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FRIDAY 7th DECEMBER 2012


TIME	VENUE A	VENUE B	VENUE C	LAWN

Key Note Speaker- Suketu Mehta


1045-1200 hrs	Each is globally acclaimed for very different genres of thoughtful writing. In a global first, the celebrated couple, Katherine Boo and Sunil Khilnani come together on a public platform to talk frankly about companionship and conflict	Lord of the Ring Beijing Olympics medalist, boxer Vijender Singh in conversation with Shamya Dasgupta author of a recent book on India's boxing revolution. Mary Kom**
1200-1330 hrs	The Inheritance of Gain The mother is a legend and the daughter won the 2006 Man Booker. Is literary brilliance inherited, is it imbibed over ordinary interactions? And how does a family accommodate two beautiful minds? Anita Desai and Kiran Desai in conversation. Steered by: Chiki Sarkar	The Anatomy of Corruption Is it now in our blood? How does corruption change an individual and a society? A technocrat, an author-bureaucrat, an economist and an anthropologist dissect this issue with ET Now's perceptive interviewer Arvind Kejriwal* Amitabha Bagchi Swaminathan Aiyar Shiv Viswanathan Moderator: Arnab Goswami
1330-1430 hrs
1430-1600 hrs	Philanthropy to Atrophy Why is Indian business associated only with personal greed and no longer with the greater good? Sushil Premchand Gita Piramal Arshia Sattar Moderator: Gurcharan Das	To Serve With Love Sania Mirza in conversation with Boria Majumdar	In Camera Chirodeep Choudhari launches his book ‘A Village in Bengal.’ In conversation with Ketaki Sheth
1600-1730 hrs	India, China and the World Two of India’s best minds discuss where India and China stand 50 years after the 1962 war. A young scholar moderates the conversation Ram Guha Sunil Khilnani Moderator: Srinath Raghavan	Grilling the Chef Chefs are the new media darlings, swanning at soirees and on TV screens rather than sweating it out at stoves. Two Michelin masters and an author of a curry classic, are grilled by the peripatetic TV foodie Vikas Khanna Vineet Bhatia Camellia Panjabi Moderator: Vir Sanghvi / Rahul	The Owl and The Pussycat Sarnath Bannerjee in conversation with Nilanjana Roy, discussing creatures of the night. Steered by TBD*
1730-1900 hrs	Songs of Our Times Archaic themes and rhyming schemes are junked as today's lyrics reflect jagged realities. Should the poetry of cinema become so prosaic? Piyush Mishra* Irshad Kamil* Javed Akhtar Niranjan Iyengar Moderator: Imtiaz Ali	The Ease of Being Bad We cite gods as glibly as we break the rules. What explains this paradox? Writers who have reinterpreted our epics through the prism of business, analyze how and why we can move seamlessly between these conflicting spaces Gurcharan Das Ashwin Sanghi Santosh Desai Moderator: Aakar Patel
1900 hrs onwards				Performance by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and local musician- Uday Benegal or Shankar Ehsaan Noorani,**

SATURDAY 8th DECEMBER 2012


TIME	VENUE A	VENUE B	VENUE C	LAWN

Venue A, 9:45 am Opening Speaker- Leila Seth on Bringing Up Vikram


1040-1200 hrs	Screensavers Four top screenplay writers of the most interesting recent films (Peepli Live, Shanghai and Vicky Donor) chat with a writer/lyricist on how Hindi cinema is actually moving away from just song and dance into great storytelling Anusha Rizvi Urmi Juvekar Juhi Chaturvedi Moderator: Neelesh Misra	Mothers, Fathers and Other Demons Parents can be equally and simultaneously nurturing and destructive. The Irish winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize, who has penned books about the burden of love, joins two of our brightest authors who have written about their ambivalence towards parents. Moderated by a literary critic as sabre-sharp as sensitive Anne Enright Aatish Taseer Jerry Pinto Moderator: Eunice D'Souza	Princes and Painters William Dalrymple	Everyone Can Write Dheera Kitchlu conducts a writing workshop for children
1200-1330 hrs	How to be a Passionate Liberal Ramachandra Guha launches his new book of essays, ‘Patriots and Partisans,’ reads extracts and speaks about how liberals should defend the middle ground more vigorously and not leave polemics to extremists of the right and left	Skyline Architecture defines our inner space as much as it reflects a city’s aspirations. An Architect, an artist and a developer mock as they ostensibly mirror Rahul Mehrotra Jitish Kallat Abhisheck Lodha Moderator: Gautam Patel	Stardust Bhaichand Patel in conversation with Kajol on his book on Bollywood’s legends
1330-1430 hrs
1430-1600 hrs	Maximum/ Minimum Cities Two critically acclaimed writers who work between India and the U.S compare notes about reporting across boundaries in an unequal, market-global age Katherine Boo and Suketu Mehta in conversation. Steered by Samanth Subramaniam	Alien in My Own Land More and more groups getting marginalised and then disaffected is not just a security problem. Its human and social price discussed by those who have documented it in print and cinema Nandita Das Sudeep Chakravarti Aamir Bashir Moderator: Justine Hardy	Mythology as Powerpoint Devdutt Pattanaik and Santosh Desai
1600-1730 hrs	War and Peace Book Launch-William Dalrymple launches his book, in conversation with Srinath Raghavan.	Losing Language, Losing Identity If mothers no longer speak the mother tongue, will culture be gagged? Or are our languages in fact thriving? Some of the most articulate voices debate this critical issue Mrinal Pande Shanta Gokhale Prasoon Joshi Javed Akhtar* Moderator: Arunava Sinha	God's Monkey Bollywood's underbelly gets scratched and tickled in 'Sudershan (Chimpanzee)', a new graphic novel by Rajesh Devraj and Meren Imchen that traces the life and times of a B-movie star from the sixties. The hilarious duo present passages from this dark comic work. Rajesh Devraj Ranvir Shourey Vinay Pathak
1730-1900 hrs	Metrosterone The world's most exciting cities are powered by a testosterone charge. The premise is discussed by four globally acclaimed writers who have researched and recorded the adrenalin drive of Mumbai, Moscow, Delhi and Chennai, respectively. Moderated by a professor of history at Wellesley, who has just written a book about Mumbai's middle class Suketu Mehta A.D Miller Rana Dasgupta Manu Joseph Moderator: Nikhil Rao	Stitches and Bitches If Mumbai is driven by celebrity and glamour, then fashion is their hot set of wheels. Is the designer a worthy demigod or just a devilish promoter of Prada rip-offs? The juice from those who've bared all that goes on choli ke peechhey Wendell Rodericks Tarun Tahiliani Queenie Singh Moderator: Shefalee Vasudev	Daniyal Mueennudin in conversation with Meru Gokhale
1900-2000 hrs				Anita Desai Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Leila Seth
2000 hrs onwards			Usha Uthup Live. Introduced by Sunil Alagh

SUNDAY 9th DECEMBER 2012


TIME	VENUE A	VENUE B	VENUE C	LAWN


1040-1200 hrs	All We Want is Naukri and Chhokri Two icons discuss what young India wants, and what bugs them Chetan Bhagat in conversation with Barkha Dutt	The Fine Art of Losing The winner doesn’t take all. Why don’t we teach our children how to deal with failure? An artist and graphic novelist, an anthropologist and the goddess of small things, discuss the how and why. Moderated by a perceptive novelist Sarnath Bannerjee Shiv Vishwanathan Shaheen Mistri Moderator: Manu Joseph	Who the ‘F’ is Faramerz? Faramerz Dabhoiwala, internationally acclaimed author of ‘The Origins of Sex’ in conversation with Vikram Doctor
1200-1330 hrs	Greed, City and the Pursuit of Happiness - Shobha De	* reading from Manto with translator, Aatish Taseer , in conversation with Meru Gokhale	Bombay Chatat Vikas Khanna launches his book, ‘Savour Mumbai’ In conversation with Rashmi Uday Singh	Workshop by Sarnath Bannerjee
1330-1430 hrs
1430-1600 hrs	Is the Tragedy of Achilles in the Iliad similar to the tragedy of Ram in the Ramayana? The web of mythology subconsciously shapes the way we think and the choices we make. This is as true of the West as it is of the East. An American classicist who won this year’s Orange Prize for ‘The Song of Achilles’ and our own scholar on the Ramayana, weave past and present, prompted by India's original Powerpoint Mythologist Madeline Miller Arshia Sattar Moderator: Devdutt Pattanaik	The Tell-A-Tale Club South Asia’s finest story tellers discuss the inspiration and the craft. Daniyal Mueenuddin Rana Dasgupta Jeet Thayil Anjali Joseph Moderator: Nilanjana Roy	Gulzar and Nasreen Munni Kabir. Moderated by Jitesh Pillai/ Amrish Mishra*
1600-1730 hrs	Mira Nair Shyam benegal	Sex, Lies and Dhakka Is sex both basic instinct and killer instinct? Does it explain everything from corruption to murder? The author of the global bestseller, ‘The Origins of Sex’, a cutting edge film-maker, the multitalente d media bull and a no-nonsense sexpert are provoked by one of India’s most incisive social commentators Faramerz Dhaboiwala Dibakar Bannerjee Pritish Nandy Mahinder Watsa Moderator: Madhu Jain	Two Mumbais: Fiction and Non-Fiction: Four authors read from their works. Nikhil Rao, Anjali Joseph Altaf Tyrewala Jeet Thayil Moderator:
1730-1900 hrs	Closing Speech Ruchir Sharma, author of acclaimed ‘Breakout Nations’ talks about whether India can still be a breakout nation. In conversation with A.D Miller and xxxx	Pulp Fiction Ram Gopal Varma discusses the secret behind good raunchy story-telling with Khalid Mohamed
2000 hrs onwards	Qawwali Performance by Fareed Ayaz and troupe