Speaker: Ms Noor Zaheer, writer and researcher, writes in English, Hindi and Urdu.  Some of her works include:   Denied by Allah, My God is a Woman, Silent Dunes, Raging Forests, Mere Hisse ki Roshnai, Surkh Karavan ke Hamsafar (Hindi travelogue-Pakistan), Aaj ke Naam (Biography of Faiz Ahmed Faiz), The Dancing Lama on Buddhist Performance Traditions of North Western Himalayas. A committed theatre worker Noor Zaheer writes and directs plays, conducts theatre workshops and adapts and translates plays by well-known playwrights

Chair: Shri Kishore Thukral