Illustrated lecture by Dr C. Dorje, Joint Director General, ASI; and Shri D.N. Dimri, Superintending Archaeologist, Delhi Circle, ASI

Chair: Dr K.K. Muhammed, Director (retd.), North Zone, ASI

Speaker: Prof P.N. Tandon, neurosurgeon, and President, National Brain Research Centre

Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project

Illustrated lecture by Prof Vasant Shinde, Dept. of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune

Chair: Dr. Gautam Sengupta, Director General, ASI

10:00-12:00
The Concept of the Human Person in Ghanaian and Indian World Views and the Ethical Formulations that Go With It
Speakers: Dr Joseph Apea Assamoah, Dept. of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana; and Prof. Vrinda Dalmiya, Fellow, IIAS, Shimla 
Chair: Dr Veena Sharma

13:00-16:00
Textiles of Ghana and of India
Speakers: Mr Wizdom Kudowor, University of Ghana; and Dr. Lotika Varadarajan

16:30-18:30
Ghanaian Music: A Dialogue
Mr Osei Korankye, Mr Aaron Sukura and Prof Ralf Koehler in conversation with Dr. Rahul Ram, singer and songwriter with the Indian Ocean band

19:00
Screening of The Witches of Gambaga
(55 min; 2010; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Yaba Badoe

Recipient of the Best Documentary Award, Black International Film Festival 2010; and Second Prize for Best Documentary, Fesbaco 2011

The story of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana, told largely by the women themselves

Exhibitions, films, performances and a seminar on Ghana

Opening of an exhibition of photographs, textiles, jewellery and paintings, and including screenings of Asante: The Kingdom of Gold and The Art of Wearing Cloth Traditionally in Ghana
Introduction by Dr Veena Sharma, convenor of the festival, and former Fellow, IIAS, Shimla
Inauguration by the High Commissioner for Ghana H.E. Mr Robert Tachie-Mensen
Chief Guest: Shri Suresh Goel, Director General, ICCR

Exhibition on view 11:00-19:00 till Sunday 9

ANNEXE COURT AT 19:00
Traditional Ghanaian Music
Presented by Osei Korankye and Aaron Sukura, Institute of Performing Arts, University of Ghana
Introduction by Prof Ralf Koehler, Dept. of Music, Stellenbosch University

Screenings of award-winning documentaries followed by discussion with directors, and film-appreciation workshops Film synopses at www.psbt.org

10:00 Film Appreciation Workshop I (register at workshop@psbt.org)
Prof Suresh Chabria, FTII, will introduce concepts of film and reality, structure, film and the senses, and in relation to history and memory 

14:00 The Rain Child (26 min; 2012)

Director: Raabiya Jayaram

14:45 A Prayer For Aliyah (26 min; 2012)

Director: Zorawar Shukla

15:30 Vessels of Memory, Keepers of Faith (26 min; 2011)

Director: Syed Fayaz

16:30 She of the Four Names (52 min; 2012)

Director: Meeta Vasisht

18:00 The Pursuit of Answers (52 min; 2012)

Director: Pritam Das

19:30 A Drop of Sunshine (39 min; 2011)

Director: Aparna Sanyal

Discussions moderated by Akanksha Joshi

10:00  Sadir to Bharatanatyam (27 min; 2012)
Director: Viveka Chauhan
11:00 Rice and Rasam (52 min; 2012)
Director: Ramchandra P.N.
12:30 The Ageless Tramp (52 min; 2012)
Director: Nimesh Desai
15:00 Marine Drive (52 min; 2012)
Director: Krishna Bagadiya
16:00 Memories and Forgetfulness (52 min; 2012)
Director: Ani Thomas
17:30 Timbaktu (30 min; 2012)
Directors: Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh
18:15 Stir. Fry. Simmer (54 min; 2012)
Director: Vani Subramanian
19:15 Discussion on The Politics of Food
Screenings of award-winning documentaries followed by discussion with directors, and film-appreciation workshops Film synopses at www.psbt.org

Screenings of award-winning documentaries followed by discussion with directors, and film-appreciation workshops Film synopses at www.psbt.org

The State of Surveillance and the Contested Self
10:00 Tales from a Place Less Travelled: Azamgarh (52 min; 2011)
Director: Shakeb Ahmed
11:30 This or that Particular Person (27 min; 2012)
Director: Subasri Krishnan
12:30 The Right to Live (52 min; 2002)
Director: M.S. Sathyu
Discussion with Usha Ramanathan and filmmakers moderated by Iram Ghufran

14:30 Rough 'Em Up (40 min; 2012)
Director: Sanjay Barnela
15:30 Fragments of a Past (54 min; 2012)
Director: Uma Chakravarti
17:00 The Women in Blue Berets (48 min; 2012)
Director: Farida Pacha
18:00 The Saroj Khan Story (57 min; 2012)
Director: Nidhi Tuli
19:45  Cancer Katha (26 min; 2012)
Director: Vasudha Joshi
Discussion moderated by Anupama Srinivasan

Screenings of award-winning documentaries followed by discussion with directors, and film-appreciation workshops Film synopses at www.psbt.org

The Politics of Freedom

10:00 Whistles and Bullets (54 min; 2012)
Director: Devi Prasad Mishra
11:30 Freedom Song (52 min; 2012)
Directors: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta & Subi Chaturvedi
Discussion moderated by Subasri Krishnan

14:00 Gaur in my Garden (26 min; 2012)
Director: Rita Banerji
14:45 Light on the Dark Side (26 min; 2012)
Directors: Geeta & Avinash Kumar Singh    
15:30 Nirnay (Decision) (56 min; 2012)
Directors: Pushpa Rawat & Anupama Srinivasan
17:00 Much Ado about Knotting (52 min; 2012)
Directors: Geetika Narang Abbasi & Anandana Kapur
18:30 A Farmer from Kuttanad (52 min; 2012)
Director: Santosh Sivan
Discussion moderated by Akanksha Joshi      

Author Bhuchung D. Sonam will be in conversation with Mr Tenzin Tsundue

Chair: Ms Swati Chopra, author of Dharamsala Diaries