Concert
Concert
By Udopia
A five member ensemble from Greece, Udopia is at the heart of Greece’s vibrant musical scene, at the crossroad of East and West, tradition and modernity
Artistes: Efthymios Atzakas (oud, composition); Konstantinos Anastasiadi (drums, tabla and composition); James Godfrey Wylie (saxophone, kemenche, composition); Fausto Sierakowski (saxophone, composition); and Avgerini Gatsi (voice, accordion)
(Collaboration:Embassy of Greece)
Hindustani Classical Vocal
Hindustani Classical Vocal
By Pt. Vinayak Torvi from Bangalore, recipient of the Sanskriti-Pt. Vasant Thakar Memorial Fellowship 2019
Accompanists: Vinod Lele (tabla); and Pt. Vyasmurti Katti (harmonium)
(Collaboration: Sanskriti Pratishthan)
Dance Music for Piano
Dance Music for Piano
Four-hand piano pieces by Debussy, Stravinsky, Moszkowski and Barber
With a special segment of dance and piano
Dance choreographed by Justin McCarthy
Dance: veena Kumar\Abhinaya Penneswaran
Piano: Nadine Crasto and Justin McCarthy
Challenges Facing Healthcare in India
Challenges Facing Healthcare in India
Speaker: Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Founder Chairman, Narayana Health
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC
PURANDARDASA THYAGARAJA FESTIVAL
PURANDARDASA THYAGARAJA FESTIVAL
Different Thanams and Allied Ragas
Lecture-demonstration by Manda Sudharani
AT 18:10
Carnatic Vocal Recital
By Alappuzha C. Venugopal
Accompanists: Uma Arun (violin); Abhishek Avadhani (mridangam); and M. Sriram (ghatam)
PURANDARDASA THYAGARAJA FESTIVAL: 16 & 17 FEBRUARY 2019
PURANDARDASA THYAGARAJA FESTIVAL: 16 & 17 FEBRUARY 2019
Organised in collaboration with Ramakrishnapuram South Indian Society
Carnatic Vocal Recital
By Manda Sudharani from Vishakapatnam, disciple of Sri Ivaturi Vijeswara Rao from Dwaram tradition. Smt Sudharani is a top rank artist of All India Radio and is a pallavi exponent
Accompanied by G. Radhavendra Praath (violin); Kumbakonam N. Padmanaban (mridangam); and N. Hari Narayanan (ghatam)
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal
By Parvati Sharma (New Delhi: Juggernaut, 2018)
Discussants: Dr. Anubhuti Maurya, Assistant Professor, History, Bharati College, University of Delhi; Dr. Swpna Liddle, historian and author; Dr. Vijay Tankha, former Professor of Philosophy, St. Stephen’s College
Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, former Diplomat & Foreign Policy Analyst
Understanding Personality Disorders
Understanding Personality Disorders
Speakers: Dr. Kushal Jain, Psychiatrist; Dr. Rajesh Sagar, Consultant Psychiatrist, AIIMS; and Shri Muzammil Karim, Clinical Psychologist
Moderator: Shubha Menon
(Collaboration: You, Me and Mental Health)
Vak – The Raza Biennale of Asian Poetry: 15 to 17 February 2019
VAK – THE RAZA BIENNALE OF ASIAN POETRY: 15 to 17 February 2019
Organised in collaboration with The Raza Foundation
The festival will present poets from Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Georgia, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Palestine, Singapore, South Korea, Uzbekistan and Vietnam
16:30-17:00: Opening Remarks by Ashok Vajpeyi
Launch of VAK-A Collection of Asian Poetry
17:00 onwards: SESSION I: Chaired by Ashok Vajpeyi
17:00 -17:20: Ko Un South Korea
17:20 - 17:40: Kutty Revathi India
17:40 - 18:00: Amir Or Israel
18:00 - 18:20: Afsar Rahbeen Afghanistan
18:20 - 19:20: Conversation: Freedom and Dissent in Poetry
Speakers: Marine Petrossian Armenia; Udayan Vajpeyi India; Nguyen Hoang Bao Viet Vietnam; Najwan Darwish Palestine
Freedom is a key concept for poetry. It asserts and explored it; it seeks it against all constraints; its quest for freedom is a quest which is almost for all human freedoms. It can be reasonably argued that poetry is a permanent indestructible site for freedom.
In our times, as in many times, earlier, freedom is in jeopardy and poetry becomes inevitably a struggle for freedom.
Freedom is also a liberation from the strongholds of blind faith, parochial ideologies, hatred of others, violence, etc. freedom achieves its validity indeed inner truth by allowing space for and giving dignity to dissent. In times as pours when mass structures of power dominate, poetry deeply rooted in freedom is also, because of the pressing circumstances, dissent
Insider Outsider – Belonging and Unbelonging in North-East India
Insider Outsider – Belonging and Unbelonging in North-East India
Edited by Preeti Gill and Samrat Choudhury (Amaryliss: 2019)
Release of the book followed by a discussion
Speakers: Mahua Sen, visual artist, musician and writer; Paramjit Bakhshi, entrepreneur and columnist; Sanjoy Hazarika, human rights activist, scholar, author, journalist and filmmaker, presently International Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi; and Suhas Chakma, human rights activist, in a discussion with Preeti Gill, independent editor and literary agent with over two decades of publishing experience; Samrat Choudhury, also known as Samrat X, co-editor of this anthology, author and journalist; and others
Writers for this anthology include Sanjoy Hazarika, Mitra Phukan, Anjum Hasan, Ankush Saikia, Mona Zote, Jahnavi Barua, Shalim Hussain, Prof. Binayak Dutta, Prof. Anindita Dasgupta and others. The book tries to delve into the differing narratives and experiences on the contentious topic of insiders and outsiders in the region, with the hope that viewing matters from different sides of divides will improve mutual understanding. The anthology is aimed at promoting understanding and amity between communities in Northeast India