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26 – 28 January 2024
Sattva Knowledge City

Climate Culture Interlude Indigenous and Kaavya Dhaara

Conversations Endangered
Languages

Literature Meet My Book Moving Images Nanha Nukkad Science and The
City

Stage Talks Storytelling Workshops Youngistaan Exhibitions

Nukkad

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 CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS SCHEDULE
Venue: Orwell 3

26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan

11 – 11.50 AM 11 – 11.50 AM 11 – 11.50 AM

Panel Discussion Panel Discussion Workshop

Imagining an Alternative World: My City’s Waste: Where does it The Porous Self
Curiosity, Compassion & the go? By Srivi Kalyan
Planet Panel: Kalpana Sharma, Pinky
Panel: Rohan Chakravarty, Sameer Chandran, Wilma Rodrigues
Shisodia, Srivi Kalyan Moderator: Priyanka Singh
Moderator: Usha Raman

12 – 12.50 PM 12 – 12.50 12 – 12.50 PM

Workshop Workshop Panel Discussion

Climate Action in the Everyday! Interdisciplinary Climate Climate Education for
By Shreyas Sridharan & Urvi Desai Education: A Workshop on a Changing Planet
EkoGalaxy Integrating Climate Change in Panel: Rahul Chopra,
Your Classroom Srivi Kalyan, Sunayana
by Rahul Chopra (for educators) Ganguly
Moderator: Somdatta
Karak

- - -

2.00 – 2.50 PM 2 – 2.50 PM 2 – 2.50 PM

Panel Discussion Love in the Times of Climate Film Screening

Storytelling that Transforms Change (Venue: Moving Images)
Panel: Anand Gandhi in in collaboration with CEEW Faces of Climate
conversation with Somdatta Karak by Helly Shah Resilience
by Shawn Sebastian

2 – 2.50 PM

Panel Discussion
Title: Chevella
Banyans: Citizen Power
Panel: Asiya Khan,
Natasha Ramarathnam,
Sadhana Ramchander
Moderator: Serish
Nanisetti

3 – 3.50 PM 3 – 3.50 PM 3 – 3.50 PM

 Panel Discussion Workshop Panel Discussion
Climate Finance & Philanthropy: Frameworks of Enlightenment Listening to the Wild:
Where are we headed? by Anand Gandhi Biodiversity,
Panel: Maya Chandrasekaran, Conservation & Us
Sameer Shisodia, Srinivas Panel: Anita Mani,
Kollipara, Srinivas Rao Mahankali Gayathri Sreedharan,
Moderator: Kalpana Sharma Kobita Dass Kolli,
Moderator: Farida
Tampal

Stream Curator: EkoGalaxy

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 CULTURE SCHEDULE
Venue: Amphitheatre
26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan

Parvaaz The Endless Mind Dakta Dub

(7 pm - 8:15 pm) A Vyuti Dance Company (6:15 - 8:30 pm)
production in collaboration with
Fragment of Light
(7 pm - 8:15 pm)

Stream Curator: Amita Desai, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

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INTERLUDE SCHEDULE
26 Jan 27 Jan

Finding Feet Soz Khwani: Fankari, Raag aur Shayari

(5:30 - 6:30 pm) (5:30 - 6:30 pm)
Venue: Dunbar Hall, District 150 Venue: Amphitheatre

Stream Curators: Amita Desai, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

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 KAAVYA DHAARA / INDIGENOUS AND ENDANGERED LANGUAGES
SCHEDULE
Venue: The Tent

Day/Time Friday, 26 January Saturday, 27 January Sunday, 28 January

11:00 - IEL 3 IEL 6

11:50 a.m. Vanishing Voices of the Indigenous Languages and
Andamans the State

Anvita Abbi in Bhangya Bhukya, Karthick

conversation with A. Narayanan
Giridhar Rao
Moderator: A Giridhar Rao

12:00 - KD 1 IEL 4 KD 6
12:50 p.m. In our own tongues Forests of Life From end to end
(Multilingual readings)
Manoj Rupda and Hansda Meena Kandasamy and
Damayanti Beshra Sowvendra Shekhar Angshuman Kar in
Mamidi Harikrishna conversation around their
Srivi Kalyan Moderator: Karthick books
Mukul Kumar Narayanan
Anuja Mohan Pradhan

2:00 - 2:50 IEL 1 KD 3 KD 7

p.m. Ancient Languages in Reading from the heart Triveni Haikai India
a Modern World and mind (English presents Haiku, Tanka
readings) and Haibun
Ganesh Devy in
conversation with Mamta Chander Priti Aisola,
T Vijay Kumar Nikita Deshpande Akila Gopalakrishnan,
Kala Ramesh Sankara Jayanth
Mahua Sen Sudanagunta,
Ira Vangirapu Ravi Kiran,
Kala Ramesh,
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi,
Kavitha Sreeraj

3:00 - 3:50 IEL 2 KD 4 KD 5

p.m. One Life in Two Verse knows no Poetry and Society
Languages: President boundaries
Murmu in Santali and (Multilingual readings) Bishnu Mohapatra,
English Badri Narayan
Angshuman Kar
Damayanti Beshra, Jacinta Kerketta Moderator: Aparna
Kasturi Ray Kasturika Mishra Uppaluri
Joba Murmu
4:00 - 4:50 KD 2 IEL 5 KD 8
p.m. Srinivas Rayaprol Articulating Adivasi The poetry of Varavara
Poetry Prize Voices Rao

