Listening to the Mountains

Release of a book: Bhoomi: Listening to the Mountains

 

Seminar covering Anthropocentric to Earth Centric Paradigm: Recognising The Rights of Mother Earth; GDP to GNH: From Greed to Living Economies; Resurgence of Shakti: Women in Defence of the Earth; The Cry of the Mountains: Climate Change and the Melting of Himalayan Glaciers

 

After the Flood, a film by Navdanya will also be screened

 

AT 16:00

Agroecology & Diversity: Towards Poison Free Farming

Closing remarks: Andre Leu, farmer and the President of IFOAM - Organics International & author The Myths of Safe Pesticides

 

Address by the Ambassadors of the Mountains

 

AT 18:30

Performances

Songs by Vidya Rao, renowned Thumri, Classical Singer;

Ani Choying Drolma, the Singing Nun & the UNICEF Goodwill

Ambassador to Nepal

 

(Collaboration: Navdanya)

 

 

 

 

 

Share the Power

Main Speakers: Dr.Anita Khalil and Dr. A. S. Dave

 

President & Co Chair: Dr. S. Padmavati and Dr. M. Khalilullah

 

Check-up of  BP, Weight, and BMI

Screening  of a film on Diet, Physical Activity and Smoking

 

(Collaboration: All India Heart Foundation)

 

 

MOHINIYATTAM COLLECTIVE

 

Ramcharitramanas (80 min)

Based on Goswami Tulsidas combining classical dance styles, including Mohiniyattam.

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Mohiniyattam)

 

WEDNESDAY 27 - 28

 

 

 

 

Sita Sambhashnam (45 min)

A combined presentation of  3 female classical dance forms of Kerala namely Mohiniyattam , Nangiar Koothu and Sthree Vesham of Kathakali based on an reinterpretation of Ramayana

 

Followed by

Beyond Grace (50 min)

A documentary film on Bharati Shivaji and Vijayalakshmi by Sara Baur, Los Angeles

 

 

Buddha At Work
 

Dr. Bibek Debroy, Member, Niti Aayog and Ms Sairee Chahal, Founder, Sheroes,
in conversation with  Geetanjali Pandit on her new book, Buddha at Work  (New Delhi: Hachette India, 2017)

 

MARITIME ASIA: DIPLOMACY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

 

China's 'Maritime Silk Route Diplomacy': Does it Matter?

Speaker: Professor Himanshu Prabha Ray, historian and Member, Board, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies; Routledge Series Editor, Archaeology and Religion in South Asia; Hony. Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

 

Asia's Renaissance: Rekindling the Learning Culture in Monsoon Asia

Speaker: Dr. Iwan Pranoto, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of Indonesia and a mathematician of some eminence.

 

Chair: Ambassador Yogendra Kumar

 

 

Hindustani Vocal Dhrupad Recital
by  
Sumeet Anand Pandey from Delhi
Disciple of Guru Pandit Abhay Narayan Mallick
 

 

SABRANG UTSAV 2017

 

Bharatnatyam  Recital

By Malavika Sarukkai

                                                                                                   

(Collaboration: Bade Ghulam Ali Yaadgar Sabha)

 

 

SABRANG UTSAV 2017: 23 AND 24 SEPTEMBER 2017

 

Inauguration 

Vocal Recital 

By Bhaveen Gossain, Kasur-Patiala gharana

Accompanists: Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan (sarangi); Nawab Ali (tabla); and Zakir Dholpuri (harmonium)

 

Followed by

Sarod Recital 

 By Pt. Tejendra N. Majumdar, Senia-Maihar gharana

 Accompanied by  Shubh Maharaj (tabla)