Rooted Together: An Exploration of Life and Form
Solo Exhibition by Anamika
 

The exhibition traces Anamika’s shift from delicate watercolours to expansive acrylic canvases, drawing from her journey between Muzaffarpur’s quiet ponds and urban Delhi. Using fish as metaphors for human consciousness and survival, her works reflect emotional fragility, social currents, and the enduring need for connection. Root and branch motifs further evoke the grounding force of culture and relationships, inviting viewers to reflect on identity, belonging, and the deeper ties that sustain us.
 

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Tuesday, 5 May’26 at 17:30 hrs by Chief Guest Uma Jain (Founder, Dhoomimal Art Gallery) with Special Guests: Ravindra Tripathy (Art Critic & Writer); Harshvardhan Sharma (Consultant, Art & Culture, NDMC); Robinson (Poet, Art Critic & Curator); Suresh Kumar (Senior Artist)
 

Lusophone Film Festival

O Voo do Crocodilo – O Timor de Ruy Cinatti (The Flight of The Crocodile) - (Timor-Leste)

(71 minutes;2024; Portuguese)

Director:  Fernando Vendrell

A documentary on Portuguese poet and anthropologist Ruy Cinatti, capturing his profound connection with Timor-Leste, its people, and traditions, through archival footage and writings that reflect a period of cultural and historical transition.

At 16:41

O Que Podem as Palavras (What Words Can Do) – (Portugal)

(76 minutes;2022; Portuguese)

Director:  Luísa Marinho and Luísa Sequeira

This documentary offers an intimate portrait of the “Three Marias”—Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, and Maria Velho da Costa—whose ground breaking 1972 work New Portuguese Letters challenged social norms and censorship under Portugal’s dictatorship. Through archival material and testimonies, the film reflects on the power of words as acts of resistance and transformation.

At 18:17

As Primeiras (The First Women) – (Brazil)

(78 minutes;2024; Portuguese)

Director:  Adriana Yañez

This documentary follows a group of women now in their sixties who share a remarkable past as pioneers of Brazil’s first women’s football team. Through their memories and experiences, the film reflects on resilience, friendship, and the challenges they faced in breaking gender barriers in sport.

At 19:35

Orlando Pantera (Orlando Pantera) – (Cape Verde)

(80 minutes;2025; Portuguese)

Director:  Catarina Alves Costa

This documentary revisits the life and legacy of Cape Verdean musician Orlando Pantera, whose promising career was cut short at the age of 33. Through archival material, music, and testimonies, the film reconstructs his artistic journey and celebrates his enduring influence on Cape Verde’s musical identity.

Celebrate World Portuguese Language Day with a curated screening of films from across the Portuguese-speaking world.

(Collaboration: Portuguese Embassy Cultural Centre)
 

Lusophone Film Festival

Opening Remarks followed by a Presentation of the Poetry book by Domingos Raul

At 18:50

Vou Mudar a Cozinha -The Kitchen- (Angola)

(30 minutes;2022; Portuguese)

Director:  Ondjaki

Set in the aftermath of the Angolan Civil War, the film reflects on the lingering impact of conflict through the life of a young widow. As the camera quietly moves through the rooms of her home, capturing everyday objects and moments, she recounts—through a poetic monologue—how the war came to inhabit her family’s life.

At 19:20

As Noites Ainda Cheiram a Pólvora - The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder- (Mozambique)

(93 minutes; 2024; Portuguese)

Director:  Inadelso Cossa

Revisiting a childhood shaped by conflict, the film follows a man returning to his grandparents’ village in Mozambique, where he once lived during the civil war. Through memory and reflection, it traces how his grandmother shielded him from the violence, evoking a deeply personal account of resilience, loss, and the lingering echoes of war.

(Collaboration: Portuguese Embassy Cultural Centre)

The First Ascent of Shahi Kangri (6934 M) and Silver Peak (6871 M)

Through Grit, Skill and Leadership

Speaker: Brigadier SS Shekhawat, KC, SC, SM, VSM (retd)

Chair: Brigadier Ashok Abbey (retd). Experienced veteran climber. He has climbed, led, and participated in many International, and Indian Mountaineering Expeditions successfully.