Nikita Deshpande Jacinta Kerketta, Nidhi Meena Kandasamy, N

(winner) Dugar Kundalia Venugopal
Sridala Swami (jury
member) Moderator: Sowmya Moderator: Kalpana
Dechamma Kannabiran

Kavya Dhaara Curator: Dr Usha Raman

Indigenous and Endangered Languages Curator: Dr A Giridhar Rao

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 LIT SCHEDULE

Day 1: Fri 26 Jan 2024

Venue: Dr Reddy’s Atrium

10:15 am Inaugural
Flag Hoisting
National Anthem: Drama Association of the Deaf
Invocation: Harini Rao
Welcome
Chairperson: Jayesh Ranjan
11:00 Inaugural Plenary: Idols: Unearthing the Power of Murti Puja
am-11:50 Amish in conversation with T Vijay Kumar
am

Venue: Dr Reddy’s Atrium Venue: Octave 3

12:00 After Messiah: Aakar Patel The Tastes of India
pm-12:50 in conversation with Roopali Mohanti, Sunita Kohli
pm C Rammanohar Reddy Moderator: Sumana Kasturi

12:50 pm-2:00 pm LUNCH

Venue: Dr Reddy’s Atrium Venue: Octave 3

2:00 Panel: Bonding with Birds Panel: No Child’s Play: Writing for
pm-2:50 Aasheesh Pittie, GV Prasad Children and Young Adults
pm Moderator: Sita Reddy Andaleeb Wajid, Menaka Raman
Moderator: Deepa Sreenivas
3:00 Panel: Writing India in Indian Gods of Willow: A Coming of Age
pm-3:50 Languages Innings
pm Madhuranthakam Narendra, Paramita Amrish Kumar in conversation with
Satpathy Harimohan Paruvu
Moderator: Purnima Tammireddy
4:00 The Light at the End of the World: Panel: Romance and Crime
pm-4:50 Siddhartha Deb in conversation with Mukul Kumar, Sharmishtha Shenoy
pm Kavi Yaga Moderator: Anjali Lal Gupta

5:00 Panel: Of Home and the World

pm-5:50 Srilata K and Syam Sudhakar
pm

Day 2: Sat 27 Jan 2024

Dr Reddy’s Atrium
10:00 Smash the Patriarchy
am-10:50 Marta Breen in conversation with Anu Pande
am

Venue: Dr Reddy’s Atrium Venue: Octave 3

11:00 Talking Life: Javed Akhtar Panel: The Making of Children’s
am-11:50 Nasreen Munni Kabir in conversation Worlds
am with Elahé Hiptoola Khyrunnisa, Samina Mishra
Moderator: Uma Damodar Sridhar
12:00 Adman Madman: Prahlad Kakar Panel: Vignettes of Special Worlds
pm-12:50 in conversation with Sudhakar Rao Debashis Paul, Neena Rao
pm Moderator: Shilpaa Anand

12:50 pm-2:00 pm LUNCH

2:00 The Gallery Where the Madness Lies: Citizen

pm-2:50 Manju Kapur in conversation with Accounts of Identity and Nationalism
pm Usha Raman Kishalay Bhattacharjee in
conversation with Vinod Pavarala
3:00 Panel: The Odia Canon H-Pop: The Secretive World of
pm-3:50 Sachidananda Mohanty, Sudeshna Hindutva Pop Stars
pm Mohanty Kunal Purohit in conversation with
Moderator: Anurekha Chari Wagh Manjari Katju
4:00 The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas Making Queeristan
pm-4:50 and Power in Our Time Parmesh Shahani in conversation with
pm Yascha Mounk in conversation with Pushpesh Kumar
Jaideep Unudurti

Day 3: Sun 28 Jan 2024

Dr Reddy’s Atrium
10:00 am- Memoirs of a Maverick: Mani Shankar Aiyar in conversation with Mukund
10:50 am Padmanabhan

Venue: Dr Reddy’s Atrium Venue: Octave 3

11:00 Panel: Translation as Transcreation Panel: Daring Debuts
am-11:50 Aparna Uppaluri, Hansda Sowvendra Mehak Goel, Vaishali
am Shekhar
Moderator: Uma Bhrugubanda
12:00 Another Sort of Freedom: A Memoir Women in the Wild: Stories of India’s
pm-12:50 Gurcharan Das in conversation with Most Brilliant Women Wildlife
pm Vasanthi Srinivasan Biologists
Anita Mani in conversation with
Gayathri Sreedharan

12:50 pm – 2 pm LUNCH

Venue: Dr Reddy’s Atrium Venue: Octave 3

2:00 The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Forgotten Foods: Memories and
pm-2:50 Panicked Over a Japanese Recipes from Muslim South Asia
pm Non-invasion Tarana Husain Khan in conversation
Mukund Padmanabhan in with Puneet Mehta
conversation with Aparna Rayaprol
3:00 Radical Thought, Resistance, and Masala Lab: The Science of Indian
pm-3:50 Reflections on the Nation Cooking
pm Suraj Yengde in conversation with Krish Ashok
Kalpana Sharma

