PROGRAM FOR THE KHUSHWANT SINGH LITERARY FESTIVAL
KASAULI, OCTOBER 12-14, 2012
AT THE KASAULI CLUB
| BALLROOM | Time | Chapter | Authors | Moderator |
| 17:00 – 17:05 | Welcome | Ashok Chopra | ||
| Session 1 | 17:05- 18:30 | Not a Nice Man toKnow
|
Mani Shankar AiyerShobhaa DeBachi KarkariaRahul Singh | Ashok Chopra |
| Session 2 | 18:30 – 19:30 | Books 2 Movies and Beyond | Rahul BoseMadhu JainBhaichand Patel | Malavika Sangghvi |
| OUTDOORS | 19:30 – 20:00 | BAR OPENS | ||
| 20:00 – 20:15 | Auction of 1st autographed copy of ‘The Free Thinkers Prayer Book’ by Khushwant Singh | |||
| 20:15 – 21:45 | Sufi Gospel Music | Sonam Kalra & the Sufi Gospel Project | ||
| 21:45 | DINNER hosted by VICTORIA CONTINENTAL | |||
| SAT 13/10BALLROOM | ||||
| Session 3 | 10:00 – 10:50 | Art in the Mountains: Amrita Sher-Gil | Yashodhara Dalmia | Nirupama Dutt |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | TEA BREAK | |||
| OUTDOORS | ||||
| Session 4 | 11:05 – 11:55 | Making of a Dream : Sanawar and Kasauli | Dr Harish DhillonMandeep RaiRaaja Bhasin | Ashima Bath |
| Session 5 | 11:55- 13:00 | Train to Pakistan | Mani Shankar AiyarPrem Shankar JhaRahul Singh | Lt General (Retd) Kamal Davar PVSM, AVSM |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH hosted by Meera and Sanjiv Dewan | Launch of Lakshmi Narayan’s ‘Bonsai Kitten’ | Shobhaa De | |
| BALLROOM | ||||
| Session 6 | 14:00 – 14:50 | Shobhaa and Khushwant: where Mars and Venus meet | Shobhaa De | Ashok Chopra |
| Session 7 | 14:50 – 15:30 | Many Partitions, Many Legacies:Faiz Ahmed Faiz | Salima Hashmi | Nirupama Dutt |
| 15:30 – 15: 45 | TEA BREAK | |||
| BALLROOM | ||||
| Session 8 | 15:45 – 16:35 | A Passion Unchained: Dagshai & its Jail Museum | Anand Sethi | Aparna Anantha Narayan |
| Session 9 | 16:35 – 17:25 | A Home in Himachal | Raaja BhasinSonali Purewal | Inderjit Badhwar |
| Session 10 | 17:25 – 18:15 | Translations from the Hindi Heartland | Gillian Wright | Rakesh Kanwar |
| KASAULI RESORTS | 19:30 – 19:4019:40 – 20:0020:00 – 20:30 |
|
Radika ChopraGillian WrightKishwar Ahluwalia | |
| 20:30 | DRINKS & DINNER |
| 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 |
