A celebration and a discussion on Narayani Gupta’s long engagement with Delhi’s past and its present, urban conservation and the importance of cultivating a historical sensibility through innovative textbooks.

The programme includes:

Recitations by Saif Mahmood, Delhi Jo Ek Shahar Tha: The City in Poetry

Panel discussions and tributes by Indivar Kamtekar, Shiny Varghese, Beeba Sobti, Ratish Nanda, Lokesh Ohri, Swapna Liddle and Amar Farooqui

A festschrift published by Primus Books will be released on the occasion