4:00 pm - Panel: Setting a Trend in Telugu Cinema

4:50 pm Adivi Sesh, Nag Ashwin in conversation with Padma Ramesh
5:00 Ajay Gandhi Memorial Valedictory: Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Sunita
pm-5:50 Reddy
pm

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 MEET MY BOOK SCHEDULE
26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan

11:00 am – 11:15 am 11:30 am – 11:45 am

-
Green Allegiants and The Parenting Manual,
Secret of the Poison Developmental Milestones and
Garden – Ananda More – Seetha Anand Vaidyam
Thumrugoti
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
11:15 – 11:30 am
Under The Poetree – Lakshmi
Nostalgia Crafting a Shankar
Home Within – Mahua Sen

11:30 – 11:45 am

Early Women's Writings

in Orissa 1898-1950
– Sachidananda Mohanty

12:00 – 12:15pm 12:00pm – 12:15pm 12:00 – 12:15pm

Colours of Devotion (The the forest i know. a Chakmak – Ramesh Karthik

Legendary Paintings and gathering of tanka verses Nayak
Textiles of the Vallabha – Kala Ramesh
Sampradaya, 1500–1900) – 12:15 – 12:30
Anita Shah 12:15 pm – 12:30pm
Nostos Homecoming The Stoem
12:15 – 12:30pm The Vast Empty – Turiya – Dr Afsana Badar
(Mamta Chander)
Ground Below Zero – Anand 12:30 – 12:45 pm
Bala 12:30pm – 12:45pm
Udyamika – WE Hub
12:30 – 12:45 pm Songs of the Wolf-woman
– Ira Vangipurapu
Granny's Brag Book –
Chandini Agarwal 12:45pm – 1pm

Toori Mama – Mayank

Agarwal, Vibha Agarwal

LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH

2:00pm – 2:15pm 2:00pm – 2:15pm 2:00pm – 2:15pm

Exprovement: Exponential Mindscapes: A Canvas of Kuttigal Kural – Mamathi Chari

Improvement Through Emotions in a Special
Converging Parallels – World – Neena Rao, PhD
Hersh Haladker, RA 2:15 – 2:30pm
Mashelkar 2:15 – 2:30pm
Life is Drag, Sas It Up – Patruni
The Journey of Bunty & Chidananda
2:15 – 2:30pm Chinku – Lakshman Molleti Sastry

The Forgotten Stepwells of 2:30pm – 2:45pm

Telangana – Ar. Yeshwant
Ramamurthy Voices from the Lost 2:30pm – 2:45pm
Horizon: Stories and Women in the Wild – Anita Mani
2:30 - 2:45 pm Songs of the Great
Jain Paintings and Material Andamanese - Anvita Abbi
Culture of Medieval
Western India: 1100–1650 –
Lipika Maitra

Stream Curator: Dr Kinnera Murthy

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 MOVING IMAGES SCHEDULE
Venue: The Stage, District150

26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan

- - 10.30 – 11.00

Films on Climate for

Children

Roundglass Sustain
Stream: Nanha Nukkad

11:30 - 12:45 11 - 12:45 10 - 12:30 pm

Lipika Singh Darai Kiranmayi Indraganti Susant Misra

Night and Fear Sing (Odia with Rallalo Neeru Biswaprakash (1999/Odia
English Subtitles/28min) (Telugu with English Subtitles) with English Subtitles)

Some Stories around Witches Interaction with filmmaker

(Odia with English Subtitles/53 Kiranmayi Indraganti
min)

2 – 4 pm 2 – 4 pm 2 – 3:30 pm

Mirage Media Lipika Singh Darai Shawn Sebastian

Occupied (English) Dragonfly and Snake (Odia 16 short films

with English Subtitles/16min)
Interaction with Pranav Pingle
Backstage ( Odia with English
Subtitles/ 85 min)

3 – 4 pm 3:45 - 4:15 pm

Faraway Originals Omair Quadri

An Offering (English) The Bombay Exit (English)

A Letter from India (English)
Interaction with filmmakers, Interaction with filmmaker
Pankaj and Naveed Mulki Omair Quadri

Stream Coordinator: Dr Kinnera Murthy

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 NANHA NUKKAD SCHEDULE
26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan

– – 10.30-11.00
Films on Climate for
Children
Roundglass Sustain
Venue: Moving Images

11:00 – 11:30 11:30 – 11.45 11:00 – 11:15

The journey of Bunty and Green Allegiants and The The couch potato who said
Chinku Secret of the Poison ouch!
Lakshman Molleti Garden Khyrunnisa
Ananda Thumrugoti
11:15 - 12:00
Stories in Santhali
Joba Murmu

12:00 – 12:30 12:00 – 12:50 pm 12:00 – 12:20

The Henna Start-up (For 13+ Tales About Whiskers, Summer of Heroes
year olds) Spooks, Tumours & Tales Mamathi Chari
Andaleeb Wajid Ramendra Kumar

