Poems by Vikram Seth and stories by James Thurber presented by Motley

Recitations by Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Heeba Shah and Kenny Desai

Produced by Jairaj Patil

This presentation is an indicator of the direction in which Motley has been moving for the last fifteen years – to perform on stage without trappings and to depend on words alone to convey character and story. These “fables of our times” draw amusing, perceptive and sometimes scary parallels between the best and worst of both animals and humans. It hopes to show to audiences of all ages especially school children that there is more to poetry than just rhyming couplets and more to stories than just happy endings

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Vignettes of Compassion in Covid

A curation of seven short films followed by a discussion with one of the filmmakers 

Harmeet Basur, filmmaker in conversation with Aparna Sanyal, Curator of the Film Festival and Founder-Director, Mixed Media Productions

The selection of short films (65 min) from the first year of COVID which reflect on the new reality that the pandemic ushered in. The films find unique perspectives to explore – a healthcare worker’s family in her absence, a grandmother caught in the migrant exodus, a cremation site worker during last rites – and ultimately giving voice to the ineffable shockwaves the ‘new normal’ sent through our lives

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

Piano recital by Daniele Buccio, eminent pianist from Italy

The artist will present the compositions of Franz Liszt, Beethoven and Scriabin

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

Early Mahayana Caves in Western Deccan                                                                                                                                      

Speaker:  Prof Y.S. Alone, Professor in Visual Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University who has written extensively on Buddhist caves, on popular neo-Buddhist visual culture, a critic of modern Indian art, and an interpretative framework of Dr. Ambedkar and social sciences. His book 'Early Buddhist Caves of Western India' was published in 2016 and reprinted in 2019. 

Chair: Prof. Seema Bawa, Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dept. of History, University of Delhi

Often the Mahayana phase in the western Deccan is dated to the fifth century CE, this assumption has dominated our understanding for a long time. The lecture contests this assumption and traces the early Mahayana phase in the western Deccan through inscriptional and visual evidence observed in important cave sites such as Ajanta, Kanheri, Kondivite, Panhale-Kaji and Mahad. 
 
 

Panelists: Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha, MP, Rajya Sabha; Shri Jawhar Sircar, MP, Rajya Sabha; and Ms Liz Matthew, Deputy Political Editor, The Indian Express

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

This is the 17th edition of the annual discussion started in 2006

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Presentation of awards to young crafts persons 

Chief Guest: Shri M.K. Raina, eminent theatre personality

Awards will be presented to Mamata Majhi from Mayurbhanj. Odisha for Sabai grass objects; Arjuna Tanti from Koratpur, Odisha for Katapad-pata weaving; Raviraj Prajapati from Jodhpur, Rajasthan for panja dari weaving; Yuvraj Kharol from Jaipur, Rajasthan for Blue pottery ; Hema Dhurve from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh for Gond paintings; and Khairunnessa Khatoon from Birbhum, West Bengal for kantha embroidery

(Collaboration: Delhi Crafts Council)
 

An exhibition of paintings by Pedro Trueba, plastic artist from Mexico

Inauguration by H.E. Mr. Federico Salas Lotfe, Ambassador of Mexico on Saturday, 12 November 2022 at 18:30
 
 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Mexico)
 

Hindustani Flute Recital

By Anupam Wankhede from Indore, disciple of Shri Abhay Phagre
Accompanied by Pawan Sem on tabla

AT 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Sarang Phagre from Bhopal, son and disciple of Shri Abhay Phagre, the late Vidushi Meera V. Rao, late Pt. Vijay Sardeshmukh and Shri Vishal Moghe

A YEAR OF POETRY AT IIC

Conceptualised by Gitanjali Surendran

6 x 10
Six poets. Ten minutes. No fillers

Jeet Thayil, prize winning novelist, poet and musician who has recently edited The Penguin Book of Poets
Keki N. Daruwalla, writer of poetry and fiction who is happy with both
Akhil Katya, author of Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems
Arun Sagar, author of Anamnesia (Poetrywala, 2013) and A Long Walk in Sunlight (Copper Coin, 2020)
Alolika Dutta, poet

The Lost Buddhist Stupa of Kahu-Jo-Daro: An Attempt at Reconstruction

Illustrated lecture by Shri Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director General, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai

Introduction: Dr. Himanshu Prabha Ray
Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

The Buddhist Stupa at Kahu-jo-daro was a chance discovery. It was part of a large Buddhist establishment in the present-day town of Mirpur Khas in the province of Sindh, Pakistan, and was excavated by British archaeologist Sir Henry Cousens in 1909. This research explores the early history of Singh and the roots of Buddhism in the Gandhara region as well as its influences on Singh and other neighbouring regions. The lecture will reveal the amazing story of its discovery, the possible date, the many instances of its destruction, systematic excavation and finally, an attempt at reconstruction