Directors: Ajay Berry & Vikas Arya

Introduction: Shri Ashwini Lohani, Working President, Indian Steam Railway Society

Film on the revival of steam locomotives at Rewari as well as the positioning of Rewari Steam Shed as one of the finest steam sheds in the world

Followed by a talk

Towards a New Medina: Jinnah, Deobandi Ulama, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial India
Speaker: Prof. Venkat Dhulipala, Assistant Professor of History, University of Northe Carolina, Wilmington. He is the author of Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India, forthcoming with Cambridge University Press in 2014

Chair: Dr. Dilip Simeon

The talk explains how the idea of Pakistan was articulated and debated in the public sphere and how  popular Muslim enthusiasm was generated for this idea, especially in the crucial United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (now Uttar Pradesh) whose Muslim elites played a critical role in Pakistan's creation

Sattriya Duet
By Mallika Kandali and and Bhabananda Barbayan from Guwahati, disciples of the late Guru Harendra Nath Sarma; and Guru Naren Ch. Baruah

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Solo Recital
By Satyapriya Iyer from Chennai, from Kalakshetra

Santoor Recital
By Bipul Kumar Roy from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Bhajan Sopori

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Kaushik Bhattacharjee from Howrah, West Bengal, disciple of Pt. Arun Bhaduri and Pt. Sunil Bose

A discussion around the book (Vision Books) by Prof. Arun Kumar, Sukhamoy Chakravarty Chair and Professor, JNU who will introduce the subject

Panelists:  Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, MP; Ms Mythili Bhusnurmath, Consulting Editor, The Economic Times;
Shri Sitaram Yechury, MP; and Prof. Pulin Nayak, Professor, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

Discussion around the new book edited by Dr. Abraham George

Chief Guest: Prof. P.J. Kurien, Deputy Leader of Rajya Sabha

The book will be released by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development

Feeding Gods and Mortals
A book discussion based on three books Bhog: Temple Food of India by Geeta Budhiraja and Arun Budhiraja (New Delhi: Krishna Prena Charitable Trust, 2012); The Ultimate Army Cookbook: A Memsahib Cooks by Kikky Sihota (New Delhi: Roli, 2013); and Secrets from the Kitchen: Fifty Years of Culinary Experience at the India International Centre compiled by Bhicoo Manekshaw and Vijay Thukral (New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2013)

Discussants: Shri Rocky Mohan, Chairman, Redfeather Holding Co Pvt. Ltd; Chef Manish Mehrotra, Indian Accent; Ms Maryam Reshi, Food Critic; and Shri Rahul Verma, The Hindu

Chair: Prof. Pushpesh Pant, Historian and Food Critic

(150 min; 2013; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur who will introduce the film

Recipient of the 60th National Film Awards 2012 for Best Biographical Film; and for Best Editing

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The film explores the life and work of legendary Indian archivist, P.K. Nair, founder of the National Film Archive of India, Pune

We and They
Panelists: Dr. B.N. Goswami; Dr. Neelam Mansingh Chaudhary; Shri Suresh Goel; and Smt Aruna Vasudev

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi