Temple as Custodians of Cultural Heritage in the Context of Braj

Illustrated lecture by Sushant Bharati, Conservation Architect and Researcher based in Delhi. He is currently working on a research project based on the temple architecture of Braj

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

Braj region is the celebrated cultural landscape associated with Lord Krishna. The region is marked by many temples which have carefully preserved various traditional arts, crafts, music, etc. in the form of devotional practices for many centuries, which are offered to the deities throughout the year. The lecture will focus on such practices which are safeguarding the local cultural heritage of the region

The Guru: Guru Nanak’s Saakhis

By Rajni Sekhri Sibal (StoryMirror Infotech Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai: 2022)

Discussants: Shri Kailash Satyarthi, social reformer and co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize; Justice Surinder Singh Saron, Chief Commissioner, Gurudwara Election Commission and former Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court; Shri H.S. Phoolka, senior Advocate, Delhi High Court, politician, human rights activist and author; and Ms Rajni Sekhri Sibal, author of the book

Moderator: Ms Jasleen Vohra

The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us

Speaker: Dr. Neeta Verma, former Director General, National Informatics Centre

Chair: Shri Talleen Kumar, Member Finance, Space Commission and formerly CEO, the Government eMarketPlace

Amba Sanyal, theatre artist and costume designer, will speak on: Painter, sculptor, and educator, BC Sanyal 

In the talk, Amba Sanyal will reminisce on her late father B.C. Sanyal, the eminent artist, and his experiences spanning over a 100 years of his life.

B.C. Sanyal

B.C. Sanyal studied at the Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta, under the renowned art historian Percy Brown. He joined Mayo School of Arts, Lahore (now known as National College of Arts) as a teacher in 1929. He was instrumental in setting up the Lahore College of Art in 1937 where he taught artists such as Satish Gujral, Pran Nath Mago and many others. 

After the partition, he founded the Delhi Shilpi Chakra, a new platform for emerging artists and sculptors in India. In 1953, he joined the Department of Art, Delhi Polytechnic and served as vice-chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi from 1960-1969. It was during his tenure at the Akademi that it held its first Triennale, now a permanent fixture.
 
As an artist working with watercolours and oil paintings, his themes revolved around archetypal human struggles and deeply focused on the economically deprived.

Amba Sanyal

Amba Sanyal, theatre artist and costume designer, is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2008 for Costume design. An alumni of the Delhi College of Art, Shantiniketan (Visva- Bharati University), and the Ecole des Beaux Arts at Paris, Amba Sanyal worked in several spheres — art education, crafts design, and book illustration before returning to the theatre in the 1990s as a costume designer.
 
An expert in costumes and textile, Amba Sanyal has also written and published the first iconic volume on Saris of Madhya Pradesh.

(Collaboration: J.D. Centre of Arts)

Zoom Registration: https://zoom.us/j/89805884428
Meeting ID: 898 0588 4428

(100 min; 1978; Korean with English subtitles)
Director: Yang Nam Ko

Based on one of the most famous stories in Korean fiction, The Shower is a charming coming of age romance whose beauty and semblance of innocence however, is redolent of a far more mature and erotic love.  Suk-ie is a young boy living in the countryside who meets Yeon-ie, a city girl who has recently transferred to his school.  He feels something for her but unable to properly express himself he picks on her instead…
 

The Most Unknown (USA)
(92 min; 2018; English and with subtitles)
Director: Ian Cheney

The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousness? How much do we really know? By introducing researchers from diverse backgrounds for the first time, then dropping them into new, immersive field work they previously hadn't tackled, the film reveals the true potential of interdisciplinary collaboration, pushing the boundaries of how science storytelling is approached. What emerges is a deeply human trip to the foundations of discovery and a powerful reminder that the unanswered questions are the most crucial ones to pose. The Most Unknown is an ambitious look at a side of science never before shown on screen. 

https://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=The%20Most%20Unknown
 

Series director: Adrian Pennink
Recipient of the International Emmy 2008 for Best Documentary 

A six-part documentary presented by Niall Ferguson. Based on his book The Ascent of Money: The Financial History of the World, the film examines the long history of money, credit, and banking. Throughout the series, Niall Ferguson examines the origins of the pillars of the world’s financial systems, and how behind every great historical phenomenon – empires and republics, wars and revolutions – there lies a financial secret.

Episode 3: Blowing Bubbles (47 min)
This episode looks at the origins of the joint stock company in Amsterdam and Paris, and shows why stock markets produce bubbles and busts.
 

(59 min; 2022; English)
Director: Alexis de Favitski

The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable and unique work of art that has survived for almost 1,000 years. Made in the 11th century, it tells the story of William of Normandy’s claim to the English throne, culminating in the Norman invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings.

Surprisingly for an object of its size, the Bayeux Tapestry is not mentioned in any contemporary records. So where does it come from? Who made it and why? Archaeologists, historians, biologists, anthropologists and even astrophysicists are unlocking some of the tapestry’s mysteries to understand better the story it tells us about England and France at that time.

At nearly 70 metres in length, the Bayeux Tapestry includes 623 characters, hundreds of animals and a wide diversity of scenes depicting everyday life and epic events. It is a treasure trove of information, offering an extraordinary insight into a pivotal moment in history.

(71 min; 2013; English)
Directors: Lindsey Hanlon & Roger Parsons 

Zaha Hadid died in March 2016 aged only sixty-six of a heart attack. During her career she had established herself as one of the world's leading architects with a business employing over four hundred people worldwide. She was chiefly known for creating memorable structures such as the Aquatic Centre at the Olympic Park in London.

Alan Yentob's profile charts her career from humble beginnings in Iraq, her move to London and her meteoric rise to fame at the Architectural Association School, where she revealed a unique talent for painting and drawing as well as designing. Eventually branching out on her own, she suffered several reversals before establishing herself in the late Nineties with buildings in Germany. From then on she never looked back; at the time this programme was made, she was supervising two buildings, one in Baku, Azerbaijan and the other at London's Serpentine Gallery.

(68 min; 2008; English)
Director: Adam Lowe

A BBC profile of the Nobel Prize-winning Trinidadian-born British writer, VS Naipaul. Filmed in India, Trinidad and his Wiltshire home at age 75 in 2007, Naipaul remained as incisive, forthright and controversial as ever.