Panelists: Shri Ajay Shankar IAS (retd.), former Secretary, Govt. of India; Prof. Sushil Khanna,  Professor of Economics and Strategic Management, IIM, Kolkata; and Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra, General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation

Moderator: Prof. Dinesh Kumar Abrol, TRCSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Chair: Shri M.G. Devasahayam, IAS (retd.), Chairman, People-First

Built over decades with people’s money, India’s public sector is the repository of huge assets including land and minerals, vital infrastructure and huge productive forces. Public sector in India was an instrument to attain self-reliant economy and create the industrial base of the country. The discussion will focus on the impact and implications of dismantling the public sector from the perspectives of policy aspects; an assessment of the performance of public enterprises; impact on the economy and the common man, etc.

Two books will be discussed

Dar Dar Gange

By Abhay Mishra and Pankaj Ramendu (New Delhi, Penguin Random House: 2013)

and

Mati Manush Choon

By Abhay Mishra (New Delhi, Vani Prakashan: 2019)

Discussants: Shri Avinash Das, filmmaker and author; Ms Renu Agal, Editor, The Print; and Shri Abhay Mishra, author of the books

Moderator: Shri Pankaj Ramendu, Author and columnist

Chair: Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA

Gandhi Katha

On the spiritual leadership and the wellness practice of Mahatma Gandhi

Introduction: Dr. A.K. Merchant, former Chairman, Sarvodaya International, Delhi Chapter

Presented by Dr. Shobhana Radhakrishna, acclaimed international speaker on the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the SCOPE Gandhian Forum for Ethical Corporate Governance in India

The narration will be accompanied by Gandhi Katha hymns and songs by Swati Bhagat and Deepak Kalra

The theme of the katha is Anasakti yoga, a philosophy and way of life advocated by Mahatma Gandhi. It will also present an insight into Gandhiji’s own practices of wellness of body, mind and spirit

Organised in collaboration with Sarvodaya International, New Delhi to mark Mahatma Gandhi’s martyrdom

Papusza (Doll) | (126 min; 2013; Polish & Roma with English subtitles)

Directors: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze

Multiple award winner including Best Polish Film, Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards 2013; Special Mention, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013; awards for Best Score, Supporting Actor & Best Makeup, Polish Film Festival 2013; Best Director, Best Actor & Youth Jury Award, Valladolid International Film Festival 2013; among others

Biopic on Papusza, the first Roma woman to write and publish her poems thereby contesting the traditional role of women in her gypsy community. The film follows Papusza’s life from birth to old age. The well-known Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski, discovered her great talent for poetry and published her works which led to a tragic paradox: a famous poet living in poverty, rejected by the Roma community for betraying their secrets

Lucknow Diary: My memories of a city | (98 min; 2019; English)

Written and directed by Mekhela Deva

A nostalgic look at the city from the eyes of some of its residents and the filmmaker who regularly visited the city over a ten year period. Exploring how the ‘tehzeeb’, that the city is known for, has seeped into the everyday lives of its citizens. The documentary features a cross section of people including Lucknow’s famous book seller Ram Advani, political scientist, Violette Graf, historian Rosie Llewellyn Jones and others