Moderator Amrita Lal will welcome visitors and introduce each speaker in turn, providing context where required, and manage audience responses. Since time is short, each of these will be only 10 minutes. The singers will continue for one hour.
Roots and Routes: A Brief History of Sindh – Nandita Bhavnani
Proverbially Sindhi – Atul Khatri
Taste of Sindh – Deepa Chauhan
From Shopfronts to Storylines: Sindhi Business Histories in Print – Soni Wadhwa
Centres of Cultural Revival – Aruna Madnani will speak about the Lost Homeland of Sindh gallery at the Partition Museum
Bhagat dance – performed by Sindhu Sakha Sangam
Linking the Fireflies, an overview of the artistic legacy of Sindh – Saaz Aggarwal
From Abana to Byo Chha Khape – Q&A between Barkha Khushalani and Dirven Hazari
Voices of the Desert and the Soul – launch of Mohan Gehani’s Shah-Sachal-Sami translations, followed by readings from selected verses by eminent poets Anju Makhija, Menka Shivdasani and Barkha Khushalani
Raag jo Rang – songs from the timeless verses of Shah-Sachal-Sami by Drishika Advani, Girish Sadhwani and Kajal Chandiramani
Chhej – The Dance of Joy by the troupe of Jhulelal temple at Kalyan Camp 1


