Schedule – 2019
Literary Schedule
Day 1
25 Jan 2019
Day 2
26 Jan 2019
Day 3
27 Jan 2019
Plenary: Gujarati Literature Before, With and Beyond Gandhi
Plenary: Gujarati Literature Before, With and Beyond Gandhi Sitanshu Yashaschandra Chair: T Vijay Kumar
Sitanshu Yashaschandra
Panel: #Me Too: The Way Forward
Chinmayi Sripaada, Sandhya Menon & Shutapa Paul Moderator: Vasudha Nagaraj
Chinmayi Sripaada
Sandhya Menon
Shutapa Paul
Panel: Contemporary Trends in Chinese Literature
Ge Shuiping, Guan Renshan, Rong Rong, Shi Yifeng Chair: A Lai Co-ordinators & Interpreters: Zheng Lei, Hu Wei
Shi Yifeng
Guan Renshan
Ge Shuiping
Rong Rong
A Lai
Panel: The Aadhaar Story
Charles Assisi and NS Ramnath Moderator: Adhiraj Parthasarathy
NS Ramnath
Charles Assisi
Panel: Living Religion
Kavitha Buggana, K Madavane Moderator: Uma Damodar Sridhar
Madavane
Kavitha Buggana
Panel: En-Countering Stereotypes
Andaleeb Wajid, Neyaz Farooquee Moderator: Aparna Rayaprol
Andaleeb Wajid
Neyaz Farooquee
Panel: Happily Ever After
Aarti V Raman, Usha Narayanan Moderator: Adite Banerjie
Aarti V Raman
Usha Narayanan
Panel: Million Mutinies
Nikhila Henry, Rashmi Saksena Moderator: Usha Raman
Reshma K Barshikar
Nikhila Henry
Panel: Bollywood and Beyond
Elahe Hiptoola, Ketan Mehta & Suresh Jindal Moderator: Uma MagalSuresh Jindal
Ketan Mehta
Elahe Hiptoola
Suresh Jindal
Plenary: Climate Change, Global Warming, and Water Management
Rajendra Singh Chair: Srinivas Murthy
Rajendra Singh
Plenary: Gandhi: An Impossible Possibility
Sudhir Chandra Chair: Sitanshu Yashaschandra
Sudhir Chandra
Talk: Indica: A Deep History of the Indian Subcontinent
Pranay Lal Moderator: Anant Maringanti
Pranay Lal
Panel: The Chief and the Chief Minister
Kingshuk Nag, Shutapa Paul Moderator: Uma Sudhir
Shutapa Paul
Kingshuk Nag
Panel: Not Sorry for the Interruption
Mahendrasinh Parmar, Paresh Naik & Udayan Thakkar Moderator: Himanshi Shelat
Mahendrasinh Parmar
Udayan Thakker
Paresh Naik
Readings: Flavours of Chinese Literature
A Lai, Ge Shuiping, Rong Rong, Shi Yifeng, Bei Ta Chair: Guan Renshan Co-ordinators: Zheng Lei & Hu Wei
Bei Ta
Shi Yifeng
Ge Shuiping
Rong Rong
A Lai
Panel: Art and Ideology
Malvika Maheshwari, Salil Tripathi Moderator: Chandana Chakrabarti
Salil Tripathi
Malvika Maheshwari
Panel: No Child’s Play: Writing for Children and Young Adults
Andaleeb Wajid, Reshma Barshikar Moderator: Parimala Kulkarni
Reshma K Barshikar
Andaleeb Wajid
Panel: The Mahatma and the Movies
Govind Nihalani, Suresh Jindal Moderator: Balaji Vittal
Govind Nihalani
Suresh Jindal
Panel: Literature Down Under
Anna Solding, Jane McCredie, Marieke Hardy Moderator: Paul Sharrad
Marieke Hardy
Jane McCredie
Anna Solding
Panel: Narratives of North-East India
Rita Chowdhury, Samrat Choudhury Moderator: Mary Therese Kurkalang
Rita Chowdhury
Samrat Choudhury
Panel: Translation as Transformation
Astri Ghosh, Dileep Jhaveri, Ila Arun Moderator: Nikhila H
Astri Ghosh
Ila Arun
Dileep Jhaveri
Panel: Stories of Another India
Abdullah Khan, Nilanjan Choudhury Moderator: A Giridhar Rao
Nilanjan Choudhury
Abdullah Khan
Talk: Our Hindu Rashtra: What it is and How We Got Here
Aakar Patel Chair: Mahendrasinh Parmar
Aakar Patel
Panel: Literary Culture of Telangana
Ashok Tankasala, Baig Ehsas, Mercy Margaret Moderator: T Vijay Kumar
Sunil Davekar
Mercy Margaret Boda
Baig Ehsas
Panel: What Publishers Want (HLF-Juggernaut Writing Contest Prize)
Phillipa McGuinness, Sudha Menon
Sudha Menon
Phillipa McGuinness
Panel: Environmentally Yours
Karthikeyan, Rohan Chakraborty, Sanjeev Shiva Moderator: GV Ramanjaneyulu
Rohan Chakraborty
Karthikeyan
Sanjeev Siva