Three Cups of Tea and More...A Panel Discussion!!! November 24, 2010

Three Cups of Tea is the story of one man's mission to promote Peace...One school at a time. The book written by Greg Mortenson, is dedicated to 120 million school age children in the world who are deprived of their right to education. It is an example of how literature and by extension, art can be a vehicle of awareness, inspiration and social change.

The book will be pivot in conversations about problems faced by children from conflict zones, or with challenged backgrounds. It will explore how a celebration of the human spirit provides inspiration and has the ability to transform hopes and dreams. The Panel comprises of Amol Gupte, Sunil Shanbag and Geeta Anand; the discussion will be moderated by Manjeet Kriplani.

Amol Gupte is a film director, actor, writer lyricist and playback singer

Sunil Shanbag is a theatre and televsion producer and director. He has also worked as an actor, designer and assistant director with Satyadev Dubey on about 25 productions

Geeta Anand is a senior writer for the Wall Street Journal. She is the author of The Cure, which is based on the true story of a father's race against time to build a business that would cure his sick children

Manjeet Kriplani is the former Indian Bureau Chief of Businessweek and sits on the International Centre for Journalists, the Overseas Press Club and the Indian Liberal Group.