The seventh edition of the Bhopal Literature & Art Festival will be a vibrant physical event at Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal from 31 Jan 2025 to 02 Feb 2025
Events
Inaugural
ANTARANG - Sanskrit Vangmay mein Mahakavi Kalidas: Radha Vallabh Tripathi, Anamika and Prem Shankar Shukla in conversation with Leeladhar Jagoori
ABHIRANG - Story-writing for Children: Tultul Biswas, Shailaja Menon and Swati Rajoria in conversation with Shailaja Srinivasan
VAGARTH - Contemporary Color Theory and Design: Manushree Mishra and Ravisha Merchant
ANTARANG - Whispers and Shadows, bringing life to Ruins: Janhwij Sharma in conversation with Dr Meera Dass
ABHIRANG - Hero Cop, Vijay Raman, a memoir: Veena Raman in conversation with Pawan Shrivastava
VAGARTH - Hindu Mythology and Science Fiction: Akshat Gupta in conversation with Neha Jain
YOUNGRANG - Storytelling Contest
LUNCH
ANTARANG - Politics, Economics and Justice in Governance: Satya Narayan Mohanty and Pradeep S Mehta in conversation with R Parasuram
ABHIRANG - Supercharge Yourself, Wellness through Self-Development: Swati Tiwari and Rakhi Marwaha in conversation with Shalini Mahajan
VAGARTH - Requiem for Janki Bai Ilahabadi: Prof Neelum Saran Gour in conversation with Dr Sukrita Paul Kumar
ANTARANG - National Renaissance through Participation and Entrepreneurship: Shashank Mani Tripathi and Seema Verma in conversation with Brajesh Rajput
ABHIRANG - Bharat ki Rishi Parampara: Shriram Tiwari in conversation with Dr Reetu Pandey Sharma
VAGARTH - The Marathas Century: Dr Uday S Kulkarni in conversation with Rahul Noronha
ANTARANG - Time-dating of Ancient India, The Science of Kaal/Kalpa/Yuga: Vedveer Arya in conversation with Rishi Shukla
ABHIRANG - No Woman's Land? Lt. Col Ankita Srivastava in conversation with Dr Neelkamal Kapoor
VAGARTH - How BJP Won Madhya Pradesh: Brajesh Rajput in conversation with Deepak Tiwari
ANTARANG - Crime Thrillers set in Bhopal: Vinita Dhondiyal Bhatnagar & Dr Pradeep Kapoor in conversation with Jyoti Pande
ABHIRANG - Poetry for the Soul: Sukrita Paul Kumar
VAGARTH - Mahapran Nirala ki Kavitayein: Manoj Shrivastava, Shriram Parihar, Badri Narayan. Moderated by Arun Kamal
ANTARANG - Poetry & Cinema, the work of Sahir Ludhianvi: Pankaj Saxena in conversation with Poonam Saxena and songs by Neena Shrivastava
ABHIRANG - Astrology, Facts and Fallacies: Riddhi Bahl in conversation with Col Dilip Ranade
Bhopal Heritage Walk - A journey of historical and architectural development from the 11th C to 21st C (Paramara embankment, Ancient water bodies, Gond Fort, Dargah, Hammam, Palaces, Iqbal Maidan, Sadar Manzil, Tajul Masajid). Walk starting from Kamla Park
ANTARANG - Bharat Before the British: Shonaleeka Kaul in conversation with Dr Rima Hooja
ABHIRANG - Nature Writing and its Cathartic Value: Anuradha Jain in conversation with Janhwij Sharma
VAGARTH - Policing, Thrills and Challenges: Meeran Chadha Borwankar and Rakesh Asthana
YOUNGRANG - Painting Contest
ANTARANG - Guru Dutt, Cinema & Literature: Pankaj Saxena in conversation with Poonam Saxena
ABHIRANG - Coats of Arms, Symbols of Royal Power or Anachronisms? Anuj Pakvasa in conversation with Dr Meera Dass
VAGARTH - The Lure of Old Tunes: Shikha Biswas Vohra in conversation with Jyoti Agarwal
LUNCH
ANTARANG - The Middle East in Crisis: Lt Gen Raj Shukla in conversation with M J Akbar
ABHIRANG - Rock Art of Ladakh: Ahtushi Deshpande in conversation with Pallavi Govil
VAGARTH - The Art and Craft of Travel Writing: Ranjan Pal in conversation with Jyoti Pande
