Theatre Workshop for School Students
Conducted by Feisal Alkazi

As part of Heritage Week there will be a discussion on Thursday, November 22, in Seminar Halls - II & III, Kamaladevi Block, at 18:30

Preserving Heritage: The Socio-Economic Imperative
Panelists: Smt Jaya Jaitly, Founder President, Dastkari Haat Samiti; Dr Geeta Chandran, Bharatanatyam dancer; Dr Lotika Varadarajan, expert on textile history; Dr. Priyaleen Singh, Dept. of Architectural Conservation, SPA

Chair: Chair- Dr. C.T. Misra, Member Secretary, INTACH

Moderator: Dr Narayani Gupta, INTACH Library and Documentation Centre

A discussion on the relevance of cultural traditions today, looking at how resilience of identity and citizenship are enabled by participation in one's culture, and social harmony by respect for other cultural traditions; at how traditions can be made a means of livelihood to be sustained through both supply and demand structures, calling for skills generation and indigenous community development; at the promotion of a wider cultural tapestry among youth; at tapping into synergies with entertainment, tourism, architecture, design; and the compatibility between traditional value systems, beliefs and knowledge on the one hand, and a rapidly-evolving, technology-dependent economy on the other