Jashn-e Rekhta : Celebrating Urdu
 
In Conversation
Javed Akhtar in conversation with Rakhshanda Jalil
 
12:45 – 13:45
Urdu aur Hindi: Quarbaten aur Faasle (Urdu and Hindi: Convergence and Divergence)
Speakers: Ashok Vajpeyi; Purushottam Agrawal; and Shamim Hanfi
Moderator: Pervaiz Alam
 
14:30 – 15:30
“Padhant” 
Recitation by Zia Mohyeddin
 
15:45 - 17:00
Mushaire ka Badalta Rang-Roop (The Changing Face of Mushaira)
Kumar Vishwas, Munawwar Rana and Satyapal Anand with Ravish Kumar
 
 
17:15 – 18:30
Urdu Shayari aur Tahzeeb: Ek Zaati Tajraba (Reliving Urdu Poetry and Culture)
Saeed Naqvi in conversation with Obaid Siddiqui
 
19:00 – 21:00
Film- Garam Hava (Scorching Winds)
(146 min; 1973; dvd; English subtitles)
A film by M.S. Sathyu
 
With Balraj Sahni, Farooq Sheikh, Shaukat Kaifi, A.K. Hangal
 
Recipient of the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, National Film Awards, India  1974; Filmfare Awards 1975 for Best Screenplay; Best Story; and Best Dialogue Writer
 
 
M S. Sathyu’s landmark film on the plight of a North Indian Muslim family, in the post partition period of 1947. The protagonist, a businessman is caught in a dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan or stay back. The film details the slow disintegration of his family, and is one of the most poignant films ever made on India's partition