KHUSHWANT SINGH LITFEST – 2013
| DAY 1: FRI OCT 18 | |||||
| SESSION # | TIME | SPEAKERS | TOPIC | INTERLOCUTOR | |
| 08.55 am | Anand Sethi | Welcome | |||
| Jan-00 | 09.00 – 10.15 | Aitzaz Ahsan Choudhury, Jugnu Mohsin, Vinod Mehta, David Davidar,Rani Bir Kaur | Punjab on KS: With Truth, Love and a Little Malice | Neelkamal Puri | outdoors |
| 2 | 10.15 – 10. 55 | Ashali Varma | Victoria Cross – A love story | Anand Sethi & Biji Virmani | outdoors |
| 10.55 – 11.25 | Tea / Coffee | ||||
| 3 | 11.25 – 12.05 | Milkha Singh, Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra | Bhag Milkha Bhag | Rahul Singh, Bhaichand Patel | outdoors |
| 4 | 12.05 – 12.45 | Jugnu Mohsin | Pachnanda & Panch Aab: where cultures meet | outdoors | |
| 5 | 12.45 -13.05 | Aitzaz Ahsan Choudhury | A point of view | outdoors | |
| 13.05 – 14.05 | Lunch | ||||
| 7 | 14.05 – 14. 45 | Rajmohan Gandhi | Punjab: A history from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten | Rahul Singh, Suneet Vir Singh | indoors |
| 8 | 14.45 – 15.35 | Vijay Crishna | Great Games: At the Crossroads of History | Intro by Dolly Thakore | indoors |
| 15.35 – 15.55 | Tea / Coffee | ||||
| 9 | 15.55 – 16. 35 | Peter Smetacek | The world of butterflies & moths | Ravi Singh | indoors |
| 10 | 16.35 – 17.00 | Vinod Mehta | ‘Meena Kumari’ book launch | Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra | indoors |
| 11 | 17. 00 – 17.15 | Bhaichand Patel | Mothers, Lovers and other Strangers book launch | Rahul Singh | indoors |
| Break | |||||
| 20 | Dinner, Ghazals by Touch a chord and Vikramjeet, Movie ‘Train To Pakistan’ | ||||
| DAY 2: SAT OCT 19 | |||||
| 12 | 09.00 – 09.40 | Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra, Rahul Bose, Dolly Thakore, Madhu Jain | Balle Balle: Punjab in Bollywood | Bhaichand Patel | outdoors |
| 13 | 09.40 – 10.20 | Navtej Sarna | Partition, the human story & Rajmohan Gandhi to launch ‘Savage Harvest’ | Gillian Wright, Nirupama Dutt | outdoors |
| 14 | 10.20 – 11.00 | Chander Suta Dogra | In the name of honor | Vinita Nangia | outdoors |
| 11.00 – 11.15 | Tea / Coffee | ||||
| 15 | 11.15 – 11.55 | Romi Khosla | Get a last look at some priceless ancient treasures | Minakshi Chaudhury | indoors |
| 16 | 11.55 – 12.35 | Bhayee Sikander Singh, Roopinder Singh, Vikramjeet Sahney | Sikh Heritage, ethos, relics | Navtej Sarna | indoors |
| 17 | 12.35-13.05 | Gillian Wright, Bulbul Sharma | Ode to birds | Bindia Sahgal | indoors |
| 13.05 – 14.05 | Lunch | ||||
| 18 | 14.05 – 14.45 | Mark Tully | Heritage Indian Railways | outdoors | |
| 19 | 14.45 – 15.25 | Nawab Mir Jafar | Rumi & Sufi | Vijai Vardhan | outdoors |
| 15.25 – 15.45 | Tea / Coffee | ||||
| 20 | 15.45 -16.25 | Minakshi Choudhury | Devtas the Living Gods and Goddesses of Kullu | Deepa Raghavan Sethi | indoors |
| 21 | 16.25 – 16.40 | Mark Tully | Launch of Khushwant Singh’s latest book | indoors | |
| 22 | 16.40 – 17.15 | Manju Jaidka | Romance, Royalty & Scandal : Shimla / Patiala link | Neel Kamal Puri | indoors |
| 23 | 17.15 – 17.35 | Madeha Gauhar | Peace through theatre | Dolly Thakore | indoors |
| 17.35 | Break | ||||
| 20 | Dinner, Music by Vibrations, Dancing, Fire Poi | ||||
| DAY 3: SUN OCT 20 | |||||
| 25 | 09.20 – 10.00 | Bachi Karkaria, Nirupama Dutt | Not so strange bedfellows: married to Punjabis | Manish Kashyap | outdoors |
| 26 | 10.00 – 10.15 | Stephen Alter | The Rataban Betrayal | outdoors | |
| 27 | 10.15 – 10.50 | Juggi Bhasin | The Avenger – a drama | Vijay Crishna, Kim Lalli, Sonu Bhasin | outdoors |
| 28 | 10.50 – 11.05 | Robin Gupta | Book Release and reading ‘The rusted steel frame’ | Rahul Singh | outdoors |
| 29 | 11.05 – 11.20 | Bob Rupani | Motoring in Himachal / Punjab: Fun on wheels | Kishie Singh | outdoors |
| 30 | 11.20 – 11.40 | Tea / Coffee | |||
| 31 | 11.40 – 12.20 | Vijay Vardhan | Kurukshetra – Timeless sanctity | outdoors | |
| 32 | 12.20 – 13.00 | B.N. Goswami | Sufis as seen by Indian painters | Madhu Jain to introduce | outdoors |
| 33 | 13.00 – 13.40 | Asha Sharma | Satyanand Stokes’ life & legacy | Mark Tully | outdoors |
| 34 | 13.40 – 13.50 | Jaspal Singh | A few words on KS | ||
| 13.50 pm | Rahul Singh | Close & Thanks | Rahul Singh | ||
| 13.55 | Lunch | ||||
| SUN 14/10 BALLROOM | ||||
| Session | Time | Chapter | Authors | Moderator |
| Session 11 | 09:30 – 10:45 | Holidays in Kasauli | Deepti NavalNavtej SarnaInderjit BadhwarMinakshi Chaudhury | Bhaichand Patel |
| Session 12 | 10:45 – 11:35 | The EcologicalGardener | Pradip Krishen | Robin Gupta |
| 11:35 – 11:45 | TEA BREAK | |||
| Session 13 | 11:45 – 12:35 | History of the Sikhs | Navtej SarnaSuneet Aiyar | Nirupama Dutt |
| Session 14 | 12:35 – 13:25 | The Terrorist | Juggie BhasinLt Gen (Retd) Kamal Davar PVSM, AVSM | Aparna Anantha Narayan |
| 13:25 – 13:35 | Donation of SaplingsSchool essay competition prizes | Brigadier Anantha NarayanAparna Anantha NarayanDeepa RaghavanLila Kutty | ||
| 13:35 – 13:45 | Closing and New Beginnings | Rahul Singh |
