SIXTH KNOWLEDGE KUMBH

The sixth edition of the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival 2024 will be a vibrant physical event at Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal between 12-14th January 2024


Invocation to Goddess Saraswati, Smita Nagdev. Inauguration of BLF 2024
Samrat Vikramaditya, Life and Times: Dr Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit and R C Thakur in conversation with Dr Shriram Tiwari
Power of Social Media Influencers in Marketing a City: Avinash Lavania, Shashank Shukla, Chinmay Godha, Anand Sharma, Madiha Reshamwala and Himanshu Bansal. Moderated by Rajeev Mishra
Banker and Custodian of Trust: Rajnish Kumar in conversation with Dr Ramesh Shivagunde and Dr Rajan Katoch
Patrick Geddes, Town Planning and Environmentalism, Abhilash Khandekar. Moderated by Savita Raje
Baat Niklegi Toh Phir, the life and music of Jagjit Singh: Sathya Saran in conversation with Vertul Singh accompanied by Ghazal Exponent Dr Neena Shrivastava
Meanings of Water Places in Past Urban Centres: Dr Sara Keller in conversation with Dr Susanne Rau and Dr Meera Dass
Fashion, Sustainability and the Circular Economy: Rohit Kansal, Sudha Dhingra, Mumtaz Khan and Rishika Nema. Moderated by Vishakha Agarwal
Bheegi Lakeerein, Rita Jhunjhunwala in conversation with Dr Meera Dass and Maninder Kalra
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Laws and Cases in India, Anant Merathia. Moderated by Shailendra Singh and Amit Pratap Singh
The Everest Girl: Brajesh Rajput in conversation with Megha Parmar
Making of the series ‘The Railway Men', Shiv Rawail in conversation with Rahul Noronha
‘The Railway Men' and the Global Resonance of the Bhopal Story, Rajendra Kothari, Pratap Verma and Omar Ali in conversation with Rahul Noronha
The Queen of Indian Pop, Usha Uthup in conversation with Srishti Jha and Sathya Saran
Pop Queen Usha Uthup: Golden Melodies of Yesteryear, Usha Uthup Live Performance
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Gita for Students, Dr Vijay Agrawal and O P Shrivastava in conversation with Dr Ritu Pandey Sharma
The Last Mile, Amarjeet Sinha in conversation with R Parasuram and Ved Arya
Climate Change: Rivers and Landscapes, Manu Bhatnagar and Namgay Choden. Moderated by Surendra Kumar Sarda
Museums as Time Machines, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta. Moderated by Sunit Tandon
World Upside Down: How India is Recalibrating its Geopolitics, Sujan R Chinoy in conversation with Pankaj Saran and Shishir Priyadarshi
Spies, Art & Terrorism, Tarun Mehrishi in conversation with Rishi Shukla and Dr Pradeep Kapoor
Wildlife Pursuit: Shivang Mehta and Aly Rashid in conversation with Latika Nath
The Andaman Islands Development, Pankaj Sekhsaria, Ajay Saini and Vice Admiral (retd) Bimal Verma in conversation with Amitabh Pande
Role of Culture in City Development, Case Study Maheshwar by Research Students of SPA Bhopal
West Asia at War, Will there ever be Peace? Talmiz Ahmad and Pankaj Saran in conversation with Vikram Mehta
The Spirit of India, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee in conversation with Dr Sandeep Shastri
Remembering Munshi Premchand, Sara Rai in conversation with Seema Raizada
From Ashoka to Chandragupta II: Archaeological remains at Vidisha Dr Meera Dass in conversation with Dr Rima Hooja
Rani Durgawati, The Forgotten Life of a Warrior Queen: Nandini Sen Gupta in conversation with Dr Neha Jain and Jyoti Pande
Pathways to a Dominant and Inclusive India, Dr Ganesh Natarajan in conversation with Rajat Kathuria and Seema Verma
Pitchside, A Close View of Indian Cricket: Amrit Mathur in conversation with Arun Lal and Shlok Chandra
Politics, Victory and Loss: Abhigyan Prakash, Jayshree M Sundar and Brajesh Rajput in conversation with Dr Sandeep Shastri
