#blrlitfest

28 - 29 October 2017
The Lalit Ashok

How Indias T20 WC Win Changed Indian and

Jingoism Vs. Patriotism: Ramachandra Guha World Cricket: Anil Kumble, Gideon Haigh,
Rajdeep Sardesai with Sharda Ugra

Nationalism, Populism and the Threat to the

Global Liberal Order: R. Jagannathan, Manu Mrs. Funnybones: Twinkle Khanna with
Joseph, Naresh Fernandes, Kanhaiya Kumar, Darius Sunawala
Sagarika Ghose, Suketu Mehta with Harish Bijoor

Hardeep Singh Puri in conversation with Antara Gange: Bhargavi Narayan, Indira
P S Raghavan Lankesh and Dr. Vijayamma with MS Ashadevi

Indias Democracy XI: Rahul Dravid, Rajdeep The City as a Protagonist: Imraan Coovadia,
Sardesai with Prem Panicker Suketu Mehta with Ravi Singh

Festering Wounds - The 1984 Riots: In Hot Blood: Bachi Karkaria with
Hardeep Singh Puri, Kanwaljit Deol, NS Meenal Baghel
Madhavan with Preeti Gill

RBI, Government and Individuals -

India and China: How History is a Fickle Mistress: Its Complicated: YV Reddy, TCA Srinivasa
Nirupama Menon Rao with Raghu Karnad Raghavan with MS Sriram

Death by Litigation - The Perils of Business Saathiyum Naanum - Caste and I:

Reporting: Josy Joseph, Maheshwar Peri, Perumal Murugan with Ambai and
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta with Nidhi Razdan Kannan Sundaram

Virtual Violence against Women Journalists: Inside Indias Greatest Election Machine:
Laxmi Murthy, Nidhi Razdan, Sindhu S with Prashant Jha
Ammu Joseph

Chasing Bin Laden: Adrian Levy with

The Writers Role in Speaking Out: Paul Zacharia
Rohini Mohan

In Short: Karki Krishnamurthy, Shanthi K Women in Contemporary Literature: Ambai,

Appanna, Vikram Hathwar with Abdul Rasheed Indira Chandrashekar with Anjana Basu

A Life Like No Other: Sonal Mansingh Aadhaar - Dystopia or Utopia: Arun Maira,
with Sujata Prasad Jairam Ramesh, Sanjay Jain with Charles Assisi

Indicative sessions. See www.bangaloreliteraturefestival.org for final schedule.

#blrlitfest

28 - 29 October 2017
Children | Literature | Fun C | L | F

Bannada Tagadina Tutturi (4+):

Fly your own Kite (6-10 Yrs): Leela Broome
Namkampani Interactive Theatre

Calling all World-Conquering Teenagers (10+): Launch of Ramayana Comics (4+):

Roopa Pai Amar Chitra Katha

Grrr Grr! Time to write a Wildlife Poem (8+): Make Your Earth Warrior Cartoon (4+):
Bijal Vachcharajani Amar Chitra Katha

Tiger, Tiger (6+): Anjana Basu with Write a Story (10+): Jahnavi Barua
Sundeep Bhutoria

First Novel as a Teenager: Visahwesh Desai Idhar Udhar Kathegalu (4+):

with Aparajitha Sankar Storywallahs (Multilingual)

Moongphali (6-12): Mukesh Chhabra Escape with the Magic Cap (6+): CMCA

Chit-Chat with Jumbo (8 - 16): Anil Kumble Adventures of Zippy (4+): Anitha Balachandran

Jungle Safari (4+): Kadoo Games Drawgon Time (6+): Krishna Bala Shenoy

:-) and :-( (4+): Kirtana Kumars Theatre Lab Me and My Animals (10+): Ranjit Lal with
Sudeshna Shome Ghosh

Shadow Puppetry Performance (4+):

Prahlad Acharya

Indicative sessions. See www.bangaloreliteraturefestival.org for final schedule.