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Knowledge Centre TheatrePiazza Entrance Hall

saturday20th may

MORNING MUSIC AT THE PIAZZA - 10.00am Bhakti: Invoking the Muse: Arundhathi Subramaniam & Vidya Shah

DAY 1

1. Freedom to Dream: Inaugural AddressNamita Gokhale, William

Dalrymple, Sanjoy K. Roy, Neeraj Dhingra, CEO – Europe for ZEE Network and Jamie Andrews,

Head of Culture & Learning, British Library

5. Ten South Asian Treasures of the British

LibraryAntonia Moon, John Falconer, Layli

Uddin, Malini Roy, Nur Sobers-Khan and Ursula Sims-Williams, introduced by Jamie Andrews

6. An Unsuitable BoyKaran Johar in conversation

with Rachel Dwyer7. You’ve Got Magic

Neel Madhav

11. Waters of Contention: Asian Faultlines

Humphrey Hawksley, Michael Buckley and Mihir S. Sharma in conversation with John Elliott

12. Migrant WordsAmit Chaudhuri, Lila Azam Zanganeh, Meera Syal and

Prajwal Parajuly in conversation with Anita Anand

13. Meet the MongolsNayanika Mahtani

2. The Beatles in India: The Rishikesh Trip

Ajoy Bose and Philip Norman in conversation

3. Victoria and AbdulStephen Frears in conversation with Shrabani Basu, introduced

by Patrick French

8. The Dishonourable Company

Giles Milton John Keay, Jon Wilson and Zareer

Masani in conversation with William Dalrymple

9. Illustrious Journeys: The Forgotten Art of

SitaramJ.P. Losty introduced by

Malini Roy

10. The Genetics of SkinSharad Paul introduced by

Nayanika Mahtani

14. India Votes: The Craft of Indian Politics

Ornit Shani and Mukulika Banerjee in conversation with

Ajoy Bose

15. KohinoorAnita Anand and William

Dalrymple in conversation, introduced by Susan Stronge

Presented by Aga Khan Foundation

16. The Rise and Fall of Mughal Art

J.P. Losty, Katherine Butler Schofield, Malini Roy and

Susan Stronge in conversation with William Dalrymple

Presented by Aga Khan Foundation

17. Hyphenations: Of Poets, Cultures and

ContinentsDaljit Nagra and Guillermo

Rodríguez in conversation with Arundhathi Subramaniam

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EVENING MUSIC AT THE ENTRANCE HALL 7:00pm onwards

Kabir Cafe

4. Dance: The Embodied Word:

Monica de la Fuente

Piazza Entrance Hall

sunday21st may

18. Footloose: The Travel Session:

Anthony Sattin, Hugh Thomson and Samanth Subramanian in conversation with William

Dalrymple

19. Gramophone WomenVidya Shah in conversation

with Rachel Dwyer

30. Ideas of IndiaAsiya Zahoor, Arundhathi

Subramaniam, Meena Kandasamy, Meghnad Desai,

Mihir S. Sharma, Namita Gokhale and Prajwal Parajuly, introduced by Sanjoy K. Roy

24. Constitutions: We the People

Chintan Chandrachud, Helena Kennedy and Swapan

Dasgupta in conversation with Patrick French

Presented by Aga Khan Foundation

29. Jhalak: Glimpses of Diversity

Sunny Singh, Laura Susijn, Prajwal Parajuly and Wei Ming

Kam in conversation

25. White MughalsWilliam Dalrymple and

Vidya Shah, introduced by Katherine Butler Schofield

21. The Great Partition: Faisal Devji, Meghnad Desai,

Shrabani Basu and Yasmin Khan in conversation with

Patrick French

22. The Wodehouse Effect: Why India Loves Jeeves

Shashi Tharoor, Swapan Dasgupta and Tony Ring,

moderated by Mihir S. SharmaPresented by ZEE Network

23. Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: The Spice Trader Who

Changed HistoryGiles Milton introduced by

William Dalrymple

27. The Reading Room: Shaping the Novel

Amit Chaudhuri, Kunal Basu, Sarvat Hasin and Tahmima Anam in conversation with

Namita Gokhale

28. Knowledge Networks in the Ancient WorldArthur Dudney, Gagan

Sood, James Caron, Layli Uddin and Paniz Musawi

Natanzi in conversation with Nur Sobers-Khan

26. Lutyens’ DelhiMalvika Singh in conversation

with Somnath Batabyal

31. The Theft of the Raj: The British Empire in India

Roy Moxham and Shashi Tharoor in conversation with

Mukulika BanerjeePresented by the South Asia

Centre, LSE and the British Library

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pmMORNING MUSIC AT THE ENTRANCE HALL - 11.00am

Amrit Kaur Lohia

Knowledge Centre Theatre

20. Parting and ReunionVayu Naidu accompanied by

Arpan Shiva

DAY 2

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The ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival returns to London, presenting a sumptuous showcase of South Asia’s literary heritage, oral and performing arts, books and ideas, dialogue and debate in its fourth edition. The British Library spaces will be brought to life over two days, providing a snippet of what is described as ‘the greatest literary show on Earth’, the extraordinary free festival that takes place every January in the Pink City of Jaipur, India. Curated by writers and festival directors Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple, it was founded in 2008 and attracts some of the world’s leading authors, thinkers and performers, and huge crowds.

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