December 15 - 30, 2008 Poetry with Prakriti - Poetry Contest December 29, 2008 "Kanchi and Kambuja: Some cultural connections" 2nd Annual D Dennis Hudson Memorial Lecture by Dr. Vasudha Narayanan December 2 - 6, 2008 PARK NEW FESTIVAL Edition II December 2 - 6, 2008 Photo Exhibition, SPIRIT OF THE CITIES by Pascal Monteil during The Park’s New Festival 2008 November 30, 2008 The book launch of “ESCAPE” by Manjula Padmanabhan October 24, 2008 Launch of "IN THE COUNTRY OF DECEIT", by Shashi Deshpande September 4 - October 17, 2008 TRANSIENT PLACES, an exhibition of photographs curated by Ranvir Shah presented by Apparao Infinity August 4 - 30, 2008 “the demonic and the DIVINE” a multimedia exhibition to coincide with ONE BILLION EYES curated by Ranvir Shah March 26 The Silent Raga by Ameen Merchant Reading of excerpts from the book by Subhasri Ramachandran Deesh Mariwalla & Ameen Merchant March 7, 8, 9 Gharana Music Festival February 14, 15, 16 Hamara Shakespeare Festival January 28 - 5th February Tree of Life Festival January 27 A Discussion on the life and works of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer - "Remembering the Sultan" As part of 'Under the Mangosteen Tree' presented by Perch