Day -I

Friday, 14th November 2008

Inaugural Session - 9.30 AM to 11.00 AM

9.30 - 9.32- National Anthem
9.32 - 9.35 - Prayer
9.35 - 9.40- Opening Speech by Dr. Rati Saxena, Director, KRITYA 2008
9.40 - 9.45 - Inauguration of the festival by lighting the lamp - Chief Guest,
9.45 - 9.55- Speech by Host Director Dr Surjit Patar
10.05 -10.10- Presidential Address - Dr. Swarn Singh – President Punjab Arts Council
10.10-10.40- Speech by Chief Guest-SARDAR MANPREET SINGH BADAL,Finance Minister, Punjab
10.40-10.45- Vote of thanks- Dr.Rajpal Singh, Secretary Punjab Arts Council
National Anthem
(Break)


Kritya a journey - Short film (10 minutes)


Session I - 11.20 AM to 12.10 PM

Poetry Reading by;

Ramakant Rath (Oriya)
Odveig Klyve (Norway)
Jaswant Singh Neki (Punjabi)

Session II -12.15 PM to 1.10 PM

Poetry Reading by;

Evelyn Holloway (Austria)
Nand Kishor Acharya (Hindi)
Triin Soomets (Estonian)

Lunch -1.10 pm to 2.30pm

Session III-2.30 PM to 3.50 PM

Poetry Reading by;

Rocio Gonzalez (Mexico)
Mamang Dai (Arunachal Pradesh)
Elisa Biagini (Italy)
Rukmini Bhaya Nair (English)
Hanane Aad (Lebanon)
Uktamkhon Kholdorova (Uzbekistan)


Session IV- 4 PM to 5 .05 PM

Poetry Reading by;

Kunwar Narayan (Hindi)
Udaya Narayana Singh (Maithili)
Chandrakant Devatale (Hindi)
Ajmer Rode (Punjabi)
Jagtar (Punjabi)

Session V- 5.10 PM to 6.20 PM

Poetry Reading by;

Mohanjit (Punjabi)
Jaswant Deed (Punjabi)
Parmindrejit (Punjabi)
Jaswinder (Punjabi)
Devneet (Punjabi)
Nirupma Dutt (Punjabi)
Neeru Aseem (Punjabi)

Session VI - 6.25 PM to 7.25 PM

Panel Discussion by;

Dr. S. S. Noor
Shri Kikkeri Narayan
Purnima Varman
Vijay Shankar
Shyamala Nair

Coordinator - Keki Daruwala


Sufi Music


Dinner


Day II , Saturday, 15th November 2008

Session I- 9.30 AM to 10.50 AM

Poetry Reading by;

Vishvanath Prasad Tiwari (Hindi)
Mazhar Tirmizi (Urdu)
Mangalesh Dabral (Hindi)
Santokh Singh Dheer (Punjabi)
Satyapal (Hindi)
Pradeep Kasani (Hindi)

Book release- The Visitor by Joneve

Session II-11.00 AM to 12.50 PM

Poetry Reading by;

Prof. K. Satchidananadan (Malayalam)
Agrahara Krishna Murthy (Kannada)
Keki Daruwalla (English )
Margus Lattik (Estonia)
Naim Araidi (Israel)
Arun Kamal (Hindi)
Robin S Ngangom ( Imphal, Manipur)

Lunch 1.00 PM to 2.30 PM

Session III- 2.30 PM to 4.20 PM

Poetry Reading by;

Chandra Prakash Deval ( Rajasthani)
Satyapal (Hindi)
Dilip Jhaveri (Gujrati)
John Siddique (Irish)
Agni Shekhar ( Kashimiri)

Session IV -4.30 PM to 5.20 PM

Poetry reading;

Vanita
Surjit Juj
Swaranjit savi
Darshan Buttar
Manmohan
Jaswant zafar
Balwinder Sandhu

Session V-5.30 PM to 7.00 PM

Open Forum

Session VI - 7.30PM to 8. PM

Short films on poetry

"Seven songs of becoming" and "Breakfast Time"

Resented by;

Kari Klyve-Gulbrandsen - Photographer,
Odveig Klyve Director
and Bjørn Gulbrandsen Producer.
Sponsored by Norwegian Film Institute

Cultural programme – 8 PM Onwards

Day III, Sunday, 16th November 2008

Session I -9.30 AM to 11.00 AM

Poetry Reading by;

Araceli Mancilla Zayas (Mexico)
Shambhu Badal (Hindi)
Jiban Narah (Assam-India)

Session II -11.00 AM to 1.00 PM

Poetry Reading by;

Peter Waugh (Vienna)
Surjit Patar ( Punjabi)
Rati Saxena (Hindi)
Amit Kalla (Hindi)

A Vote of thanks

Lunch


An Exhibition of contemporary painting by young artist from India will remain open on all the days of poetry festival.