Sessions 2013

Presentation

Aladdin’s Carpet

Hail a Taxi in the Sky Jerry Sanders(Israel/USA)

Panel

The Flint Stones

How Islam Changed India and Was Changed by It Richard Eaton (USA) and Mahmood Madani (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Conversation

The Bone Collectors

How One Family Tracked the History of Man
Louise Leakey (Kenya)

Moderator: Tarun J Tejpal

Stories and Solutions

The Beast in Our Midst

Rape Survivors Speak Their Stories Suzette (India), Harish Iyer (India),  Manisha Devi (India) and Sandhya (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Performance

Universal Keys

Interpreti Veneziani (Venetian Ensemble)

Curator: Sadhana Rao

Conversation

Game of Thrones

A History of 3 Castes that Have Ruled the World
David Priestland (UK)

Moderator: Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Presentation

Our Colour is Black

The Curious History of Human Skin
Sharad Paul (New Zealand)

Conversation

India Thread Bare

What the Artisan Does That The FM Can't
Laila Tyabji (India),  Anwar Khatri (India) and Shantabai (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Performance

The Shark Bite

Vir Das (India)

Conversation

Beauty and the Beast

The Crisis of Global Media Tina Brown

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Conversation

The Problem of Plenty

Why We Need to Fear Our Demographic Dividend Nandan Nilekani (India), Yogendra Yadav (India) and Jay Panda (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Panel

The Lives of Others

Fidelity, Drama and the Art of the Biopic Farhan Akhtar (India), Shekhar Kapur (India) and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Performance

Universal Keys

Interpreti Veneziani (Venetian Ensemble)

Curator: Sadhana Rao

Presentation

The Look of the Bite

Why Food Takes the Shape It Does
Martin Hablesreiter (Austria) and Sonja Stummerer (Austria)

Conversation

Big Brother, Big Money, Big Media

The Man Who Fights the Wars You do Not See
John Pilger (Australia)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Conversation

The Hermit & The Emperor

Amitabh Bachchan and the Roads Not Taken
Amitabh Bachchan (India)

Moderator: Tarun J Tejpal

Presentation

The Brain Hacker

Meet the Man Who Can Tell What You Are Thinking. And Why
Moran Cerf (USA)

Conversation

Killing Paper, Killing Thought

Is a Tsunami of Rubbish Sweeping the World? John Makinson (UK)

Moderator: Tarun J Tejpal

Panel

The Knight Riders

The Mess of Democracy. And Some Who Tried To Fix It
Vinod Rai (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Performance

Universal Keys

Interpreti Veneziani (Venetian Ensemble)

Curator: Sadhana Rao

Stories & Solutions

Naked Rage

Occupied Territories, Women and the Body as Weapon Haifa Zangana (Iraq), Golshifteh Farahani (Iran),    Binalakshmi Nepram (India),  Ima Ngambi (India),  and  Caroline Fourest (France)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Panel

Chaining of Gods

How Modernity Has Twisted Hinduism
Jyotirmaya Sharma (India)

Moderator: Tarun J Tejpal

Conversation

The Blood Telegram

The Secret Story of How a Nation Was Split
Gary Bass (USA)

Moderator: Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Personal History

Fifty Shades of Surrender

Sex, Dance and Liberation Theories
Toni Bentley (USA)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Performance

The Line of No Control

A Master Actor Interprets A Master Writer: Naseer on Manto
Naseeruddin Shah (India)

Presentation

Lord of the Rings

The Universe in 3D Carter Emmart (USA)

Conversation

An Afghan Date

The CIA Talks to the Taliban
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef (Afghanistan) and Robert Grenier (USA)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Performance

Universal Keys

Interpreti Veneziani (Venetian Ensemble)

Curator: Sadhana Rao

Conversation

The Insider’s Whistle

Why Tech Is Not the Answer to Everything
Evgeny Morozov (Belarus)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Presentation

The Conjuror’s Trick

How 3D Printing Will Change the World
Zach Hoeken Smith (USA)

Personal History

How Life Imitates Chess

The Grandmaster's Battle for Russia
Garry Kasparov (Russia)

Moderator: Tarun J Tejpal

Presentation

The End of Choice

How Algorithms Determine the Shape of Your Life
William Uricchio (USA)

Panel

Two Faces of Determination

Why We Need to Honour the People's Protest   Medha Patkar (India),  Subhashree Panda (India) and Thimbu Oraon (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Panel

Beyond the Enemy Line

Is It Time for a China-India Axis? Harsh Pant (UK) and Shyam Saran (India)

Moderator: Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Conversation

Dancing on a Tightrope

Money and Morals for a Billion Dreams P Chidambaram (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Performance

Universal Keys

Interpreti Veneziani (Venetian Ensemble)

Curator: Sadhana Rao

Conversation

An Afghan Date

Part 2
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef (Afghanistan)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Presentation

The Lizard’s Tail

Can Human Limbs Regenerate Themselves? Alan Russell (USA)

Conversation

The Master and His Masks

The Extraordinary Journey of a Creative Brain Robert De Niro (USA)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Panel

Water Wars

The Terror Story You Don't Yet Know Tushar Shah (India),  Rohini Nilekani (India) and Jones Spartegus (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Conversation

Are Humans Hardwired For Infidelity, War & Revenge

Plug Into a Dangerous Academic David Barash (USA)

Moderator: Tarun J Tejpal

Panel

Robbing the Sun Bank

How the Energy Debate is Rocking the Markets Mansoor Ali Khan (India)  and Vikram Mehta (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Presentation

Your Personal Sherlock

What Your Spaces Say About You Sam Gosling (USA)

Conversation

Policing the Clouds

How to Track a Terrorist Online Shai Schiller (Israel)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Performance

Universal Keys

Interpreti Veneziani (Venetian Ensemble)

Curator: Sadhana Rao

Presentation

The Machine As Messiah

The Pursuit of Conscience in Technology Toshi Nakamura (Japan)

Panel

Youth, Music and Rebellion

An Egypt Story Karim Adel Essa (Egypt),  Nariman El Bakri (Egypt) and Nusrat Durrani (India)

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury

Conversation

Headwind, Tailwind

Why Entrepreneurship Is So Hard in India Vijay Mallya

Moderator: Tarun J Tejpal

Conversation

The Shadow Boxer’s Story

How Grit and Glamour Can Feed Off Each Other
Priyanka Chopra and Mary Kom

Moderator: Shoma Chaudhury