As our Jaipur is already gearing up and preparing its own itinerary for the sessions out of numerous important sessions, we are here with the complete schedule data of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2017!! Check out this access list of literary sessions, musical performances at the different lawns and halls in the Festival Hub of Diggi Palace. We care that you don’t miss out on any important session of your choice 🙂
| 19th Jan Thursday | COX & KINGS CHARBAGH | FRONT LAWN | MUGHAL TENT | BAITHAK | DURBAR HALL | SAMVAD |
| 9:15-9:50 | Morning Music: Shillong Chamber Choir |
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| 10am- 11am | 1. Keynote Address: Gulzar & Anne Waldman | |||||
| 11:15am – 12:15pm | 2. One Child: The Past and Future of China’s Most Radical Experiment: Mei Fong introduced by Suhasini Haidar |
3. Plenty: David Hare in conversation with Raja Sen |
4. Jawai: The Land of the Leopard: Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Jaisal Singh and Ruth Padel in conversation with Meru Gokhale |
5. Migrations: Lila Azam Zanganeh, Sholeh Wolpé, Vladimir Lucien and Valzhyna Mort in conversation with Tishani Doshi |
6. Global Hindi: The Desi Diaspora: Anu Singh Choudhary, Divya Mathur, Nand Kishore Pandey and Francesca Orsini in conversation with Philip A. Lutgendorf |
7. Wordsmith: Patricia Forde introduced by Nandana Sen |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | 8. Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary: Simon Winchester introduced by Jonathan Shainin |
9. Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy: Sadhguru in conversation with Sanjoy K. Roy |
10. Saakshi: The Witness: S.L. Bhyrappa in conversation with Vivek Shanbhag |
11. How Green Was My Valley: Naseem Shafaie and Neerja Mattoo in conversation with Neelesh Misra Presented by Kashmir Loom |
12. A Life With the Trilobites: Richard Fortey introduced by Valmik Thapar |
13. Imagine: The Freedom to Dream: Anne Waldman introduced by Puneeta Roy |
| 1.40pm – 2.20pm | 14. The Enigma of Amma: Vaasanthi in conversation with Sudha Sadhanand |
14A. Eternal Cities: Encounters and Inspirations Abhay K, Amruta Patil Marcos Giralt Torrente in conversation with Rob Schmitz Presented by Mahindra World City |
14B. Book Launch: State of India’s Environment, 2017, released by Sunita Narain | LUNCH | 14C. Lady Driver: Chand Sakshi, Meenu Vadera and Poonam in conversation with Urvashi Butalia Presented by Azad Foundation |
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| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | 15. Of Black Swans and Intellectual Fallacies: Nassim Nicholas Taleb introduced by David McWilliams |
16. The Sellout: Paul Beatty in conversation with Meru Gokhale |
17. Cultural Encounter: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court: Audrey Truschke introduced by Kavita Singh |
18. Azaadi Mera Brand: Walking Free: Anuradha Beniwal in conversation with Swanand Kirkire |
19. Marks of Identity:The Romance of Spanish: Javier Montes, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Marina Perezagua and Sheila Cremaschi in conversation with Guillermo Rodríguez |
20. Negotiating the Net in the Teen Years: Clare Azzopardi in conversation with Anu Singh Choudhary |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | 21. The Foreign Correspondents Club: Dexter Filkins, Luke Harding, Madeleine O’Dea, Mark Tully, Mei Fong and Robert F. Worth in conversation with Suhasini Haidar |
22. The Legacy of the Left: Timothy Garton Ash and Mridula Mukherjee in conversation with Patrick French |
23. The Roots of Yoga: Mark Singleton and Jim Mallinson in conversation with Sudha Gopalakrishnan |
24. Lost Kingdoms: The Hindu and Buddhist Golden Age in South East Asia: John Guy introduced by Kavita Singh Presented by Avid |
25. The Quest for life: Spiritual and Material Strivings of Rural Rajasthan: Bhrigupati Singh and Hari Ram Meena introduced by Ashutosh Varshney | 26. Big Cat Story: Anjali Singh and Sanjna Kapoor in conversation |
| 4.45pm – 5:15pm | 26A. | 26B. Book Launch: The Sari of Surya Vilas by Vayu Naidu | 26c. BOOK LAUNCH: 31 Miles by Vinita Bakshi | TEA | TEA | 26D. Book Launch: EKAM:The Supreme Oneness by Sangeeta Gupta released by Keki Daruwalla |
| 5:15pm – 6:15pm | 27. We The People of India: Ashok Desai in conversation with Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Madhav Khosla |
28. Kitna Kuch Jeevan: Manav Kaul and Swanand Kirkire in conversation with Satyanand Nirupam |
29. In Search of a Muse: On Writing Poetry: Anne Waldman, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Ishion Hutchinson, Kate Tempest, Tishani Doshi and Vladimir Lucien in conversation with Ruth Padel |
30. Blood and Flowers: Amruta Patil introduced by Namita Gokhale |
31. Amrutara Santana: The Dynasty of the Immortals: Chandrahas Choudhury, in conversation with Jatindra K. Nayak Jaipur BookMark |
32. Poetry Hour 7×7: Kavita Nirantar: Ambika Dutt, Angélica Freitas, Madhup Mohta and Nandana Sen, moderated by Sukrita Paul Kumar |
| 7.30pm EVENING PERFORMANCE |
| 20th Jan Friday | COX & KINGS CHARBAGH | FRONT LAWN | MUGHAL TENT | BAITHAK | DURBAR HALL | SAMVAD |
| 9:15-9:50am | Morning Music | |||||
| 10:00am – 11am | 33. Suspected Poetry: Gulzar and Pavan K. Varma in conversation | 34. Ginsberg and the Beat Generation: Anne Waldman and Kunga Tenzin Dorji in conversation with Pragya Tiwari |
35. W.B. Yeats: The Arch Poet: Roy Foster introduced by Tishani Doshi |
36. Navras: Understanding Indian Aesthetics: Alka Pande, Harsha Dehejia, James McHugh and Makarand Paranjape in conversation with Mrinal Pande Presented by Getty |
37. How Bitter the Tale of Love: Pleasure in Ottoman Istanbul: Cemal Kafadar introduced by Vedica Kant | 38. Mamma ki Diary:A Mother’s Tale: Anu Singh Choudhary in conversation with Deepa Agarwal |
| 11:15am – 12:15pm | 39. Kohinoor: Anita Anand and William Dalrymple introduced by Swapan Dasgupta Presented by Getty |
40. Before We Visit the Goddess: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni in conversation with Shrabani Basu |
41. The Heart Has Its Reasons: Ira Trivedi and Ravinder Singh in conversation with Lucy Beresford |
42. Across the Rivers: Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb: Saeed Naqvi in conversation with Pavan K. Varma |
43. The Heart: Maylis de Kerangal in conversation with Amrita Tripathi |
44. Do Tigers Drink Blood and Other Mysteries of Nature: Arefa Tehsin |
| 12:30pm – 1.30pm | 45. Man Tiger: Eka Kurniawan in conversation with Deborah Smith |
46. Main Shayar Toh Nahin: Rishi Kapoor in conversation with Rachel Dwyer |
47. The Poetry of Amazement: Vikram Chandra in conversation with Tishani Doshi |
48. Look Back in Anger: Writing and Remembering: Ajay Navaria and Hari Ram Meena in conversation with Anu Singh Choudhary |
49. By Steppe, Desert and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia: Barry Cunliffe introduced by Tim Whitmarsh Presented by Aga Khan Foundation |
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Aspire: The Freedom to Dream: |
| 1:40pm – 2:20pm | 51.Writing Our Times: Manu Joseph and Karan Mahajan in conversation |
51A. Baahubali: Anand Neelkantan, S.S. Rajmouli and Prasad Devineni in conversation with Sudha Sadhanand Presented by Westland |
