Penguin Books India & Visual Arts Gallery present Spring Fever 2011 at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road > 11am-7pm on 4th-13th March 2011

Time : 
11:00 am - 7:00 pm - Open Air Library
7:00 pm - Special Events ( by Passes )

Entry :

11:00 am - 7:00 pm - Free Entry 

7:00 pm - For passes please write to springfever@in.penguingroup.com

**On the spot registration for the quiz

Place : Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre ( IHC ), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003

Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 ( Cars ), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )

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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

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Event Details : Penguin Books India and Visual Arts Gallery present Spring Fever 2011 with an open air library featuring Penguin India books.
G R E A T  O F F E R S  O N  A L L  P E N G U I N  T I T L E S
FRIDAY 4 MARCH
7.00 p.m. : Opening
In the Bazaar of Love
Presenting a selection of Penguin Classics
With readings by Avijit Dutt, Navtej Sarna and Syed Shahid Mahdi
From In the Bazaar of Love: The Selected Poetry of Amir Khusrau (trs. Paul E. Losensky and Sunil Sharma), Zafarnama by Guru Gobind Singh (tr. Navtej Sarna) and Kama Sutra by Vatsyayana (tr. A.N.D. Haksar)
Renowned vocalist Shubha Mudgal presents a selection of poetic texts from Indian literature, accompanied by Dr. Aneesh Pradhan (tabla) and Sudhir Nayak (harmonium)
SATURDAY 5 MARCH
7.00 p.m.
Losing My Virginity–Taking a Book to Bed
Madhuri Banerjee, Ira Trivedi, and Ismita Tandon Dhankher in a candid chat with Kaveree Bamzai
followed by a rock music performance
SUNDAY 6 MARCH
5.30 p.m. : Coming of Age
The launch of Penguin Young Adult
Sheba Karim, author of Skunk Girl, in conversation with Anita Roy, followed by dramatized readings from David Hair’s Pyre of Queens and Swayamvara
7.00 p.m. : A Writer’s Life
Javed Akhtar, William Dalrymple, Namita Gokhale and Sunil Sethi discuss their craft, life stories and the nature of creative impulse
MONDAY 7 MARCH
7.00 p.m.
Howzzat!**
Cricket mania at its best!
Quiz on India’s favourite game with cricket analyst and quizmaster Joy Bhattacharjya
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TUESDAY 8 MARCH
7.00 p.m.
Finding Ananda
An open workshop by the Osho International Foundation
WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH
7.00 p.m.
The Culture of Consumption
Four distinguished economic thinkers shed light on the promises and perils of Capitalism:
Bimal Jalan, Gurcharan Das, Kaushik Basu and Vinay Bharat-Ram
THURSDAY 10 MARCH
7.00 p.m.
Box Office
A special film screening of Oscar Winner movie – Alice in the Wonderland in association with the American Center
FRIDAY 11 MARCH
7.00 p.m.
Blockbuster Friday
Mega books in the making
Readings by Shobhaa Dé from Sethji,  William Dalrymple from The Return of the King: Shah Shuja and the first Anglo Afghan War, and Suhel Seth from Jamil Ahmad’s The Wandering Falcon
followed by a music performance
SATURDAY 12 MARCH
7.00 p.m.
Hindi—Badlegi to Chalegi!
A quirky dialogue on the changing forms of Hindi over time
Sudhish Pachauri, Noor Zaheer, Anamika, Ravish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar in conversation with S. S. Nirupam
SUNDAY 13 MARCH
11.30 a.m.
Lights, Camera . . . Action!!
Celebrated film maker Vishal Bhardwaj and Ruskin Bond in a very special conversation (from Suzanna’s Seven Husbands to Saath Khoon Maaf)
Closing performance: Qawwali by the acclaimed Warsi Brothers of Hyderabad

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