25th Jan
DURBAR HALL
MUGHAL TENT
BAITHAK
FRONT LAWNS
10.00am – 11.00am Those Days
Sunil Gangopadhyay with Aruna Chakravarti
Presented by Helen Hamlyn Trust		 South India- The Last Classical Civilization?
Michael Wood introduced by William Dalrymple		 Preview:The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay
Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
in conversation with Ravi Singh		  
11.00am – 12.00pm Writing about painting- Should we apologize?
Simon Schama		 Readings
Advaita Kala
Anita Rau Badami		 Readings
Daniyal Mueenuddin
Sudeep Chakravarti
  
12.00pm – 1.00pm Wanderlust- Travel Readings
Charles Nicholl
Colin Thubron
Pico Iyer
William Dalrymple
Presented by DNA		 Two together Two alone K.Satchidanandan
Paul Zacharia		 Readings
Alice Albinia
Nikita Lalwani
introduction by Rana Dasgupta
1.00pm – 2.30pm LUNCH: Nurturing Walls Animal Art by Meena Women
Launched by Tara Books		 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
2.30pm – 3.30pm Aids Sutra
Mukul Kesavan
Nikita Lalwani
Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
Sonia Faleiro
Sunil Gangopadhyay
William Dalrymple
in conversation with Penny Richards		 Words at Wars
Alok Rai
Ashis Nandy
Prasoon Joshi
Udaya Narayana Singh
with Namita Gokhale
Presented by Helen Hamlyn Trust		 Aadhi Duniya
Alka Saraogi
Geetanjali Shree in conversation with Rajul Bhargava
3.30pm – 4.30pm Literature does not change anything
Imraan Coovadia
Urvashi Butalia 
Rana Dasgupta		 The Act of Translation 
Alok Rai
Aruna Chakravarti
Arshia Sattar
Gillian Wright
Udaya Narayana Singh
Presented by Helen Hamlyn Trust
 Socialism is great!
Lijia Zhang introduced by V.K.Karthika and in conversation with Namita Gokhale
4.30pm – 5.00pm TEA TEA TEA TEA
5.00pm – 6.00pm The War on Terror has Provoked a Clash of Civilizations(Debate)
Presented by Intelligence squared
Ashis Nandy
Christophe Jaffrelot
MJ Akbar
Mohammed Hanif
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Simon Schama
Swapan Dasgupta
Tarun Vijay
in conversation with Barkha Dutt
  
           

      
8.30pm Onwards
    Writers’ Ball @ City Palace
Hosted by DSC
(By Invitation Only)
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