symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Prasad Bidappa, fashion impresario, image consultant and style entrepreneur, Bengaluru and John Abraham, writer, Bengaluru

• MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
  David Abraham, Creative Director, Abraham and Thakore, Noida

• DISRUPTIVE INDIAN FASHION: A GLOBAL CONVERSATION
  Phyllida Jay, anthropologist, fashion scholar and author, Delhi

• EXHIBITING FASHION: INDIA IN LONDON
  Divia Patel, is a Senior Curator in the Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

• ON STAGE AND UNDER THE TABLE
  Meher Varma, cultural anthropologist and lifestyle brand consultant, Delhi

• FASHION IN THE TIME OF MALARIA
  Shobhaa De, writer, ferocious speaker, opinion shaper, rebel with many causes, Mumbai

• AUTONOMY IN FASHION
  Mayank Mansingh Kaul, textile designer, curator and writer, Delhi

• the world today
  Hemant Sagar, partner, Genes-Lecoanet Hemant, Gurgaon

• COPING WITH CHANGING FASHION
  Srishti Jha, Principal Correspondent and stylist with the India Today Group; jewellery and accessories designer, Delhi

• EVERYBODY WANTS TO CLOTHE THE WORLD
  Wendell Rodricks, designer, writer, environmentalist, traveller, foodie and Padma Shree awardee, Panjim

• INDUSTRY MALFUNCTION
  Devaiah Bopanna, writer, Mumbai

•  BOOKS
  Reviewed by Harsh Sethi, Vithal Rajan and Jacques Pouchepadass

• COMMENT
  Digital Dividend or Digital Divide?
  Usha Ramanathan, independent law researcher, Delhi

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