1. Inaugural Session

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Keynote address: 'Bhakti Poetry: The Living Legacy'

Purushottam Agarwal and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra.

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2 . 'Tolstoy the Man'

Rosamund Bartlett, introduced by Chiki Sarkar.

Supported by GC Gibson Charitable Settlement


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3. 'The Vision of the Gurus'

Madan Gopal Singh,
Navtej Sarna, Tyler Williams,
Navtej Singh Bharti,
moderated by Nirupama Dutt.

Supported by DNA

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4. 'The Tulip'

Anna Pavord, introduced by Pradip Krishen.

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5. 'From Ink Lake'

Michael Ondaatje in conversation with Amitava Kumar.

Supported by Times of India

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6.'Little Magazines: Voices from Below'

Neerja Mattoo, Lalit Kumar, K. Satchidanandan, Giriraj Kiradoo, chaired by Antara Dev Sen.

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7. 'The Disappointment of Obama'

David Remnick in conversation with Samanth Subramanian.

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8. 'Rajasthan Ek Khoj:The Spirit of Rajasthan'

Vijay Shankar Vyas, C P Deval, Hariram Meena, Rima Hooja, moderated by Malashri Lal.

Bhaskar Bhasha Series

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9. 'Khilli Battissi'

Peotry Reading and Interactions: Ashok Chakradar, introduced by lata Sharma.


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10. 'The Argumentative Indian in Ancient India'

Gurcharan Das , Oscar Pujol, Alex Watson in conversation.

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11. 'Do Deewane Shehar Mein'

Pavan Varma and Gulzar, introduced by Neeta Gupta
Supported by Tata Steel


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12.  'Whistling in the Dark: Writing Gender'

Hoshang Merchant, R. Raj Rao, in conversation Minal Hajratwala. Supported by Google


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13. 'The Arab Spring: A Winter’s View'

Kamin Mohammadi Navdeep Suri, Karima Khalil, Raja Shehadeh, Max Rodenbeck in conversation with Barkha Dutt

Supported by Google
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14. 'An Equal World'

O.P. Valmiki, Gogu Shymala, in conversation with S. Anand.

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15. 'Ardh Satya : Kuch Ankahi Kahaaniya: Maowaadi Guerilley aur Bhartiya Ganrajya'

Rahul Pandita, Neelabh Ashk and Kavita Srivastava,
moderated by Nirupama Dutt

16. 'Our Lady of Alice Bhatti'

Mohammed Hanif in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury Supported by Ministry of External Affairs (SAARC division)

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17. 'Writing the New Latin America'

Pola Oloixarac in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury.

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18.'Stage by Stage'

David Hare and Girish Karnad in conversation.
Supported by Tata Steel

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19. 'Designing Imaginary worlds'

Samit Basu, introduced by Nilanjana Roy.

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20. 'Of Gods and Men'

Hari Kunzru introduced by Amitava Kumar.

Supported The Hindu

21. 'The Truth of Poetry and the Truth of Politics

Kapil Sibal in conversation with Ashok Vajpeyi.

Supported by IPPAI

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22. 'Katha Kosh: The Never - ending Story
Charan Singh Pathik, Lakshmi Sharma, Deepti Naval, and Navtej Sarna, introduced by Neeta Gupta.

Supported by Shree Cement

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23.'Prison Diaries'

Iftikhar Gilani, Anjum Zamarud Habib, Sahil Maqbool, moderated by Siddharth Vardarajan.

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24. 'The Prize: Awarding Literary Excellence or compounding hype ?'

K. Satchidanandan, Harrison Kelly, Jeet Thayil, Manhad Narula and Mukund Padmanabhan, chaired by Alastair Niven, introduced by Mita Kapur.
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25. 'Exile on Main Street: Change and the City'

Readings Jeet Thayil, Ruchir Joshi. Introduced by Samit Basu.

26. 'Imagining India, Interpreting it'

Tarun Tejpal in conversation with Sunil Khilnani.

Supported by Hindustan Times

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