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Event Schedule

Day 1 program

Event Schedule is subject to change

Time

Under the canopy

Florence Moore Auditorium

Student Union

11:30 - 12:30

Model Minority

Kanwal Rekhi & Vinita Gupta moderated by Ben Rekhi

Rewriting the Script

Sandip Roy, Vandana Nair & Sarita Sarvate moderated by Nandita Dinesh

Epicurean Panel: Haldi to Halwa

Sana Javeri Kadri,  Zareen & Umair Khan moderated by Madhushree Ghosh

12:30 - 1:30

LUNCH I ART  EXHIBITION I BOOK SIGNING

WRITER COHORT PRESENTATION (Anusha Rao, Alvir Sadhwani, Bindu Prasad, Nirupama Vaidhyanathan, Salman Ansari, Siddharth, Shruti Tewari, Nidhi Jaisoor & Neha Gandhi)

13:30-14:30

Science of Death: Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan Nobel Prize winner moderated by acclaimed author Angela Saini

14:30-15:00

BREAK I BOOK SIGNING | ISHAMI DANCE COMPANY PERFORMANCE | ART EXHIBITION

15:00-16:00

Lotus Leadership: South Asian Women CEOs

Kamini Ramani, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy & Revathi Advaithi moderated by Simi Shah

Poetry: Between Words and Worlds

Opening by SF Youth Poet Laureate Karan Gupta

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Kausar Munir with Shikha Malaviya

Gaze from Nepal

Tsherin Sherpa, Sneha Shreshtha moderated by Dr. Padma Dorje Maitland

16:00-16:30

 BREAK I BOOK SIGNING | ART EXHIBITION

16:30-17:30

Desi Boys: Global writing

Karan Mahajan & Aatish Taseer moderated by Dr. Melissa Poulsen

Sanjay Patel (video showcase) moderated by Chaitanya Sareen

Epic Tales

Sweetened Legacies

Surbhi Sahani, Dinesh & Vishwas moderated by Madhushree Ghosh

17:30-18:00

BREAK I BOOK SIGNING | ISHAMI DANCE COMPANY PERFORMANCE | ART EXHIBITION

18:00-19:00

Sensual Self: Shobhaa De with Dr. Anjali Arondekar

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Day 02

Time

Under the canopy

Florence Moore Auditorium

Student Union

11:30 – 12:30

The Novel and the Nation

Amitava Kumar & Manil Suri moderated by Vikram Chandra

The Unseen Scripts we Live By: 

Exploring the Enneagram for self awareness, connection and emotional wellbeing.

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Dr. Beatrice Chestnut with Radha Jagannathan

Safar: The Journey of the Punjabi-Mexican Diaspora.

Madhushree Ghosh, Nicole Ranganath, and Johanna Ogden moderated by Sonia Dhami

12:30-13:30

LUNCH  I BOOK SIGNING | ART EXHIBITION

POETRY READING (Karan Gupta, Anoushka Dugar, Preeti Vangani, Bianca Datta, Huma Sheikh, Sabina Khan-Ibarra, Harleen Serai, Samina Najmi, 

13:30-14:30

Karuna - The Power of Compassion: Kailash Satyarthi in conversation with VR Ferose

14:30-15:00

BREAK  I  BOOK SIGNING | ART EXHIBITION

15:00-16:00

India’s Tryst with the World

Salil Shetty and Salman Khurshid, moderated by Shashi Buluswar.

The Art of the Short: 

Childhood, identity, and the invisible lessons that shape us.

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Movie Showcase: Zari & Katti

Panelist: Kanishka Aggarwal & Kajri Akhtar moderated by Nandini Bharadhwaj

Lens to the Soul

Vicky Roy, VR Ferose moderated by Arushi Gehani

16:00-16:30

BREAK I ART EXHIBITION I BOOK SIGNING

16:30-17:30

Sitara-i-Imtiaz of Pakistan

Salima Hashmi moderated by Kausar Munir

Politics in storyline

Devi Laskar, Lakshmi Puri moderated by Aarti Johri

The Power of Story: Sikh Voices 

Harman Kaur, Rupinder Brar & Dr. Kanwaljeet Singh (“Sunny”) Anand moderated by Sonia Dhami

17:30-18:00

BREAK I BOOK SIGNING | ART EXHIBITION

18:00-19:00

In Conversation with Nandita Das acclaimed actor/director

18:00-19:00

Special Guest: Announcement coming soon

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