21 Jan: Day I

Thursday Day I

DURBAR HALL

MUGHAL TENT

BAITHAK

FRONT LAWNS

10am - 11am
Inauguration Key Note Address by-Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Presented by The Helen Hamlyn Trust
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11am -12pm
 
Literature and The Gods Roberto Calasso in conversation with Devdutt Pattnaik, Ananya Vajpeyi Presented by The Helen Hamlyn Trust
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The Art of Criticism Andrew ‘O Hagan, Geoff Dyer, Amit Chaudhuri, Amitava Kumar Introduced by Nilanjana, S. Roy
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Figures in Black Wole Soyinka, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
12pm - 1pm
Bhaskar Bhasha Series
Bhasha Swar: Multiple Voices Ashok Vajpeyi, Arvind K Mehrotra, Gulzar, K Satchidanandan Presented by GAIL
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Two Lives: Jane Austen & Kipling
Andrew Lycett & Claire Tomalin. Introduced by Nilanjana S. Roy
Presented by London Library
Coming of Age - Readings Ali Sethi & Esther Freud. Introduced by Sadia Shepard Presented by Baillie Gifford
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1pm - 2.30pm
LUNCH
LUNCH
LUNCH
Book Launch: Love Jaipur by Fiona Caufield
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Bhaskar Bhasha Series Raja Ravi Varma: On the Classical & the Popular
Rupika Chawla & Sudha Gopalakrishnan
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Visible Cities Geoff Dyer, Max Rodenbeck. Moderated by Maya Jasanoff.
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Exile and the Kingdom Navtej Sarna, Shrabani Basu. Introduced by Susanne Rudolph
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3.30pm - 4.30pm
Neglected Poems - Poetry & Readings Pavan and Gulzar. Introduced by Neeta Gupta Presented by TOI Crest
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Adaptations Michael Frayn, Esther Freud, Louis De Bernieres. Moderated by Rahul Bose
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On the Gulag Anne Applebaum in conversation with Tunku Varadarajan
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4.30pm - 5pm
TEA
TEA
TEA
Book Launch by Tara Publishers - Marion Bataille Presented by Bonjour India
5pm -6pm
Kaifi & I Shabana Azmi reads from her mother Shaukat Kaifi's memoirs. Introduced by Urvashi Butalia Presented by DNA
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Talking Writing Film on Mahasweta Devi followed by an interaction with the film maker Naveen Kishore Presented by Helen Hamlyn Trust

Tea time for the Traditionally Built Alexander McCall Smith. Moderated by William Dalrymple
6pm -7 pm
EVENING PERFORMANCE
     
Tughlaq Readings by Om Puri Introduced by Girish Karnad Presented by Jubilant Organosys Limited