Schedule – 2020
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Schedule: Lit Sessions, Stage Talks, Workshops, and much more
Day 1
24 Jan 2020
Day 2
25 Jan 2020
Day 3
26 Jan 2020
Keynote: Cinema, Literature, and Society
Keynote: Cinema, Literature, and Society Adoor Gopalakrishnan in conversation with Anish Kuruvilla
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Talk: Fake News – The True Story
Talk: Fake News — The True Story Pratik Sinha Chair: Ranjan Chak
Pratik Sinha
Panel: Memoirs—Up Close and Personal
Panel: Memoirs—Up Close and Personal Feisal Alkazi, Kalpana Mohan Moderator: Ratna Rao Shekar
Feisal Alkazi
Kalpana Mohan
Panel: Indigenous Australian Perspectives
Panel: Indigenous Australian Perspectives Anita Heiss, Bronwyn Fredericks Moderator: Kieran Dolin
Bronwyn Fredericks
Anita Heiss
Panel: We Are What We Eat
Panel: We Are What We Eat Pushpesh Pant, Sabita Radhakrishna Moderator: Puneet Mehta
Sabita Radhakrishna
Pushpesh Pant
Tales from Indian History
Tales from Indian History Manu Pillai in conversation with Chinmay Tumbe
Chinmay Tumbe
Manu S. Pillai
Panel: Breaking Barriers
Panel: Breaking Barriers Minnie Vaid, Reshma Qureshi Moderator: Kinnera Murthy
Minnie Vaid
Panel: Trysts with India
Panel: Trysts with India Andrew Whitehead, Irène Frain Moderator: Samuel Berthet
Irène Frain
Andrew Whitehead
Panel: Is There a ‘Men’s’ Fiction?
Panel: Is There a ‘Men’s’ Fiction? Kim Wilkins, Lisa Heidke Moderator: Kathryn Hummel
Kim Wilkins
Lisa Heidke
What Translation Can Do
What Translation Can Do Anitha Thampi, Catherine Thankamma in conversation with Mini Krishnan
Anitha Thampi
Catherine Thankamma
Mini Krishnan
Panel: Ghalib: The Man and the Poet
Panel: Ghalib: The Man and the Poet Amina Kishore, Y Satyanarayana Moderator: Adhiraj Parthasarathy
Amina Kishore
Satyanarayana, Y
Memories of the Body
Memories of the Body Shanta Gokhale in conversation with Naresh Fernandes
Naresh Fernandes
Shanta Gokhale
Panel: The Malayali in the Desert
Panel: The Malayali in the Desert Benyamin, Muzafer Ahamed Moderator: Joshil Abraham
Muzafer Ahamed, V
Benyamin
Dial M for Empathy
Dial M for Empathy Jerry Pinto in conversation with Usha Raman
Usha Raman
Jerry Pinto
Panel: No Kidding: Writing for Children
Panel: No Kidding: Writing for Children Archana Garodia Gupta, Shruti Garodia, Khyrunnisa Moderator: Parimala Kulkarni
Khyrunnisa, A
Shruti Garodia
Archana Garodia Gupta
Panel: Poetry as Identity
Panel: Poetry as Identity Ali Khan Mahmudabad Chandramohan Sathyanathan Moderator: Mamta Sagar
Chandramohan S
Ali Khan Mahmudabad
Panel: The Kashmir Conundrum
Panel: The Kashmir Conundrum Gowhar Geelani, Humra Quraishi Moderator: MR Vikram
Gowhar Geelani
Humra Quraishi
Panel: Inspirational Stories
Panel: Inspirational Stories Piya Bahadur, Preeti Monga Moderator: Suchitra Shenoy
Preeti Monga
Piya Bahadur
India’s Experiments in Saving Nature
India’s Experiments in Saving Nature Bahar Dutt in conversation with Kalpana Sharma
Kalpana Sharma
Bahar Dutt
Panel: Delhi-Hyderabad: Tales of Two Cities
Panel: Delhi-Hyderabad: Tales of Two Cities Ravi Shankar Etteth, Serish Nanisetti Moderator: Chandana Chakravarthy
SerishNanisetti
Ravi Shankar Etteth
Panel: The Legacy of Partition
Panel: The Legacy of Partition Harinder Singh Sikka, Vikram Kapur Moderator: Ishmeet Kaur Chaudhry
Harinder S. Sikka
Vikram Kapur
Desire and Sexuality in India
Desire and Sexuality in India Madhavi Menon in conversation with Karthik Teja Pulugurtha
Madhavi Menon
Taken at the Flood: A Memoir of A Political Life
Taken at the Flood: A Memoir of A Political Life Vasant Kannabiran, Vrinda Grover
Vrinda Grover
Vasanth Kannabiran
Panel: Surmounting Challenges
Panel: Surmounting Challenges Anand Vishwanadha, Shravya Kanithi Moderator: Swati Agarwal
Shravya Kanithi
Anand Vishwanadha
Panel: How Green is My City?
