24th Jan
DURBAR HALL
MUGHAL TENT
BAITHAK
FRONT LAWNS
10.00am – 11.00am
Head held high
Nalini Jamila in conversation with Paul Zacharia		   In Conversation
Pico Iyer with William Dalrymple
11.00am – 12.00pm Imperial life in the Emerald City
Rajiv Chandrasekaran with Shoma Chaudhury		 Bridges: Poetry & Translations
Apurva Narain & Viky Arya introduced by Neeta Gupta		 Creative Entrepreneurs in Publishing
Young UK Publishers in converstion with Sujata Sen
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Presented by British Council		  
12.00pm – 1.00pm Jerusalem, Delhi, Damascus..City readings
Brigid Keenan
Colin Thubron
Sam Miller
William Dalrymple		 Mojo Rising
Arthur Flowers in conversation with Urvashi Butalia		 Gold & Silver- the glitering threads of Rajasthan
Vandana Bhandari in conversation with Shan Bhatnagar
1.00pm – 2.30pm LUNCH
Hosted by British Council		 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
2.30pm – 3.30pm The American Future: A History
Simon Schama introduced by Shashi Tharoor		 Writings in the times of Insurgency
Arupa Patangia Kalita
Manjushree Thapa
Sudeep Chakravarti		 In Search of Sanskrit
Sheldon Pollock with Ananya Vajpaye
Presented by Helen Hamlyn Trust
3.30pm – 4.30pm The Nature of the Beast
Tina Brown in conversation with Tarun Tejpal		 Shadows of the Silk Road
Colin Thubron introduced by William Dalrymple
Presented by Oliver Wyman		 Ancient Worlds
Upinder Singh in conversation with Nayanjot Lahiri
4.30pm – 5.00pm TEA
Hosted by Step by Step		 TEA TEA TEA
5.00pm – 6.00pm Elephants and Cell Phones
Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury
Presented by DNA		 Rajasthani Readings
Hariram Meena
Maliram Sharma
Sarwat Khan with Madhav Hada, Noor Zahir & Shyam Jangir		 Readings
Alok Bhalla
Keki Daruwalla
         
  Coexist Concert for Peace Series

FRONT LAWN		    
7.00pm SAF presents The Oral and Intangible Heritage of South Asia (A documentary) by Karan Khosla    
7.45pm Scripting Firaaq: In conversation with Nandita Das (For delegates and accredidated press ONLY)    
8.00pm onwards Dinner
Hosted by Cairn Energy (By Invitation Only)

Poetry Readings – Deepti Naval & Prasoon Joshi		    
  Ramajaz – Yosi & Sirishkumar- UK/India    
  Book Launch: Dreamtalker by Peter Pannke    
 
EXHIBITIONS                                      

    

Sheldon Pollock with Alo