WINTER FESTIVAL OF DANCE AND MUSIC: 27 AND 28 DECEMBER 2018

 

27 December: AN EVENING OF HINDUSTANI MUSIC

 

At 18:00   

Sitar Recital

By  Gopal Krishan Shah,  from Delhi, son and disciple of   Pt. Hari Krishan Shah and Pt. Arvind Parikh

 

At 19:00  

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Rosy Dutta  Pandit from Kolkata, disciple of Dr. Sunanda Patnaik 

 

Do we tax enough? And do we tax the right people?
 

Speakers: Devaki Jain; Montek Singh Ahluwalia; C.P. Chandrasekhar and Rajeev Malhotra

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Equity Studies)

 

Almost Islands Poetry Readings

Poets: Biswajit Dwibedy, Subhro Bandopadhyay and Sharmistha Mohanty

 

(Collaboration: Almost Island)

 

Almost Islands Poetry Readings

Poets: Vivek Narayanan, Mani Rao and Ari Sitas

 

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

Big Bhishma in Madras: In Search of the Mahabharata with Peter Brook

By Jean-Claude Carriere, translated from the French by Aruna Vasudev (New Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2018)

 

Discussants: Ms Madhu Jain, author and Editor of The Indian Quarterly; and Ms Aruna Vasudev, author, editor and scholar of Asian cinema

 

Chair: Dr. Bharat Wariavwalla, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

 

MAHATMA GANDHI: 150  YEARS

 

Gandhi and the Unspeakable: His final Experiment with Truth

A dialogue with James Douglas and Ashis Nandy

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

Karna – Destiny's Child (85 min; Sanskrit with English voiceover)

 

Bharatanatyam exponent Bala Devi Chandrashekar will present her dramatic solo 'Karna - Destiny's Child,' the riveting story of one of the most powerful warriors – Karna from the great Indian epic Mahabharata. The production is in Sanskrit with interspersed English narration, the artist tells the story of Karna, his life and its trials, tribulations, and his eventual downfall 

 

The Fourth Edition of the State of the Indian Economy

Speakers: Prof. Partha Sen, Professor and ECGC Chair, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade; Prof. Surajit Majumdar, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Vikas Rawal, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Jean Dreze, Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Ranchi University
 
Introduction: Suhas Borker, Convener,  Working Group on Alternative Strategies
 
(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

The Journey

An exhibition of abstract paintings by Thomas Francis, Indo-Argentine artist

 

Inauguration on Tuesday,18 December 2018 at 18:30

 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Mukesh: The Singer who lives on

This presentation on Mukesh will focus on his style of singing, reasons behind his success, biographical details, the social-political context within which his songs are situated, relations with noted film personalities & music directors, etc.  Audio clips would accompany the lecture.  A special feature would be the unheard and unreleased songs of Mukesh

 

A bureaucrat by profession, Pankaj Rag is also a connoisseur of music, who has done extensive research in cinema and culture and his book on film music directors from 1931 – 2005,  Dhuno Ki Yatra is a highly acclaimed book. He has also authored 1857: The Oral Tradition (published by Rupa & Co.) which tries to reconstruct the First War of Independence through folk songs and folk tales