An exhibition of the works of early masters of Bengal school – Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore as well as their students, Nandalal Bose, Benodebehari Mukherjee, Ramkinker Baij, Manishi Dey, Somnath Hore and Bonbehari Ghosh of Kala Bhawan, Santiniketan

From the private collection of Bonbehari Ghosh

Preview on Tuesday, 8 August 2023 at 18:30

Postponed

Dreams of a Healthy India: Democratic Healthcare in Post-Covid Times

Edited by Ritu Priya and Syeda Hameed (Vintage Books: 2023)
 

Bharatiya Kala Mein Solah Shringar 

Illustrated lecture by Dr Sanjib Kumar Singh, Archaeologist and Museologist, National Museum 
 
In this presentation an attempt will be made to understand Solah Shringar through the representation of Indian art, sculptures and paintings through the ages.

(52 min; 2017; English)

A film by Manu Rewal who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion
 

(52 min; 2017; English)
A film by Manu Rewal who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

When Raj Rewal returned to India in 1962, after studying architecture and having various artistic and professional experiences in London and Paris, he wished to create a different architecture for this new nation facing major challenges. He drew lessons from the masterpieces of Indian architecture, pragmatically overcame the opposition between tradition and modernity, and created an original and human architecture respectful of nature. A fascinating portrait of a man who, over the decades, has participated through his iconic projects – individual house, collective housing, exhibition halls, offices, library of the Indian Parliament – in building modern India.

The second part of the film will be screened on 8 August 2023 at 6.30 pm

Samkaleen Kashmiri Kavita: 1947-2010 Swatantrotar Kashmiri Kavita Sankalan

(Contemporary Kashmiri Poetry: Collection of Post-Independence Kashmiri Poetry)
Compiled and Edited by Aziz Hajini; Translated from Kashmiri into Hindi by Gauri Shankar Raina (Sahitya Akademi: 2020)
Discussants: Prof. Rekha Sethi, Dept. of Hindi, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi and Editor; Dr. Abid Ahmad, writer, poet and translator; and Dr. Gauri Shankar Raina, playwright and broadcaster and translator of the book
 

Moderator: Ms Mridula Garg, writer and poet

Speaker: Mr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, French writer, analyst and consultant. He is Convener of the international editorial board of World Affairs- The Journal of International Issues

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University, Pune and Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi

Come Carpentier has researched, lectured and written extensively on the subject of alien life and intelligence for many years, in relation to the well-known phenomenon of UFOs. Recent scientific and political developments have brought this long-standing enigma into global focus as new information and evidence are being released by military and civilian agencies, despite staunch resistance from various official quarters in certain states

Swati Maliwal, activist and Chairperson, Delhi Commission for women and Ruchira Gupta, activist, Emmy award-winning journalist and Founder, Apne Aap Women Worldwide in conversation on Girl Power & Bodily Autonomy

The programme will include release of Ruchira Gupta’s new book I Kick and I Fly
 

Details of the Film Screenings

Mariola – A Girl Child Story  
(120 min; 2012; Konkani with English subtitles)
Director: Joe Rose

The desire for a son drives many people to do strange things. In Mariola, director and scriptwriter Joe Rose relates a hitherto untold side of girl child repression. Mariola, is a girl who is disguised as a boy because her mother and grandmother always wanted a son…
 

Details of the Films Screening

Ghor Sounsar (115 min; Konkani with English subtitles)
Director: Menino Mario Araujo

Anna and Christo are working parents dedicated to their work and career which compels them to leave their only son in the care of a servant. The child grows up longing for parental love and isolated dies an untimely death…