Leading A Life with Purpose: Ved Arya in conversation with R Parasuram and Gauri Singh
Influence of Western Classical Music and Theatre on Modern Indian Arts, Sunit Tandon. Moderated by Shailaja Srinivasan
Modern Indian Poetry: Jamshed, Tajender Singh Luthra in conversation with Vertul Singh
Being a Successful Diplomat, what it takes: Ajay Bisaria in conversation With Dr Neha Jain
Vivan Sundaram - The Works of a Master, Pankaj Butalia. Moderated by Rima Hooja
Music, Cinema and Art for National Development, DJ Narain. Moderated by P K Dash
What it takes to be a popular TV Anchor: Abhigyan Prakash in conversation with Brajesh Rajput
Constitutional Morality, Justice Madan B Lokur. Moderated by Bishwajit Bhattacharyya
History and its Expression in Architecture: The Fort and City of Shahjahanabad and the Garden Tomb of Humayun, Anisha Shekhar Mukherji and Neeru Misra in conversation with Dr Meera Dass and Saurabh Popli
Women Leadership in the 21st Century - An imperative, Gitanjali J Angmo in conversation with Shalini Mahajan
Energy Transition for India: Anil Kumar Jain and Vikram Mehta in conversation with Rajat Kathuria
Cultural Connectivity, Dr Sachchidanand Joshi, C Rajasekhar and Shaurya Doval in conversation with P K Dash
Bamboo Ensemble
Managing Pakistan Without Getting Angry: Ajay Bisaria in conversation with Pankaj Saran
Legends Never Die, Eternal Greats, Irrfan Khan and Satish Kaushik: Mayank Shekhar in conversation with Dr Neelkamal Kapoor and Sathya Saran
India's Five Trillion Dollar Economy, What It Takes: Rajat Kathuria, Madan Sabnavis and Rajan Katoch in conversation with Raghav Chandra
Resilience - the lives of India's disabled soldiers, Ambreen Zaidi. Moderated by Ranjeeta Sahay Ashesh
Is our Constitution a Colonial Legacy? Arghya Sengupta in conversation with Shlok Chandra and Dr Surya Prakash
The Stories Behind Tiger Conservation, Gargi Rawat and Latika Nath in conversation with Deshdeep Saxena and Raghav Chandra
Shivaji: India's Great Warrior King, Vaibhav Purandare in conversation with Nandini Sen Gupta and Dr Sachchidanand Joshi
Emotional Intelligence for Enlightened Leadership: Dr Dalip Singh in conversation with Rashmi Bhargava
China, Forever Enemy or Potential Friend? Jayadeva Ranade and Pankaj Saran in conversation with Brig Sanjay Agarwal
Is There Any Virtue in Laziness? Indrajit Hazra. Moderated by Bhaskar Indrakanti
Sports Marketing the Billion Dollar Opportunity: Tarun Mehrishi in conversation with Jyoti Pande
In the Language of Remembering, The Inheritance of Partition, Aanchal Malhotra in conversation with Seema Raizada
Human Rights and Protecting the Child, Dr Veerendra Mishra. Moderated by Dr Neha Jain
Creating Public Art Places: Dr Sachchidanand Joshi in conversation with Rima Hooja
Rahein na Rahein hum, Mehka Karenge - The Timeless Legacy of Lata Mangeshkar, Dr Mrudula Dadhe Joshi in conversation with Pankaj Saxena
Dance Offerings from the Brahmaputra Valley - Kalabhumi Dance Troupe
Art competition
Storytelling competition
Poetry competition
Winners of the Poetry Writing Contest
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Students at the festival
Students at the festival
Students at the festival
Students at the festival
The Courtyard
Visitors to the festival
The Volunteers Team
The Anchors Team
The Core Team
SUSHILA DEVI AWARD 2023 for the BEST BOOK OF FICTION written by a WOMAN AUTHOR in 2022 being presented to Janice Pariat
The Sushila Devi Award Ceremony

The Society for Culture & Environment will hold the fourth edition of 'Heartland Stories — Bhopal Literature and Art Festival 2022 as a physical cum virtual event, between 25-27th March 2022.

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