Histories that Make the India Story
Friday, 6th February 2026
Inaugural Session
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Two Modern Statesmen: KM Panikkar & M Visvesvaraya
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Speakers: Narayani Basu | Aparajith Ramnath | Amar Farooqui
Sculpting the Past: Ancient Art of India
4:00 PM – 5:30 PMÂ
Speakers: Parul Pandya Dhar | Naman Ahuja | Pushkar Sohoni
Melodies Through Time: Snippets of Music History
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Speakers: Sumana Ramanan | Priya Purushothaman | Vidya Rao
The Call of Hearts in Love: Myriad Living Traditions of Qawwali
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Manjari Chaturvedi, Kathak Dancer and Researcher
And Warsi Brothers, an Indian Qawwali Musical Group
Saturday, 7th February 2026
Deccan Dynasties: A Medieval History
10:30 AM – 12:00 PMÂ
Speakers: Uthara Suvrathan | Hemanth Kadambi | Anirudh KanisettiÂ
Hues & Brews: Journeys of Asian Paints & Amrut
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Speakers: Anupam Gupta | Sriram Devatha | Chinmay Tumbe
Community Chemistries: Bengalis & Parsis
2:30 PM – 4:00 PMÂ
Speakers: Sudeep Chakravarti | Bakhtiar Dadabhoy | Sanghamitra Chatterjee
Invisible Archaeology: Discovering the Past from Space
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Speakers: MB Rajani | Kuili Suganya | Disha AhluwaliaÂ
Left, Right or Centre: Politics & Ideologies
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Speakers: Sanjaya Baru | Jaithirth Rao | Narayani Basu
Musical Narratives: Stories and Melodies of the Agra Gharana
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Priya Purushothaman, Hindustani Vocalist and Writer
with Milind Mysore (Tabla) | Rahul Deshpande (Harmonium)
Sunday, 8th February 2026
Cinema of Hyderabad: Pasts and Futures
10:30 AM – 12:00 PMÂ
Speakers: SV Srinivas | C. Yamini Krishna | Srinivas Kondra
Hyderabad & Hyderabadis: Migrations & Transformations
12:00 PM – 1:30 PMÂ
Speakers: Serish Nanisetti | Yunus Lasania | Anuj Gurwara
Microbes to Space Probes: India’s Story of Science
2:30 PM – 4:00 PMÂ
Speakers: Ameer Shahul | Dinesh Sharma | Aparajith RamnathÂ
History, Fiction & Folklore: Love Stories from the Past
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Speakers: Aanchal Malhotra | Rana Safvi | Eric Chopra
World War-II: Indians in Britain’s Battles
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Speakers: Raghu Karnad | Mukund Padmanabhan | Indivar Kamtekar
Baithak
Introspecting the 3-day journey togetherÂ