The Asiatic Lion: On a Roll Call (26 min; dvd; English)

Director: Praveen Singh

 

The Asiatic Lion faces its biggest crisis in decades. Poaching and increasing conflict with people because of limited habitation at Gir is threatening to undo years of conservation. Is there an alternative for the Asiatic Lion?

 

Trunk Call (30 min; dvd; English)

Directors: Geeta and Avinash Singh

 

A tale of discovery, challenge, trust, adventure and friendship. The film tells the story of a relationship that develops between two boys and five elephants – a trust born of mutual empathy and affection. A simple story told by children for children

 

Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

 

Albert Camus: A Gadfly in Purgatory

Speaker: Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, presently Vice- Dean and Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace, Jindal Global University

 

Chair: Professor Ajay Verma, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

 

 

Skill India

Speakers: Shri Rohit Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of SD&E; and  Shri Manish Sabarwal, Chairman and Co-Founder, Teamlease

 

Chairman: Shri M.C. Verma, Former Technical Advisor

 

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)

 

The Dark Road (65 minutes) 

Directed by Feisal Alkazi

 

Dramatization of a novel by Ma Jian. On the artery of China, the Yangtze, a young teacher Kongzi and his wife try to find refuge, seeking to escape from the one child policy. Poignant, poetic, dramatic

 

With Gayatri Khanna, Ashish Dhameja, Gunjan Sharma, Dhaatri, Deepak Adhar, Ritvik Mohan Bhagat, Aashna Arora, Dhruv Chugh, Tushar Shandilya and Vishnupriya

 

(Collaboration: Ruchika)

 

 

Includes talks, questions and answers, guided meditations, exercises in stress reduction and relaxation, mindful consumption, and practices to restore and maintain good communication.

 

Led by a group of teachers from the tradition of Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh, including a group of monastics from Plum Village, France and Deer Park, USA

 

Do please bring a packed lunch with you

 

(Collaboration: Ahimsa Trust)

 

 

 

Searching for the Sun

A poetography exhibition presented by The Indiestani Project

With photographs by Akriti Sondhi; and original poems by Shubhodeep Pal

 

Inauguration on Friday, 7th October 2016 at 18:30 with 
 

Performance Poetry

By Slam Out Loud – a spoken word group that brings poetry to children  

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

 

 

INSTITUTION AS ABHYAS

 

Off Stage with Namita Gokhale, Sanjoy Roy and William Dalrymple

Chair: Dr. Alka Pande

 

(Collaboration: Lila Foundation for Translocal Initiatives)

 

 

From Geeta Roy to Geeta Dutt

Pran Nevile pays tribute to the legendary playback singer 

followed by a concert by Dr Meelu Verma

 

(Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)

 

 

ART MATTERS

 

Shubha Mudgal in conversation with S. Kalidas

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

 

 

 

Cosmetics and Beauty Products – At What Health Costs

Series moderator: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Roopa Vajpeyi, Academic and Consumer Activist

 

Panelists: Shri G.N. Singh, Drugs Controller General (India); Prof S.D. Seth, Chairman in Clinical Pharmacology, ICMR; Dr. D.C. Katoch, Joint Advisor, Ayush, Ministry of Health, Govt. of India; and Dr. Sumant Bharadwaj, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

 

(Collaboration: Health Environment Foundation in association with Consumers India)