12:40pm – 1:00 pm
My Timeless Poems
Nitya Baldava

- - -

2:00 – 3:00pm 2:00 – 2:50pm 2:00 – 2:45

Craft the Character Activity Emiti Majja Karuthili Na! Under the Poetree - Music &
Vishnu Pulipaka, Shriya Gupta and Lau Dhuduki - Stories Movement Activity
from Odisha Lakshmi Shankar
Lopamudra Mohanty

3:30 – 4 pm 03:00 – 04:30 pm 03:00- 3.30

The Bojabi Tree Get Cooking: Kitchen Lok Tales
Katha Karavan Magic! Katha Konnections
Rohini Jayanti, Meera Sridevi Jasti Kshamata Chepuri, Meghana
Vishwanath Bommatanahalli, Lalitha
Sastry, Krishna Chaitanya
Puppala

Stream Curator: Lakshmi Shankar

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 SCIENCE AND THE CITY SCHEDULE
26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan

10:30am – 12pm

11am - 12pm Building New Worlds: A

Journey into Science Fiction
Who Are Indians: Understanding
Our Ancestry Workshop on science fiction
writing by Lavanya
GN Devy, a co-editor of The Indians: Lakshminarayan.
Histories of a Civilization and
scientist K Thangaraj, population
genomics expert in conversation
with Tejah Balantrapu.

12 - 1 12 – 1pm

Standard Myths About Food, a Mind Re-Presented: Mental

Stand Up Comedy Health stories from biology,
psychology and literature
Krish Ashok, Author of Masala Lab
Purnima Tammireddy, author
of Emotional Pregnancy,
Annapoorna PK,
neuroscientist and Dr Neena
Verma, well-being and
resilience expert in
conversation with Purnima
Nagaraja.

lunch lunch lunch

2-3 2 - 3 pm

Interrogating Science: Does the Science Cities: Past, Present

public need to know? and Future

Shubashree Desikan and Nandita Dinesh Sharma, author of

Jayaraj in conversation with Indian Innovation, Not Jugaad
Somdatta Karak and Shanta Thoutam, Chief
Innovation Officer, Telangana
State Innovation Council in
conversation with Dinesh
Abrol.
 3 – 4 pm 3 - 4 PM

What Makes Us Cry: The Art and Imagining a new future with
Science of Human Tears science fiction

Prashant Garg, Executive Chair of Science fiction authors, Samit

the L V Prasad Eye Institute and a Basu and Lavanya
clinician-scientist, and Purnima Lakshminarayan will be in
Tammireddy, author of Emotional conversation with Sushmita
Pregnancy. Moderated by Usha Banerji
Raman

Stream Curator: SciCity Hyderabad

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 STAGE TALKS SCHEDULE
Venue: Dunbar Hall, District 150, Sattva Knowledge City
26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan

11-12 11-12
Vijay Raghav Varada Noor Baig
Mohammed Ali Baig
Innovating for Inclusivity:
Open Source Hardware for From Text to Performance
the Blind

12-1 12-1 12-1

Chaitanya Muppala Srivi Kalyan Kala Ramesh
MuktaaShourya
Chocolate as it should be Prana: Art, Nature, and the
Suffused Worlds haikuCHARADES

lunch lunch lunch

2-3 2-3 2-3

Bina Rao Tabitha Percy Anju Khemani

Kapas-Cocoon-Colour-Cou Intersection of art & The Politics and Theatrics of

ture gender Community

3-4 3-4 3-4

Vipul Rikhi Aranyani Bhargav Ashwin Prabhu

Drunk on Love: Kabir and Multiple modernities within Through the looking glass:
His Vision Bharatanatyam today Helping children see the 'new'
in the 'old'

- - 4-4:45
Astri Ghosh

Translating Silence
Noble Laureate Jon Fosse and
his writings

Stream Curator: Amita Desai, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

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 STORYTELLING SCHEDULE
Venue: ORWELL 2

26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan

- 11-11:50 am 11-11:30 am
Saakshi-Natya Katha Utkal se
Aakaasa Kuade Gala? Story in Odissi folk dance
Oriya stories for children form

Lopamudra Mohanty Katha Konnections (Krishna

Chaitanya and Bithika Mistry)

11:40 – 12:10 pm
My Cancer Story: Managing
Tumours with Humour

Ramendra Kumar (Ramen)

12 – 12:50 pm 12:10 - 1:00 pm

Anaganaga … Chakali Ilamma

Story telling by A Revolutionary Leader from
Bhoomika Theatre Group Telangana

(Raavan Reddy, Vijaya Deepa Kiran

Krishna V., Vineet
Madhekar, Samyuktha G.)

LUNCH

2 - 3:30 pm 2- 3 pm 2 - 3 pm

Hyderabad Stories Selected Fiction by Manoj Simi Stands Tall

Das Readings and interaction with
Beyond Boundaries: Love children’s writer
Defying Social Norms – Little Theatre (Shankar
Abdul Nayeem Melkote, B.S. Prakash, K.S. Arti Sonthalia
Nair, Sarala Mahidhara,
The Diamond City That Deepika Mahidhara, Medha
Redrew Trade Routes – Kohli, Malini Gopalakrishnan)
Serish Nanisetti

These buildings have tales!

