10th Anniversary Edition of Goa Arts & Literature Festival - 2019

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Date Venue Time Programme Featuring Performance: Konkani Lok Dhoon - Goan Folk Music 5.00 pm -5.25 pm Ravindra Kelekar Dnyanmandir Medley Hosted by Jose Lourenco Pushkar, Director - The International Centre Goa Damodar Mauzo, Co-curator - GALF, fiction writer & member - Goa Writers Keynote Address: Why we should all speak up - and what happens 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Inaugural function when we do Laran by Priya Ramani, veteran journalist, editor and Amphitheatre commentator Lawn, ICG Keynote Address: 05-Dec Readers and Writers: Evolving Equations by Harish Trivedi, reputed scholar Unveiling of GALF artwork created by Savia Viegas, versatile author / artist 6:35 pm - 6:50 pm Exclusive Poetry reading Salil Chaturvedi 6:55 pm - 7:45 pm Flashpoint 2019: One Nation, One Narrative? Naresh Fernandes, Patricia Mukhim and Amita Kanekar in conversation with Samar Halarnkar

Laran Amphitheatre 8:30 pm onwards Welcome dinner with cocktails for official delegates Lawn,ICG

1/8 Date Venue Time Programme Featuring Laran Annexe, Young GALF 2019 Sessions Jerry Pinto, Samhita Arni, Amruta Patil and Vidya 06-Dec 10:00 am - 12:30 pm ICG Conducted by Bookworm Goa Kamat Masood Hussain and David Devadas in conversation 10:00 am - 10:40 am Flashpoint 2019: Morning in Kashmir? with Ashley Dmello Ivo de Figueiredo in conversation with Vivek 10:45 am - 11:25 am Book Launch: A Stranger at my Table Menezes 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Book Launch: A song for Saligao Clarice Vaz in conversation with Heta Pandit Tony Joseph and Priyamvada Gopal in conversation 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Flashpoint 2019: Imperilled Democracy ? with Dilip D'Souza Heta Pandit, Eddie Fernandes and Ibha Gupta, Goa 1:05 pm - 1:45 pm Book Launch: The Matata Trilogy Heritage Action Group 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm Presentation: Can Surmount Parimal Gandhi Mandovi Hall, 06-Dec Arjun Subramaniam in conversation with Arun ICG 2:25 pm - 3:15 pm India Wars Prakash Arundhathi Subramaniam in conversation with 3:20 pm - 4:00 pm Book Launch: Love without a story Abhay Sardesai 4:05 pm - 4:45 pm Book Discussion: Early Indians Tony Joseph in conversation with Namit Arora Rakhshanda Jalil in conversation with Samar 4:50 pm - 5:30 pm Book Discussion: But You Don't Look Like a Muslim Halarnkar Prajwal Parajuly, Anungla Zoe Longkumer and Mitra 5:35 pm - 6:15 pm Ways of Belonging: India 'Beyond the Ganges' Phukan in conversation with Samrat X Art Presentation: A Look at FN Souza as a Young 6:20 pm - 7:00 pm Jugneeta Sudan Artist

2/8 Date Venue Time Programme Featuring 10:00 am - 10:30 am Book Launch: Henrik Ibsen Translated Astri Ghosh in conversation with Ivo de Figueiredo Victor Rodrigues Nunes, Gabriel Rosenstock and 10:35 am - 11:15 am Multilingual Poetry Readings Sudeep Sen Rita Kothari and Vivek Shanbhag in conversation 11:20 am - 12:00 pm Translation Matters: Expanding the Canon with Mini Krishnan Sunanda Mehta in conversation with Nirmala 12:05 pm - 12:45 pm The Extraordinary Life & Death of Sunanda Pushkar Govindarajan Nirmala Govindarajan in conversation with Jerry 12:50 pm - 1:30 pm Book Launch: Taboo Pinto and Antara Dev Sen 06-Dec Zuari Hall, ICG Saee Koranne in conversation with Fatima Silva 1:35 pm - 2:15 pm Book Launch: Pangat Gracias 2:20 pm - 3:10 pm Literary Lives Mridula Garg in conversation with Supriya Nair Damyanti Biswas, Meenal Shrivastava, Parimal 3:15 pm - 4:05 pm Finding a Voice: Debutants Gandhi and Sanjay Dharwadker in conversation with Usha Alexander 4:10 pm - 5:10 pm The Unremembered: Indian Soldiers of World War II Annu Palakunnathu Matthew Keki Daruwalla in conversation with Arundhathi 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Literary Lives Subramaniam

3/8 Date Venue Time Programme Featuring 10:00 am - 11:00 am Film: Saxtticho Koddo: The Granary of Salcete Vince Costa in conversation with Arti Das Rajorshi Chakraborthy in conversation with Jugneeta 11:05 am - 11:45 pm Live Readings Sudan Art Presentation: Raja Ravi Verma and the art of 11:55 am - 12:30 pm Vidya Kamat intervention 12:35 pm - 1:15 pm Presentation: Walk with Gandhi Gabriel Rosenstock and Masood Hussain Antara Dev Sen, Mini Krishan, Samhita Arni, Mridula 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm Celebrating Nabaneeta Garg and Jerry Pinto Abolim Hall, Presentation: Notes from beyond words: select 06-Dec 2:05 pm - 2:45 pm Saba Hasan ICG book sculptures, text installations and videos Philosophy of Music in the contest of profound Art- 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm Ritwik Sanyal Music of Dhrupad 3:35 pm - 4:20 pm Poetry Readings Rochelle Potkar and Sanket Mhatre 4.25 pm - 5:05 pm Flashpoint 2019: Pakistan Tilak Devasher in conversation David Devadas Derek Mascarenhas in conversation with Suneeta 5:10 pm - 6:00 pm Book Launch: Coconut Dreams Peres Da Costa GALF 2019 Ambedkar Memorial Lecture: Ambedkar 6:05 pm - 7:00 pm Anand Teltumbde and Democracy

4/8 Date Venue Time Programme Featuring Laran 06-Dec Amphitheatre 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Performance: Talaash - The Band of Seekers, Folk-pop band Lawn, ICG

Laran Annexe, Young GALF 2019 Sessions 07-Dec 10:00 am - 12:30 pm ICG Conducted by Bookworm Goa Rang Karnad: play reading session - Tribute to Girish Aruna Ganu, Ramita Gurav, Mamata Verelekar and 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Karnad by Dhaee Aakhar Goa Dattaprasad Shetkar; moderated by Arati Das 07-Dec Zuiyo Lawns GALF 2019 Ambedkar Memorial Lecture: Patricia Mukhim 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm Dr. Ambedkar's legacy: Time to review tribal policies

5/8 Date Venue Time Programme Featuring Tamal Bandyopadhyay and Neeraj Amarnani in 9:25 am - 9:55 am Book Launch: HDFC Bank 2.0 conversation with Ashley Dmello 10:00 am - 10:40 am Re-forming India Niraja Jayal in conversation with Naresh Fernandes

10:45 am - 11:25 am Literary Lives Rakhshanda Jalil in conversation with Keshava Guha Jerry Pinto, Prajwal Parajuly and Samhita Arni in 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Finding a Voice: Writing Novels conversation 12:15 pm - 12:55 pm Literary Lives: How we began In conversation: M. Mukundan and Sethumadhavan Priyamvada Gopal in conversation with R Benedito 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm Book Launch: Insurgent Empire Mandovi Hall, Ferrao 07-Dec ICG 2:00 pm - 2:40 pm Book Launch: Accidental Magic Keshava Guha in conversation with Samhita Arni

2:45 pm - 3:25 pm Rivers Remember: The Climate Change Catastrophe Krupa Ge in conversation with Supriya Nair Sivakami and Martin Macwan in conversation with 3:30 pm - 4:10 pm Ways of Belonging: Inclusion Samar Halarnkar 4:15 pm - 4:55 pm Finding a Voice: The New Afghanistan Omaid Sharifi in conversation with Kaustubh Naik

5:00 pm - 5:40 pm Literary Lives: What inspires us Rita Chowdhury and Dilip D'souza in conversation Ranjit Hoskote, Arundhathi Subramaniam and 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm Poetry Readings Mustansir Dalvi

6/8 Date Venue Time Programme Featuring Prajal Sahrakardande and Celsa Pinto in 9:30 am - 9:55 am Exclusive Launch: Parmal 2019 conversation with Raya Shankhwalker and Heta Pandit Prajal Sahrakardande in conversation with Anthony 10:00 am - 10:40 am Book Launch: Goa Gold Goa Silver Gaskell Miniya Chatterji in conversation with Patricia Pereira 10:45 am - 11:25 am Presentation: Indian Instincts Sethi 11:30 am - 12:10 pm Mridula Garg: The Last Email Mridula Garg in conversation with Antara Dev Sen Bilingual Book Launch: 'Struggles with Imagined 12:15 pm - 12:55 pm Mustansir Dalvi and Hemant Divate Gods and other poems ' Victor Rodriguez Nunez, Katherine M. Hedeen and 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm Bilingual Book Launch: Inverse Hemant Divate 1:45 pm - 2:25 pm Presentation: Shakespeare and Indian CInemas Poonam Trivedi in conversation with Kiran Budkuley 07-Dec Zuari Hall, ICG

2:30 pm - 3:10 pm Abdullah Khan: Patna Blues Abdullah Khan in conversation with Mustansir Dalvi

3:15 pm - 3:55 pm Samhita Arni: The Prince Samhita Arni in conversation with Ranjit Hoskote

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Book Launch: Mandalay Clara Astarloa in conversation with Brian Mendonca Dhruba Hazarika and Mona Zote in conversation 4:35 pm - 5:15 pm Finding a Voice: The Margins? with Samrat X Priya Kuriyan and Nishant Saldanha in conversation 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Finding a Voice: Representation? Aniruddha Sen Gupta Sujatha Fernandes and Ivo de Figueredo in 6:05 pm - 6:45 pm Goa Diaspora: Where is Home? conversation with Suneeta Peres da Costa V Srinivas, Harshad Pore and Alfred Almeida in 6:50 pm - 7:30 pm Finding a Voice: Why write? conversation with Rachana Patni

7/8 Date Venue Programme Featuring 9:30 am - 11:30 am Film: Meshampur Akshay Singh in conversation with Sachin Chatte

11:35 am - 12:15 pm Book Launch: Cities and Canopies Seema Mundoli in conversation with Krupa Ge Amruta Patil in conversation with Arundhathi 12:20 pm - 1:00 pm Book Launch: Aranyaka Subramaniam Dhruv Bogra and Piya Bahadur in conversation with 1:05 pm - 1:45 pm Finding a Voice: On The Road Aniruddha Sen Gupta 1:50 pm - 2:20 pm Book Launch: How do you know what you know ? Janki Santoke in conversation with Patricia Sethi Abolim Hall, 07-Dec 2:25 pm - 2:55 pm Book Launch: Ramayana Book of Life Shubha Vilas in conversation with Hema Myer Sood ICG 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Book Launch: The Sixth River Maaz Bin Bilal in conversation with Rita Kothari Maaz Bin Bilal, Rochelle Potkar, Rochelle Dsilva, 3:35 pm - 4:15 pm Poetry Readings Sanket Mhatre and Mona Zote Nupur Anand in conversation with Rajorshi 4:20 pm - 5:00 pm Finding a Voice: The Inner Guide Chakraborti 5:05 pm - 5:45 pm Publishing Next: Where's the Literature in Literature Mitra Phukan, Astri Ghosh and Damodar Mauzo in Festivals? conversation with Leonard Fernandes

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Performance: The Goa University Choir in Concert

Laran 07-Dec Amphitheatre 8:30 pm onwards Closing Dinner with cocktails for official delegates Lawn,ICG

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