22 Jan: Day 2

Saturday The Economist DURBAR HALL Merrill Lynch MUGHAL TENT Kingfisher Airlines BAITHAK Vodafone FRONT LAWNS
10am - 11am The Eye of Memory Annie Griffiths & Karen Chase in conversation with Alka Pande Presented by American Center Why Books Matter John Makinson, Kiran Desai, Patrick French & Sunil Sethi in conversation with Sonia Singh Presented by British Council Watch Session Video Cinema Bhojpuri Avijit Ghosh & Sharmila Kantha in conversation with Amitava Kumar Dainik Bhaskar Samvad Watch Session Video Helter Skelter Jim Crace Introduced by Nilanjana Roy Watch Session Video
11am - 12pm Operation Mincemeat Ben Macintyre Introduced by Kai Bird Supported by the Scottish Government & the Edinburgh International Book Festival Strangers of the Mist J.P.Meena, Mamang Dai, Sanjoy Hazarika & Temsula Ao in conversation with Ravi Singh Presented by National Human Rights Commission Watch Session Video A Time Apart J.P.Das & Reeta Chowdhury Introduced by Neeta Gupta Watch Session Video Aisi Hindi Kaisi Hindi Mrinal Pande, Prasoon Joshi, Ravish Kumar & Sudhish Pachauri in conversation with S.Nirupam Presented by GAIL Watch Session Video
12pm - 1pm Gata Rahe Mera Dil/The Songs that Moved us  Gulzar, Javed Akhtar & Prasoon Joshi Dainik Bhaskar Samvad Watch Session Video Reporting the Occupation David Finkel, Jon Lee Anderson & Rory Stewart Moderated by Antony Loewenstein Presented by Goldman Sachs Public Affairs Series Watch Session Video One Amazing Thing Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni in conversation with Mita Kapur Counselage Lecture Series Watch Session Video The Forum: A Global Exchange of Ideas Gurcharan Das, Kavery Nambisan & Manjushree Thapa Presented by BBC Watch Session Video
1pm - 2.30pm LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
Special Addition Session Gulzar, Javed Akhtar & Prasoon Joshi Watch Session Video
2.30pm - 3.30pm Hall of Shame: Caste & its Exclusions Chandra Bhan Prasad, Meena Kandasamy & Patrick French in conversation with S.Anand Watch Session Video
Kath Gulab: Khilega toh Dekhenge Mridula Garg & Vinod Kumar Shukla in conversation with S.Nirupam Dainik Bhaskar Samvad Watch Session Video Imaginary Homelands Ian Jack, Junot Diaz, Kamila Shamsie, Manjushree Thapa & Marina Lewycka in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury Presented by DNA Watch Session Video
3.30pm - 4.30pm Katha Samvad (Rajasthani Prose) Habib Kaifi, Lata Sharma & Shyam Jangid Introduced by Manisha Kulshreshtha Dainik Bhaskar Samvad Watch Session Video Many Ramayanas Diane De Selliers & Philip Lutgendorf in conversation with Malashri Lal Introduced by Sheldon Pollock Presented by Shell Watch Session Video On the Road Readings by Anthony Sattin, Katie Hickman, Pallavi Aiyar, Rory Stewart & William Fiennes Introduced by William Dalrymple Presented by Baillie Gifford Watch Session Video The Inheritance of Books Kiran Desai in conversation with Jai Arjun Singh Watch Session Video
4.30pm - 5pm TEA TEA TEA Two Worlds Nandita Puri (Book Launch) Presented by Rupa Publications
5pm - 6pm Kavita Samvad Hemant Shesh, Preeta Bhargava & Vinod Padraj in conversation with Nand Bhardwaj Dainik Bhaskar Samvad Watch Session Video Fractious Borders: The Ups & Downs of Himalayan Relationships Ahmad Rashid, Shehryar Fazli, Sujeev Shakya, Narayan Wagle & Nirupama Rao Presented by Ministry of External Affairs Watch Session Video From Courtesans East & West Katie Hickman & Muzaffar Ali in conversation with William Dalrymple Presented by UTV World Movies Watch Session Video Out of West Chimamanda Adichie, Kiran Desai, Leila Aboulela, Mohsin Hamid, Nam Le & Orhan Pamuk in conversation with Rana Dasgupta Presented by The Times of India Watch Session Video
6pm - 7pm Dhin Taara Junoon Readings, Recital & Music Salman Ahmad & Shomshuklla Watch Session Video     The DSC South Asian Literature Awards Presented by DSC Watch Session Video