Odissi recital based on verses by sants and Sufis by Ranjana Gauhar from Delhi, disciple of Guru Mayadhar Raut

Accompanied by Suresh Sethi (vocal support), Prafulla Mangaraj (pakhawaj), Jeeban Prakash Das (sitar), Rajat Prasanna (flute) and Sanchita Banerjee (manjira)

14:00
Monisha Rajesh reads from Around India in 80 Trains and is in conversation with Parsa Venkateshwar Rao, Jr

15:00
Booker-shortlisted writer Jeet Thayil reads from Narcopolis and is in conversation with David Davidar, Publisher, Aleph Publishing

16:00
Israeli writers Dorit Rabinyan and Sarai Shavit in conversation with poet and publisher Sudeep Sen

17:00
British historian Roderick Mathews, author of Jinnah and Gandhi, in conversation with Swapan Dasgupta

18:00
Farrukh Dhondy reads from his new novel London Company, and is in conversation with Amit Baruah

19:00
Nilanjana Roy, author of Wildings, and Manu Joseph, author of The Illicit Happiness of Other People, in session

20:00
Sri Lankan writer Ru Freeman in session with Shastri Ramachandaran

Celebrating 25 years of Navdanya

AUDITORIUM
10:00 Earth celebration songs by schoolchildren
10:15 Lamp lighting
10:20 Film by Tadpole Artists' Collective on 25 years of Navdanya                                                   
10:30     Women in Defence of the Earth
              Honouring Earth Defenders Jean Grossholtz, Bimla Bahuguna and Radha Bhatt
12:30     Celebrating 25 years of Seed Sovereignty: Bija Swaraj
              Release of Global Report on Seed Freedom
      
GANDHI-KING PLAZA
14:30 Street play by The Players

AUDITORIUM 
15:00      Screening of Amrit Beej by Meera Dewan 
16:00     Celebrating 50 years of Silent Spring
 Release of Poison in our Food
18:30 Recital by Parvathy Baul

Speakers: Vandana Shiva, Radha Bhatt, Frances M. Lappé, Winona Laduke, Ivonne Baki, Maria Grazia Mammuccini, Caroline Lockhart, Kusum Panigrahi, Farida Akhtar, Sarita Kumari, Ilina Sen, Anna Powar, Nalini Gite, Rachna Dhingra, Mira Shiva, Vaibhav Singh & Debbie Barker

Auroville Talks

Talks on "City of the Future"; "Remembering the Future Gardens"; "Is there an Economy beyond Money?"; "A Site of Material and Spiritual Researches;" "An Education for Self-finding"; "Towards Integral Healing" and "Garbology 101"

Seminar: Auroville: City for Transformation

Inaugural address: Dr Karan Singh

Guest Speaker: Smt Ambika Soni

Keynote Address by Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Shri Soli Sorabjee and Mr Shigeru Aoyagi

12:00-13:00 Round Table

14:10-15:30 Session on "World in Transition and Auroville"

15:30-16:30 Session on "Sustainable and Ecological Living"

To participate e-mail auroville.iicevent@auroville.org.in

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

Friday 7    
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      

Multipurpose Hall at 17:00

Opening of the Festival

Welcome Address: Dr Karan Singh, M.P., Rajya Sabha

Chief Guest: Kumari Selja

Art Gallery at 18:30

Inauguration of Transformation

Exhibition curated by Sebastian Cortes

Special Guest: Kumari Selja

On view 11:00-19:00 till Friday 21

Multipurpose Hall at 19:00

Film: City of the Dawn