(74 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)

Written & directed by Taha Karimi (1976-2013)

 

Recipient of the Best Kurdish Documentary Film, 2nd Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq; Città di Roma Award for Bet Asian Documentary, 14th ASIATICA Film Mediale, Rome 2013; Best Documentary Feature Film Award, Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2014; and Jury’s Special Mention, Cinema Vérité International Documentary Film Festival, Iran 2014

 

The film will be introduced by Anuradha Veeravalli, who formerly taught at the Dept. of Philosophy, DU

 

Followed by a discussion

Speakers: Prof. Shiv Vishvanathan, Executive Director at the Centre for the Study of Science, Society and Sustainability at the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy; Prof  Dilip Simeon, Labour historian, Chairperson, Aman Trust, who taught history at Delhi University; Shri Amar Kanwar, film maker, Delhi; Mr. Hardy Mirza, Iraqi Kurdish Student, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Delhi

 

In 1988 the Iraqi Ba’ath party murdered and buried 182,000 Kurds in 350 mass graves. Only 10 people managed to escape. Faraj climbed out from amongst the dead and was taken to the USA by ‘Human Rights Watch’. Realizing that few people were aware of the genocidal ‘Anfal’ massacres, Faraj formed the ‘Iraqi Mass Graves Survivors’ group. He returned to Kurdistan where, with four other survivors, he bought 1001 red apples and cloves and distributed them to families who had lost members. These apples and cloves became symbols of reconciliation and peace

 

 

 

 

10:30 – 11:30 IN THE FOUNTAIN LAWNS

Uske Farogh – e- husn Se – By the Beauty of Its Grandeur Afloat on the Yamuna in Delhi

Presentations by Ravi Agarwal and Vimlendu Jha

 

10:30 TO 11:30 AT C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM

Kaun Jaye Meer – Who Should Leave Delhi and Meer

Shamsur Rehman Faruqi in conversation with Saeed Naqvi

 

11:45 TO 12:45 IN THE FOUNTAIN LAWNS

Kehte Hain Bagh Baharan Hain – It is Said There is Spring

Poetry reading about nature by leading contemporary poets in several languages of Delhi – Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and English

Readings by Mangalesh Dabral, Kusum Ansal, Surjit Patar and Gauhar Raza

 

11:45 TO 12:45 AT C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM

Alam Me Intkhab – Choicest in the World Delhi: The City

Presentations by Shiv Viswanathan, Raghu Rai, William Dalrymple and A.G.K. Menon

 

11:45 TO 12:45 IN GANDHI-KING PLAZA

Aage Aage Dekhiye Hotaa Hai Kyaa – Watch What Happens Next

Presentations by Diksha Madhok, Jairaj Singh, Manisha Pande, Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

 

12:45 TO 14:00 IN THE FOUNTAIN LAWNS

Basanti aur Rahza

Basanti aur Rahza, a Delhi based electronic folk act, with Azhar Anwar on guitar and production, and Mahima Dayal Mathur on vocals

 

14:00 TO 15:00 IN THE FOUNTAIN LAWNS

Alam Ye Tamam Khwab – The World is but a Dream

Discussion with Manjari Sinha and Mukesh Garg

 

14:00 TO 15:00 AT C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM

Hum Bhi Iss Zindagi Se Guzre – We too passed Through this Life

Presentations by Githa Hariharan, Khalid Jawed and Vishwajyoti Ghosh

 

14:00 TO 15:00 IN GANDHI-KING PLAZA

Baat Kya Aadmi ki Ban Ayi

Discussion with Neha Dixit and Krishn Kaushik

 

15:15 TO 16:15 IN THE FOUNTAIN LAWNS

Pur Uske Bistaar Bahut Hai – But there is Much Expansion

Presentations by Anamika, K. Satchidanandan and Allan Sealy

 

15:15 TO 16:15 AT C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM

Ishq Bhari Patthar – Love is a Heavy Stone

Presentations by Apoorvanand, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Ashis Nandy, Rakhshanda Jalil

 

15:15 TO 16:15 IN GANDHI-KING PLAZA

Rahi Nagufta Mere Dil Mein Dastaan Meri – It’s Unspoken

Presentations by Aditya Mani Jha, Vidyun Sabhaney, Tarini Sethi, Chandan Gomes

 

16:30 TO 17:30 IN THE FOUNTAIN LAWNS

Dhuaan Sa Hai Isi Nazar ki Taraf – There is Some Smoke Towards this City

Presentations by Mrinal Pande, Pavan K. Varma, Harsh Mander, Sudhir Chandra

 

