Classical Dance: The Future We Want

Through this special informal interaction, dancers Geeta Chandran and Aditi Mangaldas will explore the future they want through their dialogue, interaction and demonstration

 

 

 

 

 

The Man Who Dwarfed the Mountains (52 min; 2015; dvd; English)

Directors: Ruchi Srivastava & Sumit Khanna

 

Film on the life of Chandi Prasad Bhatt, the first modern environmentalist of India

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

 

Parsing – The Mind’s Eye

An exhibition of glass and light

By Vijay Kowshik, senior artist

 

Inauguration on Friday 20 January 2017 at 18:30

 

The exhibition delves into the mind of the artist with expressions thrown from his agitated psyche striving to extract experiences from the collective consciousness. The medium of expression is ceramic in which glass is his main motivation. The works juxtapose the inner feelings of the artist through the plasticity of the material at high temperatures. The amalgamation evokes a strange quality of thrill and joy in the making, which manifests itself finally in the works. The play of light through glass with refractions and reflections give a strange mysterious quality to the works

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker : Dr. Navina Haidar

(Collaboration: Deccan Heritage Society; and School of Planning and Architecture)

 

 

 

The Ambassador Extraordinary: Representing India

Speaker: Dr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal and India’s High Commissioner to South Africa (1996 to 1997) concurrently accredited to Lesotho, India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka (2000 to 2002) and Ambassador to Norway (2002 to 2004), concurrently accredited to Iceland

 

Chair: Ambassador Ronen Sen

 

(Collaboration: Federation of Indo-German Societies in India)

 

Mai aur Mera Samay 

Speaker: Smt. Shovana Narayan, well known Kathak dancer, and choreographer

 

The talk covers her journey in the diverse fields of Arts and Administration and various influences imbibed by her over the years.  

 

(Collaboration: Indian Society of Authors)

 

Pran Nevile speaks on the vanished institution of nautch girl followed by a concert by Dr. Charu Kapur

 

(Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)

 

 

A dance tribute to M Balamurali Krishna

By Bharatanatyam dancers of Delhi devoting each of their recitals to one particular raga

 

Ragini Chandershekar on raga Jayaragamalika; Arupa Lahiry on raga Ragamalika; Radhika Kathal on  raga Brindavani;  Himanshu Srivastava on raga Ahir Bhairav; Dakshina Vaidyanathan raga Dwijawanti;  Shreyasi Gopinath on raga Kadanakuthuhalam

 

Accompanists: Sri Ayyappan on nattuvangam; vocal support by Sudha Raghuraman;  MV Chandershekar on mridangam; and G Raghuraman on flute

 

Coordinator:  Usha R.K.

 

The Roots of Yoga

Speakers: Dr. James Mallinson is Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit and Classical Indian Civilisation at SOAS, University of London; and Dr. Mark Singleton is Senior Researcher in the department of Languages and Cultures of South Asia, SOAS, University of London

 

In this ground-breaking book, Roots of Yoga (Penguin 2017), James Mallinson and Mark Singleton present a wide range of translations on yoga practice drawn from well over a hundred texts, from ancient to recent times and across multiple languages and regions. The book offers vital new insights into the development of yoga in practice through the ages

 

(Collaboration: Studio Abhyas)

 

Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action& the Life of Martin Luther King Jr

(15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968)

 

88thBirthday Commemoration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr 

 

Commemoration Service 10.30 am to 11.00 am (Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza)

Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR

 

Interactive Session 11.15 am to 12.15 pm (Deshmukh Auditorium)

The ultimate test of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy— Martin Luther King Jr (The Struggle for Racial Justice, Address delivered at Nobel Peace Prize Recognition Dinner, 27 January 1965).

 

Special Address by US Ambassador to India H. E. Richard R. Verma 

 

During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King's Life shall be screened

 

Moderators:

Shri Suhas Borker (Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Shri Ramesh Sharma (Gandhi Yuva Biradari)

 

Students from Schools of Delhi NCR to participate 

This programme is part of the Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development 

 

(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Biradari and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)