Women in Architecture in India: Changing the Historical Canon

Illustrated talk by Madhavi Desai, architect, researcher and writer

Chair: Mr Abhay Purohit, President, Council of Architecture, Nagpur

FILM FESTIVAL: WOMEN AT THE CENTRE

12:30 pm Mary Poppins (US) 

(139 min;1964; English)

Director: Robert Stevenson

Recipient of 5 Academy Awards including Best Actress (Julie Andrews).

3:00 pm The Nun’s Story (US) 

(152 min; 1959; English)

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Actress (Audrey Hepburn).

8:30 pm Meghe Dhaka Tara

Director: Ritwik Ghatak

(135min; 1960; Bengali with English subtitles)

A tribute on his 100th birth anniversary

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FOOD FESTIVAL: CELEBRATING THE WOMEN CHEFS

Sunday Brunch: Flavours of Gujarat

Curated by: The members of SEWA, Gujarat

Venue: Rose Garden

(Collaboration: SEWA, Gujarat)

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Stree Ratnas- Women Composers of Bharat 

Traditional storytelling form from South India, a composite art form including storytelling; poetry; music; drama; and dance

Presented by Vishakha Hari who will focus on women composers. 

Accompanists: Idappally Ajith Kumar (violin); S.J. Arjun Ganesh (mridangam)

Chief Guest: Shri. K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

FOOD FESTIVAL: CELEBRATING THE WOMEN CHEFS

Ruposhi Bangla: A Bengali Culinary Tapestry

Curated by: Samita Haldar

Venue: Rose Garden

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Light and Shadows: Poems of Rights, Resistance and Renewal

By Meera Khanna (Hawakal Publishers, 2025)

In the presence of Dr Rashmi Singh, Secretary, Women & Child Development, Delhi

Author in Conversation with Dr Malashri Lal.

Rendition of poems through dance by Rama Vaidyanathan

Diva : The Triumph of Woman in Opera

Choral music presented by an all-women’s ensemble from the Neemrana Foundation

Chief Guest: Dr Shailesh Nayak, Life Trustee, IIC.

Breaking the Frame: Women’s Shifting Roles in Media

Panel discussion with Malini Parthasarthy, Sunetra Choudhury and Neerja Chowdhury

Chair: Sonia Singh, former Editorial Director, Anchor, NDTV Group

FILM FESTIVAL: WOMEN AT THE CENTRE

2:00 pm   Kshudhita Pashan (The Hungry Stones)

(109 mins;1960; Bengali with English Subtitles)

Director: Tapan Sinha

National Film Award for 2nd best feature film,1960.

8:30 pm Pride and Prejudice (UK)

(127 min; 2005; English)

Director: Joe Wright

Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Actress (Keira Knightley). Won BAFTA for Best Costume Design.

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Film Screening and Conversation

‘The Last Migration – Wild Elephant Capture in Sarguja’ (49 mins)

Directed by Mike Pandey

A Conversation with Mike Pandey, Indian film maker and conservationist

Moderator: Madhur Nangia, wildlife photographer