MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
The Legacy of Ustad Amir Khan
Speaker: Shri S. Kalidas, music critic
Chair: Pt Tejpal Singh, senior pupil of Ustad Amir Khan
Ustad Amir Khan was a musician's musician who left such a deep impact on the Hindustani music scene that it is impossible to think of a musician today who has not been directly or indirectly influenced by his music
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Shri Nihal Singh, former Editor, Indian Express; Ambassador Rajanikanta Verma, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs; and Shri Parsa V. Rao, Editorial Consultant, DNA, discuss Diplomacy: Indian Style by K.P. Fabian (New Delhi: Har-Anand, 2012)
Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Convenor, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
Assassin's Song
By Dr M.G. Vassanji
The author will read from his novel followed by Harish Narang reading from his Hindi translation, Kaatil ka Geet
Introduction: Shri Somak Ghoshal, Penguin India
Chair: Dr Veena Sharma, former Vice-President, African Studies Association of India
ART MATTERS
Art in Public Space
Panelists: Shri Vivan Sundaram, painter, sculptor, installation artist and curator; Shri Subodh Gupta, artist and public art practitioner; Prof K.T. Ravindran, School of Planning and Architecture, and former Chairperson, Delhi Urban Art Commission; Mr. Balan Nambiar, Acting Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi