PROGRAM

October 9th 2020 - Session 1

The Art & Science of Giving

At a time like this, we remember Winston S Churchill: “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” When one person gives, they transform communities

Sudha Murthy

Speaker

Chetan Bhagat

Interlocutor

Time

IST | 6:00 - 7:00 PM
BST | 1:30 - 2:30 PM
EDT | 8:30 - 9:30 PM

October 9th 2020 - Session 2

Staying at Home,
Remaking the World

A rediscovery of life. How the lockdown can help people discover new things about themselves, take up new interests, realize what’s really important in life. Stillness, spirituality, environment. A greater focus on their inner world rather than the outer. Rethinking priorities and uncovering our second life

Pico Iyer

Speaker

Ankita Mukherjee

Interlocutor

Russ Lewin

Interlocutor

Time

IST | 7:15 - 8:00 PM
BST | 2:45 - 3:30 PM
EDT | 9:45- 10:30 PM

October 10th 2020 - Session 1

Of Loss and Longing

Based on this online release of Locking Down the Poor. The plight of our migrants has been reminiscent of partition and of Khushwant Singh’s book and film, Train to Pakistan. With desperate people walking with their belongings and taking nightmare train journeys.

Harsh Mander

Speaker

Natasha Badhwar

Interlocutor

Time

IST | 5:45 - 6:45 PM
BST | 1:15 - 2:15 PM
EDT | 8:15 - 9:15 PM

October 10th 2020 - Session 2

Ten Lessons for a
Post Pandemic World

Hear it from Fareed’s new book out this week. One of the ‘top ten global thinkers of the last decade’, Ten Lessons for a Post Pandemic World foresees the political, social, technological and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. He covers the acceleration of natural and biological risks, the obsolescence of the old political categories of right and left, the rise of ‘digital life’, the future of digitalization, and an emerging world order. The future is truly in our own hands.

Fareed Zakario

Speaker

Sarah Jacob

Interlocutor

Time

IST | 7:00 - 7:45 PM
BST | 2:30 - 3:15 PM
EDT | 9:30- 10:15 PM

Vikram Seth Acrostic