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