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Amjad Ali Khan, Ashok Vajpeyi and Chandrashekhar Kambar
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with Kumudha BharathRam
Chandrashekhar Kambar with Krishna Manavalli
Padmavati Rao and Girish Karnad with Mohit Kataria
Guru T Ladakhi, Nabanita Kanungo, Shalim Hussain and Surajit Borooah with Jahnavi Barua
Margaret Mascarenhas, Salma and Sumana Roy with Mani Rao
Arjun Rajendran and Rohan Chhetri
Fiona Bolger, Malachi Edwin Vethamani and Nia Davies with Sudeep Sen
Gulzar with Pavan K. Varma
Nadir Godrej with Barnali Ray Shukla
Jerry Pinto, Mani Rao and Ranjit Hoskote with Malachi Edwin Vethamani
Salma
Amit Chaudhuri with Sumana Roy
Sudeep Sen
Smita Bellur and Group
Pavan K. Varma with Gulzar
Jerry Pinto
Medha Singh and Savita Singh
Ayaz Rasool Nazki and Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
Prathibha Nandakumar and Group
Ashok Vajpeyi
Punam Chadha-Joseph, Ranjani Murali, Rochelle D'Silva and Rochelle Potkar with Samantak Bhadra
Ranjit Hoskote
Lovely Goswami, Neeraj Pandey and Viky Arya with Sandeep Shikhar
Jamuna Rao and Medha Singh with Sundeep Bhutoria
Barnali Ray Shukla and Niranjan Iyengar
Anjum Hasan with Usha Rao
Shreekumar Vakkiyil
Arun Kamal and Savita Singh with Sourav Roy
Ruchhita Kazaria and Saira Shah Halim with Samantak Bhadra
Mame Khan and Group
Mani Rao
Description: LFrom writing 'under the influence' of the poet/s you're lately reading to finding your own distinct voice ... just how does this happen? In this 1 hour-45 minute session, poet Mani Rao will look closely at the poetic styles of a range of poets and discuss/appreciate aspects of craft and the distinct characteristics of their poetics.
Arun Kamal
Description: In this 1 hour-45 minute interactive session, award-winning poet Arun Kamal will introduce the use of imagery, metaphors and symbols in poetry writing. He will discuss meter and rhythm and the making of a prose poem. Writing exercises during this workshop will boost the creative urge in aspiring poets.
Niranjan Iyengar
Description: While both poetry and songs are lyrical and rhythmic, not every song can be read as a poem and not every poem can be set to music. Well-known film lyricist and poet Niranjan Iyengar will take you through a 1 hour-45 minute interactive session on the differences between the two forms, with some written exercises thrown in to help you experience first-hand the nuances of poetry writing and songwriting.
Rochelle D'Silva
Description: In this 1 hour-45 minutes interactive session performance poet Rochelle D'Silva will introduce the elements required to create a spoken word poem. Through videos and writing exercises she will focus on what it takes to write a performance poem. The workshop will also touch upon basics of poetry writing.
Ankit Chadha
Description: There are riddles in visuals, there are riddles in actions, and then there are riddles in verse. Ankit Chadha, the author of Amir Khusrau - The Man in Riddles, invites children with their elders to play along. Khusrau, the great poet of the 13th century, made songs out of the most banal experiences of life. Come, sing along these riddles that have been sung for the last 700 years.
Age: 8+
Ameen Haque
Description: Who says children cannot be poets or that poetry is not everyone’s cup of tea? Come and listen to poetry written for children. And get started on your journey as a poet. Write some poems. Share with others. And listen to theirs. Come with a blank page, open mind and discover the poet within you.
Age Between: 9 to 14
Ajey Preetham
Description: Children will be exposed and taken into the world of poems, through theatre exercises, theatre games, stories etc The session will culminate in a performance by the children participants using a poem.
Age: 8+
Aparna Jaishankar
Description: In this 90 minute session, children will be treated to a treasure hunt around the venue. Clues will be in the form of age appropriate riddles, cryptic messages and more. Groups will be formed based on the age of the participants.
Age: 5+
Priya Muthukumar
Description: This session focusses on weaving tales and traditional Indian rhymes together, highlighting the cultural richness of the two. Introducing the current generation to the stories and rhymes which were popular in the previous generation.
Age: 5+
Lavanya Prasad
Description: An attempt to bring in the age old tradition of storytelling. Music and Movement, flourished during the earlier years and artists incorporated them in their stories to bring more clarity and understanding, some argue the other way as well. The stories shared will be centred around the poets of Karnataka and their lives.
Age: 5+
