READINGS  ? ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 18:30

 

By Mahesh Verma, Vivek Nirala, R Chetan Kranti & Piyush Daiya

 

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)

 

 

 

(52 min; 2016; dvd; English & with subtitles)

Directed by Nandit Desai who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rare Images of Durga Mahisamardini

Speaker: Dr. Sunanda Srivastava, former Superintending Archaeologist, ASI

Chair: Dr. D.N. Dimri

 

Worship of Sakti or Devi as the supreme goddess has been very popular since ancient times, Durga being the most revered one. This form of Devi attained such admiration that her images as Mahisasuramardini were ubiquitously sculpted and found across the country. Discussion on a few of rare images of Durga will be the topic of the talk

 

 

By Hans Utter and Utpola Borah from USA, Hans is a disciple of Ustad Shujaat Khan and Utpola Borah is a disciple Prabha Atre, Malashree Prasad, Iqbal Khan and Indralal Danda 

 

 

Release of a book edited by Imre Bangha by Prof Lokesh Chandra, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations 

Introduction to the book: Dr. Imre Bangha

 

Followed by a discussion:

Speakers: Dr. Radha Chakravarty, Ms Namita Gokhale, Dr. Alka Pande and Shri Vijay Kowshik

 

Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

 

Open discussion moderated by Prof. Malashri Lal

 

(Collaboration: Primus Books)

TUESDAY 28

 

PERFORMANCE  ? C. D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

 

Sunil Mehra and Askari Naqvi perform two bitter sweet poignant stories by Ismat Chugtai - Gharwali and Nanhi ki Nani - about two compelling, irrepressible, unforgettable women. Everywoman stories that evoke both the tragedy and the triumph of the human spirit

 

 

 

 

Release of a book edited by Dr. Ranjit Roy Chowdhury and Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan and published by Primus Books

 

Followed by a discussion

 

Chair: Dr. P.N. Tandon

 

(Organised by the IIC International Research Division)

 

A mehfil with Vidushi Jayashree Patnekar (Khayal)

Accompanied by Bharat Kamat (tabla) and Suyog Kundalkar (harmonium)

 

 

Jayashree R. Patnekar was initiated into Hindustani music by Shri Vithalrao Pai. When she was 16, she began learning under Pandit K. D. Javkar of the Kirana gharana. However, it was under Pandit Gajananrao Joshi that she truly matured as a vocalist, receiving an eclectic mix of inputs from Gwalior, Jaipur-Atrauli and Agra gharanas. She also received ta'lim from Pandit Nivruttibua Sarnaik and Pandit Ratnakar Pai of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. For this special mehfil, Jayashree Tai will present prakar-s of Kalyan, Nat and Kanhra in keeping with the unique repertoire she has inherited and made her own 

 

(Collaboration: Shri Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman, Jnana Pravaha: Centre for Cultural Studies and Research & NaadSaagar Archives and Documentation Society for South Asian Music)

TALK  ? ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 18:30

 

 

Permeable Borders of Spirit: Hindu/Islamic Syncretism in Assamese Zikir  
By Utpola Borah 

 

Assamese zikir crosses cultural and religious boundaries, blends mysticism and moralizing, and has remained one of Assam’s most popular musical genres since its development in the 17th century. Zikir refers to the musical genre and to the occasion of its performance in Sufi assemblies. The presentation will address how zikir, aided in the reorganisation of Assamese Muslim society into a harmonious relationship with Hinduism through a complex musical and cultural synthesis that drew on folk music, the didactic tradition of philosophical songs (Deh-bicaror), and the re-imagination of culture through performance 

 

Utpola Borah is an ethnomusicologist, music educator, cultural archivist and exponent of North Indian classical music. Currently, she is working for the Columbus Metropolitan Library, USA, and Arts learning/Artist in Residence, Ohio Arts Council, USA

 

 

 

Empowering Libraries: Strategies for the Future

By H.K. Kaul (New Delhi: Delhi Library Network, 2017)

 

Panelists: Dr. S.S. Murthy, former Director, DESIDOC, Ministry of Defence; Prof. P.B. Mangla, former Head, Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Delhi; and Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Librarian, Indian Institute of Public Administration

 

Chair: Shri Jagmohan, former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir