23 July Sessions
Note: All times are in Indian Standard Time (GMT + 5:30 )
23 July Thursday
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Music
Tritone
Tritone
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Glass House Children’s Poetry
Trailblazers
Trailblazers
12:30 PM – 01:00 PM
Inauguration & Keynote
Padma Vibhushan Sri Sri Ravishankar
01:00 PM – 01:30 PM
Ambassador TP Sreenivasan, Ambassador A. N. D. Haksar & Ambassador Nirupama Rao
02:30 PM – 03:00 PM
The Walking Violinist
Aneesh Vidyashankar
Aneesh Vidyashankar
03:00 PM – 03:30 PM
Opening Ceremony & Keynote
Chandrashekar Kambar
Chandrashekar Kambar
03:30 PM – 04:05 PM
Singing in the Dark – Poets on Covid
(K. Satchidanandan, Nishi Chawla, George Szirtes, Amir Or, Elizabeth Kuruvilla [mod])
(K. Satchidanandan, Nishi Chawla, George Szirtes, Amir Or, Elizabeth Kuruvilla [mod])
06:00 PM – 06:30 PM
Beethoven Variations: A Poet’s Journey through the Music and Life of Beethoven
(Ruth Padel and Karl Lutchmayer)
(Ruth Padel and Karl Lutchmayer)
06:30 PM – 08:15 PM
(Join Live Q&A at the end of this session here via BIC)
Reading John Keats in the Bicentenary of His 1820 Volume
(Annie Chandy Mathew, Nicholas Roe)
(Annie Chandy Mathew, Nicholas Roe)
08:15 PM – 09:30 PM
(Live Q&A at the end via zoom)
Our Songs Came Through – Native Nations Poetry
(LeAnne Howe, Deborah Miranda, Tanaya Winder, Kimberly Blaeser, Tacey Atsitty, Roberta Hill, Cedar Sigo, Jennifer Foerster)
(LeAnne Howe, Deborah Miranda, Tanaya Winder, Kimberly Blaeser, Tacey Atsitty, Roberta Hill, Cedar Sigo, Jennifer Foerster)