Presented by The Brown Critique & Pondicherry Poets

Day 1 — 28 March 2026 (Saturday)

Venue: SHARANAM, Ousterimedu, Sri Aurobindo Society, Tamil Nadu

Arrival

  • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm — Lunch (for early arrivals)
  • 1:00 pm onwards — Refresh & room allocation
  • 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm — Arrival of participants

Afternoon–Evening (4:30 pm – 8:30 pm)

  • 4:30 – 4:40 pm — Welcome herbal tea
  • 4:40 – 4:45 pm — Welcome to P/APF 2026 (Anju Makhija, Gayatri Majumdar, K. Srilata)
  • 4:45 – 5:10 pm — Invocation & Music (Gautam Mitra, Shantanu Verma, Shahana U)
  • 5:10 – 5:30 pm — Vishendevi Award + TBC-Wood Rose Spiritual Poetry Prize
  • 5:30 – 5:50 pm — Dance & Movement (Sherihan Mustaffa)
  • 5:50 – 6:05 pm — Tea Break
  • 6:05 – 6:40 pm — Recitations of Sri Aurobindo’s poems
  • 6:40 – 7:00 pm — Book launch: Field Notes on Kindness (Ankush Banerjee)
  • 7:00 – 8:00 pm — Panel: “How Does Poetry Help in Coping with War”
  • 8:15 pm onwards — Dinner

Day 2 — 29 March 2026 (Sunday)

Morning

  • 7:00 – 8:45 am — Farm Walk (Flowers & Their Significance)
  • 8:45 – 9:45 am — Breakfast
  • 9:45 onwards — Refresh
  • 10:45 – 11:45 am — Workshop: Reconstructing Memory from the Margins
  • 11:45 – 12:30 pm — Panel: Body, Memory & Creativity
  • 12:00 onwards — Lunch & Rest

Afternoon–Evening (Unity Pavilion, Auroville)

  • 3:30 pm — Assemble & bus to Auroville
  • 4:15 – 4:30 pm — Art exhibition introduction
  • 4:30 – 4:40 pm — Talk: “Auroville: The City that Earth Needs”
  • 4:40 – 6:20 pm — Poetry readings (10 poets)
  • 6:20 – 6:30 pm — Tea Break
  • 6:30 – 6:50 pm — Music
  • 6:50 – 8:30 pm — Poetry readings (continued)
  • 8:30 – 9:30 pm — Dinner
  • 9:30 pm — Return to SHARANAM

Day 3 — 30 March 2026 (Monday)

Morning (SHARANAM)

  • 8:30 – 9:30 am — Breakfast
  • 10:00 – 11:00 am — Panel: Academia & Poetry
  • 11:00 – 11:20 am — Hindustani Classical Music
  • 11:20 – 12:20 pm — Workshop on French Poetry
  • 12:30 pm onwards — Lunch & Rest

Evening (Palais de Mahe, Pondicherry)

  • 4:15 pm — Assemble & depart
  • 5:15 – 5:30 pm — Tea
  • 5:30 – 5:40 pm — Welcome
  • 5:40 – 6:00 pm — Talk: Heritage & Handicrafts of Pondicherry
  • 6:00 – 8:30 pm — Book launches & readings
  • 8:30 pm — Thank you
  • 8:40 pm onwards — Dinner & return

Day 4 — 31 March 2026 (Tuesday)

  • 8:30 – 9:30 am — Breakfast
  • 11:00 am onwards — Departure
  • Goodbye

Poets & Participants (Selected)

Yamini Dand Shah, Seema Jain, Sahana Ahmed, Sushmindar Jeet Kaur,
Amanita Sen, Swati Pal, Ankush Banerjee, Sonali Pattnaik, Kavita Singhal,
Trina Chakraborti, Manav Ratti, Pervin Saket, Gitanjali Dillippe,
Kandala Singh, Rita Nath Keshari, Tuhin Bhowal, Sudha Chandrashekaran,
Kamalini Reena Natesan, Anju Makhija, K. Srilata, Gayatri Majumdar