51B. Book Launch: Living With Tigers by Valmik Thapar, released by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje with readings by Sanjna Kapoor | 51C. Matters of Faith: Ruth Padel and Ravi Shankar Etitheth in conversation with Vayu Naidu |
LUNCH | 51D. Book Launch:Farmer Falgu Goes Kite Flying by Chitra Soundar released by Sayoni Basu |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | 52.Queen Victoria: A.N. Wilson introduced by Shrabani Basu |
53. The Line of Beauty: Alan Hollinghurst in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury |
54. The Tamil Story: Imayam Annamalai, Kannan Sundaram and Subhashree Krishnaswamy in conversation with Sudha Sadhanand Presented by Westland |
55. On Disparity Among Indian States: Prerna Singh and Antara Ganguli introduced by Ashutosh Varshney |
56. Uttara Kanda: Searching Sita: Arshia Sattar and Volga in conversation with Vayu Naidu Women Uninterrupted |
57. Learning to Learn: Creativity and Happiness: Lucy Beresford and Shubha Vilas in conversation with Shazia Omar |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | 58. The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq: Emma Sky, Dexter Filkins, Hardeep Singh Puri and Robert F. Worth in conversation with Jonathan Shainin |
59. Narasimhanomics and the Legacy of Reforms: Vinay Sitapati and Sanjaya Baru in conversation with Surjit Bhalla |
60. Captives: Linda Colley introduced by Sunil Khilnani Presented by BBC History |
61.The Pleasures and Perfections of Sanskrit: Jim Mallinson, S.R. Bhatt and Sudha Gopalakrishnan in conversation with Vikram Chandra |
62. The Master:Vivekananda and his Teachings: Hindol Sengupta and Reba Som in conversation with Makarand Paranjape |
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| 4.45pm – 5:15pm | 63A. Book Launch: The Promise of Beauty & Why it Matters by Shakti Maira, released by Geeta Chandran, Namita Gokhale and Ruth Padel | 63B. Book Launch: Sahitya Alochan ki Adhar Bhoomi by Nand Bhardwaj Released by Justice Shiv Kumar Sharma, C.P. Deval, Hari Ram Meena and Durgaprasad Agarwal | TEA | TEA | TEA | 63C. Book Launch:Naad Anunaad: Haiku Anthology edited by Kala Ramesh, Sanjuktaa Asopa and Shloka Shankar |
| 5:15pm – 6:15pm | 64. Of Saffron and the Sangha: Dattareya Hosabale and Manmohan Vaidya in conversation with Pragya Tiwari |
65. A World of Disruptions: Emma Sky, Ha-Joon Chang, Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Sadaf Saaz in conversation with Patrick French |
66. Gambits and Game Changers: Relooking the Indian Economy: Mihir S. Sharma and Surjit Bhalla, in conversation with John Elliott |
67. The Craftsman: Richard Sennett introduced by Kavita Singh |
68. “I Resemble Everyone But Myself”: Understanding A.K. Ramanujan: Guillermo Rodríguez in conversation with Philip A. Lutgendorf and Arshia Sattar Jaipur Bookmark |
69. Poetry Hour 7×7: Kavita Nirantar: Harsha Dehejia, Monica Gaur, Pierre Joris and Shanta Acharya, moderated by Keki Daruwalla |
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| 21st Jan Saturday | COX & KINGS CHARBAGH | FRONT LAWN | MUGHAL TENT | BAITHAK | DURBAR HALL | SAMVAD |
| 9:15am- 9:50am | Morning Music: Padmini Rao |
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| 10:00am – 11am | 70. The Page is Mightier than the Screen:
Alan Hollinghurst, David Hare, Neil Jordan, Richard Flanagan and Ritesh Batra in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury
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71. The Biographer’s Ball: A.N. Wilson, Andrew Roberts, David Cannadine, Lucinda Hawksley, Roy Foster and Suzannah Lipscomb in conversation with Anita Anand |
