December 24 "Tillana Mohanambal", a talk on Kalaimani's 1957-58 novel by Dr.Indira Viswanathan Peterson December 16 "Pudumai in Pudumaipittan", A talk by Lakshmi Holmström December 13 and 14 "Woman and Goddess: re imagining femininity in Tamil Cinema" December 11 "Some Issues in Global Scholarship on Rukmini Devi and Bharatanatyam" a talk by Dr. Avanthi Meduri December 10 Hosting the launch of The Mangala Initiative – an NGO for Kalavanthulus (Devadasis) of Andhra Pradesh December 1- 7 The Park's The Other Festival in association with Arangham Trust November 30 "Three Short Films" directed by Anjali Monteiro and K.P.Jayasankar, followed by a discussion October 28 "Cats' eyes on a highway", Poems in Light and Dark by Priyamvada N. Purushotham and Tishani Doshi September 11 "The Golden Link", Illustrated talk and exhibition of Sacred Images - From Tanjore to To-Ji recreated by Radhika Srinivasan in the Tanjore painting genre July 26 An illustrated talk on "Pantheons of Power: Iconography of the Royal Temples in South India" by Dr.R.Champakalakshmi June 15 "Zen Buddhism, Daily Life and The Common Thread with Other Religious Philosophies", An interactive lecture and meditation session by Gil Alon - A zen buddhist teacher, actor, singer and a theater director from Israel May 9 & 10 "Flowers Aren't Enough", A play written and performed by Naomi Ackerman, Production manager - Raphael Harrington April 19 "Poetry at The Park with Prakriti", A poetry reading of Shruti Ravindran’s work March 16 "Victory to Govinda who lives in America: Hindu rituals to sacralize the American landscape" by Dr. Vasudha Narayanan March 16 "Piety, Poesy and Power? - a historical enquiry into the process of Indianisation in South East Asia : Indosnesia" by Dr Rajeshwari Ghose February 26 "Paradise Regained" illustrated talk on Art Deco in Miami by Dr. Mary Norman Woods February 16 "Chennai - A city of Culture" - a film on the cultural scene in Chennai by Jyotsna Ravishankar and Divya January 16 "Reading Poetry the Tamil way" talk by Dr. Sam Sudhananda