India and Central Asia - Past, Present and Future

Speaker: Shri Ashok Sajjanhar, President, Institute of Global Studies, Former Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia, Former Secretary/Principal Executive Officer, National Foundation for Communal Harmony, Government of India

 

Chair: Shri K. Raghunath

 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Dhananjay Joshi from Nanded, Maharashtra, disciple of Pt. Ramesh Kanole and Pt. Ajay Pohankar

 

With Manish Kanole on tabla and Devendra Sharma on harmonium

 

 

 

 

Empowering People to be Heart Healthy

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 videos on Diet, Smoking, and Exercise

 

 

(Collaboration: All India Heart Foundation)

A 12 day peace festival presented by STEP Trust from 21 September to 2 October 2016

 

 

 

In Focus: The Unexplored Paradise – North East India

 

17:00 – 18:30 – Panel discussion & short film screening: Seeds of Hope Ripples of Peace

 

Health - Inspirational Story of the Boat Clinics of Assam – Speaker: Sanjoy Hazarika, Director, Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia

 

Migration and North East Students in Delhi Stand Up Against Discrimination – Speaker: Binalakshmi Nephram, Humanitarian, author and civil rights activist on disarmament movement

 

Overview of Education in North East India and Its Impact on Conflict and A Way Out – Speaker: Dr. Aparajita Sharma, Research Officer, Right to Education Forum

 

 

 

Chair: Shreya Jani, Managing Trustee, STEP Trust

 

 

 

18:30 – 19:00: The Unexplored Paradise: Improvising and Dramatised Poetry and Folk stories from North East India

 

Presented by Lunar Energy Theatre Group, directed by Jaya Iyer

 

 

 

19:00 – 20:00: Manipuri Folk Music by Rewben Mashangva

 

Folk musician and singer from Manipur, Rewben is credited with reviving the musical traditions of the Tangkhul Naga of Manipur and the use of traditional musical instruments

 

 

 

 

Revisiting the Philosophy of Verrier Elwin: Tribal Animation Festival

Dr. Verrier Elwin documented a vast number of folktales across Central and North East India. His collections have provided source material for the Tales of the Tribes, most notably for the story of Abotani from Arunachal Pradesh, in the Myths of the North-east Frontier of India, Volume I (1958). The Tribal Animation Film Festival showcases selected animated adaptations of tribal folk stories.

 

The Story of the Peacock

From the Pardhan Gonds of Madhya Pradesh 

 

When Bara Dev created the peacock he first made all the parts – the head, feathers, tail, legs and crown separately. The Lapwing decided that she would take the legs for herself

 

The film was developed by Gond artists and students of the National Institute of Design

 

Man Tiger Spirit

From the Angami tribe of Nagaland

 

Spirit, Tiger and Man are three brothers born from a union between sky and earth. The three were unable to live together in harmony, and Man used his cunning to outwit Tiger, forcing him to live in the jungle. Man is separated from Spirit but becomes an important chief who remembers his dependence on nature

 

Abotani

From the Tani tribes of Arunachal Pradesh

 

Abotani is a story about the mythical hero Abotani and his relationship with is brother, a spirit or Yapom

 

Raven Tales (24 min)

An episode from the animated series made in Canada. Raven Tales introduces Aboriginal folklore in a humourous and entertaining way. Each episode features an original interpretation of a popular tale of one of the many adventures of Raven, the most powerful deity of the mythology of Canada’s First Peoples

 

Hum Chitra Banate Hain (We Make Images; 8 min)

An animated interpretation of an origin myth from the Bhil community in Madhya Pradesh. For the Bhil community, painting is like offering a prayer and the film reveals why. The film is a collaboration between indigenous artist Sher Singh from the community and the filmmaker Nina Sabnani that explores ways of telling together

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers

Coordinated by Tara Douglas

 

(Collaboration: The Adivasi Arts Trust; and Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia)

 

48th Sabrang Utsav 2016

 

Vocal Recital

 by Abdul Aziz, Kasur Patiala Gharana

 Accompanists: Nawab Ali (tabla); Kamaal Ahmad (sarangi); and Zeeshan Ahmad (harmonium)                                                         

 

Followed by

Vocal Recital 

by Ustad Mazhar and Jawad Ali khan, Kasur Patiala Gharana

Accompanists: Akram Khan (tabla); Liaquat Ali Khan (sarangi); and Zameer Ahmed (harmonium)

 

(Collaboration: Bade Ghulam Ali Yadgaar Sabha)

 

 

48th Sabrang Utsav 2016 – 24 and 25 September 2016

 

Inauguration and launch of the book “Select Stalwarts Of Hindustani Classical Music” by Uma Vasudev

 

Followed by

 

Vocal Recital 

by Ustad Raza Ali Khan, Kasur Patiala Gharana

Accompanists: Rafiuddin Sabri (tabla); and Ghulam Ali (sarangi)

 

 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Sufi Raah: The Classical Tradition of Tappa

Famous for her renditions of the classical tradition of tappas, Shanno Khurana explains why this most arduous of Hindustani musical forms attracted her, what is the nature of their variety of rendition and she analyses their poetic lyrics to reveal the unique cultural synthesis that lies behind them. Their words express Sufi ideas, and their language is the Multani dialect of Punjabi in which much of our classical music is composed. The form really became popular in eighteenth century Lucknow and Banaras where it was given the most rigorous classical grammar even as the importance of the poetry diminished there. By the end of the twentieth century however, there were few practitioners left of the form

 

Dr. Shanno Khurana, musician and musicologist, padmabhushan and Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, has commanded the Indian performing stage for seventy years ever since her first broadcast from Lahore Radio station in 1945. She is known not just for her deep knowledge of Indian classical raagdaari but also her formidable repertoire garnered from the stalwarts to the Gwalior, Agra and Rampur gharanas. 

 

This evening she will be in conversation with his grandson, Prof Naman Ahuja and revisit her album with the same title: Sufi Raah, the Classical Tradition of Tappa, and compare it with renditions by her mentors

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP 

 

She Walks, She Leads: Women Who Inspire India 

By Gunjan Lal (Gurgaon: Penguin Random House, 2016)

 

Discussants: Ms Rami Chhabra, media person and social-activist; Ms Ratna M. Sudarshan, National Fellow, NUEPA; and and Ms Ritu Menon, WomenUnlimited

 

 

 

Damming Crisis in Tibet: Threat to Water Security in Asia
 

 

(Collaboration: Students for a Free Tibet-India)