Panel: How Green is My City? Harini Nagendra, Nirupa Rao Moderator: Sadhana Ramchander
Nirupa Rao
Harini Nagendra
Panel: Hyderabad in History and Memory
Panel: Hyderabad in History and Memory Nazia Akhtar, Yunus Lasania Moderator: Salma Ahmed Farooqui
Nazia Akhtar
Yunus Y. Lasania
A Life in Stories—Long and Short
A Life in Stories—Long and Short Paul Zacharia in conversation with Joshil Abraham
Paul Zacharia
Panel: Reimagining Sita, Remembering Nabaneeta
Panel: Reimagining Sita, Remembering Nabaneeta Samhita Arni, Volga Moderator: Uma Damodar Sridhar
Volga
Samhita Arni
Panel: Tales from Tihar
Panel: Tales from Tihar Sunetra Choudhury, Sunil Gupta Moderator: Uma Sudhir
Sunil Gupta
Sunetra Choudhury
Panel: Ideas of India
Panel: Ideas of India Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Purushottam Agrawal Moderator: Nishikant Kolge
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
Purushottam Agrawal
Panel: Politics, Technology and Governance
Panel: Politics, Technology and Governance Arun Mohan Sukumar, Reetika Khera Moderator: Srinivas Kodali
Arun Mohan Sukumar
Reetika Khera
Panel: Telangana Literature in Translation
Panel: Telangana Literature in Translation Damodar Rao, Elanaaga in conversation with Mamidi Harikrishna
Elanaaga
Damodar Rao. K
Laughter as the Only Recourse
Laughter as the Only Recourse Upamanyu Chatterjee in conversation with T Vijay Kumar
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Talk: The Many Lives of VK Krishna
Talk: The Many Lives of VK Krishna Menon Jairam Ramesh Chair: Rammanohar Reddy
Jairam Ramesh
Panel: New Age Fiction
Panel: New Age Fiction Filipa Martins, Lynnette Lounsbury Moderator: A Giridhar Rao
Lynnette Lounsbury
Filipa Martins
Panel: The Magic of History
Panel: The Magic of History John Zubrzycki, Timeri Murari Moderator: Sanjay Jasrani
John Zubrzycki
Timeri N Murari
Panel: Tawiafs and Sex Workers
Panel: Tawiafs and Sex Workers Ashok Alexander, Saba Dewan Moderator: Anjali Lal Gupta
Ashok Alexander
Saba Dewan
Talk: The Cases that India Forgot
Talk: The Cases that India Forgot Chintan Chandrachud Chair: Adhiraj Parthasarathy
Chintan Chandrachud
Panel: India-US: Nations at the Crossroads
Panel: India-US: Nations at the Crossroads Kapil Komireddi, Varghese K George Moderator: Sunita Reddy
Varghese K George
Panel: Games Nations Play
Panel: Games Nations Play Gideon Haigh, Stephen Alomes Moderator: Harimohan Paruvu
Stephen Alomes
Gideon Haigh
Panel: The Making and Unmaking of India
Panel: The Making and Unmaking of India Chinmay Tumbe, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee Moderator: Aparna Rayaprol
Chinmay Tumbe
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
Panel: Understanding Violence