ANTARANG - Tibet, India & China, Identity & Politics: Dilip Sinha and Lt Gen P R Shankar in conversation with Anil Wadhwa
ABHIRANG - Tiny Tales, Big Impact, Crafting short fiction: Abha Iyengar in conversation with Meenakshi Dua
VAGARTH - Women Diplomats and their Multiple Challenges: Ruchi Ghanashyam and Deepa Wadhwa in conversation with Ambreen Khan
ANTARANG - Bhishma Pitamah on the Bed of Arrows: Kush Bhargava in conversation with Dr Meenakshi Pawha
ABHIRANG - Mandu, Legend of Roopmati & Baz Bahadur: Malathi Ramachandran in conversation with Neha Jain
VAGARTH - Golf, the Inner Game: Amandeep Johl and Nanaki J Chadha in conversation with Mohd Suleman
ANTARANG - Audacious and Unknown, The Wild Women of India: Arundhathi Subramaniam in conversation with Alka Pande
ABHIRANG - The Allure of Romance Novels: Parthasarthi Sen Sharma & Anuradha Jain in conversation with Rolii Agrawal
VAGARTH - Embracing the Power of Constructive Disobedience: Maj Gen Anil Kumar Sengar in conversation with Tejaswi Naik
ANTARANG - The Multi faceted Kishore Kumar: Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Parthiv Dhar in conversation with Sanjay Mukherjee
ABHIRANG - Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Beyond Turquoise Tranquility: Keshav Chandra and Rupinder Brar in conversation with Niharika Singh
VAGARTH - Contemporary China, Tradition & Modernity: Poonam Surie in conversation with Deepa Wadhwa
Musical Concert by Pratibha Singh Baghel (Ravindra Bhawan)
Visit to the Tribal Museum: Colouful, Vibrant and Aesthetic presentation of the indigineous tribes of Central India
ANTARANG - How PM's Decide: Neerja Chowdhury, Ajay Bisaria and Pallavi Govil in conversation with Gargi Rawat
ABHIRANG - The Iconic Trees of India: S Natesh in conversation with Abhilash Khandekar
VAGARTH - Leadership for Excellence in Sports: Captain Homi Motivala in conversation with Amrit Mathur
ANTARANG - Just a Mercenary, Memoirs of a RBI Governor: Dr Subba Rao in conversation with Dr K P Krishnan
ABHIRANG - Cities of Immortality, Banaras & Mathura: Vertul Singh & Pradeep Bhatnagar in conversation with Rupinder Brar
VAGARTH - A Natural Crisis: Anita Mani, Shishir Priyadarshi and Abinash Mohanty in conversation with Bharati Chaturvedi Bisaria
LUNCH
ANTARANG - Branding and Scaling up of Start-Ups: Harsh Pamnani and Priya Singh in conversation with Shruti Chandra
ABHIRANG - Spiritual Power and Mystique of Number 108: Alka Pande in conversation with
VAGARTH - Boundary Lab: Nandan Kamath in conversation with Amrit Mathur and Shlok Chandra
YOUNGRANG - Poetry Live Recitation
ANTARANG - Is India well defended? Lt Gen P R Shankar and Lt Gen Raj Shukla in conversation with Anil Wadhwa
ABHIRANG - Urban Biodiversity and Birds: Abhilash Khandekar and Bharati Chaturvedi
VAGARTH - Bangladesh, a troubled saga: Maj Chandrakant in conversation with Brig Sanjay Agarwal
ANTARANG - Swallowing the Sun: Lakshmi Puri in conversation with Ambreen Khan
ABHIRANG - Folk Sutra, Discovering India's Soul: Yogita Ahuja
VAGARTH - Poetry, more Art or Heart?: Jamshed in conversation with Asma Rafat
ANTARANG - The Longest Kiss about the life and times of Devika Rani: Kishwar Desai in conversation with Seema Raizada
ABHIRANG - Bhopal 92': Anupam Shrivastava in conversation with Vertul Singh
VAGARTH - Taxi, The Sushila Devi Book Award Winner: Manjula Padmanabhan in conversation with Sukrita Paul Kumar
ANTARANG - The Singing Clock: Pravin Godkhindi in conversation with Kiran Deshpande and Dr Bhaskar Khandekar
ABHIRANG - Herbal Sutra: Madhulika Banerjee
VAGARTH - Untamed Poetry: Sandhya Mridul
ANTARANG - Cultural Program, Award Presentations and Valedictory