– Yunus Lasania

3-3:50 pm 3:00 – 3:25 pm

 Parchhaaee, Ismat aur Transmitting Cultural
Manto ki Heritage Through Tales:

Suhas Bhatnagar, Sanghamitra “Dharampada” in Odia and

Malik English
Anand Mahanand, Somya
Nayak

3:25 – 3:50 pm

“Tapoi” in Odia and English

Anand Mahanand, Deepa Kiran

Stream Curator: Dr Uma Damodar Sridhar

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 WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE
26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan

9:00am – 11:00am 9:00am – 11:00am

Yoga for Yoga Teachers & Mobility (Sukshma Vyayama)

Practitioners with Shri G & Therapy Movements for
Chandrakanth Senior Citizens with Shri G
Chandrakanth
(Venue: The Grid, District
150) (Venue: The Grid, District
150)

11:30am – 1:00pm 11:00am – 1:00pm 11:00am – 1:00pm

Singing Kabir – Vipul Rikhi Learn the Art of Storytelling The Endless Possibilities of
(Venue: The Grid, District – Pankaj Singh, Naveed Mulki Cacao with Manam Chocolate
150) (Venue: The Grid, District (Venue: Octave1 Foyer)
150)
11:00am – 12:30pm
11:00am – 1:00pm 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Fun, freedom and pleasure
in the city: Audio The Endless Possibilities of A Peaceful Movement – for
escapades through a Cacao with Manam Chocolate dancers and non dancers with
feminist lens - Menaka (Venue: Octave1 Foyer) Nayantara Nanda Kumar
Raman Nalini Nanda Kumar (Venue:
Radhika Viswanathan The Grid, District 150)
(Venue: Octave1 Foyer)

2:00 – 4:30 pm 2:00pm – 5:00pm 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Just Play – Life Lessons Tactile Painting for the Cooking Workshop by Sridevi
from Traditional Games Sighted with Aishwarya Pillai Jasti for adults (Venue:
with Vinita Sidhartha (Venue: The Grid, District Octave1 Foyer)
(Venue: The Grid, District 150)
150) 2:00pm – 4:00pm
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Zines for Science with Ipsa
2:00 – 3:00pm Story of the Origin of the Jain (Venue: The Grid,
Earth – Gond Art with District 150)
Hum Hindustani: The Poetry Durgabai & Subhash Vyam
of Citizenship with Samina (Venue: Octave1 Foyer)
Mishra (Venue: Octave1
Foyer) 4:00 – 5:30pm

3:15 – 4:45pm Learn Rosemaling Art with

Heena Akbari
Learn Rosemaling Art (Venue: Octave1 Foyer)
with Heena Akbari
(Venue: Octave1 Foyer)

Stream Curator: Anuradha Reddy

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 YOUNGISTAAN NUKKAD SCHEDULE
The Nation’s Rock Beat

1. Stage Performance - Schedule

26.01.2024 - Friday 27.01.2024 – Saturday 28.01.2024 – Sunday

NA 11:00AM-11:30PM – 11:00AM-11:30PM –
Open Mic (Open to all Open Mic (Open to all
art forms) art forms)

12:00PM-1:00PM – 11:30 AM-11:50 PM – Mann Ki 11:30AM-12:00PM –

Open Mic (Open to Mehfil: A session on Mental The Old New Story Project
all art forms) Health - Presenting Helly Shah by Alok – Story Telling
(Performance Poetry) and Stream
Lipika Gupta (Theatrical
Dance)

11:50 PM-1:00 PM – 12:00PM-12:30PM –

The Film Lab: Science Fiction Reading party
in Indian Films (Conversation)
by
• Karthik Abhiram
(Blogger, Artist and Film
enthusiast)
• Siddharth Naidu (Writer
and Director of Paruvu)

1:00PM-2:00PM – 1:00PM-2:30PM – Band 12:30PM-1:00PM –

Ritesh (Music) Vivid (Music) The Climate Samvad
presenting Sumanth
(Rap)
& Sinduja (Theatrical
performance) –
Environment Stream

2:00PM-3:15PM – NA 1:00PM-2:00PM – Band

Author’s Spotlight: Raaga (Music)
1. Kevin Missal –
Author of Kalki
series
2. Vaishnavi
Anantha – Author
of The JAZ Gang
3. Mohammed Gouse
– Author of Zero
 Number 1
4. Saira Khaishagi –
Author of
Butterfly

3:15PM-4:00PM – 2:30PM-3:00PM – Poetry 2:00PM-3:00PM –

Theatre Workshop by Circle (Music/Poetry) – Indie Hour Camp
Devika Das Kavyadhara Stream (Workshop on composing
original music) by
Praneeth Krishna

4:00PM-4:30PM – Mudda 3:00PM-4:00PM – Band 3:00PM-4:00PM –

Ghatak Hai by Bedaari Serenade (Music) Dance fitness by Team
(Street Play) Nritya
4:00PM-5:00PM – Band
4:30PM-5:00PM – Drift (Music) 4:00PM-5:00PM –
Musical Storytelling Vivid Originals (Music)
(Music + Story) – Story
Telling Stream by Rajath
and Shriya

Stream Curator: NRB

***Art Gallery on all three days opposite to Youngistaan Nukkad. - Art Gallery will have
curated artworks and Memes by young folks from Hyderabad.

