Prof. G.C. Tripathi, Director, Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology; Prof. R.N. Misra, Art Historian; and Prof. K.D. Tripathi, scholar of non - dualistic philosophy will discuss Kalatattvakosa: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts, Vol 7. Substratum/Abode Sthana/Ayatana by Kamaleshadatta Tripathis, Sukumar Chattopadhyay and Pranati Ghosal (New Delhi: IGNCA, 2015)

 

Chair: Prof. Bettina Sharada Baumer

 

By Sovanabrata Sircar,  from Delhi, disciple of Guru Bipin Singh and  Kalavati Devi and Nutan Sovan Sircar, disciple of  Sovanabrata Sircar,  from Delhi  

 

By Delhi R. Sridhar, disciple of Gurus Shri V.S.K. Chakrapani and presently Smt Akhila Krishnan

 

Accompanists: N. Padmanabhan (mridangam); and J. Vignesh (kanjira)

 

The artist will present a musical homage to past violin maestros – Lalgudi Jayaraman, T.K. Jayarama Iyer and others

 

 

 

An interactive performance tracing the journey of Sufism from the 8th Century AD to the present, touching upon the lives of the Sufi saints. Through narrations and live music the performance explores the essence of Sufism and how it continues to impact on our everyday lives

 

Presented by The Looking Glass, Mumbai

With Anuraag Dhoundeyal (singer, composer and performer); Priyanka Patel (storyteller); and Karan Chitra Deshmukh (tabla and multi-percussionist)

 

Narratives performed in English and Hindi

 

Speaker: Prof. Robert Thurman, well-known contemporary scholar-teacher of Buddha Dharma and Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University

 

Chair: Dharmacharya Shantum Seth

 

 

 

 

Meena Kumari’s poetry will be interspersed with anecdotes from her personal life 

By Dr. Lavlin Thadani and Dr. Tarannum Riaz, eminent poets 

 

Chair: Dr. Harish Bhalla

 

 

 

With Smt Apoorva Gokhale (Khayal) 

Smt Apoorva Gokhale was born into a rich legacy of music, representing the 5th generation of the heritage of her family. She is the great grand-daughter of Pandit Anant Manohar Joshi and the grand-daughter of Pandit Gajananrao Joshi, both of whom are illustrious figures in the lineages of the Gwalior, Agra and Jaipur-Atrauli gharanas. For this special mehfil, Apoorva will present ragas and bandishes closely associated with the legacy of Pandit Gajananrao Joshi who initiated her into the world of music 

 

 

By Apoorva Krishna  from Bangalore, disciple of  Guru Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanandam and Guru Anuradha Sridhar

 

 

Geeta Kapur in conversation with Sabih Ahmad

 

Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi

 

 

The Environment for India’s Environment

Speaker: Shri Jairam Ramesh, MP

 

Followed by a discussion

Panelists: Shri Darryl D’Monte, Chairperson, Forum of Environmental Journalists of India (FEJI); Ms Bahar Dutt, award winning journalist and author; and Dr. Shibani Ghosh, Fellow, Centre for Policy Research