Rasa Yatra: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of India (50 min; 2012; BluRay; English)

01 May 2017, 05:30 am
Rasa Yatra: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of India (50 min; 2012; BluRay; English)
 
Directed by Param Tomanec who will introduce the film
 
Rasa Yatra evokes the beauty of pilgrimage through non-linear narrative. Photographed over a period of four years, the film takes the viewer on a meditative journey from the majestic Himalaya into Vrindavan
 

Discussion on The Political Economy of the Dalit Struggle

01 May 2017, 05:30 am
Discussion on The Political Economy of the Dalit Struggle
Programme Type
Discussions
 
 
Speakers: Dr. Srinivasu Bathula, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia; Dr. Pradeep Shinde, Assistant Professor, Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Smita M. Patil, Assistant Professor, School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU; and Prof. Y.S. Alone, Professor, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
 
Introduction: Shri Vijay Naik, Consulting Editor, Sakal
Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)
 
(Collaboration: Maharashtra Sanskritik ani Rannaniti Adhyayan Samiti; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)
 

Seminar to mark the ‘turning of the sod’ by Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (15th April 1960 )

15 April 2017, 05:30 am
Seminar to mark the ‘turning of the sod’ by Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (15th April 1960 )
Programme Type
Seminars

Seminar to Mark the ‘turning of the sod’ by Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya (15th April 1960)

 

Commemorating Champaran: Remembering Gandhi

Panelists: Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, former Professor of History, Jawaharlal Nehru University and former Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library; Prof. Rizwan Kaiser, Professor of History, Jamia Millia University; and Shri Sujay Biswas, Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Dr. Aparna Basu, Chairperson, National Gandhi Museum

 

Followed by screening of a film

Gandhi Ka Champaran (57 min; 2016; dvd)

Director: Bishwajeet Mookerjee

 

 (Collaboration: National Gandhi Museum)

WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2017

30 April 2017, 05:30 am
WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2017
Programme Type
Festivals
 
 
WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2017
 
10:00 to 12:00
 
Chhau Workshop
Conducted by Guru Shashadhar Acharya
 
(Open to dancers of all styles)
 
At 16:00
 
Health for Dance
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Sheela Nambiar
 
At 18:30
 
YOUNG DANCERS FESTIVAL
 
Manipuri 
By Nandita Devi
 
At 19:45
 
Vilasini Natyam
By Purva Dhanasree
 
(Collaboration: Natya Vriksha)
 

WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2017: 29 AND 30 APRIL 2017

29 April 2017, 05:30 am
WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2017: 29 AND 30 APRIL 2017
Programme Type
Festivals
 
 
WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2017: 29 AND 30 APRIL 2017
Organised in collaboration with Natya Vriksha
Curator: Geeta Chandran
10:00 to 12:00 
Everyone Can Dance
Bharatanatyam workshop conducted by Geeta Chandran
(For all those who have not had any formal dance training; age no bar!)
At 16:00
 
Dance in Retrospect Part II
Edited by Dr. Sunil Kothari will be launched by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan
 
Followed by a dialogue with Dr. Kothari on his life and work
At 18:30
Young Dancers Festival
Bharatanatyam 
By Aniruddha Knight, grandson of Balasaraswati
At 19:45
Kathak
By Gauri Diwakar

Hindustani Vocal Recital / Siddha Veena Recital

28 April 2017, 05:30 am
Hindustani Vocal Recital / Siddha Veena Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
 
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Parthasarathi Lanka from Delhi, disciple of Guru Chandan Kumar Jena
 
Followed by
 
Siddha Veena Recital
By Siddhartha Banerjee from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt Jaya Banerjee


(Collaboration: Kalaikoodam and Ramakrishnapuram South Indian Society)

Viewing Medieval Indian Architecture

28 April 2017, 05:30 am
Viewing Medieval Indian Architecture
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
 
Speaker: Professor Syed Nadeem Rezavi, Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University

Chair: Professor Nalini Thakur

Ataraxy

28 April 2017, 05:30 am
Ataraxy
 
 
An exhibition of abstract landscapes
By Supriya Sathe

Piano Recital

27 April 2017, 05:30 am
Piano Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
 
By Gabriele Carcano
 
Recipient of a 2010 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award, he is equally at home as a soloist with orchestras and in chamber music. Other awards include the Casella Prize at the Competition Premio Venezia, where he made his debut at Teatro La Fenice. He has been supported by the CRT Foundation, De Sono Foundation and was also awarded a grant from the Fondation des Banques Populaires Françaises - Natexis in 2008
 
The programme includes works by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms and Debussy