24 Jan: Day 1
Download Festival Programme
| Thursday | CHAR BAGH |
TATA STEEL FRONT LAWNS |
MUGHAL TENT |
BAITHAK | COUNSELAGE DURBAR READING ROOM | SAMVAD |
| 09.25am- 09.55am | Buddhist Chants by Drepung Loseling Monks Watch Session Video |
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| 10am- 11am | 1. Inaugural Session: 'O To Live Again!' Keynote address by Mahasweta Devi Watch Session Video |
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| 11.15am- 12.15pm |
2.'Notes on a Scandal'
Zoe Heller in conversation with Monisha Rajesh |
3 . 'The Flight of the Falcon'
Jamil Ahmad,
Mohammed Hanif and
M.A. Farooqi in conversation |
4.'The Global Shakespeare'
Christopher Ricks, Tim Supple, Elif Batuman, Chandrahas Choudhury and Anjum Hasan, moderated by Supriya Nair |
5. 'Bhasha aur Bhrashtachar' Gaurav Solanki, Ajay Navaria and Anamika, in conversation with Kshama Sharma
(Dainik Bhaskar Bhasha Series) |
6. 'Screams and Echoes' [Readings]
The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly, Shoes of the Dead by Kota Neelima, introduced by Swati Chopra |
Young Adult's Workshop: "My Self, My World - a search for Identity" |
| 12.30pm- 1.30pm |
7. 'The Man Within My Head' |
8. 'Roots of Yoga'
David White, Sir James Mallinson, Mark Singleton and Birad Rajaram Yajnik in conversation with Debra Diamond. |
9. 'Talking, Writing: Conversations with Mahasweta Devi' A Film by Pushan Kriplani; Mahasweta Devi in conversation with Naveen Kishore.
(Dainik Bhaskar Bhasha Series) |
10. 'Nirwali Pichhanh' C.P. Deval, Premchand Gandhi, Suman Bissa and Malchand Tiwari in conversation with Nand Bhardwaj.
(Dainik Bhaskar Bhasha Series) |
11. 'City of the Devi' Manil Suri in conversation with Samanth Subramanian. |
Young Adult's Workshop: "My Self, My World - a search for Identity" |
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1.30pm- 2.15pm |
Book Launch: Uprising 2011 by Kiran Bedi and Pavan Choudary. Book released by Dr. Amitabh Muttoo
Published by Wisdom Village |
Book Launch: Faster Fenay at Fort Pratapgad adapted and translated by Tejas Modak. Book released by Arunava Sinha. | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH |
| 2.15pm- 3.15pm |
12. 'Beyond the Khyber: The Future of Afghanistan'
Edward Girardet, Jason Burke, Lucy Morgan Edwards, moderated by Faisal Devji |
13. 'Kinships of Faiths: Finding the Middle Way'
HH Dalai Lama in conversation with Pico Iyer |
14. 'The Innocent Genius: Ramanujan and a Life in Mathematics' Dinesh Singh and Manil Suri in conversation
(Rajasthan Patrika Series) |
15. 'Reversing the Gaze'
Pramod Kumar K.G., Rima Hooja, Susanne Rudolph and Lloyd Rudolph in conversation with Malashri Lal |
16.'Down the Line' : Monisha Rajesh and Tim Parks on traveling India and Italy by train
Moderated by Samanth Subramanian |
17. Young Adult's Workshop: "My Self, My World - a search for Identity" |
| 3.30pm- 4.30pm |
21. 'Inside the Game, Outside the Game' Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Tarun Tejpal (The Hindu Series)Watch Session Video
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19. 'Remembering Sunil Da' Film, readings by Sharmila Tagore, tributes by Aruna Chakravarti, Arunava Sinha and Amit Chaudhuri, moderated by Malashri Lal
(Rajasthan Patrika Series) |
20. 'The Art of the Short Story'
Nicholas Hogg, Richard Beard and Yiyun Li in conversation with Anjum Hasan |
18. 'Cutting for Stone' Abraham Verghese in conversation with Rick Simonson (Presented by Vodafone)Watch Session Video |
22. 'Adhura Aadmi, Adhuna Naari' Kshama Sharma, Anamika, Preeta Bhargava and Sushila Shivran in conversation with Fahmida Riaz
(Dainik Bhaskar Bhasha Series) |
23. Young Adult's Workshop: "My Self, My World - a search for Identity" with Shakti Maira |
| 4.30pm- 5pm | TEA TIME |
Book Launch:
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TEA TIME | TEA TIME | TEA TIME | TEA TIME |
| 5pm- 6pm |
24. 'The Death of King Arthur'
Simon Armitage in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury
(The Hindu Series) |
25. 'The Blind Man’s Garden' Nadeem Aslam in conversation with Suhil Sethi
(Presented by DNA) |
26. 'Ismat and Annie'
Javed Akhtar and Ameena Saiyid in conversation with
(Dainik Bhaskar Bhasha Series) |
27. 'Colliding Worlds: The Quest for Justice'
Binayak Sen, Ilina Sen, Harsh Mander and Rohini Nilekani in conversation with Surina Narula |
28. 'Journeys of the Mind' [Readings]
The Wisdom of Compassion by Victor Chan, The Circle of Karma by Kunzang Choden, introduced by Swati Chopra |
29. 'Infinite Possibilities'
Meru Gokhale, Rasana Atreya, Rick Simonson, Alexandra Pringle and Artemis Kirk, moderated by Anita Roy |
| 6pm- 7pm |
30. 'Yaad Sheher Jaipur…the City of Memory' Neelesh Misra introduced by Neeta Gupta
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31. 'Announcing The Man Booker International Prize Finalists: Discovering World Literature'
Sir Christopher Ricks, Aminatta Forna, Elif Batuman, Tim Parks and Yiyun Li chaired by Namita Gokhale |
32. 'The Novel of the Future'
Mohammed Hanif, Howard Jacobson, Nadeem Aslam, Linda Grant, Lawerence Norfolk and Zoe Heller in conversation with Anita Anand |
33. 'The Dam Busters'
James Holland in conversation with Swapan Dasgupta |
34. 'Posing for Posterity: Royal Indian Portraits' Pramod Kumar K.G. in conversation with Debra Diamond |
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| EVENING PERFORMANCE | ||||||
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