17th - 19th October, 2024

Schedule*

*Tentative schedule subject to changes

Day 1 - 17th October 2024, Thursday

9:30 am

Live in Concert

Himali Mou

Malla Mahal, East Wing

11:00 am

Inaugural Session

Malla Mahal

12:00 pm

Water Crisis: A Call to Action

Environment: Presented by Plumber Bathware

Dr. Lalit Pande, Prof. JS Rawat, Dr. Suman Sahai and Romola Butalia in conversation with Dr. Vasudha Pant

Malla Mahal, East Wing

1:00 pm

Oliyagaon Ka Bhula: Shekhar Joshi

Focus Session

Navin Joshi and Pratul Joshi in conversation with Divya Pathak

Malla Mahal, East Wing

2:00 pm

Prakashak Lekhak Ke Antah Sambandh aur Chunautiyaan

Publishing

Aditi Maheshwari Goyal in conversation with Praveen Bhatt

Malla Mahal, East Wing

3:00 pm

Kauntli Katha

Book Discussion

Prof. Diwa Bhatt in conversation with Navin Joshi

Malla Mahal, East Wing

4:00 pm

Lights, Camera, Pahaad!

Cinema

Ashutosh Joshi and Kanchan Pant in conversation

Malla Mahal, East Wing

6:00 pm

Rehmat-E-Nusrat

Evening Concert

Rehmat-E-Nusrat

Malla Mahal, East Wing

Day 2 - 18th October 2024, Friday

9:30 am

Inspired by Kabir

Kabir Presentation

Umesh Kabir

Malla Mahal, East Wing

10:40 am

ALF Award for Debut Authors on Spirituality

Award Ceremony

Jury: Romola Butalia, Sunita Pant Bansal, Vithal C Nadkarni
Shortlisted Authors: Prof. Trilochan Sastry, Rajive McMullen, Ian Pinto

Malla Mahal, East Wing

11:00 am

Mahabharat: Dharm aur Dharmsankat

Presented by Divine5

Prof. Purshottam Agarwal in conversation with Dr. Deepa Gupta

Malla Mahal, East Wing

12:00 pm

Food Tales of Tradition & Heritage

Presented by The Pahadi Story

Dr. Suman Sahai, Prachi Raturi Misra & Pravin Shah in conversation with Hina Gujral

Malla Mahal, East Wing

1:00 pm

Kahaani aur Humara Rishta

Hindi Fiction

Uday Prakash, Mahesh Darpan, Prabhat Ranjan in conversation with Dinesh Kandpal

Malla Mahal, East Wing

2:00 pm

Colours of Almora

Chandan Bora & Group

Malla Mahal, East Wing

3:00 pm

The Sentence

Book Discussion: Speculative Fiction

Gautam Bhatia and Sunita Pant Bansal in conversation with Rakesh Bisht

Malla Mahal, East Wing

4:00 pm

Virus of Bollywood

Cinema

One on One with Dibakar Banerjee

Malla Mahal, East Wing

5:00 pm

Unseen Paths: Spirituality and Consciousness

Presented by MLBD Publishing House

Romola Butalia, Sunita Pant Bansal, Prof. Trilochan Sastry, Prof. Roxanne Kamayani Gupta, Rajive McMullen, Umesh Kabir and Manish Maheshwari

Malla Mahal, East Wing

6:00 pm

Naadrang

Evening Concert

With Dr. Purnima Pande and Shanky Singh
Introduced by Prof. Roxanne Kamayani Gupta

Malla Mahal, East Wing

Day 2 - 18th October 2024, Friday

10:00 am

Conserving Built Heritage

History/Conservation

Prof. Anil Joshi and Prof. Nirmal Kumar in conversation

Malla Mahal, West Wing

11:00 am

Ek Bahumukhi Hindi Sahityakar

Ashok Pande in conversation with Prof. SA Hamid

Malla Mahal, West Wing

12:00 pm

Kitni Haqeeqat Kitna Fasana: Lekhakiya Nishpakshta

Hindi Fiction

Priyadarshan and Pramod Joshi in conversation with Kanchan Pant

Malla Mahal, West Wing

1:00 pm

Kavita Ghar

Hindi Poetry

Krishna Kalpit, Prof. Vivek Sachdeva, Shirish Mourya in conversation with Pratibha Katiyar

Malla Mahal, West Wing

2:00 pm

No Child’s Play: Writing for Children

Children's Literature presented by Divine5

Sunita Pant Bansal and Deepa Agarwal in conversation with Vanita Chaudhary Shah

Malla Mahal, West Wing

3:00 pm

Urban Elite v. Union of India

Book Discussion

Rohin Bhatt in conversation with Mamta Bisht

Malla Mahal, West Wing

4:00 pm

Women Covering Politics

Journalism

Nidhi Sharma, Neerja Chowdhury in conversation with Dinesh Kandpal

Malla Mahal, West Wing

5:00 pm

Chhanjar Sabha: Almora Ke Kavi

Poetry

Neeraj Pant, Meenu Joshi, Neelam Negi, Bipin Chandra Joshi, Dr. Dhara Ballabh Pande, Manish Pant

