Navarasa: Kavya Sankalan 
By Anita Chand and Manoj Krishanan (Novoquill Publications, 2024)

Discussants: Mandira Ghosh, poet, author & researcher; Renu Hussain, author, poet & educator; Manoj Krishnan, poet & founder & The Asian Literary Society & Author of the book; Ms. Anita Chand, Poet, Administrator, Asia Literary Society and author of the book

Chair: Dr. Amarendra Khatua, former Secretary, MEA and DG, ICCR & p

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Nepal 2043: The Road to Prosperity
 

By Sujeev Shakya (Penguin, 2025)
 

The Dirty Sky
(73 min;2025; English)
Director: O.P. Srivastava 
 

A powerful documentary exposing the growing crisis of orbital pollution. Through striking visuals and expert voices, it reveals the dangers of space debris, legal gaps, and militarization, while spotlighting global clean-up efforts. Urgent and thought-provoking, it calls for responsible stewardship of Earth’s fragile orbital commons.
O.P. Srivastava, award-winning filmmaker and author, uses cinema to spotlight urgent cultural and environmental issues.
 

Ancient Mystery A Unique Journey
By Anirudh Kumar
 

"My paintings are made with natural colours and ash, which reminds us of ancient times with a modern twist. This painting will connect you with history and nature."

Inauguration on 28th October at 18:30 hrs by Ram Onkar Shine Shivan, Artist and Virendra Sachdeva, Eminent Politician

Souls in the Kalyug: The Politics and Cosmologies of Migrant Workers in Contemporary India
By Shankar Ramaswami (Permanent Black, 2025)

Discussants: Purushottam Agrawal, former Chair, Centre of Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Uma Chakravarti, Former Professor, Department of History, Miranda House, Delhi University; Nandini Sundar, Department of Sociology, Delhi University; Aseem Shrivastava, scholar, writer, and ecological thinker; Shankar Ramaswami, Professor of Sociology, O. P. Jindal Global University and author of the book

Chair : Sh. Ajay Singh Mehta, Former Executive Director, National Foundation for India

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Reimagining India's Economy: The Road to a More Equitable Society
By Arun Maira (Speaking Tiger, 2025)

Echoes of the Past : Deep Threads  of Indian Diplomacy
By Lakhan Mehrotra (Heritage Publishers, 2025)

Discussants: Dr. Amit Kapoor, Chairman, Institute of Competitiveness; Amb. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Member, Rajya Sabha  ; Dr. Bhavna Jaisingh, academic ; Amb Lakhan Mehrotra, author of the book

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, eminent author and scholar

As the United Nations founded in 1945, after the end of the 2nd World War, the deadliest in history, to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" completes 80 years, it is imperative to examine what has the UN achieved and why it has signally failed in stopping or ending wars. 

Chair:  Mr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, Distinguished Fellow, India Foundation, and Convener, Editorial Board of the magazine WORLD AFFAIRS. 
Speaker: Ambassador K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, and World Peace University, Pune.
 

Darshan: Gaze of Grace
(207 min;2024; English)
A film on Sri Ramana Maharshi
Directed by Japna Tulsi
 

A cinematic meditation on the silent presence of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi where stories, poetry, and song become the medium through which his luminous stillness is revealed.
 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 

Vocal Recital by Sounak Chattopadhyay

A Hindustani vocalist with training from Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khansahab and Mubarak Ali Khan Sahab of the Kirana Gharana, semi-classical forms from Smt. Sanjukta Ghosh, advanced training in RabindraSangeet and other traditional Bengali songs.

(Collaboration: Impresario India)