Annual Spiritual Ecology Lecture

Spiritual Ecology in the Himalayas: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Conservation Traditions & the Environmental Crisis on the Plateau

Speaker: Dr. Lobsang Yangtso, Senior Environmental Researcher & Interim Co-Director at the International Tibet Network in Dharamshala, India

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(Collaboration: Tibet House, New Delhi)

Paswaar (Caress Me)
(2025; 39 mins.; Gujarati/Hindi with English subtitles)
Director: Shayar Gandhi
Producer: Kinjal Gajera
With Arvind Vaidya, Mamta Bhavsar

Official Selection at the Tasveer Film Festival and the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2026
A poignant yet hopeful story about Dr Homi, an elderly, wealthy and childless Zoroastrian, and Lali, his devoted caregiver and cook. As Homi considers whether to leave his inheritance to his estranged nephew Jamshed or to Lali, the film explores an unlikely bond shaped by loneliness, affection, belonging and the human need for care.
The director will be present for the post screening discussion
 

Awareness and Capacity Building Workshop on Mission LiFE, Gender, AI and Climate Change & Panel Discussion on AI for Advancing Inclusive and Sustainable Climate Action
 

Discussion on AI for Advancing Inclusive and Sustainable Climate Action

Welcome Address & Introduction of Theme by Malti Goel, President and Chief Executive, CCRI

Followed by Panel Discussion – Towards Accountable AI in Schools & Colleges

Discussants: D.P. Agrawal, former chairman, UPSC, Founder-Director, IITM, Gwaliar; Mahavir, Professor and former Dean, School of Planning and Architecture; S Nand, Avisor, ICRIER and former Additional DG Fertilizer Association of India; Gautam Sen, former ED, ONGC and VP, Reliance.

Moderator: Neha G Tripathi, Secretary. EC, CCRI

Guest Lecture on ‘Gender, Blue Carbon and Climate Action’ by A Mitra, Techno India University, Kolkata (online)

(Collaboration: Climate Change Research Institute (CCRI) and Ministry of Earth Sciences)

Death of Death
Directed by Dāvis Sīmanis
(2025;54 minutes; English)

Can science help humanity conquer death? This thought-provoking documentary takes us into the world of researchers, biohackers and visionaries pursuing the dream of immortality. The film invites us to reflect on a profound question: If we could live forever, would we want to?

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 

To Die a Frenchman
(2026; 80min; Tamil with English Subtitles)
Director/Producer/Cinematographer and Editor: Pankaj Rishi Kumar

In the crumbling neighbourhood of Ville Noir in Pondicherry, seventy-year-old Monsieur Mounissamy lives as a relic of a world that no longer exists. Each July 14th, (French National Day) he unfurls a flag mirroring the French tricolour, and sings in trembling, imperfect French—an anthem to a “Mother France” he believes could still reclaim him. He fights tirelessly for French citizenship and a tiny plot of Indian land but his life ends unexpectedly. His quiet rebellion looms like a haunting reflection on fractured identities and unhealed colonial wounds.

(Collaboration: Kriti Film Club)

Corbett's Trail
(2025;72 minutes; English)
Director: Tanmay Sahoo

In summer 2022, wildlife biologist Dr A.J.T. Johnsingh, accompanied by Dr G.S. Rawat and Dr Bivash Pandav, retraced Jim Corbett’s paths through Uttarakhand. The documentary Corbett’s Trail captures their journey, the region’s landscapes and communities, Corbett’s transformation from hunter to conservationist, and the enduring relationship between people and wilderness.

The director and some of the production team members will be present post screening for a Q and A
 

Oslo: A Tail of Promise
(2025; 86 mins.; English and Marathi with English subtitles; Documentary)
Director: Isha Pungaliya
With Pooja R. Bhale and Oslo Khanwalkar
Producers: John Abraham, Minnakshi Das and Amey Gosavi 
A moving true story about the bond between Pooja and Oslo, a Siberian Husky with a troubled past. Set against a journey from Pune to the Himalayas, the film weaves together experience of longing, loss, grief, love,and surrender, exploring how animals and nature can become sources of companionship.

Curandera: The Path from Tragedy to Truth
(2025; 37 minutes; English and Spanish with English Subtitles)
Director: Alexia Kraft de la Saulx

A powerful journey of healing, transformation and reconnection—following one woman’s extraordinary path from personal trauma to becoming a traditional Amazonian healer.

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 

Book Discussion Group  

Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad Minded Man.
By Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson (Rupa Publications, 2026)

Chair: Dr Ananya Vajpeyi, writer and academician.

Discussants: Prof Irfan Habib, author and historian and Reba Som, writer, academic, historian

POSTPONED!
Paswaar (Caress Me)
(2025; 39 mins.; Gujarati/Hindi with English subtitles)

Director: Shayar Gandhi

Producer: Kinjal Gajera
With Arvind Vaidya, Mamta Bhavsar

Official Selection at the Tasveer Film Festival and the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2026

A poignant yet hopeful story about Dr Homi, an elderly, wealthy and childless Zoroastrian, and Lali, his devoted caregiver and cook. As Homi considers whether to leave his inheritance to his estranged nephew Jamshed or to Lali, the film explores an unlikely bond shaped by loneliness, affection, belonging and the human need for care.

This film-screening has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances, the inconvenience is regretted

The director will be present for the post screening discussion