• Art Gallery – Artworks, Installations, Photographs, Write Ups and Memes by teams –
Avant Garde, Kala, Photobeat, Inklane, Threads and Thrifts and Memeception. •
Do-Doodle – A common white space which will be installed for all three days and
anyone and everyone is welcome to draw, write and sketch on it.
• NRB Store – NRB products will be set up for sale.
• Artist at work – An artist at work session will be organised by the young artists of NRB.
• Meet the artist – Artists will showcase their work, and they will be up for discussion on
ideas or inspiration or other such curiosities.
• Revive and Remix box - A corner exclusively dedicated for people to donate books,
clothes, glass bottles for upcycling.
• Photo Gallery – Documentary film maker Phaneendra Adapala
• Know your Stripes : Climate conscious telling – A corner exclusively dedicated for
Climate change conversations within our locality by TROP ICSU.

4. Flash mob – Schedule – Lunch - Plaza

26.01.2024 - Friday 27.01.2024 - Saturday 28.01.2024 – Sunday
 NA 1:00PM-1:15PM – NA
Nritya Dance Crew (Dance)

5. Meet the Artist – Schedule

26.01.2024 - Friday 27.01.2024 - Saturday 28.01.2024 – Sunday

2:00PM-5:00PM – 2:00PM-5:00PM – B. Amala 2:00PM-5:00PM –

Shivani Erukulla (Fuse (Illustration Artist) T.V. Aishwarya (3D Artist)
bead Artist)

6. Drum circle – Schedule – Lunch - Plaza

26.01.2024 - Friday 27.01.2024 - Saturday 28.01.2024 – Sunday

NA NA 1:15PM-1:45PM –
Drum circle

7. Artist at work – Schedule

26.01.2024 - Friday 27.01.2024 - Saturday 28.01.2024 – Sunday

2:00PM-5:00PM – 2:00PM-5:00PM – Tejo Oo 2:00PM-5:00PM –

Kolakonda Pawan (Blend of Sketching and Anvesh Goda (Old school vibe
Kumar (Micro Artist) Doodling) – A date with Typewriter)

Stream Curator: Nations Rock Beat

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 EXHIBITIONS

Aishwarya Pillai
Accessible 3D Art for the Visually Impaired

Addressing the lack of accessible art, particularly in India, this initiative focuses on creating
3D art tailored for individuals with visual impairment. As a visually impaired individual myself,
I understand the importance of inclusivity in art. By crafting tactile and auditory 3D art
experiences, this project aims to empower the visually impaired to engage with and create
art. Simultaneously, it seeks to raise community awareness and sensitivity towards the
challenges faced by this demographic in the realm of artistic expression. The goal is to foster
inclusivity, empowerment, and a more understanding artistic community.

About: Aishwarya Pillai, a visually impaired artist, ventured into the realm of 3D paintings
after losing her eyesight at the age of 18. She had to abandon her passion for pencil sketching
but a transformative visit to an art gallery relaunched her artistic journey. Realizing that
many paintings were inaccessible to individuals with visual impairments, she embarked on a
mission to create art that could be experienced through easily accessible household items. To
date, she has crafted more than 26 impressive 3D paintings, along with various emojis and
intricate 3D models, including a human heart, a pyramid, and the iconic Titanic ship.

Amshu Chukki
Buoyant Landscapes - Hyderabad

The show examines critical practices emerging from art institutions in Hyderabad, such as the
SN School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu
University, and JNAFAU. The show aims to identify parallels, create dialogues across
institutions within the city, and reconsider artistic practice, pedagogy, and the role of the
student/artist in the post-pandemic moment.

About: Amshu Chukki is a multidisciplinary artist primarily exploring video/film based in

Bengaluru and Hyderabad, India. In his work, experimental video and images become a way of
imagining new worlds. His practice is site-informed and is an ongoing exploration of new ways
of articulating ideas of landscape and cities through speculative fiction, cinematic excess,
poetry, music, and geology in the context of rising political intolerance and environmental
issues that emerge from the site. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University
of Baroda in 2014. He was listed in the ‘Forbes India 30 under 30’ in 2016 and is a recipient of
the Inlaks Fine Arts Award in 2014. His solo exhibitions include, 'Engadine Diaries' at Stalla
Madulain, Madulain, Switzerland, 'Different Danny and Other Stories' at Chatterjee and Lal,
Bombay in 2022 and 'The Tour', was held at Chatterjee & Lal in 2017. Some of the group
exhibitions he was part of are, 'SMAFF- St. Moritz Art Film Festival - St. Moritz, Switzerland
and many others. He was one of the curators for the Kochi Muziris Students' Biennale in 2022

Avani Rao
The Flamed Banyan

I am looking for that tipping point where the tree , primordial and holding ground beyond
human lifespan is reactive, as a blazed , flamed presence . It may be ready to fall apart as
ashes , burning man’s irreverence towards nature . At the same time its radiance as a spiritual
presence - in cleansing , as a purification of human consciousness. The birds under the tree
are a reminder, to be childlike in the presence of mother nature. The Banyan tree is
expressed as an element of environmental , philosophical, and spiritual significance. Its
imposing presence rerouting and growing as a larger canopy is allegorically an aspiration
towards growing wisdom . As a home to numerous birds and insects , it connotes existential
hope , to grow and hold ground.The rustling sounds of wind blowing through its leaves in
therapeutic tranquillity, its serene composed stature revered as a spiritual presence in Indian
mythology as well as in its living culture .