16:30 TO 17:30 AT C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM

Zamana nazuk Hai – Times are Fragile

Presentations by Prerana Shrimali, Manu Parekh, Mithu Sen

 

16:30 TO 17:30 IN GANDHI-KING PLAZA

Shahr-E-Dili Mein Hai Sab Pas Nishani us Ki – Delhi Has its Marks

Presentations by Suchita Salwan, Sonal Shah and Rahul Sabharwal

 

AT 18:15 IN THE FOUNTAIN LAWNS

Ritu Sangeet

By Kalaapini Komkali, daughter and disciple of Pt. Kumar Gandharva 

24th and 25th February 2017

 

The first edition of ‘Words in the Garden’ Litfest focuses on four themes which celebrate and explore a city namely Delhi. The quartet of themes – “City, Nature, Love and Loneliness” will be explored and celebrated through words, ideas, expressions, discussions, dialogues, readings, exhibitions and performances. All the sessions, whether of discussion or reading, have their titles picked from the poetic utterance of the great bard, Meer Taqi Meer.

 

AT 18:00

Inaugural Session 

With Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Shri Muzaffar Ali, Shri Vikram Lall and Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti

 

AT 19:00

Khayal Gayaki – The Musical Heritage of Purani Dilli

A concert to celebrate the musical heritage of Delhi with Sadarang and Adarang. Interpretations of their bandishes by some of the gharanas will be explored through performances by several artists

Curated by Vikram Lall

 

 

 

 

Discussion around the new book by Ankur Datta (Oxford University Press, New Delhi)

 

Introduction by Dr. Ankur Datta, Dept. of Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi

Panelists: Prof. T.N. Madan, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Economic Growth; Prof. Roma Chatterji, Dept. of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics; and Prof. Anupama Roy, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Prof. Sasanka Perera, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Vice-President, South Asian University

 

(Collaboration: Department of Sociology, South Asian University)

 

 

 

 

 

Inaugural Session

 

Speakers: Prof. Ashish Nandy, eminent scholar;  Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi, eminent scholar and author; Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, eminent scholar; Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra, eminent poet;  H.E. Mr. Shaida Mohammad Abadali, Ambassador of Afghanistan; Dr. Selina Hossain, eminent fiction writer from Bangladesh; Prof. Abhi Subedi, eminent scholar and poet from Nepal; Mr. Rinzin Rinzin, eminent poet from Bhutan; Mr. Ibrahim Waheed, eminent poet from Maldives; and  

Mr. Daya Dissanayake eminent scholar from Sri Lanka.

 

Followed by Academic Sessions

 

AT 18:30  

Sobhat (50 mins)

A play directed by Sohaila Kapur, on the encounter between Rumi and his mentor Shams, that changed Rumi's outlook and philosophy completely. The production is a combination of drama and the dastango style, complete with original music

 

The Symposium will be also held on 25 and 26 February  at the Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, Siri Fort Institutional Area, New Delhi

 

(Collaboration : Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature)

 

 

 

 

 

Pranay Lal will give an illustrated talk about the making of the Indian subcontinent and the forces that shaped it over the past 200 million years, with glimpses of rocks, soils, fossils and landscapes, and why this knowledge is relevant to us today. 

 

Followed by an open Q & A conversation moderated by Pradip Krishen

 

 Pranay Lal works in public health and is passionate about natural history. He is the author of Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent (Penguin, December 2016) 

 

Pradip Krishen is an ecological gardener who re-wilds large landscapes with native plants. He is the author of two field guides for trees 

 

 

 

Written & Directed by Benoy K. Behl who will introduce the film

Producer: External Publicity & Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

The Ramayana is a great epic story which knows no boundaries of religions or countries, enacted more often than any other story of the world, it is performed by Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims. The film presents performances of the Ramayana in India, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Java and Bali 

 

 

 

 

 

The Burning Forest: India’s War in Bastar

By Nandini Sundar (New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2016)

 

Discussants: Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, Vice-President, Council for Social Development; Dr. Ajay Dandekar, Shiv Nadar University; and Dr. Ajai Sahni, Executive Director, Institute for Conflict Management

 

Chair: Dr. Dilip Simeon

 

 

 

 

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Jean Boutier, French historian

Chair: Shri Bharat Wariavwalla

 

Public and Private: Histories of French Wedding Rituals

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Arundhati Virmani, Indian historian who teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Mars

Chair: Dr. Ratna Sudarshan