An illustrated talk on the never-heard-of or seen-before climb of the enigmatic Shahi Kangri and Silver Peak by an Indian Army expedition, unravelling the majestic mountain’s mystery. Located in the majestic Eastern Karakoram Range lies the massif of Shahi Kangri. Connected to Shahi Kangri by its west ridge is Silver Peak, at 6,871 meters. Silver Peak has to be scaled before an attempt on Shahi Kangri. In June 2022, a team of soldier mountaineers, under the leadership of Brigadier Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, attempted to climb this challenging peak. Despite rapidly changing weather conditions, the crack Aksai Chin Warriors scaled Shahi Kangri and Silver Peak, thus recording a first ascent of this formidable mountain. Undoubtedly, this was one of the finest climbs undertaken by Indian climbers in recent times!

(Collaboration: Himalayan Club and the Himalayan Environment Trust)
 

Bindu: Dots Series by Rashid Ahamad

Curated & Supported by terrain.art

This exhibition presents a contemplative body of works by Rashid Ahamad, centred on the profound idea of the universe contained within a single point. Using the motif of the Dot as a focal centre, his paintings explore existence, spirituality, and the interconnectedness of life. Through layered textures, flowing lines, and intuitive compositions, the works evoke life’s continuous journeys—where every ending becomes a new beginning—inviting viewers to reflect on their place within a larger cosmic whole.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Saturday, 2 May’26 at 17:00 hrs by Chief Guest Sushma K. Bahl, Writer, Art Advisor & Curator

How do we annihilate caste?

Moderator:  Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

Discussants: Prof N. Sukumar, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi; Prof  Y. S. Alone, Professor of Visual Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU; Prof  Sumeet  Mhaskar, Fulbright-Nehru Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Stanford (Online); Prof Ram Chandra, Professor of Hindi,  Centre of Indian Languages, JNU; Dr Rehnamol P. R., Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O. P. Jindal Global University; Disha Wadekar, Advocate, Supreme Court of India  and member of CEDE (Community for the Eradication of Discrimination in Education and Employment)

The discussion is part of the series on Social Justice and Empowerment started in 2010 and held every year on 1 May to commemorate the life and work of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

(Collaboration:  Maharashtra Sanskritik ani Rannaniti Adhyayan Samiti and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

The Iran War: Geopolitics at the Edge of a New World Order

The ongoing tensions surrounding Iran signal a critical inflection point in global geopolitics, with far-reaching implications for regional stability, energy security, and shifting power alignments. The discussion will explore how these developments may reshape the contours of an emerging world order.

Chair:  Amb Saurabh Kumar, Former Ambassador of India to EU and Iran  

Discussants: Prof. (Dr.) C. Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore;  ; U.K. Sinha, Former civil servant and Former Chairperson, SEBI; Happymon Jacob,  Distinguished Visiting Professor, Shiv Nadar University, Founder & Director, Council for Strategic and Defence Research, Editor, INDIA’S WORLD magazine. 

Chair : Shri Ashok Vajpeyi
Poet, critic and editor. Managing and life Trustee, The Raza Foundation

Talk by Dr. Hermann Kreutzmann

Prof. Emeritus Dr. Hermann Kreutzmann,  held the Chair of Human Geography at Freie Universitat Berlin until March 2020. His main research interest is regionally located in Central and South Asia ; the topics range from development studies, high mountain research, mobility and migration to political geography and minority issues. Empirical research has been implemented for more than 40 years resulting in more than 25 books and 250 plus published research papers.

Talk by Prof. Shekhar Pathak
Remembering Pundit Nain Singh Rawat who began in journey with Schlangitweit brothers

Professor Shekhar Pathak is a historian. He is a former professor of History at Kumaun University, Nainital and has been a Nehru Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies at the Nehru Memorial, Teen Murti, New Delhi. He founded the People’s Association for Himalaya Area Research (PAHAR) in 1983. He is an intrepid traveler of the Himalayas and has worked on several aspects of Himalayan history such as local movements, freedom struggle, personalities and culture of Uttarakhand etc.