Panel: Understanding Violence Kalpana Sharma, Raheel Dhattiwala Moderator: Kalpana Kannabiran
Raheel Dhattiwala
Kalpana Sharma
Panel: Immigrant Voices
Panel: Immigrant Voices Rashida Murphy, Roanna Gonsalves Moderator: Kalpana Mohan
Rashida Murphy
Panel: Media-ting Reality
Panel: Media-ting Reality Caroline Overington, Naresh Fernandes Moderator: Rammanohar Reddy
Naresh Fernandes
Caroline Overington
Gandhi, Ambedkar, and Caste in India
Gandhi, Ambedkar, and Caste in India Nishikant Kolge in Conversation with Chinmay Tumbe
Nishikant Kolge
Chinmay Tumbe
Talk: Hyderabad and the People’s Constitution
Talk: Hyderabad and the People’s Constitution Rohit De Chair: Ajay Gandhi
Rohit De
Panel: Contemporizing the Classics
Panel: Contemporizing the Classics Preti Taneja, Samhita Arni Moderator: A Giridhar Rao
Preti Taneja
Samhita Arni
Valedictory: Scholarship in the Time of Politics
Valedictory: Scholarship in the Time of Politics Jairam Ramesh Chair: Jayesh Ranjan
Jairam Ramesh
KAAVYA DHAARA
Day 1
24 Jan 2020
Day 2
25 Jan 2020
Day 3
26 Jan 2020
Andal and Poet Novelists
Priya Sarukkai Chabria & Sharanya Manivannan
Sharanya Manivannan
Priya Sarukkai Chabria
Multilingual Poetry Reading
Hoshang Merchant Syed Tamjeed Hyder Kala Ramesh N Gopi Nishi Chawla
Syed Tamjeed Hyder
Gopi, N
Kala Ramesh
Nishi Chawla
Multilingual Poetry Reading
Vasanth Kannabiran Yakoob Alfred Taylor Anitha Thampi
Vasanth Kannabiran
Anitha Thampi
Alfred Taylor
Kavi Yakoob
Srinivas Rayaprol Prize ceremony & Rayaprol Correspondence
Graziano Krätli , Jerry Pinto & Aishwarya Iyer, the winner
Aishwarya Iyer
Graziano Krätli
Jerry Pinto
Kavya Sanje
Mamta Sagar, Chand Pasha, Dadapeer Jyman, Namana, Reshma Ramesh, Shashank Joshi, Siddartha
Shashank
Reshma Ramesh
Namana BN
Mamta Sagar
Dadapeer Jyman
Chand Pasha NS
Ecopoetics
Urvashi Bahuguna & Anand Vishwanadha with Srinidhi & two ISL interpreters facilitating
Anand Vishwanadha
Urvashi Bahuguna
Multilingual Poetry Reading
Jameela Nishat Laltu Saima Afreen Kathryn Hummel Chandramohan S
Saima Afreen
Jameela Nishat
Laltu
Chandramohan S
Kathryn Hummel
15:30 - 16:30
KAAVYA DHAARA
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming”. Poetry Finale
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming”. Poetry Finale
STAGE TALKS
Day 1
24 Jan 2020
Day 2
25 Jan 2020
Day 3
26 Jan 2020
11:00 - 12:00
ICFAI HALL
Doing and Telling: Crafting naqqash paintings of Telangana
Doing and Telling: Crafting naqqash paintings of Telangana Chandan Bose, Dhanalakota Vaikuntam Nakash, Dhanalakota Vaikuntam Rakesh, and Dhanalakota Vaikuntam Vinay
Dhanalakota Vaikuntam Nakash
Dhanalakota Rakesh
Dhanalakota Vinay Kumar Nakash
Chandan Bose
