Khovar and Sohrai Art of Hazaribagh

The traditional art of women artists of Hazaribagh, north Jharkhand. Khovar or comb-cut art is made during the marriage season, a type of sagraffito art using reversed slip pottery technique; and Sohrai a winter harvest art, painted as a ritual thanksgiving for a good harvest. This tradition of painting Khovar and Sohrai art is fast vanishing from the village mud house walls

Presented by Virasat Trust

 

Preview on Tuesday, 24 July 2018 at 18:30

 

During the exhibition, two women artists, Parvati Devi, Sohrai artist from Bhelwara village; and Malo Devi, Khovar artist from Jorakath village will present a live demonstration

 

 

THE IIC  DOUBLE BILL CONCERT 

 

Violin Recital

By Danish Ali Khan from Delhi, disciple of Ustad Mohammad Ali Khan Sahab

   

Followed by

 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Debdeep Mishra  from West Bengal, disciple of  Pt Tushar Dutta Pt  Aniruddha Bhattacharya

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

There’s Something in the Air: 70 Life Stories from India and Italy

Edited by Lorenzo Angeloni & Maria Elettra Verrone (New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2018)

 

Names of the panelists to be announced later

My Soul Flower 

Release of the book of poems by Dr.  Lavlin Thadani

 

Panelists: Shri H. K. Dua; Dr. H. K. Kaul; Shri Amit Khanna; Ms. Rene Ranchan and Shri Venkat Narayan

Chair: Shri Arif Mohammed Khan

 

Moderator: Shri Anurag Batra, Editor, Business World

 

The programme will close with a performance based on the poems of Dr. Lavlin Thadani

Compere: Vedant Thadani

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

Rape Law and Constructions of Sexuality

Discussion on the book by Madhu Mehra

 

Urvashi Butalia, Founder and CEO, Zubaan in discussion with Madhu Mehra, author, feminist lawyer and Executive Director, Partners for Law in Development; Farah Naqvi, writer and activist; Rebecca Mammen John, Senior Advocate, Delhi High Court; and Shohini Ghosh, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia University, essayist, and documentary film-maker

 

FILMS ON WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT

 

An Island of Hope (26 min; 2010; dvd; English)

Director: Pankaj Butalia

 

The Chakmas are a tribal group that went to Pakistan when the Chittagong Hilly Tracts became part of what was then known as East Pakistan. In 1964, the setting up of the Kaptal Hydel Project uprooted 50,000 Chakmas from their traditional homelands. Most of them then crossed over to India where they were buffeted from one state to another. They ended up living in and around Changlang, a small part of Eastern Arunachal Pradesh. A few years ago, a small school was started in Diyun, Changlang, by a few young Chakma men. This school suddenly transformed the local environment and led to the local communities grudgingly accepting this ‘outsider’ immigrant community

 

A Dam Old Story (26 min; 2010; dvd; English)

Director: Tarini Manchanda

 

A film about Himachal Pradesh’s precious Renuka Valley – home to biodiverse forests, fertile lands and people who have been living and farming in India’s northern mountains for generations. This Valley lies in the submergence area of a dam project that is meant to supply water to Delhi. The film takes a look at the stakes for this dam and asks whether Delhi needs  this dam or Himachal’s water, at all. What can Delhi learn from the Renuka Valley?

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

(Collaboration: Gurukulam Foundation)

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Sarodists of Shahjahanpur Gharana

Her presentation will trace the origins of the gharana, its distinctive features of playing and the eminent maestros who have kept the unique style of this gharana alive 

 

Dr Chandrima Majumdar is a noted sarod player as well as a keen researcher belonging to the Shahjahanpur Gharana  

Twelve Great Short Stories from Bengal: Rabindranath to Samaresh Basu

A discussion on the book translated by Phalguni Matilal 

 

Panelists: Dr. Aruna Chakravarty, Author and Educationist; Shri Santosh Kumar, retired Ambassador

 

Chair: Shri Hiranmay Karlekar 

Concert of Classical Camerata

Presented by The Lyric Ensemble of Delhi founded by Situ Singh Buehler

Conductor: Madhav Rainer-Thapan

Piano and flute accompaniment 

 

Narrated by Sunit Tandon

 

A concert of soloists and chorus, presenting opera and lieder by Mozart, Schubert, Donizetti , Puccini and Verdi