An exhibition of paintings in oil and water colour on canvas and paper

By Manju Kak

 

Curated by Renu Rana

 

Inauguration by Veer Munshi, contemporary artist on Friday, 22 April 2016 at 18:30

Speakes:: Dr. Rajendra Mehta and Shri Keki N. Daruwalla

 

Chair: Shri Devkumar Trivedi

 

Narsinh Mehta a poet saint of Gujarat, notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Vaishnava poetry. He is especially revered in Gujarati literature, where he is acclaimed as its Adi Kavi 

 

 

 

Shruti Samvaad: A Conversation with Music

Thumri, is the supreme aesthetical expression through swara that is not confined to the boundaries of a Raag. It created quite a revolution when it came in vogue

 

Dr. Shruti Jauhari, author, historian, teacher and performer in both classical and light music, and a Visiting Faculty at the University of Madras and currently Faculty Head, Hindustani Classical Music, K.M. College of Music & technology

 

 

 

Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia: Rediscovering the Invisible Believers

Speaker: Dr. Garima Kaushik, Archaeological Survey of India, Chandigarh

 

Chair: Dr.(Ms.) Himanshu Prabha Ray

 

Lecture based on the recently published book of the same title by Routledge. Archaeological sites categorized as Buddhist are synonymous with monastic establishments and monks, clearly pushing the significant other half of the Buddhist population (i.e. the female Buddhist patrons and practitioners) into obscurity. This work uses gender as a framework to re-examine archaeological data in order to better understand the socio-cultural aspects of Buddhism in South Asia. In doing so it also examines the various types of structures at Buddhist sites that have revealed distinct evidence of association with the feminine in varying contexts

 

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Jerusalem: Centre of the World (120 min; dvd; 2009; English)

Director: Andrew Goldberg

 

Covering a sweeping history of 4000 years, the film explores the founding of the city: the birth and convergence of the world’s three monotheistic religions; and the key events in Jerusalem’s history

 

 

Presented by the Marnix Busstra Band from The Netherlands - Marnix Busstra (guitar);

Jeroen van Vliet (piano / composition); Pieter Bast (drums) and Mark Haanstra (bassist)

 

The music of the Marnix Busstra Band is largely jazz, but with influences from other genres: pop, rock and soul, and Ethnic music from Africa and India, as well as modern Western classical music

 

 

Through photographs, installations and text, the exhibition will bring to focus, Kamaladevi’s seminal role in the National movement and her contribution to the making of modern India

 

Curated by Birad Rajaram Yajnik

 

Inauguration on Saturday, 16 April 2016 at 18:00

 

 

 

As part of this exhibition, there will be several related programmes

 

On 18^th April 2016 at 18:30 pm in the Art Gallery

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay The Activist

Speaker: Dr. Aparna Basu, historian and former President, All India Women’s Conference

 

Followed by a presentation

Kamaladevi ki Janam Kahani

Performance by Patachitra artist, Gurupada Chitrakar from West Bengal on the life of Kamaladeviji

 

Followed by

 

Kamaladevi’s Vision for Handloom and Handicraft Through the Cooperative Movement

Speakers: Smt Gulshan Nanda, former Chairperson, Central Cottage Industries Emporium; and Shri K.B. Johar, former Managing Director, Central Cottage Industries Emporium

 

20^th April 2016 at 18:30 pm in the Art Gallery

Reminiscing

Speaker: Smt Jasleen Dhamija, veteran Indian textile art historian, crafts expert and former UN Advisor

 

Followed by

Kamaladeviji and Theatre: Sangeet Natak Akademi and SMM Theatre Crafts Trust

Speaker: Smt Usha Malik, former Secretary, Sangeet Natak Akademi

 

 

On 22^nd April 2016 from 10:00 to 17:00 in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex

Round table on: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and The Making of Modern India

Speakers at the roundtable will include, Shri Gopal Gandhi, Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Dr. Devaki Jain, Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, Dr. Radha Kumar, Shri Ashoke Chatterjee, Dr. Shobita Punja, Smt Mirnal Pande among others

 

Performance

Friday, 22^nd April at 19.00 pm in the Gandhi - King Plaza

Kamaladevi - Yaadon ke Kuch Panne
Solo presentation in Hindi by Bhagirathi Bai, Seagull Theatre, Guwahati
 
The play is based on “Bharathiya Mahileyara Swathanthra Horata”, a translation by well-known Kannada writer, K. Vaidehi, of Indian Women’s Freedom Struggle by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
 
(Collaboration: IGNCA)
 
 
Organised in collaboration with Delhi Crafts Council and with the support of Rohini Nilekani and Nandan Nilekani

 

He Bango Bhandare Tabo…

An evening of landmark literature and music of Bengal through the centuries

Presentations by Minoti Chatterjee; Averee Chourey; Indira Mukherjee; Ashish Ghosh; Siddhartha Dasgupta; Badal Ray; Shantanu Gangopadhyay; Shamik Ray; Jayati Ghosh; Ranjani Sanyal; and Sharboni Goswami

 

With the support of Robi Geetika, Swopna Ekhon, and Bikolpo

Concept: Jayati Ghosh

 

Organised in collaboration with Impresario India

 

Dances from the North East

Presented by Sangeet Sattra Ensemble of Guru Ranjumoni Saikia, Guwahati

 

Followed by 

 

Popular Melodies of Legends of Bollywood

Bhupen Hazarika, Sachin Dev Burman, Rahul Dev Burman and others

By Nabaroon Bhattacharjee and group

 

Wetlands: Sponges of the Earth (26 min; dvd; English)

Director: Subodh Kumar

 

At a time when the nation is on the edge of a severe water crisis, the conservation and protection of wetlands, a reliable source of fresh water, is all the more relevant. The film chronicles this urgent need

 

Water is Life (26 min; dvd; English)

Director: Atul Gupta

 

That hydroelectricity is one of the cleanest forms of electricity production is a belief well entrenched in all of us. This however has collided with destruction of the environment of the hills. While cities like Delhi are increasing their consumption of electricity, local activists in Uttarakhand question the effectiveness of a forestation programme as a counter measure to the harmful effects of blasting through the mountains

 

Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust