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| TIME | FILM | SYNOPSIS |
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| FEBRUARY 2, 2026 (Stein Auditorium) | ||
| 7:00pm |
Shores of Silence – Whale Sharks in India (Docu / 2004 / English / 24 mins) Dir. Mike Pandey |
The first film to expose the Whale Shark slaughter in Indian waters. The film played a key role in ensuring their legal protection under India’s Wildlife Act and Global conservation recognition at CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).
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| 7:25pm |
Looking for Sultan (Docu / 2019 / English / 43.29 mins) Dir. Doel Trivedy & Gautam Pandey Produced by Riverbank Studios |
Mike Pandey and Gautam Pandey, a father-son filmmaker duo, trace poaching, habitat loss, and human-wildlife conflict through their quest for Sultan, a bold young male tiger who suddenly vanished from his natal home in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. |
| FEBRUARY 3, 2026 (Stein Auditorium) | ||
| 7:00pm |
Gyamo: Queen of the Mountains (Docu / 2019 / English / 42.29 mins) Dirs. Doel Trivedy & Gautam Pandey Produced by Mike Pandey |
Fewer than 10,000 snow leopards remain in the wild. The father-son wildlife filmmaker duo journey through Ladakh — where humans and snow leopards share fragile landscapes. |
| 7:45pm |
The Last Migration – Wild Elephant Capture in Sarguja (Docu / 1995 / English / 52 mins) Dir. Mike Pandey Produced by Riverbank Studios |
A haunting look at man–animal conflict and unsustainable development:
the tussle between the ancient pachyderm and the tribals of the forest.
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| FEBRUARY 5, 2026 (Gulmohar Hall) | ||
| 7:00pm |
Broken Wings – The Vanishing Vultures (Docu / 2008 / English / 9.28 mins) Dir. & Prod. Mike Pandey |
A poignant documentary that unveils the alarming decline of vulture populations and highlights the critical role these magnificent birds play in maintaining ecological balance. |
| 7:10pm |
Timeless Traveller – Indian Horseshoe Crab (Docu / 2004 / English / 16 mins) Dir. & Prod. Mike Pandey |
An immersive journey into the extraordinary world of the Indian horseshoe crab — an ancient and enigmatic species, a living fossil that has survived millions of years and now faces risk. |
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| Day 1: february 6, Friday | ||
| 6:00pm | Walking lightly on the Planet: Learning from ecological traditions to build a sustainable future. | Keynote address by Sunita Narain, leading environmental thinker, author, and policy advocate, widely recognized for her work on climate policy, sustainable development, water governance, and environmental justice. Environmentalism of the poor is distinct from the environmentalism of the middle-class as it builds on ecological diversity to secure sustainable futures; it teaches how frugality of resource use is about sufficiency and uses community-knowledge to live within Planetary boundaries. She will discuss how this knowledge must be incorporated into the future economy of our country and not remain at the margins. |
| 6:30pm | Purva Rang | A performance by Ajit Singh Palawat & Ipshita Chakraborty. Concept : Prof. Pushpesh Pant. Script: Sahil Ahuja. Live music score: Animesh Patthey. Movement artist: Naresh Rajput. |
| 7:15pm | PuliKali (Play of The Tigers) | A traditional folk art performance under the guidance of Master Vinod. Performers transform into tigers and leopards, painting their bodies in vivid yellows and reds, and dance to the pulsating rhythms of the "Chenda" and the "Chengillik". This 200-year-old art form from Kerala is traditionally performed during Onam, the harvest festival. |
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| Day 2: february 7, Saturday | ||
| MOUNTAINS | ||
| 11:00am – 12 noon | Raag Pahari | Himalayas In the Life and Imagination of India | Raag Pahari | Himalayas In the Life and Imagination of India. Eminent authors Namita Gokhale, Stephen Alter, Navtej Sarna. Moderated by Ravi Singh, Publisher, Speaking Tiger Books. Through recorded history, the world’s highest and most fabled mountains have been the space of resilient life, epic adventure, inner exploration and mystical experience. The noble and beautiful, but equally formidable, Himalayas have shaped and transformed individuals and entire cultures—especially on the Indian subcontinent. What is it about these great mountains that has made them an eternal theatre of the majestic and the sublime in equal measure? Why do people live here, why do seekers and pilgrims and the broken keep coming here, generation after generation, despite the hard terrain and often unforgiving environment? |
| 12 noon – 1:00pm | Sanjeevani Dharti | The Healing Earth | Mamang Dai, poet & novelist, Dr. Sunita Reddy, author, researcher on herbal healing practices in the North East, Dr. Hemalatha N. Potti, Ayurveda physician, academic, and researcher. Screening of short films “Plants and Their Secrets - Tree of Life, Part 1 & Part 2” on medicinal plants, directed by Mike Pandey. Moderated by Prof. Pushpesh Pant, academic, author, columnist, TV anchor. Mother Earth not only nourishes its children but also heals them physically as well as emotionally when they are suffering. Forests are vast repositories of herbs and medicinal plants that build natural immunity, reinvigorate and rejuvenate. Different regions in our blessed land have evolved traditional systems of treatment to enhance the quality of life and experience the bliss of “Niramaya”. |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM : LUNCH | ||