Staging the “Devadasi” in Today’s World: Questions of Representation, Politics, and Positionality
Yashoda Thakore & Purvadhanashree Moderator: Deepa Chakravarthy
Yashoda Thakore
Purvadhanashree
Dating Our Desires: The New Language of Digital Love
Paromita Vohra Moderator: Sharanya Manivannan
Paromita Vohra
12:00 - 13:00
Theyyam and Koodiyattam: A Conversational Jugalbandi on Cultural Preservation
Indu Chinta Margi Madhu & Indu G
Indu Chinta
Margi Madhu
Indu G
Book Launch of Hidden Kingdom: Fantastical Plants of the Western Ghats
A conversation between Nirupa Rao (lead contributor) and Sita Reddy
Nirupa Rao
Sita Reddy
Old Tales, New Narratives: Performance and Perspectives in Dastangoi
Poonam Girdhani and Rajesh Kumar
Rajesh Kumar
Poonam Girdhani
Chettu, Cheruvu, Rayee, Rappa: Learning to love and save trees
Asiya Khan, Tejah Balantrapu, and Harini Nagendra
TejahBalantrapu
Asiya Khan
Harini Nagendra
Radio Mischpoke: Mobile Radio as a tool for intervention
Ralf Wendt and Jasmina Al-Qaisi Moderator: Prof. Vinod Pavarala
Ralf Wendt
Jasmina Al-Qaisi
Podcasting: Growing audiences for sound
Usha Raman, Padma Priya, and Rakesh Kamal
Usha Raman
Rakesh Kamal
Padma Priya
STORY TELLING
Day 1
24 Jan 2020
Day 2
25 Jan 2020
Day 3
26 Jan 2020
14:30 - 15:10
STORY TELLING - KARNAD KORNER
Heart Talks by Dabaki
Akhil Reddy Kommidi, Zeeshan Hussain, Nupur Saraswat, Soumya Venkatesan, Sravanthi Talluri, Vaishnavi Sai, Vivek Reddy
Zeeshan Hussain
Soumya Venkatesan
Vivek Reddy
Vaishnavi Sai
Sravanthi Talluri
Nupur Saraswat
Akhil Reddy Kommidi
11:50 - 12:30
STORY TELLING - KARNAD KORNER
Anaganaganaga: Storytelling for Kids by Bhoomika
Udayabhanu Garikipati, Vidyasagar, Hareeth Chiluveru, Priyanka Puntambekar, Raavan
Udayabhanu Garikipati
Vidyasagar
Hareeth Chiluveru
Raavan
Priyanka Puntambekar
14:00 - 15:00
STORY TELLING - KARNAD KORNER
Qucik Takes
Patruni Chidananda Sastry, Alick Bailey, Zakariya Zaki, Zeeshan Hussain, Mrinal Kumar, Vaidehi Subhash
Zeeshan Hussain
Alick Bailey
Zakariya Zaki
Mrinal Kumar
Vaidehi Subhash
Patruni Chidananda Sastry
11:00 - 13:00
STORY TELLING - KARNAD KORNER
Storytelling by Tale Tellers Troupe India
Storytelling by Tale Tellers Troupe India
INTERLUDES
Day 1
24 Jan 2020
Day 2
25 Jan 2020
CULTURE
Day 1
24 Jan 2020
Day 2
25 Jan 2020
Day 3
26 Jan 2020
Kutiyattam Jatayuvadham (4th Act of Ascharyachoodamani of Sakthibhadra)
Margi Madhu, Indu G
Margi Madhu
Indu G
Banaras ka Thug
Conceived by Anuradha Kapur & Vidya Rao Story: Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Direction: Anuradha Kapur Group: Vivadi and Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Memorial Trust, New Delhi
Vidya Rao
Nihal Kardam
Ashique Kumar
Shanti Bhushan Jha
Himanshu B Joshi
Danish Iqbal
Anuradha Kapur
