Event Details
At HLF 2023, Konkani is the Indian Language in Focus and Germany is the Guest Nation. Konkani and German literature, culture, and art will be showcased by award-winning writers and artistes through talks, panel discussions, screenings, lecture demonstrations, performances, and installations.
Festival Inaugural
Festival Inaugural at Dr Reddy's Pavillion
Chief Guest: Damodar Mauzo
Guest of Honour: Stephan Grabherr
Presiding Officer: Jayesh Ranjan
Keynote: Ink of Dissent: Language, Literature, and Freedoms
Damodar Mauzo in conversation with Pritha Sardessai
Damodar Mauzo
Pritha Sardessai
Youngistan Nukkad | Open Mic (All art forms)
Nanha Nukkad | Songs on Trees
Vidya Rao
Moving Images Talkies | The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea
Youngistan Nukkad | Bedaari (Drama)
Literary Session | Milk Teeth: A Novel Helene Bukowski
in conversation with Amita Desai
Helene Bukowski
Youngistan Nukkad | Band Hymn (Music)
Literary Sessions | A Country Called Childhood: A Memoir
Deepti Naval in conversation with Sathya Saran
Deepti Naval
Interlude | Meepao: Contemporary Dance Performance Surjit Nongmeikapam
Cultural Event | Jo Dooba So Paar: A Musical Dastangoii on the Life and Times of Amir Khusrau by Aranya
Workshops | Tablet Weaving workshop
by Annapurna and Dharmendra
Venue: Workshop 3
Annapurna Mamidipudi
Literary Sessions | The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom
P Sainath in conversation with Sunita Reddy
Palagummi Sainath
Moving Images Talkies | The Other Kohinoors
10:45–11 am Interaction
Venue: Moving Images Screen
Uma Magal
Storytelling | Andher Nagari, Chaupat Raja Abhivyakti
Venue: Ground Floor Verandah (Next to the Office)
Aishan Vali
Literary Sessions | Panel The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law
Kalpana Kannabiran, Kodandaram in conversation with Volga
Kalpana Kannabiran
Kaavya Dhaara | Poetry Reading (Multilingual)
Deepti Naval, Jerry Pinto, Kalyani Thakur
IIL Hall
Deepti Naval
Kalyani Thakur Charal
Stage Talks | Ulatbānsi / Zigzagging
by Uzramma and Annapurna Mamidipudi
Small Hall
Annapurna Mamidipudi
Youngistaan Nukkad | Open Mic (Open to all art forms)
Venue: Opposite Food Court
Moving Images Talkies | Yugantar films - 'Idhi Katha Maatramena' and 'Molkarin'
12:30–1 pm Q & A
Venue: Moving Images Screen
Uma Magal
Literary Sessions | Poorna: The Youngest Girl in the World to Scale Mt. Everest
Aparna Thota, Poorna Malavath in conversation with Uma Sudhir
Aparna Thota
Poorna Malavath
Literary Sessions | Panel: Women Writing in Urdu
Haris Qadeer, Nazia Akhtar
Moderator: Asthma Rasheed
Haris Qadeer
Nazia Akhtar
Youngistaan Nukkad | Inklane Performance Piece (Conversation)
Venue: Opposite Food Court
Nanha Nukkad | Fun Cooking for Little Chefs
Venue: Under the Tree
Sridevi Jasti
Workshops | Natural Colours workshop
Venue: Workshop 2
Manya Cherabuddi
Storytelling | The Little Theatre Miguel's kin
Venue: Ground Floor Verandah (Next to the Office)
The Little Theatre
Literary Sessions | Land, Guns, Caste, Woman: The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary
Gita Ramaswamy in conversation with Tejaswini Madabhushi
Gita Ramaswamy
Kaavya Dhaara | Poetry Reading (Multilingual)
Khurram Muraad Siddiquie, Ramesh Karthik Naik, Riasath Ali Asrar, Zehn Kashyap
IIL Hall
Ramesh Karthik Nayak
Riasath Ali Asrar
Zehn Kashyap
Literary Sessions | Panel: Language(s) of Goa
Bardroy Barretto, Damodar Mauzo, Jerry Pinto Moderator: A Giridhar Rao
Bardroy Barretto
Damodar Mauzo
Storytelling | Women in Power by Amar Chitra Katha
Venue: Ground Floor Verandah (Next to the Office)
Ritu Vaish
Workshops | Freestyle rapping
Venue: Workshop 1
Aishan Vali
Kaavya Dhaara | Solo performance — ‘Caste off all shame'
Small Hall
Ulka Mayur
Moving Images Talkies | Yugantar films: 'Tambaku Chakila Oob Aali' and 'Sudesha'
3–3:30 pm Q & A
Venue: Moving Images Screen
Uma Magal
Youngistaan Nukkad | Street Play by Rangmanch
Venue: Opposite Food Court
Kaavya Dhaara | Poetry Reading (English)
Mani Rao, Sharmishta Mohanty, Sridala Swami, Usha Raman
IIL Hall
Mani Rao
Sharmistha Mohanty
Sridala Swami
Usha Raman
Nanha Nukkad | Readings Shankar Melkote & The Little Theatre
Venue: Under the Tree
The Little Theatre
Shankar Melkote
Youngistaan Nukkad | Poetry Circle (Conversation/ Music/Dance)
Venue: Opposite Food Court
Literary Sessions | Panel: Women in Sports
Aayush Puthran, Madhavi Latha Prathigudupu Moderator: Harimohan Paruvu
Aayush Puthran
Madhavi Latha Prathigudupu
Literary Sessions | Panel: The Lives of Translation
Chandan Pandey, Gopika Jadeja, Kartikeya Jain, Umesh Solanki
Moderator: Will Forrester
Chandan Pandey
Gopika Jadeja
Kartikeya Jain
Umesh Solanki
Youngistaan Nukkad | Band Raaga
Venue: Opposite Food Court
Storytelling | Maths Stories
Venue: Ground Floor Verandah (Next to the Office)
Deepa Kiran
Storytelling | Maths Stories
Venue: Ground Floor Verandah (Next to the Office)
Deepa Kiran
Nanha Nukkad | L'(Extra)ordinaire
3:20–3:40 pm L'(Extra)ordinaire by Zehn Kashyap
Venue: Under the Tree
Zehn Kashyap
Kaavya Dhaara | Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize Session
Mani Rao, Syam Sudhakar
(Moderated by Aparna Rayaprol and the Department of English, University of Hyderabad)
IIL Hall
Mani Rao
Syam Sudhakar
Literary Sessions | Women in Science
Nasreen Ehtesham, Vineeta Bal in conversation with Sagari Ramdas
Vineeta Bal
Nanha Nukkad | Backyard Biodivesity
Venue: Under the Tree
Kobita Dass Kolli
Lakshmi Prabhala
Youngistaan Nukkad | Vasudev Live (Music)
Venue: Opposite Food Court
Stage Talks | 5th India Reading Olympiad
presented by the Food4Thought Foundation
Small Hall
Storytelling | Ruchi Ranjan
Venue: Ground Floor Verandah (Next to the Office)
Bishan Sahai
Ruchi Ranjan
Ishika Ranjan
Literary Sessions | The Education of Yuri
Jerry Pinto in conversation with Priya Ramani
Moving Talkies | Nachom-ia Kumpasar
Literary Sessions | Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India’s Lonely Young Women & the Search for Intimacy and Independence
Shrayana B. in conversation with C Rammanohar Reddy
Shrayana Bhattacharya
Workshops | Writing a Woman's/My Life
by Vidya Rao
Vidya Rao
Workshops | Psaligraphy
by Neetu Sam
Neetu Sam
Nanha Nukkad| Make A Story
by Deepa Kiran
Deepa Kiran
Storytelling | Science Stories for All
Rohini Chintha
Rohini Chintha
Literary Sessions | Hyderabad: Book 2 of The Partition Trilogy
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar in conversation with A Suneetha
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
Literary Sessions | Panel Worlds Seen and Unseen
Anthony Vipin Das, Urvi Jangam. Moderator: Anju Khemani
Anthony Vipin Das
Urvi Jangam
Stage Talks | Bait Baazi
Youngistan Nukkad | Open Mic (Open to all art forms)
Workshops | Waste management
by Siri Nallaparaju
Siri Nallaparaju
Storytelling | Science Stories for All (Kids session)
by Rohini Chintha (Kids session)
Rohini Chintha
Nanha Nukkad| Of Gobbledygook and Balderdash Story relay
by Sudarshan Vig and Neha Jain
Sudarshan Vig
Neha Jain
Literary Sessions | The Museum of the World
Christopher Kloeble, Rekha Kamath Rajan in conversation with Uma Damodar Sridhar
Christopher Kloeble
Literary Sessions | Engineered in India: From Dreams to BillionDollar CYIENT
BVR Mohan Reddy
BVR Mohan Reddy
Youngistan Nukkad | Indie music
by NRBians (Music)
Kaavya Dhaara | 12:00–1:00 pm The Bird of Time by Mythili Anoop & Ashtapadis of Jayadeva: Understanding the Poet's Perspective by Saundarya Kaushik
Mythili Anoop
story Telling | Empathetic Connections
by Deepa Kiran
Deepa Kiran
Literary Sessions | Panel The ‘Disability’ Story
K Srilata, Someshwar Sati
K Srilata
Someshwar Sati
Youngistan Nukkad | Shruti Natak (Drama)
by Navarasa
Literary Sessions | Panel Writing from the Margins
Kalyani Thakur, Manasa Yendluri Moderator:
Kalyani Thakur Charal
Manasa Yendluri
Moving Talkies | Interaction
Bardroy Baretto & Uma Magal
Uma Magal
Nanha Nukkad| Konnichiwa Izumi: Adventures in 2040
by Samarth Chitta
Samarth Chitta
Storytelling | Picture Abhi Baaki Hai
by HYSTA
Literary Sessions | Panel Stories, Long and Short
Anukrti Upadhyay, Mohua Chinappa Moderator: Usha Raman
Anukrti Upadhyay
Mohua Chinappa
Kaavya Dhaara | Poetry Reading (Multilingual)
Bharti Kapadia/Bhadrakant Zaveri, Gopika Jadeja, Syam Sudhakar, Umesh Solanki
Gopika Jadeja
Syam Sudhakar
Umesh Solanki
Stage Talks | Why Cook
Archana Pidathala
Workshops | Make Learning FUN
by Lakshmi Nambiar
Lakshmi Nambiar
Moving Talkies | Yaha Waha
Youngistan Nukkad | Akashvani (Music)
Workshops | Making Ghazal Multilingual
by Riasath Ali Asrar
Riasath Ali Asrar
Nanha Nukkad| Jerry Pinto
at Nanha Nukkad
Storytelling | Katha Medley
by HYSTA
Literary Sessions | Panel Music Biographies
Anirudha Bhattacharjee, Parthiv Dhar, Sathya Saran Moderator: Balaji Vittal
Anirudha Bhattacharjee
Parthiv Dhar
Sathya Saran
Kaavya Dhaara | Poetry Reading (English)
Jhilam Chattaraj, K Srilata, Manya Cherabuddi, Tamaara Nambiar
Jhilam Chattaraj
K Srilata
Manya Cherabuddi
Tamaara Nambiar
Stage Talks | Dhalo and Fugdi—A Cultural Expression
by Pritha Sardessai
Pritha Sardessai
Youngistan Nukkad | Indie Express (Music)
Workshops | Indian Sign Language
by Anju Khemani
Anju Khemani
Storytelling | Hyderabadi Quimam (An adaptation of Saag Meat by Bhishm Sahani) Kissagoi
by Abhivyakti
Nanha Nukkad| Readings by Shankar Melkote & The Little Theatre
Shankar Melkote
Literary Sessions | Panel Reviving Heritage
Anuradha Naik, B Sarath Chandra. Moderator: Serish Nanisetti
Anuradha Naik
Boyapati Sarath Chandra
Kaavya Dhaara | Hum Aiseech Bolte!
Akila G, Atreya Sarma Uppaluri, Mohan Ramanan, Priti Aisola, Sneha Verghese, Tejaswini Kodavolu, Usha Akella (Introduced and moderated by Usha Akella)
G Akila
Mohan Ramanan
Priti Aisola
Sneha Verghese
Usha Akella
Moving Talkies | How Do I Show the Ocean Space You Carried Inside You?
Youngistan Nukkad | Vivid presenting Kuch Tumhara; Kuch Hamara (Music)
Stage Talks | Raindrop in the Drought
by Godavari Dange; M. Dore; Reetika R. Subramanian; Pankaja S.
Godavari Dange
Moving Talkies | Interaction
Youngistan Nukkad | Mana Ki Ham Yaar Nehi (Musical Storytelling)
Storytelling | Mana Ki Ham Yaar Nehi (Musical Storytelling)
Literary Sessions | Launch A Million Missions: The Non Profit Sector in India
by Mathew Cherian
Ajay Gandhi Memorial Valedictory Session
Finale Day Stand-up Comedy by Manaal Patil and Ravi Gaikwad