| RIVERS | ||
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | Bin Paani Sab Soon | Streams Of Life | Joshil, Malayalam writer and assistant forest conservator, Milan Moudgill, photographer, graphic designer, Abhay Mishra, Hindi writer and journalist, Vaishali Shroff, author, scriptwriter, and columnist. Moderated by Medha Bisht, academic. |
| 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Behta Paani Nirmala | Songs Of The River |
A celebration of rivers in poetry, music, and dance. "A Myriad of Rivers in My Courtyard” by Dr. Madan Gopal Singh, scholar, composer, singer, lyricist. "Rhythm of The River" Abhinaya by Jayaprabha Menon, Mohiniyattam danseuse and choreographer. Reading of excerpts from one of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika's iconic songs, Bistirno Parore, which is hailed as a profound commentary on the ills plaguing the society and the mighty Brahmaputra's silent journey through it by Mayukh Hazarika, singer-songwriter, nephew of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika. |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM : TEA BREAK | ||
| DESERT | ||
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Registaan Main Jeevan Ki Laya | The Many Rhythms Of Desert Life | Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, writer, researcher, known for her work on camel pastoralists, Abhishek Srivastava, journalist and translator, Dr. Shubha Chaudhuri, ethnomusicologist, co-author of “Bards, Ballads and Boundaries: An Ethnographic Atlas of Music Traditions in West Rajasthan”. Moderated by Giriraj Kiradoo, writer, editor, cultural activist. |
| 6:30pm | Performance by Barmer Boys, a Manganiyar trio | Performance by Barmer Boys, a Manganiyar trio – Bhura Khan, Magada Khan and Sawai Khan, who preserve and perform centuries-old Rajasthani folk and Sufi music, delivering soulful, energetic performances on global stages and acclaimed platforms. |
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| Day 3: february 8, SUNDAY | ||
| FORESTS | ||
| 11:00am – 12:00noon | Aranya | Listening to the Indian Forest | An illustrated talk by Vivek Menon, leading nature conservationist, author and photographer. Introduced by Ravi Singh, Publisher, Speaking Tiger Books. |
| 12 noon – 1:00pm | Dev Vann | Sacred Groves | Mamang Dai, poet & novelist, Prof. Rekha M Shangpliang from NEHU, Dr. Neekee Chaturvedi, author and cultural historian of the Bishnoi community. Moderated by Prof. Yogesh V Gokhale, ecologist, co-author of “Sacred Groves In India”. |
| 1:00pm – 1:10pm | Devdar Aur Dev Vann | Poetry recital by Amar Nath, poet, environmentalist. |
| 1:10 - 2:00 pm : LUNCH | ||
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Book Launches. |
"A Girl, A Tiger and a Very Strange Story" by Paro Anand, published by Penguin Random House. When fate brings Junglee, the Pardhi girl and Raunaq, the tiger cub, together, the two foundlings become each other’s family. As they face the world’s challenges, they form a bond that transcends human imagination. Told as two sides of the same story, Junglee’s in words and Raunaq’s in pictures, this beautiful tale inspires peace and understanding by overcoming fear and mistrust with love. "Chhani Kharikon Mein" by Umesh Pant, published by Rajkamal Prakashan. "Our Rice Tastes of Spring" by Anumeha Yadav, published by Westland Books. Many villages and farms hold a treasure trove of rice varieties that are being lost in the switch to modern crop and food varieties. Can we imagine an alternative future where we as a society and a species preserve these bountiful rice varieties, where our precious traditional seeds and foods live on, instead of perishing or going extinct? |
| COASTLINES | ||
| 3:00pm – 4:00pm | India’s interconnectedness | India’s interconnectedness through sea routes that shaped maritime trade and cultural exchange |
| 4:00pm – 4:30pm : TEA BREAK | ||
| 4:30pm – 5:30pm | Marine Conservation | Dr Anant Pande, Head of Oceans & Coasts Conservation, WWF – India, Murali Manoharakrishna, Lead for Marine Species – WWF – India. Presented in collaboration with WWF – India. |
| 5:30pm – 6:30pm | Dhrishya Dastavez | Visual Documents Of Our Environment | Audio visual session with passionate documenters of the environment. Mike Pandey, renowned environmental filmmaker, Milan Moudgill, photographer and graphic designer, in conversation with Neha Sinha, author and conservation biologist. The session concludes with a tribute marking 50 years of Mike Pandey’s journey as a pioneering environmental activist and filmmaker. |
| 7:00pm | Celebrating 100th Birth Centenary of Bhupen Hazarika. | Celebrating the 100th Birth Centenary of Bhupen Hazarika. Performance by Mayukh Hazarika, nephew of the “Bard of the Brahmaputra”, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika. A delectable mix of songs that gives an insight into Dr. Hazarika's musical philosophy, coupled with personal anecdotes and unknown stories about the origin of some of the legend’s iconic songs. |