72. Civil Wars: From Antiquity to ISIS: David Armitage introduced by Vedica Kant | 73. Traditions of Healing: Travels Through Indian Medicine: Aarathi Prasad introduced by Bhrigupati Singh | 74. The Tartan Turban: A Scots-American at Ranjit Singh’s Court: John Keay introduced by William Dalrymple | 75. Not Yet!:
Nandana Sen introduced by Arefa Tehsin |
| 11:15am – 12:15pm | 76. Magna Carta: The Spirit of Justice:
Claire Breay, Chintan Chandrachud, David Carpenter and Helena Kennedy in conversation with Patrick French
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77. Standing on an Apple Box: Memoirs and Memories:
Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush in conversation with Sudha Sadhanand |
78. Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World: A.N.D. Haksar, Alex Watson and Tim Whitmarsh in conversation with Arshia Sattar | 79. The Heart of the Story: Clare Azzopardi, Keki Daruwalla, Mark Tully and Mridula Koshy in conversation with Sunil Sethi |
80. Far Districts and Sounding Ground: Two Caribbean Poets: Ishion Hutchinson and Vladimir Lucien in conversation with Tishani Doshi |
81. Terribly Tiny Tales and Beyond: Anuj Gosalia and Chintan Ruparel |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | 82. The Secret History of Capitalism: Ha-Joon Chang introduced by Sanjeev Sanyal |
83. Brexit: A.N. Wilson, Andrew Roberts, Linda Colley, Surjit Bhalla and Timothy Garton Ash in conversation with Jonathan Shainin |
84. On Cultural Appropriation: Ajay Navaria, Jim Mallinson, Mark Singleton, Mrinal Pande and Yassmin Abdel-Magied in conversation with Pavan K. Varma |
85. Kalidasa: The Eternal Poet: A.N.D. Haksar and Bibek Debroy in conversation with Alka Pande |
86. The Street of Eternal Happiness: Rob Schmitz introduced Samanth Subramanian |
87. Awakenings: Freedom to Dream: Ornit Shani in conversation with Puneeta Roy |
| 1:40pm – 2:20pm | 88. Debate: Building a Country: Science or the Liberal Arts?: Bohdan Krawchenko, Devesh Kapur, Dipankar Gupta, Michael S. Roth, Sukrita Paul Kumar and Tarun Khanna moderated by Shail Mayaram Presented by Aga Khan Foundation and Wesleyan University |
88A. The Kahaani Connection: Story of My Stories: Neelesh Misra introduced by Rahul Pandita | 88B. Book Launch:Court Singing of Rajasthan: Mand and Rajasthani Folk Songs by Krishna Mohan Bhatt | |||
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | 89. Akbar: Kitna Itihas, Kitna Upanyas: Shazi Zaman in conversation with Ravish Kumar | 90.Parikrama: Narendra Kohli in conversation with Anant Vijay |
91. Olympus: Devdutt Pattanaik introduced by Amrita Tripathi | 92. Sur, Sangeet, Sahitya: Writing about Music: Mrinal Pande and Yatindra Mishra in conversation with Vidya Shah |
93. Naari Chetna: Naye Swar — Women Voices: New Writing from Rajasthan: Manisha Kulshreshtha,Rajani Morwal, Tasneem Khan and Uma in conversation with Durgaprasad Agarwal Presented by Mahindra World City |
94. Quiz: Siddharth Basu |
| 3.45pm – 4.45pm | 95. The Dishonourable Company: How the East India Company Took Over India: Giles Milton, John Keay, Jon Wilson, Linda Colley and Shashi Tharoor in conversation with William Dalrymple |
96. Things to Leave Behind: Namita Gokhale in conversation with Mrinal Pande and Sunil Sethi |
97. Winner or Loser? Does the 21st Century Belong to China?: Dambisa Moyo, Madeleine O’Dea, Mei Fong and Rob Schmitz in conversation with C. Raja Mohan |
98. Indica: Pranay Lal in conversation with Pradip Krishen introduced by Richard Fortey |
99. The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century: Alex Ross introduced by Ruth Padel |
100. The Incredible History of India’s Geography: Sanjeev Sanyal introduced by Hindol Sengupta |
