Sessions 2012
Day 12 Nov , 2012
09:00 AM
Vision
Tarun J Tejpal.Keynote
09:10 AM
The Personal Is Political
Fawzia Koofi (Afghanistan) & Jason Burke (UK). The Failed Goods? America's Footprint in Afghanistan.09:45 AM
The Number Mysteries
Marcus du Sautoy (UK).Magic of the Primes: Music, Football and Why Maths Matters
10:15 AM
Why We Fight
Shekar Dattatri (India), Swami Shivanand (India) & Prof G D Agarwal. The Hungry Tide: The Story of Growth, Ganga and the Ghats10:55 AM
Universal Keys
Lavanya & Subbalaxmi.Musical Legacies
11:15 AM
The Taboo Buster
Christopher Turner (UK). The Unspoken Conversation: The 20th Century Psychoanalyst That the 21st Century Needs11:45 AM
The Republic of Technology
Ben Hammersley (UK) & Sachin Pilot (India). Chaining Godzilla: Does the Internet Need Control?12:20 PM
War Talks and Peace Moves
Efraim Halevy (Israel) & Kanwal Sibal (India). Eye of the Storm: Inside Israel With the Man Who Led the Mossad01:05 PM
Evolutionary Lab
Daniel Wolpert (UK). Brain Central: Why I'm a Movement Chauvinist02:35 PM
Metropolises and the Master Plan
Prithviraj Chavan (India), David Gensler (USA) & K T Ravindran (India). The Fast-Burning Fuse: Can Indian Cities Be Saved From Themselves?03:10 PM
Shark Bite
Vikram Sathaye (India). Stand-Up Comedy03:45 PM
The Development Knot
Zhang Mei (China) & Arvind Subramanian (USA) Dragon Head, Snake Tail: The Sting in the China Story04:15 PM
Universal Keys
Lavanya & Subbalaxmi.DNA of a Classic Song
04:35 PM
The Dissident Files
Sunder Rajan (India) , Sudha Bharadwaj (India) & Kamla Kaka (India). Democracy's Jackboot: Why We Sing the Blues05:10 PM
In Memoriam
Tarun Sehrawat Memorial Award. Shutter Speed: A Rare Idealism05:20 PM
Modern Druids: Seed Ideas for a New World
Dava Newman (USA) & Guillermo Trotti (USA). The Extreme Architects: How to Travel Space in a Light Suit
05:55 PM
Cinema, Wide Angle
Zoya Akhtar (India), Reema Kagti (India) & Anusha Rizvi (India) . The Cats Have Got Their Tongue: Three Women in BollywoodDay 23 Nov , 2012
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10:10 AM
Prophet Earth
George Schaller (USA). The Saint of Lesser Beings: How One Man Protects a Planet10:50 AM
Profit and Prejudice
Praful Patel (India) , Rajan Mittal (India) & Sajjan Jindal (India). The Balance Sheet: How Can Corporations Square Better With Democracy?11:20 AM
Universal Keys
Kavita Seth. Ruh Sey11:40 AM
The Republic of Technology
Sherry Turkle (USA) The Social Network: Why Are Robots Becoming Human and Men Machines?12:15 PM
Modern Druids: Seed Ideas for a New World
Steven Cowley (UK). Fusion and the Energy Hunt: Can We Imitate the Sun?![]() |
12:45 PM
The Taboo Buster
Erica Jong (USA). Body Games for the Mind: Sex, Liberation and How She Freed a Generation02:20 PM
Voters Grill
Manish Tewari (India). Half-Ticket: Power and What We Make Of It02:55 PM
The Healing Voice
Adonis (Syria) and Zikur Rahman (India) What Poetry Can Do in a Time of War03:30 PM
The Developement Knot
Ulka Mahajan (India) , Pradeep Prabhu (India) & Dev Ram Kanhera (India) Jal, Jangal, Jameen: Battles for Earth, Water, Sky. And Life.04:00 PM
Universal Keys
Kavita Seth. Dil Sey04:20 PM
Illusion, Delusion
James Randi (USA). The Con-Catcher: Why a Magician Turned On Himself05:10 PM
Cinema, Wide Angle
Rishi Kapoor (India) , Ranbir Kapoor (India) & Karisma Kapoor (India) The Gene That Acted Up: A Cinema Family Without Parallel in the World05:55 PM
Epiphanies
Astad Deboo Dance Troupe (India). My Soliloquy With Kali: Faith Heals, Religion RupturesDay 34 Nov , 2012
09:00 AM
Modern Druids: Seed Ideas for a New World
Ian Lipkin. Why We Need a Virus Hunter09:30 AM
We, The People
Rajeev Chandrasekhar (India) & Jayaprakash Narayan (India). The Curse. And the Cleansing Wind: Are We on the Right Track to Fighting Corruption?10:05 AM
Growth Wars
Nicolas Veron (USA) & James Crabtree. A Peace Prize and a Fall: Why Is the Great European Experiment Coming Apart?10:35 AM
Money and Morals
Shashi Ruia (India) . The Wealth of Nations: How Money Must Carry Itself in a Poor Country10:55 AM
Universal Keys
Sunita Bhuyan. Stringed Connections11:15 AM
Voters Grill
Vasundhara Raje (India). The Idea that Drives Me: Time to Reinvent Politics in India?11:45 AM
12:20 PM
The Development Knot
Jonathan Fenby. Strategy Masterclass: What Change in China Means for the World12:55 PM
The Healing Voice
Ratan Thiyam (Manipur). A Master's Voice: What Art Can Do in a Time of War02:20 PM
Maps of Time
Ganesan Srinivasan The Cosmic Fortune-Teller: What a Faster Moving Earth Will Do To Mankind02:50 PM
Profit and Prejudice
Sunil Munjal (India), K D Singh (India) & Ronnie Screwvala (India). Dreams of Singapore in Vidarbha: Is India on the Right Business Track?03:25 PM
The Dissident Files
Ausama Monajed (Syria). The Troubled Looking Glass: Why You Should Care About Syria03:55 PM
Future Shapes
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan (India) , Sonal Kapoor (India) & Shazeb Shaikh The Youth Matrix: Changing the World in Small Steps
04:10 PM
Universal Keys
Sunita Bhuyan. The Universe in Seven Notes04:30 PM
Faith, Reason and Inner Engineering
Jaggi Vasudev (India) & Javed Akhtar (India). Five Star Fixes? Ancient Technologies for the Modern Mind05:05 PM
Tipping Point
Stalin (India) , Amita Tute (India) & Shubhranshu Choudhary (India). People's Bandwidth: Deepening Democracy Through Technology
05:40 PM
In the Green Room
Shah Rukh Khan (India). The Solitude of a Superstar: The Public-Private Journey of a Dream Catcher