her own words, these are stories of the men and women whom history forgot.​

Join us at the IAAC Literary Festival 2026. Her session is on Saturday, November 14 at the Bohemian National Hall, New York City.​

The session is free to attend but please register at www.iaac.us​

IAAC Literary Festival 2026

10/11/2026

IAAC announces author Brinda Charry’s session at the Literary Festival 2026.

The acclaimed author of The East Indian returns with her new novel, Hocus Pocus, an artfully layered story that touches on identity, creativity, and grief while keeping readers hooked until the very last page, as Library Journal notes. It is a book that lingers long after you close it.

Join us at the IAAC Literary Festival 2026. Her session is on Saturday, November 14 at the Bohemian National Hall, New York City.

The session is free to attend but please register at www.iaac.us

IAAC Literary Festival 2026

10/11/2026

IAAC welcomes Radha Vatsal to the Literary Festival 2026. Gripping and vibrantly original, Radha has a gift for unearthing the small moments that change the course of history.

She joins us for No. 10 Doyers Street, a novel set in early-1900s New York that is both a brilliant tale of a plot to destroy the city's Chinatown and a heartbreaking courtroom drama.

Join us at the IAAC Literary Festival 2026. Her session is on Saturday, November 14 at the Bohemian National Hall, New York City.

The session is free to attend but please register at www.iaac.us

IAAC Literary Festival 2026

10/09/2026

IAAC is pleased to welcome Sanjay R. Srivatsa to the Literary Festival 2026. He joins us for Four Minutes Past Midnight: A Moment in Eternity, a haunting meditation on survival, memory, and the thin line between being erased and being heard.

Join us at the IAAC Literary Festival 2026. His session is on Saturday, November 14 at the Bohemian National Hall, New York City.

The session is free to attend but please register at www.iaac.us

IAAC Literary Festival 2026

10/09/2026

IAAC welcomes Manil Suri to the Literary Festival 2026. A Booker-longlisted novelist and emeritus professor of mathematics whose work spans The Death of Vishnu to The Big Bang of Numbers and has been translated into 27 languages, Manil now turns to memoir with A Room in Bombay. It is an intimate and empathetic portrait of his parents, his city, and his struggle to be responsible to them, and to himself.

Join us at the IAAC Literary Festival 2026. His session is on Saturday, November 14 at the Bohemian National Hall, New York City.

The session is free to attend but please register at www.iaac.us

IAAC Literary Festival 2026

10/08/2026

Announcing the dates for the IAAC Literary Festival 2026. On Sat Nov 14 & Sunday Nov 15 the festival brings together authors, poets, writers, and storytellers whose work spans fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry, history, and more.

Together they celebrate voices rooted in Indian heritage and experience, voices that travel freely across borders, genres, and generations. We cannot wait to welcome you to experience this festival

The full lineup of authors and sessions is coming soon. In the meantime, mark your calendars, bring a friend, and come ready to listen, ask, and be moved.

November 14-15, 2026. Bohemian National Hall, New York City.
The session is free to attend but please register at www.iaac.us

10/07/2026

Announcing the dates for the IAAC Literary Festival 2026. On Sat Nov 14 & Sunday Nov 15 the festival brings together authors, poets, writers, and storytellers whose work spans fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry, history, and more.

Together they celebrate voices rooted in Indian heritage and experience, voices that travel freely across borders, genres, and generations. We cannot wait to welcome you to experience this festival.

The full lineup of authors and sessions is coming soon. In the meantime, mark your calendars, bring a friend, and come ready to listen, ask, and be moved.

November 14-15, 2026. Bohemian National Hall, New York City.

The session is free to attend but please register at www.iaac.us

IAAC Literary Festival 2026