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)

Postcards of Change: Letters to and From Northeast

An exhibition of letters written by young people from Delhi to the Northeast and vice versa as part of an initiative by Reachout Foundation to address multicultural diversity and discriminations in Delhi NCR schools. The ongoing campaign, “The India Project: Say No to Discrimination” is an exchange programme thatis an attempt to create a human connect amongst children through the almost forgotten art of letter writing Also on display are handmade cards and posters exchanged among students from Delhi, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh 

 

Inauguration on Thursday, 20 September 2018 at 18:30

 

(Collaboration: Reachout Foundation)

ENGINEERS AND THE SOCIETY

 

Art of Tall Buildings

Presentations by Dr. Prem Krishna, Former Professor of Civil Engineering of University of Roorkee ,  Past President of International Association of Wind Engineering, Past President of Indian Society of Wind Engineering, Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering; and Prof. Mahesh Tandon, Tandon Consultants Pvt Ltd, President Indian Society of Wind Engineering Past President - Indian Association of Structural Engineers and Indian Concrete Institute, Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineers 

       

Chairperson - Shri P K Tripathi, (IAS) Former Chief Secretary of Government of Delhi

 

Second lecture in a new series of six lectures on the theme of “Engineers and the Society” organised in collaboration with Consulting Engineers Association of India. The series will try and acquaint audiences with the important role that an engineer plays in making the daily life of an individual safe, efficient and comfortable. Engineering focuses on the development of infrastructure, by contributing to the clean air you breathe, the safe water you drink, the secure home you live in and the multifarious transport systems you use

 

(Collaboration: Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI))

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

India-China Relations 1947-2000: A Documentary Study

Five volumes edited by Avtar Singh Bhasin (New Delhi: Geetika Press, 2018)

 

Discussants: Ambassador Ashok K. Kantha, Director, Institute of Chinese Studies and former Indian Ambassador to China; Ambassador Vijay Nambiar, former Indian Ambassador to Algeria, Afghanistan, Malaysia, China and Pakistan; and Prof. Alka Acharya, Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Ambassador Kishan S. Rana, Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Diplo Foundation and former Indian Ambassador