saturday february 23

sunday february 24

monday february 25

7 - 8.20 am

registration

in-charge:

rohini gupta, vadivelrajan, harish

badrivishala hall

7 to 8

ginko walk - around the ashram lake                   

8 - 9 - breakfast

8 to 9

japanese-style kukai and

how to workshop your haiku

m - susumu takiguchi

badrivishala hall

8.30 - 10

susumu takiguchi welcomes

personal intros of poets

moderator - n. k. singh

badrivishala hall

9.10 - 10

master workshop - renku

— norman darlington

m - kameshwar rao

mahaveer hall

9.10 - 10

master workshop – haibun

— johannes manjrekar

m - a. thiagarajan

badrivishala hall

tea

book launch - k. ramesh’s soap bubbles

m - n. k. singh

10.30 - 11.20

omkar

an inward flowering!

 — dr jayant karandikar

m – vidur jyoti

mahaveer hall

a japanese animation of a renku by basho & friends

m – kameshwar rao

mahaveer hall

bird calls

an interactive session!

— kiran purandare

m - harish suryanarayana

mahaveer hall

11.30 -

12.20

master workshop

crafting haiku: the process of revision & revelation in one's poem

 — stanford m forrester

m – k. ramesh 

mahaveer hall

poetry reading

— haiku, tanka, haibun, senryu, kyoka

by the participants

m – bhavani 

mahaveer hall

master workshop

the heart of haiku

— susumu takiguchi

m – vadivelrajan

mahaveer hall

12.30 -

1.00

extempore / paper presentations

n. k. singh

puja malushte

rajendra samal

m – aju mukhopadhyay 

mahaveer hall

the beginner's mind

and the haiku path                      

— stanford m forrester

m – harish suryanarayana

mahaveer hall

submission for the world haiku club award 2008                 

Lunch

2.30 - 3.45

extempore/ paper presentation:  

parimala rao

narayanan raghunathan

jadgish vyom

a. thiagarajan

angelee deodhar

m – aju mukhopadhyay  

mahaveer hall

master workshop— calligraphy

— susumu takiguchi

badrivishala hall

What is tanka?

— vidur jyoti

short films on tanka,

— norman darlington

mahaveer hall

Tea

4. 15 -

5 .45

inauguration of the 9^th world haiku festival india 2008

prayer and lighting of the lamp

welcome note — kala ramesh

keynote address — susumu takiguchi

Poets to be honoured:

susumu takiguchi

stanford m forrester

norman darlington

angelee deodhar

mohammed fakhruddin

dwarakanath h. kabadi

jagdish vyom

narayanan raghunathan

the joy of haiku — angelee deodhar

whfindia haiku book launch

vote of thanks — a. thiagarajan

vishalakshi matapa

* * the haiku bowl * *

with its many queries

on the panel

jagdish vyom

norman darlington

k. ramesh

stanford m. forrester

susumu takiguchi

m – johannes manjrekar

badrivishala hall

poetry reading

haiku, tanka, haibun, senryu, kyoka

by the participants

m – bhavani & sanasi

mahaveer hall

6.00 -

7.30

a dance recital from verses

taken from kalidasa’s ritusamharam

— yogini gandhi and the troupe of kalanidhi

vishalakshi mantapa

intehaa – a special program on mirza ghalib

— tom alter and juhi babbar

    jazz flutist - rajeev raja

    director - cyrus dastur

badrivishala hall

poetry reading:

— haiku, tanka, haibun, senryu, kyoka

by the participants

the announcement of the world haiku club award 2008 and its winners

— susumu takiguchi

m – bhavani

mahaveer hall

7.30 -

8.30

dinner

whf india dinner

dinner 

a renku trip! — norman darlington

badrivishala hall