Malla Mahal, West Wing

Day 3 - 19th October 2024, Saturday

10:00 am

Live in Concert

Santram & Anandi Devi

Malla Mahal, East Wing

11:00 am

Rethinking Ageing

Book Discussion

Nidhi Chawla in conversation with Ashutosh Joshi

Malla Mahal, East Wing

12:00 pm

Saving Himalaya - A Collaborative Approach

Environment & Ecology

Hridayesh Joshi, Shivani Azad and Raju Sajwan in conversation with Dr. Vasudha Pant

Malla Mahal, East Wing

1:00 pm

Askot-Arakot Abhiyaan: Kal, Aaj aur Kal

Travel

Harsh Kafar, Shekhar Pathak, Umesh Pant in conversation with Alka Kaushik

Malla Mahal, East Wing

2:00 pm

Sahitya mein Kumauni Sanskriti aur Parvatiya Parivesh

Literature

Deepa Agarwal, Dr. Savita Mohan and Anil Karki in conversation with Swati Melkani

Malla Mahal, East Wing

3:00 pm

Young Voices of Pahaad

Presented by Divine5

Manish Karnatak, Harsh Kafar and Deepak Karki in conversation with Ishita Chauhan

Malla Mahal, East Wing

4:00 pm

Poles Apart: Military & Democracy in the Subcontinent

Foreign Policy

Dr. Aditya Sondhi, Amb. Riva Ganguly Das and Jagdish Chandra Pant in conversation with Ashutosh Pant

Malla Mahal, East Wing

5:00 pm

Uzma Talha Award For Excellence in Journalism

Award Ceremony: Journalism

Jayanti Ranganathan, Pramod Joshi and Ashutosh Pant

Malla Mahal, East Wing

6:00 pm

Evening Concert

Harsh Kafar & Kedarnaad Live in Concert

Malla Mahal, East Wing

Day 3 - 19th October 2024, Saturday

10:00 am

Evolving Constitution

Angellica Aribam, Arghya Sengupta & Gautam Bhatia in conversation with Vinayak Pant

Malla Mahal, West Wing

11:00 am

Paramparik Lok Kalayein aur Unka Banta Bigadta Swarup

Folk Art

Veena Tiwari in conversation with Naveen Bisht

Malla Mahal, West Wing

12:00 pm

Kaviyon Ka Gadya: Kitna Gadya Kitni Kavita

Hindi Poetry

Ajanta Deo, Shirish Mourya, Arun Dev in conversation with Anil Karki

Malla Mahal, West Wing

2:00 pm

Chalo Shuru Karein Vo Kahaani Phir Se

Lyrical Storytelling

Vanita Chaudhary Shah

Malla Mahal, West Wing

3:00 pm

Revolutionaries In India’s Freedom Struggle

History,

Dr. Aparna Vaidik and Prof. Queeny Pradhan in conversation with Prof. Anil Joshi

Malla Mahal, West Wing

4:00 pm

Almora Ki Aitihasikta

History

Prof Anil Joshi, Dr. Yashodhar Mathpal and Ramesh Chandra Pande ‘Rajan’ in conversation with Prof Geeta Kholiya

Malla Mahal, West Wing

5:00 pm

Kumaoni Lok Sahitya Ki Maukhik Aur Maulik Parampara

Kumaoni Literature

Lalit Tulera, Tribhuwan Giri Maharaj and Anil Karki in conversation with Praveen Bhatt

Malla Mahal, West Wing

Day 1 - 17th October 2024, Thursday

10:00 am

Poetry Writing Competition

All Ages

11:00 am

Story Telling & Puppet Making with Vanita

11 - 17 years

12:00 pm - BREAK

1:00 pm

Story Writing Workshop Day 1 with Vanshika & Vanita

11 - 17 years

2:00 pm

Story Telling & Closing Circle with Vanshika

11 - 17 years

4:00 pm

Biographies Section: Uttarakhand Ki Vibhutiya

All Ages

5:00 pm

Silent Reading

All Ages

Day 2 - 18th October 2024, Friday

10:00 am

Story Writing Competition

All Ages

11:00 am

Story Writing Workshop Day 2 with Vanshika & Vanita

11 - 17 years

12:00 pm - BREAK

1:00 pm

Story Telling - Tree Huggers of Bishnoi with Tulika

6 - 17 years

2:00 pm

Craft Workshop & Closing Circle

All Ages

4:00 pm

Biographies Section: Uttarakhand Ki Vibhutiya

All Ages

5:00 pm

Silent Reading

All Ages

Day 3 - 19th October 2024, Saturday

10:00 am

Story Telling with Kaavad - Shrimad Bhagwat with Tulika

6 - 17 years

11:00 am

Drawing Competition

All Ages

11:30 am

Story Writing Workshop Day 3 with Vanshika & Vanita

11 - 17 years

12:30 pm - BREAK

1:00 pm

Story Telling with Deepa Agarwal & Sunita Pant Bansal

11 - 17 years

2:00 pm

Craft Workshop & Closing Circle

All Ages

3:00 pm

Prize Distribution

All Ages

4:00 pm

Biographies Section: Uttarakhand Ki Vibhutiya

All Ages

5:00 pm

Silent Reading

All Ages