8th to 10th January, 2016 , Dilli Haat, Opp INA Market
Program
Opening Day 1: Friday, 8th January
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm @ Registration
05:00 pm - 05:45 pm @ Trends in Publishing - How to get Published?
Debashree Rakshit (Publisher, Harper Collins)
Vaishali Mathur (Publisher, Penguin India)
Ajay Mago (Publisher, Om Books International)
Anuj Bahri (CEO & Principal Agent Red Ink)
Moderator: Kunal Gupta, Founder, Delhi Book Lovers
06:00 pm - 07:00 pm @ Inaugural Session
Munawwar Rana, Sahitya Akademi Awardee (to be felicitated)
Kapil Mishra, Minister for Art, Culture & Language & Tourism Government of NCT of Delhi
Baldeo Bhai Sharma, Chairman National Book Trust
H.E. Dr. Burak Akcapar, Turkish Ambassador to India
Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister for Culture, Government of India
Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister,Govt. of NCT of Delhi
07:15 pm - 08:00 pm @ Bare it all: Voyeurism and Tell-alls
Avirook Sen…Aarushi
Anuj Dhar…on the death of Subhas Chandra Bose
Neeraj Kumar, Former Delhi Police Comissioner
Moderator: Madhu Trehan
Founding Editor, India Today
08:15 pm onwards @ Gig... Live Performance...by Aanch!
Day 2: Saturday, 9th January
02:00 pm - 02:45 pm @ The Storyteller’s Tale, Omair Ahmad
(Speaking Tiger)
Moderator: Madhulika Liddle, Author
03:00pm - 04:15 pm @ Populism of Poetry
Richa Anirudh, News Anchor IBN7
in conversation with
Dr. Kumar Vishwas
04:15 pm - 05:00 pm @ Discussion: Coming of the Age of Intolerance
Sudheendra Kulkarni
Mani Shankar Aiyar, Hon’ble Member of Parliament
Seshadri Chari
Moderator: Saba Naqvi
Senior Journalist & Author
05:15 pm - 06:00 pm @ The Brothers Bihari: Sankarshan Thakur (Harper Collins)
Moderator: Ajay Kumar,
Senior Executive Editor, News Nation
06:15 pm - 07:30 pm @ Hindi Hain Hum
Om Thanvi, Eminent Writer & Editor
Rasbihari Gaur, Eminent Writer
Atul Kanakk, Eminent Poet
Moderator: Priyadarshan, News Editor, NDTV India
Concluding Day 3: Sunday, 10th January
02:00 pm - 02:45 pm @ Shujoy Dutta, Like a Pinprick to the Heart
(Speaking Tiger)
Moderator: Aditya Sinha
03:00 pm - 03:45 pm @Literature in the flash/fast age: Blogs vs Books
Vikas Swarup
Anna M M Vetticad
Yashodhara Lal
Moderator: Dilip Cherian
04:00 pm - 04:45 pm @ Book Release & Discussion
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm @ The Idea of India
Tarun Vijay
Manish Sisodia, Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister
Moderator: Shishir Gupta,
Political Correspondent, Hindustan Times
06:15 pm - 07:00 pm @ Mythological & Historical Fiction in India –
The Rise of Legends
Vikas Singh (Bestselling Author, The Big Fix)
Suhail Mathur (Bestselling Author, The Bhairav Putras)
Christopher Doyle (Bestselling Author, The Mahabharata Secret)
Moderator: Garima Dutt, Journalist and former AVP Zee News
07:15 - 08:00 pm @ Concluding Session: “Rediscovery of India”
A Tribute to Pandit Nehru
Rahul Gandhi, Hon’ble Member of Parliament
Moderator: Barkha Dutt.