| 4:45pm – 5:15pm | 100A. Book Launch: Litro Magazine by Erik Akoto, released by Shashi Tharoor | 100B. Book Launch:Capitals by Abhay K, released by Ruth Padel | 100C. Kanhaiya lal Poetry Award | TEA | TEA | 100D. Dainik Bhaskar Award |
| 5:15pm – 6:15pm | 101. Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working: Dambisa Moyo and Ha-Joon Chang introduced by Mihir S. Sharma |
102. At Home in the World: Angélica Freitas, Eka Kurniawan, Kyoko Yoshida, Vivek Shanbhag and Yassmin Abdel-Magied in conversation with Helena Kennedy Presented by Zindagi |
103. Writing the Self: The Art of Memoir: Bee Rowlatt, Brigid Keenan, Emma Sky and Hyeonseo Lee in conversation with Samanth Subramanian Presented by Getty |
104. Dark Night of the Soul: Crime and Literature: Franck Thilliez and Vikram Chandra in conversation with Mita Kapur |
105.Translators: Centre Stage: Arunava Sinha and Deborah Smith in conversation with Neeta Gupta Jaipur Bookmark |
106. Poetry Hour 7×7: Kavita Nirantar: Winner of the Kanhaiyalal Poetry Award, Punam Chadha-Joseph, Dushyant,Kaajal Oza Vaidya, Naseem Shafaie and Neeraj Daiya, moderated by Sudeep Sen |
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| 22nd Jan Sunday | COX AND KINGS CHAR BAGH | FRONT LAWN | MUGHAL TENT | BAITHAK | DURBAR HALL | SAMVAD |
| 9:15-9:50am | Morning Music: Debashish Dey | |||||
| 10:00am – 11am | 107. Napoleon the Great: Andrew Roberts introduced by Swapan Dasgupta |
108. Ardor: On the Vedas: Roberto Calasso in conversation with Devdutt Pattanaik |
109. The Narrow Road to the Deep North: Richard Flanagan in conversation with Manu Joseph Presented by Getty |
110. Channelling Creativity: Christopher Merrill, Karim Alrawi, Kyoko Yoshida, Natasa Duruvicova and Vivek Shanbhag in conversation with Chandrahas Choudhury |
111. Sons and Lovers: Artists and their Families: David Park and Marcos Giralt Torrent in conversation with Mridula Koshy |
112. Experiments with Truth: Janhavi Prasada introduced by Madhav Khosla |
| 11:15am – 12:15pm | 113. Puranas: Bibek Debroy and Pushpesh Pant introduced by Jim Mallinson |
114. Remembering the Raj: Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Michael Dwyer |
115. Fiction and the Spaces in Between: Ashok Ferrey, Kyoko Yoshida and Marina Perezagua in conversation with Sunil Sethi |
116. A Line in the Sand: Sykes, Picot and the Shaping of the Middle East: James Barr, Christopher Sykes, Tarun Khanna and Robert F. Worth in conversation with Vedica Kant |
117. Engaging with India: The ‘Margins’ and the ‘Mainland’: Dhrubajyoti Bora, Sanjoy Hazarika and Teresa Rehman in conversation with Urvashi Butalia |
118. Vikram and Betal: Deepa Agarwal and Natasha Sharma in conversation |
| 12:30pm – 1.30pm | 119. Citizens and Borders: Migration and Displacement: Reena Saini Kallat, Tania Bruguera and Tiffany Chung in conversation with Sean Anderson Presented by MOMA |
120. The Colour of Money: Ashwin Sanghi, Binod Chaudhury, Hindol Sengupta and Suhel Seth in conversation with Jyoti Malhotra |
121. Jack the Ripper: An Establishment Cover Up: Bruce Robinson introduced by A.N. Wilson |
122.The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness: Lila Azam Zanganeh introduced by Chandrahas Choudhury |
123. The Art of Rivalry: Friendships, Betrayals and Breakthroughs in Modern Art: Sebastian Smee introduced by Anindita Ghose Presented by Avid |
124. Ideate: Freedom to Dream: Prasoon Joshi in conversation with Puneeta Roy |
| 1:40pm – 2:20pm | 125. Why the Future of Free Speech Depends on India: Timothy Garton Ash in conversation with Salil Tripathi |
125A. Private Delhi: Ashwin Sanghi in conversation with Ashok Ferrey |
125B. Ojas Art Award | 125C.The Camera in Jaipur: Rahaab Allana and Sudhir Kasliwal in conversation with Giles Tillotson |
LUNCH | 125D. Book Launch:Rajasthani Stories Retold by Rima Hooja |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | 126. After the Angry Young Man, the Traditional Woman, What?: Javed Akhtar introduced by Rachel Dwyer |
127. The Art of the Novel: On Writing Fiction: Adam Thirlwell, Alan Hollinghurst, Paul Beatty and Richard Flanagan in conversation with Manu Joseph |
128. That Which Cannot be Said: Hyeonseo Lee, Kanak Mani Dixit, Sadaf Saaz and Timothy Garton Ash and in conversation with Madhu Trehan |
129. A Very Expensive Poison: The Story of the Murder of Litvinenko: Luke Harding introduced by Jonathan Shainin |
130. Celts from the West: Barry Cunliffe introduced by Bryan Ward-Perkins |
131. Teen Tales: Anusha Subramaniam and Zuni Chopra in conversation with Ira Trivedi |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | 132. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn: The Lovers who Changed History: Suzannah Lipscomb introduced by Swapan Dasgupta |
133. Jai Hanuman: Philip A. Lutgendorf and Shubha Vilas in conversation with Arshia Sattar |
134. On Tour with the Rolling Stones: Christopher Sykes introduced by Alex Ross |
135. Rewriting History: The Art of Historical Fiction: Adam Thirlwell, Alan Hollinghurst, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Shazia Omar in conversation |
136.Lost in Translation: Deborah Smith, Francesca Orsini, Paulo Lemos Horta, Sholeh Wolpé and Radha Chakravarthy in conversation with Adam Thirlwell Presented by Harvard University Press Jaipur Bookmark |
137. The Girl Who Chose: Devdutt Pattanaik introduced by Ashok Ferrey |
| 4:45pm – 5:15pm | 137A. Book Launch: Narratives of Indian Modernity: The Aesthetics of BM Anand by Aditi Anand and Grant Pooke, foreward by Alka Pande, released by Jay Levenson | 137B. Book Launch: Half Life by nitu, released by Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) PVSM, UYSM, AVSM | 137C. Book Launch:”So you can see in the Dark and other Indian essays” by Claudia Hyles released by William Dalrymple | |||
| 5:15pm – 6:15pm | 138. Mallika Dua: #nofilter: Mallika Dua in conversation with Suhel Seth |
139. The Art of the Screenplay: Bruce Robinson, David Hare, Neil Jordan, Prasoon Joshi and Ritesh Batra in conversation with Raja Sen |
140. Passage to America: C.Raja Mohan, Devesh Kapur, Hardeep Singh Puri, Shivshankar Menon and Robert Blackwill in conversation with Jyoti Malhotra |
141.Incarnations: Sunil Khilnani in conversation with Pragya Tiwari Presented by Getty |
142. Aadha Aasma: Kaajal Oza Vaidya and Manisha Kulshreshtha introduced by Salil Tripathi |
143. Poetry Hour 7×7: Kavita Nirantar: Aidan Singh Bhatti, Atul Kanakk, Sangeeta Gupta, Suraj Mal Rao, Tajendra Singh Luthra and Volga moderated by Sadaf Saaz |
| 7:30pm EVENING PERFORMANCE |
| 23rd Jan Monday | COX & KINGS CHAR BAGH | FRONT LAWN | MUGHAL TENT | BAITHAK | DURBAR HALL | SAMVAD |
| 9:15am-9:50am | Morning Music: East Meets Middle East | |||||
| 10:00am – 11am | 144. Manelists, Misogyny and Mansplaining: Antara Ganguli, Anuradha Beniwal, Bee Rowlatt, Ruchira Gupta and Suhel Seth in conversation with Amrita Tripathi |
145. Mother India: Indian Films and the National Narrative: Imitiaz Ali, Javed Akhtar, Swanand Kirkire, Rachel Dwyer and Sudhir Mishra in conversation with Shubhra Gupta |
146. The Ocean of Churn: Sanjeev Sanyal in conversation with Sunil Khilnani |
147. Being the Other: Qaisra Shahraz, Saeed Naqvi, Sadia Dehlvi and Tabish Khair in conversation with Ornit Shani |
148. Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: The Spice Trader Who Changed History: Giles Milton introduced by William Dalrymple |
149. The Joy of Yoga: Ira Trivedi and Shazia Omar |
| 11:15am – 12:15pm | 150. The Girl with Seven Names: Hyeonseo Lee introduced by Anita Anand |
151. Between the Silences: Neelima Adhar Dalmia and Vera Hildebrand in conversation with Salil Tripathi |
152. The Fall of Rome and the End of Western Civilisation: Bryan Ward-Perkins introduced by Tim Whitmarsh |
153. Sandalwood and Carrion: Smell and Perfume in Ancient India: James McHugh introduced by Nidhi Dugar Presented by Getty |
154. A Syrian Warrior Poet in the Age of the Crusades: Paul M. Cobb introduced by Max Rodenbeck |
155. Rewilding a Rocky Desert: Pradip Krishen introduced by Arefa Tehsin |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | 156. Footloose: The Travel Session: Aarathi Prasad, Bee Rowlatt, Brigid Keenan, Nidhi Dugar and Simon Winchester in conversation with William Dalrymple Presented by Aga Khan Foundation |
157. Shakespeare’s Restless World: Neil MacGregor introduced by Tim Supple |
158. The Personal and the Political: Manju Kapur and Tabish Khair in conversation with Ashok Ferrey |
159. Adhunikta, Ek Khoj: A Search for Modernity: Anu Singh Choudhary, Mrinal Pande, Nand Kishore Pandey and Saurabh Dwivedi in conversation with Aditi Maheshwari Goyal |
160. Himal: The Rage of Nature: Kanak Mani Dixit, Kunga Tenzin Dorji and Pushpesh Pant in conversation with Hridayesh Joshi |
161. Explorations: Freedom to Dream: Anuradha Beniwal in conversation with Puneeta Roy |
| 1:40pm – 2:20pm | 162. Khwaja Gharib Nawaz: A Message of Love: Imitiaz Ali, Reema Abbasi and Syed Salman Chishty in conversation with Sadia Dehlvi |
162A. | 162B. Book Launch: Wisden Almanack 2017, Suresh Menon in conversation with Bishan Singh Bedi | 162C. Poetry in Politics in Mogul India: T.C.A Raghavan in conversation with Audrey Truschke |
LUNCH | 162D. Book Launch: Celestial Beings by Sidharth |
| 2:30 pm- 3:30pm | 163. In Many Tongues: Voices from Brazil, Iceland, Wales, Latvia, Mauritius, Luxembourg, Croatia and Macedonia: Angélica Freitas, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Eluned Gramich, Inga Žolude, Issa Asgarally, Pierre Joris, Roman Simić and Rumena Buzarovska introduced by Alexandra Buchler |
164. Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers: Frank Trentmann introduced by Mihir S. Sharma |
165. The Forever War: Dispatches from the War on Terror: Dexter Filkins introduced by Max Rodenbeck |
166. Leonardo Da Vinci: Luke Syson introduced by Neil MacGregor |
167. Rajasthani: Bhasha ki Manyata: C.P. Deval, Geeta Samour and K.C. Maloo in conversation with Nand Bhardwaj Presented by Mahindra World City |
168. You Got Magic!: Neel Madhav introduced by Mallika Dua |
| 3:45pm – 4:45pm | 169. | 170. Let them Eat Chaos: Kate Tempest in Performance: Kate Tempest introduced by Tishani Doshi |
171. The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man: Luke Harding introduced by Samanth Subramanian |
172. Invisible Libraries: Danish Sheikh, Lila Azam Zanganeh and Mridula Koshy in conversation with Rick Simonson |
173. One Thousand and One Nights and Conference of the Birds: Paulo Lemos Horta, Sholeh Wolpé and Tim Supple introduced by Paul M. Cobb |
174. Dalit Chetna: Hasyae ke Swar: Ajay Navaria, Hari Ram Meena, Leeladhar Mandloi and Ratan Kumar Sambhria |
| 4.45pm – 5:15pm | 175. Kaljayee Premchand: Timeless Legacy: Satyanand Nirupam and Kamal Kishore Goenka |
176. Women Waging Peace: Dhrubajyoti Bora, Naseem Shafaie and Ornit Shani in conversation with Ruchira Gupta |
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