Inauguration by Javed Akhtar

 Javed Akhtar’s poetry, Srijato’s translations. Readings and  conversation with Sangeeta Datta. Launch of Bangla translation of Javed Akhtar’s anthology

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and Cheyenne Olivier discuss their illustrated cookbook with Anuvab Pal

Vir Sanghvi discusses his memoirs with Sandip Roy

Chandril Bhattacharya, Srijato and Anupam Roy discuss the challenges of writing columns and recording vlogs. On Time. In conversation with Agnijit Sen (Bangla Session)

Samik Bandyopadhyay on his personal reading of Satyajit Ray. In conversation with Aparajita Dasgupta (Bangla Session)

EP Unny and Rahul DaCunha* discuss RK Laxman’s legacy on his centenary. In conversation with Balaji Vittal (Rahul DaCunha will join online)

Vir Sanghvi, Ritu Dalmiya* and Mita Kapur on the joys of writing and reading food. In conversation with Monideepa Banerjie (Ritu Dalmiya will join online)

Javed Akhtar and Balaji Vittal discuss Vittal’s Pure Evil and the bad men of Hindi cinema. In conversation with RJ Arvind

Seema Goswami discusses her thriller series. In conversation with Malavika Banerjee

Usha Uthup speaks about her musical journey with biographer Vikas Jha and Srishti Jha. In conversation with Shantanu Datta

Stand-up comedy by Cyrus Broacha and Anuvab Pal

Javed Akhtar on the relevance of Sahir Ludhianvi’s poetry in his centenary year. In conversation with Mudar Patherya

Anuvab Pal and Cyrus Broacha on laughter and humour as a survival kit in pandemic times. In conversation with Sandip Roy

Remo Fernandes in conversation with Arka Das

Javed Akhtar presents an interpretation of his acclaimed poem by Sangeeta Datta

S. Hussain Zaidi discusses his work and fascination with the murky side of Mumbai. In conversation with Labonita Ghosh

Mallika Sarabhai and Jim Sarbh in conversation with Shrayana Bhattacharya

Classical music performance by Ustad Rashid Khan, poetry by Srijato

Arunava Sinha, Gourahari Das and Debanjan Chakrabarti in conversation with Padmini Ray Murray

Anindya Chattopadhyay in conversation with Prithwi Bose and Rwitobroto Mukherjee (Bangla Session)

Krishnan Srinivasan and Anuvab Pal in conversation with Pratiti Ganatra

Madhabi Mukherjee, Poulomi Bose, Suman Mukhopadhyay and discuss the theatre, cinema and other roles of Soumitra Chatterjee. In conversation with Sanchari Mookherjee (Bangla Session)

Gautam Roy discusses the football and the history of the maidan titan. In conversation with Debanjan Chakrabarti

Rijula Das in conversation with Supriya Newar

Jeet Thayil in conversation with Sandip Roy

Nicolas Wild, Cheyenne Olivier discuss the illustrated narrative and cartoon culture in Paris. In conversation with Pinaki De

Raghu Karnad, Mohan Agashe and Arshia Sattar* on the plays, the films, the writings, the man. In conversation with Debnita Chakravarti (Arshia Sattar will join online)

Ajoy Bose on his documentary on the Fab Four’s tryst with India. In conversation with Gautam Bhimani

Jayanta Sengupta, Bachi Karkaria, Anindya Chattopadhyay and Agnijit Sen discuss Kolkata’s romance with the memorial across generations. In conversation with Poorna Banerjee

Bharatnatyam performance by Mallika Sarabhai

Mridula Ramesh and Bikram Grewal on India’s water crisis. In conversation with Labonita Ghosh

Tony Joseph on the migrations that made India. In conversation with Sujaan Mukherjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee, Barun Chanda* and Pradeep Mukherjee on debuting as protagonists in Ray’s City Trilogy. In conversation with Riddhi Sen (Barun Chanda will join online) (Bangla Session)

Ruskin Bond* and Rakesh Khanna discuss ghosts, spirits and monsters. In conversation with Sandip Roy (Mr Bond will join online)

Sayandeb Chowdhury, Amitava Nag discuss their biographies of Uttam Kumar and Tapan Sinha. In conversation with Sangeeta Datta

Amish looks back at his trailblazing start in writing. In conversation with Sidharth Pansari

Manu Pillai on the princes of India through the works of Ravi Verma. In conversation with Priyadarshinee Guha

Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay, Arunava Sinha and Khan Ruhul Rubel* on being chroniclers of a place. In conversation with Madhuja Banerjee (Khan Ruhul Rubel will join online) (Bangla Session)

Sukanta Chaudhuri discusses his new book with Semanti Ghosh (Bangla Session)

Bikram Grewal and Bittu Sehgal* on whether the pandemic has changed the way Indians look at nature. In conversation with Sumit Sen (Bittu Sehgal will join online)

Kunal Basu discusses his new book with Raghu Karnad and Malavika Banerjee

Pradeep Magazine discusses how cricket and India have changed and remained the same over the decades. In conversation with Rahul Bhattacharya

Premiere of Ajoy Bose’s Documentary

Manu Pillai, Isabelle Nardi and Gianluca Rubagotti on Italian footprints across India. In conversation with Sujaan Mukherjee

Suman Mukhopadhyay, Kaushik Sen, Anirban Bhattacharya and Aveek Majumder. Launch of Suman Mukhopadhyay’s book (Bangla Session)

Mohan Agashe and Samik Bandyopadhyay on the sketches, the preparation and the methods behind Ray’s films . In conversation with Agnijit Sen

Screening of Goutam Ghose’s short film on the pandemic followed by a discussion with the director and Suman Mukhopadhyay (Bangla Session)

Ratnaboli Ray and Kunal Sarkar discuss mental and physical health challenges during and beyond the pandemic. In conversation with Janet Gasper Chowdhury

Amish Tripathi on writing, the pandemic and seeing India from outside and within. In conversation with Janet Gasper Chowdhury

Gautam Bhattacharya discusses his new book on the aces of tennis. In conversation with Chinmoy Guha (Bangla Session)

Ghazala Wahab discusses her award-winning book with Jashodhara Chakraborti

Anita Agnihotri in conversation with Aparajita Dasgupta (Bangla Session)

Nicolas Wild and Krishnan Srinivasan on the world’s warzones and our differing perceptions. In conversation with Paroma Roy Chowdhury

Sukanta Chaudhuri and Doyeeta Majumdar discuss the impact of one of the world’s greatest literary works on its 700th anniversary. In conversation with Samantak Das. Introduction by Gianluca Rubagotti

Bachi Karkaria, Chandrahas Choudhury and Sandip Roy discuss writing about books, culture and owning one’s opinion in polarised times. In conversation with Debanjan Chakrabarti

Samantak Das and Pinaki De discuss Ray’s writing gene. Readings of recently published stories by Ray by Dhritiman Chaterji bookend the discussion

Bachi Karkaria on the life, the times and the hotels of Capt. Nair. Nair In conversation with Malavika Banerjee

R. Siva Kumar and Jayanta Sengupta discuss the artist’s legacy and the collection of his works at Victoria Memorial. In conversation with Sujaan Mukherjee

Simi Grewal discusses her work in Satyajit Ray’s and Mrinal Sen’s films. In conversation with Jayabrato Chatterjee

Classical sitar recital by Ustad Shujaat Khan