To Commemorate Martyrs Day 2020
29 January 2020, 05:30 am
To Commemorate Martyrs Day 2020
Programme Type
Cultural
To Commemorate Martyrs Day 2020
Roshni ka Safeer: Gandhi – An Ambassador of Light
Book discussion, recitations and readings
Exhibition: Yuva Gandhi ki Kahaniyan
An exhibition of photographs
Presented by Janhavi Prasada
On view in the Quadrangle Garden until 4 February 2020
Launch of Gandhinama by Akbar Allahabadi
Followed by a discussion
Discussants: Shri Keki Daruwalla; Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil; Dr. Abhay Kumar Dubey; and Ms Aditi Maheshwari Goyal
Recitation of Urdu Poetry on Gandhiji’s Death
By Dr. Radhika Chopra
Dramatic readings by Prof. Danish Iqbal
(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International Trust, New Delhi Chapter; and Vani Prakashan)
Henrik Ibsen in Translation
28 January 2020, 05:30 am
Henrik Ibsen in Translation
Programme Type
Cultural
Henrik Ibsen in Translation
Readings in the original Norwegian and Hindi by Astri Ghosh, interpreter, teacher, writer and translator who has translated twelve plays by Henrik Ibsen into Hindi
Readings by Ila Arun and Astri Ghosh
Followed by a panel discussion with Ila Arun; Anuradha Kapoor; Prof. Harish Trivedi; and Astri Ghosh
Moderator: Antara Dev Sen
(Collaboration: Embassy of Norway)
Neeli Raag (True Blue)
27 January 2020, 05:30 am
Neeli Raag (True Blue)
Neeli Raag (True Blue)
(85 min; 2018; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Directed by Swati Dandekar who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Indigo is not just a colour, it never was…it was wealth, it was mystique, it was colonialism, tyranny and protest. It made history, but itself fell prey to the events and processes of time, until one day it seemed to disappear. As the world begins to demand natural dyes once again, it is back in the spotlight. Traversing the verdant monsoon of Tamil Nadu, the earthy expanse of springtime Telangana, and the wintry desert of Kachch, Neeli Raag is an attempt to tell the story of indigo as it is practiced today
FILMS ON ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
25 January 2020, 05:30 am
FILMS ON ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
FILMS ON ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
The Pangti Story (26 min; 2016; dvd; English)
Director: Sesino Yhoshu
Recipient of Silver Lotus Award for Best Environment Film (non-feature film), 65th National Film Awards 2018; and Golden Beaver Award, 7thNational Science Film Festival 2017
The film explores the transition of an entire village from one that slaughtered hundreds and thousands of Amur Falcons, to becoming their most fervent preservationists. The Amur Falcons are the longest travelling raptors in the world, who fly from Siberia every fall to roost in Pangti, a small village in Nagaland
Saving the Wild- Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation (25 min; 2016; dvd; English)
Director: Rita Banerji
Recipient of the Silver Beaver & Best Editing Award, National Science Film Festival, Kolkata; and Best Film – Forest and Wildlife, Woodpecker International Film Festival and Forum, New Delhu
In one of the prime wildlife habitats of India, Kaziranga Assam, The Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation has been rescuing animals for the last 12 years. Many of these juvenile animals are successfully hand-raised and rehabilitated back in the wild, while rescued adults are treated and released as soon as possible
Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust
(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)
Monsoon and Other Poems
23 January 2020, 05:30 am
Monsoon and Other Poems
Programme Type
Cultural
THURSDAY 23
POETRY ? SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30
Monsoon and Other Poems
Discussion and readings on the new volume of poems by Rachna Joshi with illustrations by Premola Ghose
Speakers: Ms Mandira Ghosh; and Dr. H.K. Kaul
Readings by Rachna Joshi
(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)
VERY ALIVE MINDS
24 January 2020, 05:30 am
VERY ALIVE MINDS
VERY ALIVE MINDS
West meets East through Culture and Music
Alain Daniélou – Into the Labyrinth (78 min; 2017; dvd; English)
Director: Riccadro Biadene
The extraordinary life of the man who brought India to the West.A musical journey starting from Brittany, passing through India (Shantiniketan, Varanasi, Pondicherry…) and Europe, following the story of the French-born Indologist and musicologist A.Daniélou. In Banaras Daniélou and his life partner, the Swiss photographer Raymond Burnier made for 15 years their home in Rewa palace, on the banks of the Ganga. Here Daniélou became a Sanskrit scholar, converted to Hinduism, studied Indian classical music and wrote books about Hindu philosophy
VERY ALIVE MINDS: 23 & 24 JANUARY 2020
23 January 2020, 05:30 am
VERY ALIVE MINDS: 23 & 24 JANUARY 2020
Programme Type
Cultural
VERY ALIVE MINDS: 23 & 24 JANUARY 2020
West meets East through Culture and Music
Songs of Love and Destiny
Transcription for voice and piano of select works of Rabindranath Tagore by Alain Daniélou
Presented by Francesca Cassio (voice) and Gloria Campaner (piano)
(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)
