CULTURE AND HERITAGE
29 September 2018, 05:30 am
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
Programme Type
Talks
CULTURE AND HERITAGE
The future of the Taj depends on the future of Agra: Finding a way forward
Speakers: Dr. Manu Mahajan, School of Planning and Architecture; Ms Amita Baig, World Monuments Fund; and Ms Renu Khosla, Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence (tentative)
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran
The first in the series, Culture and Heritage, coordinated by Ms Amita Baig
To Commemorate the Commencement Year of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
29 September 2018, 05:30 am
To Commemorate the Commencement Year of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Programme Type
Cultural
To Commemorate the Commencement Year of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Celebrating Gandhi
Welcome Address by Dr. Jyoti Bose, Managing Trustee SIT
Choral Music presented by students of Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan
My Father Do Not Rest
An affirmation of love and faith in the Mahatma through prose, poetry and letters by students of Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan
Songs of Jubilation by Dr. Radhika Chopra, eminent vocalist and Trustee SIT
(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International Trust, New Delhi Chapter)
The Kamala Das Poetry Awar
28 September 2018, 05:30 am
The Kamala Das Poetry Awar
Programme Type
Talks
The Kamala Das Poetry Award
Presented by Women Empowered –India to Anna Sujatha Mathai
Book Launch of “EquiVerse Space – A Sound Home in Words”
The inaugural anthology from Women Empowered-India
Readings
Kamala Das's poems by Anna Sujatha Mathai
Sujatha Mathai's poems by Smeetha Bhoumik
Readings from the anthology by various poets
(Collaboration WE- India)
A Song of Andalucia
26 September 2018, 05:30 am
A Song of Andalucia
Programme Type
Talks
CANCELLED
A Song of Andalucia
A Song of Andalucia
Illustrated talk by Dr. Geeti Sen on her recent adventure in Spain
Geeti Sen is a well-known cultural historian, writer and intrepid traveller; she is beginning to document her journeys. She is former Chief Editor at the IIC Quarterly and Director, The Indian Cultural Centre, Nepal
Living Climate: A Tale of Three Cities
26 September 2018, 05:30 am
Living Climate: A Tale of Three Cities
Living Climate: A Tale of Three Cities
An exhibition of photographs by Andre Lutzen from Germany
Preview on Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:30
The exhibition focuses on three cities with very different weather conditions: Kochi in Southern India, Arkhangelsk in North-West Russia and Khartoum in Sudan. The photographer approaches the question of how climate influences people and their ways of living. Documenting how climate circumstances define living situations and effect a very diverse interplay between private and public. Photographs taken between 2014 and 2017
(Collaboration: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan)
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
25 September 2018, 05:30 am
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Programme Type
Talks
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Beyond the Sound of Silence
Reliving the profound poetry, haunting harmonies and memorable melodies of Simon and Garfunkel with Punita Singh
Punita Singh is a musicologist, linguist, editor, educator and devoted S&G fan