Imagining Our Time
Speaker: Dr. Suresh Sharma; Shri K. Satchidanandan; Dr. Ananya Vajpeyi and Ms. Pooja Sood

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Executive Trustee, Raza Foundation

Shri Jaswant Singh, M.P.; Prof Mushirul Hasan, Director General, National Archives of India; and Prof Savita Pande, Centre for South, Central, Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific Studies, JNU, will discuss Jinnah vs. Gandhi by Roderick Matthews (Gurgaon: Hachette, 2012)

Chair: Shri Swapan Dasgupta, senior journalist

Introduction: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary

Panelists: Shri Vinay Mittal, Chairperson, Railway Board; and Shri A.K. Upadhyay, Secretary, Road Transport and Highways

Chair: Shri B.C. Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission

Speaker: Shri N.P. Bhatt, IRS (retd.), Convener, INTACH, Dharwad Chapter

A talk on the culinary traditions of medieval Karnataka based on the Soopa Shastra which was compiled by King Mangarasa III in the 15th-16th century. Originally written in verse, this treatise was transcribed from manuscripts and rendered into prose, and has now been translated into English. Not confined to cooking alone, it traces the origins of the recipes, discusses the philosophy of eating, and contains anecdotal details of lore

A Mehfil with Ustad Baha'ud-din Mohiuddin Dagar (Rudra Veena)
Accompanied by Pt. Dalchand Sharma on pakhawaj

Taking forward the legacy of his father and guru, Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Ustad Baha'ud-din Mohiuddin Dagar will interpret mishra ragas in the Dagar Bani stylistic affiliation