Sunday Day IV

DURBAR HALL

MUGHAL TENT

BAITHAK

FRONT LAWNS

10am – 11am

Rediscoveries of India
Meghnad Desai, Nayantara Sahgal and Chetan Bhagat in conversation about the multiple narratives of an emergent India.

First Fictions-Readings

Tania James, Tishani Joshi & Mohyna Srinivasan

The Art of the Anti-Thriller

Vikram Chandra. Moderated by Shoma Chaudhury

11am – 12pm

‘Infidel’

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Bhaskar Bhasha Series

Against the Wind-Speaking of life

Readings – P. Sivakami, Sister Jesme. Introduced by Namita Gokhale

The Bolter

Frances Osborne in conversation with by Himani Dalmia

The Looming Tower

Lawrence Wright     Introduction by Shazia Omar

Presented by DNA

12pm – 1pm

Roddy Doyle Unleashed

Roddy Doyle in conversation with Jai Arjun Singh

Mythographers and storytellers: Readings

Roberto Calasso

Presented by Turin Book Festival

Diana Chronicles

Tina Brown in conversation with Vir Sanghvi

1pm – 2.30pm

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

2.30pm – 3.30pm

The Whirlwind of History

Louis De Bernieres. Moderated by Sunil Sethi

Edge of Empire

Maya Jasanoff in conversation with William Dalrymple

Bhaskar Bhasha Series

The Grip of Change: Readings

P.Sivakami, Laxman Gaekwad, S Anand.

3.30pm – 4.30pm

Under the Kilt

Andrew O’Hagan, Alexander McCall Smith, Niall Ferguson, William Dalrymple

Presented by The Scottish Government

A Writer’s Diaries

Ashok Vajpeyi & Krishna Baldev Vaid. Moderated by S.S. Nirupam

Storytellers & Immortals

Amit Chaudhuri, Omair Ahmad. Introduced by Namita Gokhale

4.30pm – 5pm

TEA

TEA

TEA

TEA

Step by step- IB World School

5pm – 6pm

The Director’s Cut
Stephen Frears, Roddy Doyle, Hanif Kureishi.

Bhaskar Bhasha Series

Kamala Das: In Remembrance

Screening of Film by Suresh Kohli & a tribute by K Satchidanandan. Introduced by Namita Gokhale

Tagore – The Singer and the Song

Reba Som & Malashri Lal in conversation

EVENING PERFORMANCE