About: A Ph. D. ( Contemporary Andhra Painting) from Osmania University, Avani worked as
art critic for Indian express and contributed articles to magazines like Marg , Art India , Art
Deal Indian Art Journal . Founder of ICONART Contemporary Art Gallery) - From 2009 to
present conducted around 70 art shows and workshops. Curated 27 Art shows on painting ,
printmaking , sculpture , new media , photography and installations . Started ICONART Artist
in Residency in 2011 providing studio space for artists to work and participate in workshops
.As an artist and photographer participated in solo and group shows. Recipient of Arts Think
South Asia fellowship sponsored by German Goethe Centre and British Council for the year
2014 -2015. Placements at the National Gallery- London , Engage- Arts Education , New
Orleans house - London and John Hansard gallery- Southampton, as part of British Council
fellowship from ATSA in 2015.

Aquin Mathew
Hyderabad On Wheels

Hyderabad on Wheels’ is a unique first-of-its-kind initiative by TSRTC in association with the

Indian Photo Festival (IPF). First time in India, a state transport department has come up with
a photo exhibition on the wheels. This specially customised TSRTC bus will exclusively
showcase photo exhibitions on various topics such as - culture, heritage, social awareness
issues, environmental issues, and many others. The bus will go around the city and will make
stops at important locations for people to see the exhibit.

About: Aquin Mathews is a photographer and curator who works between Australia and India.
He gave up a corporate job to devote time to his passion, photography. His passion for
promoting photography and creating a new set of storytellers led him to found India's
longest-running international photography festival, the Indian Photo Festival. He has been the
festival's artistic director since its inception in 2015. He has been a judge for several
photography competitions, including Portrait of Humanity by the British Journal of
Photography and the Print Swap by Feature Shoot Magazine. He has addressed various art and
literary festivals in the last few years. He is currently the director of the Hyderabad Centre
for Photography, a dedicated space in the city to present and develop contemporary idioms in
photography. Aquin has curated several photography exhibitions in India, France, Australia,
New Zealand, and Georgia. He is the advisor to the Auckland Festival of Photography, in New
Zealand. Aquin is an advocate of taking photos with mobile phone cameras, and to prove it,
he has shot all the images in this exhibition with the camera on his phone!

Bina Rao
Weavers

Koyyalagudem, a small village on the periphery of Hyderabad city has been known for its most
beautiful cotton Ikat weaving. Most women do not have their own loom or own marketing,
have been working under the Master Weaver and not paid their deserving wages!
In 2018-2020 Creative Bee, a local design and sustainable fashion studio implemented a
training program, under United Nations ‘Disha’ for empowering underprivileged rural women
to train in entrepreneurial skills and self-sustainable production + marketing. 250 such women
from this village were trained and formed into a collective, as a MAC (Manila Chaitanya Ikat
Hastha Kala Mutually Aided Cooperative so. Ltd). After the training phase competition, they
have been handheld by Creative Bee till date, and they have now, own building, looms, and
quality dyeing facility of their own. And they are linked with the B2B market as well as their
own retail. At HLF 2024 they will be having a demo of Warp - Weft preparation of Ikat as well
as the Sale of their products: Yardage, Sari, Stole, Dupatta, Bed covers. Koyyalagudem

About: Bina Rao is an Indian Designer, has Master’s in Fine Arts from MSU, Vadodara, and stint
in Design, AEP, NID Ahmedabad. Practitioner & researcher in Traditional Textiles and Natural
Dye. Co-founder and HOD Design of the Social Business in Hand made Fashion &amp; Textile
‘Creative Bee’ as well as Creative Bee dye farm in Hyderabad. Pioneer fashion label in
Sustainable Fashion, International speaker, represented India at a number of Global events
with her ‘Walk through the Talk’ shows, member of advisory committees for handlooms and
livelihood projects, Government of India. (ex)Member governing Council NID, Senior
Consultant to United Nations East Africa Program, Team Leader, UNDP’s ‘Disha’ Pilot for
Women Weavers of Telangana 2018- 2020. Recipient of ‘Stalwart of Handloom award’ 2023
from FICCI and Government of Telangana.

Chevella Banyans
A Story of Hope

About 900 banyan trees including several 100+ year old heritage banyans, and 9000 other
trees on the Hyderabad-Chevella-Vikarabad road have been endangered since 2019, fated to
fall victim to the usual either-highway-or-trees policy. A group of citizens - Nature Lovers of
Hyderabad - fought against this decision, armed with integrity, intelligence and scientific
facts. Apart from working on a very active campaign, they filed a case in the National Green
Tribunal in December 2021, and 2 years later, after a lot of hard work, the judgement was in
favour of the citizens group, proving that dedicated advocacy by a small group of people can
make a difference. This has given the group, and others like them all over India, the courage
to hope.
While the story is ongoing, "Chevella Banyans - A Story of Hope" traces the timeline of the
campaign so far, and showcases some of the magnificent banyans that have been standing
since more than a century.

