AT 18:00

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Sneha Chakradhar from Delhi, disciple of Smt Geeta Chandran

 

At 19:00

Kathak Recital

By Shivalika Kataria from Delhi, disciple of Smt Prerana Shrimali 

 

The festival will showcase four forms of dance – Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi and Kuchipudi with disciples reflecting on their Guru’s style with the underlying theme of ‘spring’. The Gurus to be featured are Geeta Chandran for Bharatanatyam; Prerana Shrimali for Kathak; Madhavi Mudgal for Odissi; and Jayarama Rao for Kuchipudi

 

Each Guru will introduce their respective disciples and speak briefly about the distinctive features of their style, and passing an inheritance to the next generation

 

At 18:00

Odissi Duet

By Shobha Bisht and Deepika Bisht from Delhi, disciples of Smt Madhavi Mudgal

 

At 19:00

Kuchipudi Recital

By T. Reddi Lakshmi from Delhi, disciple of Guru Jayarama Rao

 

Photographs by Monica Bhasin

 

Walking through the streets of Panjim, Goa and reflecting upon the adjacent waterfronts, the photographer gathers residues of everyday life. Engaging with space, the photographic works are fragments of the narratives of the everyday

 

 

Adventure and Mental Health

Speakers: Dr. Ashok Jaryal; Shri Akhil Bakshi; and Dr. Siddharth Sarkar, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, AIIMS

 

Moderator: Dr. S.K. Khandelwal, Professor of Psychiatry, AIIMS

 

Traditionally, adventure is viewed as an outdoor activity involving intense physical exercise and risk taking behavior. However, in recent times, the research has demonstrated the beneficial effects of adventure through positive outcomes in effectively improving self - concept and self – esteem, increased mutual aid, pro-social behavior, trust behavior and more. Adventure has in recent times been linked with mental health. Outdoor experiences have been used to promote growth, development, and enhancement of an individual’s physical, social and psychological well – being. More recently, adventure therapy has evolved to include the use of adventure activities supported by traditional therapy

 

 

 

(96 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)

Written and Directed by Babu Eshwar Prasad who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

The road is the central protagonist which connects the various characters. The film opens with Prakash, a road engineer, leaving for a site visit to an unnamed village. Along the way, he gives a lift to Jaffer, a former seller of pirated dvds from whom Prakash receives a set of road movies from him. The sequences in the films and the people that Prakash meets in life began to resonate with each other. The road is a metaphor for life, for the journeys we make and the transitory relationships that are formed in the process

 

 

 

Pran Nevile pays tribute to the immortal legend, K.L. Saigal, poet, composer and singer

 

Followed by a Concert by Dr. Gaurav Sood

 

(87 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)

Directors: Ameesha Joshi & Anna Sarkissian

 

With This Ring is an independent feature documentary about the women who make up the Indian national boxing team. Filmed over the course of six years, from the jungles of south India to the highlands of north eastern Manipur, the film follows three champion women boxers – Sarita Devi, M C Mary Kom and Chhoto Loura as they rise to the top of their game, and do their utmost to stay in the limelight

 

 

 

1.      Survival

2.      The Other Side

3.      The Little Red Hen

4.      Manjil Meen (Yellow Fish)

 

Final showing of the Paper Theatre Masterclass led by Alain Lecucq and Narguess Majd

 

(Collaboration: UNIMA India)

A visual interpretation of the world of recycle and waste management

Curated by Aditya Arya

 

Artists: Cheena Kapoor; Manu Yadav; Monica Tiwari; Rahul Sharma; Saumya Khandelwal; Shweta Pandey; Sidhhartha Behl; Sreedeep; and Swarat Ghosh

 

Inauguration by Dr. Ashok Khosla, Founder President and Chairman, Development Alternatives on Friday, 1 April 2016 at 18:30

 

An exhibition of photographs by Sooni Taraporevala

 

Preview on Friday, 29 April 2016 at 18:30

 

Sooni has photographed people as they go about their daily lives, successfully narrating emotions of her subjects as they make conversation, attend family functions, at home or in the streets of Mumbai, a city which is considered a Parsi bastion

 

The exhibition has been organized in collaboration with the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi