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2017 Archive

Poets

Ajey Preetham
Ajey Preetham
Ameen Haque
Ameen Haque
Amit Chaudhuri
Amit Chaudhuri
Amjad AliKhan
Amjad AliKhan
Ankit Chadha
Ankit Chadha
Aparna Jaishankar
Aparna Jaishankar
Arjun Rajendran
Arjun Rajendran
Arun Kamal
Arun Kamal
Ashok Vajpeyi
Ashok Vajpeyi
Ayaz Rasool Nazki
Ayaz Rasool Nazki
Barnali RayShukla
Barnali RayShukla
Chandrashekhar Kambar
Chandrashekhar Kambar
Fiona Bolger
Fiona Bolger
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad
Gulzar
Gulzar
Guru T Ladakhi
Guru T Ladakhi
Jahnavi Barua
Jahnavi Barua
Jamuna Rao
Jamuna Rao
Jayanta Mahapatra
Jayanta Mahapatra
Jerry Pinto
Jerry Pinto
Krishna K Manavalli
Krishna K Manavalli
Kumudha Bharath Ram
Kumudha Bharath Ram
Lavanya Prasad
Lavanya Prasad
Lovely Goswami
Lovely Goswami
Malachi Edwin Vethamani
Malachi Edwin Vethamani
Mame Khan
Mame Khan
Mani Rao
Mani Rao
Margaret Mascarenhas
Margaret Mascarenhas
Medha Singh
Medha Singh
Mohit Kataria
Mohit Kataria
Nabanita Kanungo
Nabanita Kanungo
Nadir Godrej
Nadir Godrej
Neeraj Pandey
Neeraj Pandey
Nia Davies
Nia Davies
Niranjan Iyengar
Niranjan Iyengar
Padmavati Rao
Padmavati Rao
Pavan K Varma
Pavan K Varma
Prathibha Nandakumar
Prathibha Nandakumar
Priya Muthukumar
Priya Muthukumar
Punam Chadha-Joseph
Punam Chadha-Joseph
R.PadmanabhanNair
R.PadmanabhanNair
Ranjani Murali
Ranjani Murali
Ranjit Hoskote
Ranjit Hoskote
Rochelle D'Silva
Rochelle D'Silva
Rochelle Potkar
Rochelle Potkar
Rohan Chettri
Rohan Chettri
Ruchita Kazaria
Ruchita Kazaria
Saira Shah Halim
Saira Shah Halim
Salma
Salma
SamantakBhadra
SamantakBhadra
SandeepShikhar
SandeepShikhar
Savita Singh
Savita Singh
Shalim Hussain
Shalim Hussain
Shreekumar Vakkiyil
Shreekumar Vakkiyil
Smita Bellur
Smita Bellur
Sudeep Sen
Sudeep Sen
Sumana Roy
Sumana Roy
Sundeep Bhutoria
Sundeep Bhutoria
Surajit Borooah
Surajit Borooah
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
VikyArya
VikyArya
10:00 am - 10:15 am

Festival Inauguration and Lamp Lighting

Amjad Ali Khan, Ashok Vajpeyi and Chandrashekhar Kambar

10:15 am - 11:00 am

Master on Masters

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with Kumudha BharathRam

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Helatini Kela: Listen, I will tell you this story

Chandrashekhar Kambar with Krishna Manavalli

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Book Launch of Kuch Pyaar, Kuch Tadap

Padmavati Rao and Girish Karnad with Mohit Kataria

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Songs from the Mist

Guru T Ladakhi, Nabanita Kanungo, Shalim Hussain and Surajit Borooah with Jahnavi Barua

12:45 am - 1:30 pm

Secret Lives, Public Voices

Margaret Mascarenhas, Salma and Sumana Roy with Mani Rao

01:30 pm - 02:00 pm

Looking Back and Forth

Arjun Rajendran and Rohan Chhetri

02:00 pm - 02:45 pm

Complicating Worlds

Fiona Bolger, Malachi Edwin Vethamani and Nia Davies with Sudeep Sen

02:45 pm - 03:45 pm

Suspected Poems

Gulzar with Pavan K. Varma

04:00 pm - 04:45 pm

The Corporate Bard

Nadir Godrej with Barnali Ray Shukla

04:45 pm - 5:30 pm

Oneself as Another

Jerry Pinto, Mani Rao and Ranjit Hoskote with Malachi Edwin Vethamani

05:30 pm - 06:00 pm

Oru Pennin Kadhai (The Story of a Woman)

Salma

06:00 pm - 06:45 pm

The Life of a Lyric Kobi is Always Short

Amit Chaudhuri with Sumana Roy

06:45 pm - 07:15 pm

EroText

Sudeep Sen

07:30 pm - 08:30 pm

Rang Dijiyo ...Mystic Colours, Tunes of Love!

Smita Bellur and Group

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Yudhishtar and Draupadi: The Challenge of Translation

Pavan K. Varma with Gulzar

11:15 am - 11:45 am

Why Poetry ?

Jerry Pinto

11:45 am - 12:15 pm

Family Rhymes

Medha Singh and Savita Singh

12:15 pm - 12:45 pm

Poems Without a Home

Ayaz Rasool Nazki and Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

12:45 pm - 01:45 pm

Ondu Lessu Ondu Plussu

Prathibha Nandakumar and Group

01:45 pm - 02:15 pm

Kavita Ki Kahaniyaan

Ashok Vajpeyi

02:15 pm - 03:00 pm

The Way Things Were: Decoding the Personal

Punam Chadha-Joseph, Ranjani Murali, Rochelle D'Silva and Rochelle Potkar with Samantak Bhadra

03:00 pm - 03:30 pm

The Shifting Shape of the Poem

Ranjit Hoskote

03:30 pm - 04:00 pm

Nayi Nukkad

Lovely Goswami, Neeraj Pandey and Viky Arya with Sandeep Shikhar

04:15 pm - 04:45 pm

Publishing Poetry

Jamuna Rao and Medha Singh with Sundeep Bhutoria

04:45 pm - 05:15 pm

Casualties of Love and Sex

Barnali Ray Shukla and Niranjan Iyengar

3:00 pm - 3:25 pm

Cities and Mirrors

Anjum Hasan with Usha Rao

05:15 pm - 05:45 pm

Anuraga Vilochanan

Shreekumar Vakkiyil

05:45 pm - 06:30 pm

Kavita Ke Naye Ilaqey

Arun Kamal and Savita Singh with Sourav Roy

06:30 pm - 07:00 pm

Poetry as Angst

Ruchhita Kazaria and Saira Shah Halim with Samantak Bhadra

07:30 pm - 08:30 pm

Songs from the Desert

Mame Khan and Group

10:00 am – 11:45 am

Discovering your own Poetics - A Poetry Appreciation Workshop

Mani Rao

Description: LFrom writing 'under the influence' of the poet/s you're lately reading to finding your own distinct voice ... just how does this happen? In this 1 hour-45 minute session, poet Mani Rao will look closely at the poetic styles of a range of poets and discuss/appreciate aspects of craft and the distinct characteristics of their poetics.

12:00 pm – 01:45 pm

Shabd

Arun Kamal

Description: In this 1 hour-45 minute interactive session, award-winning poet Arun Kamal will introduce the use of imagery, metaphors and symbols in poetry writing. He will discuss meter and rhythm and the making of a prose poem. Writing exercises during this workshop will boost the creative urge in aspiring poets.

02:00 pm – 03:45 pm

Poem Vs. Song

Niranjan Iyengar

Description: While both poetry and songs are lyrical and rhythmic, not every song can be read as a poem and not every poem can be set to music. Well-known film lyricist and poet Niranjan Iyengar will take you through a 1 hour-45 minute interactive session on the differences between the two forms, with some written exercises thrown in to help you experience first-hand the nuances of poetry writing and songwriting.

04:00 pm – 05:45 pm

Spoken Word Poetry

Rochelle D'Silva

Description: In this 1 hour-45 minutes interactive session performance poet Rochelle D'Silva will introduce the elements required to create a spoken word poem. Through videos and writing exercises she will focus on what it takes to write a performance poem. The workshop will also touch upon basics of poetry writing.

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Riddles in Verse

Ankit Chadha

Description: There are riddles in visuals, there are riddles in actions, and then there are riddles in verse. Ankit Chadha, the author of Amir Khusrau - The Man in Riddles, invites children with their elders to play along. Khusrau, the great poet of the 13th century, made songs out of the most banal experiences of life. Come, sing along these riddles that have been sung for the last 700 years.

Age: 8+

11:30 am – 01:00 pm

Discover the Poet in You Workshop

Ameen Haque

Description: Who says children cannot be poets or that poetry is not everyone’s cup of tea? Come and listen to poetry written for children. And get started on your journey as a poet. Write some poems. Share with others. And listen to theirs. Come with a blank page, open mind and discover the poet within you.

Age Between: 9 to 14

01:00 pm – 02:30 pm

Performing Poetry for Children Workshop

Ajey Preetham

Description: Children will be exposed and taken into the world of poems, through theatre exercises, theatre games, stories etc The session will culminate in a performance by the children participants using a poem.

Age: 8+

02:30 pm – 04:00 pm

Book your Treasure

Aparna Jaishankar

Description: In this 90 minute session, children will be treated to a treasure hunt around the venue. Clues will be in the form of age appropriate riddles, cryptic messages and more. Groups will be formed based on the age of the participants.

Age: 5+

04:00 pm – 05:00 pm

Chham, Chham, Chham - Folktales and Rhymes from India

Priya Muthukumar

Description: This session focusses on weaving tales and traditional Indian rhymes together, highlighting the cultural richness of the two. Introducing the current generation to the stories and rhymes which were popular in the previous generation.

Age: 5+

05:00 pm – 06:00 pm

Bhaktas of Bharatadesa - Poets of Karnataka and their Lives

Lavanya Prasad

Description: An attempt to bring in the age old tradition of storytelling. Music and Movement, flourished during the earlier years and artists incorporated them in their stories to bring more clarity and understanding, some argue the other way as well. The stories shared will be centred around the poets of Karnataka and their lives.

Age: 5+

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