CANCELLED

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

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

 

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

Aaj Kavita

 

Vijay Kumar (Mumbai), Anuradha Singh (Mumbai), Bakhshish Singh (Ajmer) and Avinash Mishra (Delhi) will recite their poems 

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

FILM FESTIVAL FOR GENERATIONS: 24 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

 

FILM FESTIVAL FOR GENERATIONS: 24 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

 

Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation; India)

(99 min; 2016; dvd; Hindi with English subtitles)

Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani

 

Multiple award winner including the Special Mention for Best Film & Best Actor, National Film Awards, India 2016; Critics Choice Award, The Vesoul Film Festival, France 2017; Asian Cinema Fund, Busan International Film Festival, South Korea 2016; Best Film Award, NY International Film Festival 2017; among others

 

A heart-warming drama about people facing the end of their lives. A story where faith and family become intertwined, as a slightly frayed 77-year-old suddenly senses his time is up and prevails on his hard-working son to drive him to Varanasi so he can peacefully pass on

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Prof. William Sax and Prof. Minati Panda

 

AT 16:00

Astu – So Be It (India)

(120 min; 2013; dvd; Marathi with English subtitles)

Directors: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar

 

Multiple award winner including Audience Award for Best Film, 11th Indian Film Festival, Stuttgart 2013; Award for Best Dialogue & Best Supporting Actress, 61st National Film Awards, India 2013; Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Actress & Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Marthi International Cinema and Theatre Awards; among others

 

A Sanskrit Professor, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, sees an elephant on the street. Fascinated with the creature, he follows it home, and is cared for by the family to whom the elephant belongs

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Mohan Agashe and Mr. Matthias Roos

 

AT 19:00

Forget me Not (Vergiss Mein Nicht; Germany)

(90 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: David Sieveking

 

Recipient of the Critics Week Award, Locarno International Film Festival 2012

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Christiane Brosius and Smt Archana Sharma

FILM FESTIVAL FOR GENERATIONS: 24 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 2018

Organised in collaboration with the Heidelberg Centre South Asia, the festival brings together a selection of films relating to ageing issues such as housing, activity and creativity in old age, dementia and care giving. Film screenings will be followed by a discussion with experts from relevant fields

 

Inauguration of the Festival

 

Followed by screening of a film

Forget me Not (Vergiss Mein Nicht; Germany)

(90 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: David Sieveking

 

Recipient of the Critics Week Award, Locarno International Film Festival 2012

 

In Forget me Not, David Sieveking portrays the domestic care of his mother, who, like millions of others, is suffering from Alzheimer’s

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Dr. Andreas Kruse and Dr. Mohan Agashe

50TH SABRANG UTSAV: 22ND AND 23RD SEPTEMBER 2018

 

Vocal Recital 

By Lovleena Kumar ( Patiala Kasur Gharana)

 

Followed by

 

Vocal Recital

By  Ustad Mazahar and Jawad Ali Khan (Patiala Kasur Gharana)

 

(Collaboration: Bade Ghulam Ali Yaadgar Sabha)

50TH SABRANG UTSAV: 22ND AND 23RD SEPTEMBER 2018

       

Inauguration with lighting of the lamp followed by welcome address

 

Vocal recital  

By Bhaveen Gossain (Patiala Kasur Gharana)

       

Followed by 

       

Sitar Recital 

By  Ustad Shujat Khan (Imdad Khan/EtawahGharana)

An Evening of Mindfulness

With monks, nuns and lay teachers, in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. The evening shall include a talk, question and answers and practices in mindfulness.

 

Meet at the parking area of the Kamaladevi Complex at 5 pm for walking meditation 

 

Moderator: Dharmacharya Shantum Seth

 

(Collaboration: Ahimsa Trust)