The Wajid Ali Shah award was presented to nation’s very noted director Sudhir Mishra. Born and brought up in Lucknow, Sudhir Mishra is the grandson of former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Dwarka Prasad Mishra. His father, Devendra Nath Mishra, was the founder member of Lucknow Film Society. Sudhir Mishra along with Badal Sircar … Continued
Day 1
Inauguration Ceremony
Launch of Lucknow Observer
(Lucknow’s 1st interactive news magazine)
Story Telling by Sanjeev Jaiswal in association with Pratham Books
Story writing interactive session
Book Launch : The Politickle Pickle – Shreyas Navare
Book Launch & Reading : Young Tagore – Sudhir Kakar
Interactive session for youth Role of Youth in Nation Development
by Ashok Arora in association with Beam Foundation
Book Launch : Aadab Lucknow – Kamlesh Tripathi & Sujata Tripathi
Book Launch : Discovering Lucknow – Shamim A. Aarzoo & Atif Hanif
Panel Discussion : Who Owns Lucknow
Kamlesh Tripathi, Mahmood Farooqui, Meer Jafar Abdullah & Roshan Taqui in conversation with Darain Shahidi
Book Launch : Sorry You’re Not My Type – Sudeep Nagarkar
Panel Discussion : Asmita Parak Sahitya Ki Dishaein
Roop Rekha Verma, Shakeel Siddiqui & Srishti Srivastava in conversation with Preety Choudhary
Book Launch : Bird in a Banyan Tree – Bina Ramani
Book Launch : Valmiki Ramayan Eik Vivechnatmak Adhyayan – Dharmendra Kumar
Interaction with Tuhin Sinha – Author of The Edge of Power
Panel Discussion : Sanskrit – Adhunik Bhartiya Bhasha
Dharmendra Kumar, Janardan Waghmare, Kalpana Dwevedi & Surachna Trivedi in conversation with Vijay Karn
Should women be the political heads everywhere ?
(Dedicated to Laxmi Sahgal on her Birth Centenary)
Alka Pandey, Bina Ramani, Sudeep Nagarkar & Tuhin Sinha in converstaion with Mehru Jaffer
Paper Presentation : Hindi aur Japan – Tomoko Kekuchi (Japan)
Raza Naeem from Pakistan reads Sa’dat Hasan Manto
Book Launch : Janhit Mein Jaari – Pankaj Prasun
Book Launch : Rana Bhayo Mardana – Shailendra Pratap Singh
Book Launch : 25 Strokes of Kindness – Nikita Singh
Book Launch : Riding the Wave > Seven Leaders of Change – Mini Menon
Saraswati se Hans tak
(Dedicated to Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi on his 150th Birth anniversary)
Akhilesh, Asghar Wajahat & Virendra Yadav in conversation with Vinod Tiwari
Panel Discussion : ‘India’s Invisible Mothers’ in association with ‘Save The Children
Shabana Azmi, Shalini Sinha, Smriti Lamech & Urvashi Butalia in conversation with Jaishree Misra
Book Launch : Dose – Satya Verghese ( Bulgaria )
Book Launch & Reading : Pornpen Hanthrakool (Thailand)
Book Launch : A Half Baked Life – Pranesh Prasad ( Australia )
Book Reading by William Letford
Panel Discussion : What in mind of young readers
Jatinder Singh (UK), Pornpen Hanthrakool (Thailand), Raza Naeem (Pakistan), Satya Verghese (Bulgaria) & William Letford (Scott land) in conversation with Pranesh Prasad (Australia)
Impacts of Social Media on Society
Danish Hussain, Darain Shahidi in conversation with Mini Menon
Exploring Geeta in Urdu Poetry
Anwar Jalalpuri in conversation with Shafey Kidwai
Kathak by Natalia Hildner (US)
Disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj Ji
Book Launch : Dalit Sahitya Ki Prishthbhumi – Janardan Waghmare
Mushaira aur Kavi Sammelan
Dedicated to Jaan Nisar Akhtar on his Birth Centenary & Maithali Sharan Gupt on his 50th Death Anniversary
Day 2
Book Launch : Urdu Literature & Journalism – Shafey Kidwai
Bridging US – India Relations
Talk on SPAN Magazine An initiative of US Embassy
Athar Hussain & Sulaiman Akhtar
Fusion Dance by Children of Jaipuria School
Panel Discussion : Urdu Adab aur Hindustani Tehzeeb
Dedicated to Krishan Chander on his Birth Centenary & Shibli Nomani on his Death Centenary
Cartoon Workshop by Ajit Rai
in association with Pratham Books
Book Launch : Shorish-e Fikr – Sarwat Khan
Book Launch : Please come to my desk – Deepanjan Paul
Book Launch : Chalees Baba Eik Chor – Jawaid Danish
Book Launch : Terrorism Explained
Book Launch : New Urdu Writings – Rakshanda Jalil
Panel Discussion : Youth and Social Change
in association with Oxfam India
Panel Discussion : Munshi Nawel Kishore
Epitome of Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb of Lucknow
Panel Discussion : Samkaleen Hindi Kavita Ka Bhavishya
Dedicated to Muktibodh on his 50th death anniversary
Panel Discussion : Ikkeswi Sadi Mein Lucknow Ka Adab
Dedicated to Ali Sardar Jafri & Ehsan Danish on their Birth Centenary
Magazine Launch : Maqalat-e Haidari (Hakim-ul Ummat)
Book Launch : Mukhwas – Alka Pandey
Book Launch : Awadhi Granthawali
Panel Discussion : Awadhi Ka Vishwa Paridrishya
Dedicated to Ramai Kaka on his Birth Centenary
Panel Discussion : Education for Kitchen or Career
Win Win Win – The Orphan Way by Girish N.Pandey
Book Launch : The TOI Story
How a Newspaper Changed the Rules of the Game – Sangita Malhan
Book Launch : Series of books on Musicology – Tej Singh Tak
Panel Discussion : Breaking NEWS
Malcom Spiers and his assocition with Lucknow