South Asian Literature Festival: 18 to 20 October 2019

This year’s edition of the festival celebrates eminent senior and young writers from South Asia who have made a difference to our thinking and sensitivity. Marginalised and subaltern writers will be featured as well as story writers, novelists, non-fiction writers and poets who will read passages from their books and poems

 

The sessions on 19 and 20 October 2019 will be held at Academy of Fine Arts and Literature

 

(Collaboration: Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature, SAARC Apex Body)

 

THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS-11 TO 15 OCTOBER 2019

 

Shabd Leela

Conceived, designed and scripted by Ila Arun

Directed by K.K. Raina

Presented by Surnai Theatre and Folk Arts Foundation

Visuals: Arnab Chaudhary

Lights & Sets: Salim Akhtar

 

With Ila Arun; Rajeshwari Sachdev; Varun Badola; K.K. Raina; Abhishek Pandey; Gaurav Amlani; Mayank Pandey; Navneet Raina; and Avinash Kumar

 

An dramastised rendition of Dr. Dharamvir Bharti’s powerful and romantic words in ‘Andha Yug’, ‘Kanupriya’ and the love letters written to his wife in ‘Ek Sahityik ke Prem Patra’

 

THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS  - 11 TO 15 OCTOBER 2019

 

Panchavati

A Yakshagana performance, an episode from The Ramayana

Presented by Hanumagiri Meyla from Karnataka

 

Himmela (background musicians) – Ravichandra Kannadikatte (bhagavatha); Chaithanya Krishna Padyana (chende); Shridhar Vitla (maddake); and Prasad (chakrathala)

 

Mummela (actors) – Jayaprakash Shetty (Ram); Akshay Bhat (Sita & Trishira); Divakara Rai (Lakshman); Jayaram Acharya (Rushi); Jagdabirama (Shurpanaki); Santosh Kumar (Maya Shurpanaki); Subraya Holla (Kharasur); and Rakshith Shetty (Dushan)

 

(Collaboration: Dept. of Kannada & Culture, Govt. of Karnataka)

 

From Bossa Nova to Samba

Concert by Sabor do Brasil

 

With Pradyumna Singh Manot (piano); Ahona Sen (vocals); Aditya Servaia (bass guitar); and Bihu Mukherjee (drums)

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Brazil)

 

THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS - 11 TO 15 OCTOBER

Inauguration of the Festival

By Shri N.N. Vohra, President IIC

 

Magic in Movement

Odissi presented by artists of the Rudrakshya Foundation, Bhubaneswar 

Choreography: Guru Bichitrananda Swain 

 

Artists: Jagyandatta Pradhan; Dushasan Sahoo; Bichitra Behera; Santosh Ram; Surendra Pradhan; Samir Kumar Panigrahi; Sanjeev Kumar Jena; and Rasmi Ranjan Swain

 

GANDHI MATTERS

 

The Compass we Lost

Speaker: Dilip Simeon, Author and Historian, Founding Member of the Association of Indian Labour Historians, and former Professor of History, Ramjas College

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

 

Gunijan Sabha – Verse 54

 

Poetry Reading 

By eminent Urdu Shaira, Ameeta Parsuram ‘Meeta’

 

Ameeta Parsuram will be in conversation with Azhar Iqbal, noted Shayar,  Anchor and Founder Member of Harfkaar 

 

Ghazals

By Oshin Bhatia, a classically trained Ghazal singer. He will render ghazals composed by Ameeta Parsuram

 

(Collaboration: The Ustad Imamuddin Khan Dagar Indian Music Art & Culture Society, Jaipur)

 

From Rabab to Nagara: Life and Legacy of Guru Nanak

An exhibition of translights depicting the development of Sikhism from Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh with rare paintings and photographs from different repositories in India and abroad. On display are the first photographs of the Golden Temple taken by William Baker and also those by Lala Deen Dayal, Raghu Rai, Ashok Dilwali, Sondeep Shankar and others. Images of works of eminent artists such as William Simpson, William Carpenter, Sobha Singh, Kirpal Singh, Arpana Caur, Sidharth, and others

 

Inauguration by Sir Mark Tully on Friday, 4 October 2019 at 17:30

 

Following the inauguration, there will be a lecture in the Art Gallery on

The Life and Legacy of Guru Nanak

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Mohinder Singh, Professor-Director, National Institute of Panjab Studies

 

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

(Collaboration: National Institute of Panjab Studies)