ART MATTERS

V. Ramesh in conversation with Madhu Jain

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

 

India At 70: Relations with the International Monetary Fund

Speaker: Shri V. Srinivas, IAS, Chairman Rajasthan Tax Board and Chairman Board of Revenue for Rajasthan, Indian Council Of World Affairs Fellow 2017

 

 

 

Zikr us Parivash Ka (In Praise of that Angel Face)

(63 min; 2015; dvd; English subtitles)

Directed by Nirmal Chander Dandriyal who will introduce the film

Produced by Sangeet Natak Akademi

 

Recipient of the Award For Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction, National Film Award 2016; Best Camera Award, IDSFFK, Kerala 2017; and Jury Award, IFFS, Shimla 2017

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Film on one of the last legendary courtesans of India, Begum Akhtar. The film weaves together accounts of those who remember her with undimmed fondness and warmth despite the passage of years

 

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The 21st Century: Geo-politics, Democracy and Peace

Release of a book by Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh (New Delhi: Routledge, 2017)

 

By Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu

 

Followed by a discussion

 

(Collaboration: Routledge; and Gandhi Smriti)

 

 

Scientific Temper in Education

Main speakers: Prof. R. Ramanujam, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai; and Prof. Ronald DeSouza, Centre for the Study of Developing Society

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Indonesia)

 

 

 

RASAJA MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL

 

Odissi Dance

Choreographies by Guru Madhavi Mudgal, presented by her disciples

 

 

(Collaboration: Rasaja Foundation)

 

 

RASAJA MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL: 28 and 29 October 2017

 

Folk Songs

By Manganiyars of Rajasthan

 

Baul

By Tarun Das Baul from West Bengal

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Rasaja Foundation)

 

 

Heritage and Democracy: IIC-ICOMOS Public Outreach Discussion

 

Culture – Nature Journey, Exploring the Complexities of Human Relationships with Natural and Cultural Places

Names of the speakers to be announced later

 

 

(Collaboration: International Council on Monuments and Sites)

 

 

FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
 

 

 

Last of East (30 min; 2007; dvd; English)

 

Director: Vijay Kumar

 

 

 

Documentary on the importance and history of the Namdapha Biosphere Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh and its unique flora and fauna. The interference of man is beginning to disrupt the ecological balance of the park

 

 

 

Gaur in My Garden (26 min; 2012; English)

 

Director: Rita Banerji

 

 

 

Recipient of the Best Film Award, Environment Category, Woodpecker Film Festival, Delhi 2013; and Jury Special Mention, Biodiversity, CMS Vatavaran, New Delhi 2014

 

 

 

The film looks at human-animal interactions and conflicts arising in Kotagiri, Nilgiris – one of the key biodiversity hotspots in India. The story unfolds through the experiences of the residents of the Keystone Foundation Campus with the Gaur or the Indian Bison – on the IUCN red list of threatened species, and takes us through the larger context of this conflict

 

 

 

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

 

Understanding Qawwali 2017

Qawwali, its social impact and relevance as a medium for integration, with regional sensibilities and emphasis on poetic traditions

 

(Collaboration: Sufi Kathak Foundation)