Durga Bai Vyam and Subhash Vyam

Story of the Origin of the Earth

The Gond Tribes of Central India have a rich tradition of storytelling through art. This
exhibition focuses on portraying this tradition. Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam will
introduce us to the distinctive style and themes of the arts of the Gonds.

About: Subhash Vyam is a traditionally trained artist of the Pardhan-Gond school of painting.
He collaborates with his wife Durgabai Vyam. His subjects include mythological deities and
folk narratives. They have exhibited their work both within India and abroad. His books
include Water (2018), and other books for children. With Durgabai Vyam he has illustrated and
co-authored Bhimayana (2011), a graphic novel on the life of Dr B R Ambedkar.

Durgabai Vyam is a traditionally trained Gond artist. Her themes are mythological and folk
narratives, often with animal motifs. She frequently collaborates with her husband Subhash
Vyam. They have exhibited their work in India and abroad. She has illustrated several books.
She received the Bologna Ragazzi Award in 2008, the Rani Durgawati Award in 2009, and the
Padma Shri in 2022.

Gene Health Bus

The ‘Gene-Health Connect’ bus, with 20 interactive exhibits, will showcase and discuss how
genes function, their role in determining human characteristics, how genetic diseases spread,
and how screening can help prevent and manage them. Understanding the genetic basis of
human traits and the role of cultural practices in perpetuating certain genetic diseases in
communities is key to our overall health. The bus’ exhibits will help increase awareness
among visitors on these complex subjects with an interesting and interactive format.

It is estimated that 7-9 crore Indians are affected by genetic diseases. Research at the
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and other national institutes has helped
identify the high rate of consanguineous marriages in Indian communities as the main cause of
genetic disorders. Timely detection of carrier individuals through genetic testing can then
help them make their future decisions better. As there is social stigma associated with genetic
screening, the bus aims to dispel myths and fears, and shows how screening and current
solutions can help.

CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has developed this Mobile Science
Exhibition (MSE) on Genetic Diseases--the ‘Gene-Health Connect’ bus--in collaboration with
the National Council of Science Museums.

Magnetise your Creativity: Superheroes Against Superbugs

Superbugs are one of the topmost global killers today. And most of us don’t know about them.
So, we need superheroes, like you, to come and understand these superbugs, make fun and
pretty magnets, and spread the word. More details: https://sasuperbugs.org/

STEM Booths
Who do you think scientists are? What kinds of questions are they solving? Why are they
engaging with such questions? Come and interact with scientists from various research
institutes and universities across the city, and discuss with them the science that they do and
the ones that you think are important for us, as a society, to address.

Manognya
Life at Kapra Lake

From humans to birds, turtles and fish and to boys and children. What is it, we as custodians
of the lake leave behind for those dependent on the lake and for our future generations?
These beautiful photographs at Kapra Lake capture the nature and beauty of this lake.

Maude Miquau
Nowadays, trees are generally regarded as objects, essential to everyday life, or at best
considered as decorative elements for our cities or habitats while a great deal of forests have
become industrial spaces where financial profit remains the most pressing issue. However,
many cultures used to celebrate and worship trees before the dominance of matter in
people’s minds. It is this living memory, this record of what used to be, for a very long time,
plants, that I wish to showcase.

The result undoubtedly questions the connection between the word and the thinking. The
word “tree” is associated with a given mental image. Should another image be presented to
the viewer and automatisms are upset, making imagination at work whereas the nature of the
subject remains the same. One mental steadiness, linked to the association of a word with
the identity of a given subject is therefore required to adjust. The drawings presented here
represent the groundwork for the publication of a book where photographs, drawings and a
few words recalling the vision of past and present cultures (indigenous people) will resonate.
From objects, plants become subjects opening the door to an inconstant world.
About: Born in France, Maud Miquau grew up in Hauts-de-France and Normandy, spent
vacations in Médoc, where the smell of the pines is so powerful. During her college years,
studying art history and fine arts, she stayed one year in Sevilla (Spain) where the banyan
trees will lead her to a new world in which tree trunks will have a central place. Thereafter,
she will continue travelling among plants.

Nations Rock Beat

Art Gallery shall be a curated street art display of young writers, artists, photographers, and
meme-rs on love, life, climate change and science!

Save the Rocks

The Society to Save Rocks is showcasing Rock Conservation through the irreplaceable medium
of art created by young, impressionable minds of students of Sri Venkateshwara College of
Fine Arts. The exhibits on display are in varied mediums to inspire a concern and
understanding about the grave importance of rocks in upholding the balance of our
Ecosystem, besides the sheer aesthetic beauty of these gigantic 2500 million year old
balancing rocks of the Deccan. The artistic representations will also introduce you to the
unique rock heritage that exists right outside our living spaces that can be explored and
conserved for posterity.

About: The Society to Save Rocks is the only NGO in the country working since 1996 towards
Rock Conservation. Having realised early on the importance of the rich rock heritage that the
Deccan Plateau has, prominent citizens of Hyderabad from varied walks of life created
awareness, worked with local Governments and sought to protect our city’s rock sites.

The focus has always been preservation of the 2500 million year old rocks for future
generations to appreciate, importantly raising citizen concerns for a healthy ecosystem that
provides the much required lung spaces amidst exploding concrete jungles.

Stream Curator: Amita Desai, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad