Indranil Chakravarty | The Power of Intercultural Dialogue: Octavio Paz between Mexico and India

Event details Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Time: 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Location: 10 Stephens Hall Type: Film About this event A talk by Indranil Chakravarty, film historian, screenwriter, and author, based on his new book, The Tree Within: Octavio Paz’s Years in India (Penguin, 2025), that explores how the Mexican Nobel Laureate poet and diplomat, Octavio Paz, became a cultural bridge between two parts of the Global South that are separated by geography, language, culture and history. Event moderated by Atreyee Gupta, Associate Professor of Global Modern Art and South and Southeast Asian Art, UC Berkeley. Official event details: https://events.berkeley.edu/csas/event/324722-indranil-chakravarty-the-power-of-intercultural-dialo