FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
18 March 2017, 05:30 am
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
Old Man River (52 min; dvd; English)
Director: Gautam Bora
98 year old Kurak Pegu has worked hard all his life to survive and sustain his family along the flood prone Majuli in Assam. He knows that the Brahmaputra river has been both kind and harsh at the same time. He knows the river inside out and believes that the wisdom of this traditional knowledge handed down to him by his forefathers will give him the strength to cope with all the odds of nature
(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)
JASHN E ADAB – POETRY FESTIVAL
19 March 2017, 05:30 am
JASHN E ADAB – POETRY FESTIVAL
Programme Type
Cultural
Jashn e Adab – Poetry Festival
17:15 -18:00 – Rehman all Unplugged
The fame of Music ka Maha Magable and Amul Voice of Inda
18:00 to 19:00 – Kathak by Vidhal Lal and Abhimanyu Lal
19:00 – 19:30 – Closing Ceremony and Awards
By Shri Anil Baijal, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
19: 30 – Qawwali by Sabri Brothers
Main aur mera Samay
17 March 2017, 05:30 am
Main aur mera Samay
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Smt Maitreyi Pushpa,Vice Chairperson, Hindi Akadami Delhi; a noted fiction writer of Hindi and author of 10 novels, including Alma Kabutari, Jhoola Nat, Kasturi Kundal Base and Gudiya Bheetar Gudiya; and 7 short story collections including Fighter ki Diary, Goma Hansti Hai, Lalmaniya have been highly acclaimed
Her awards include: SAARC Literary Award, Sahitya Kriti Samman and Premchand Samman
(Collaboration: Indian Society for Authors)
Liberal Arts in the 21st Century: Modern Questions, Ancient Answers
17 March 2017, 05:30 am
Liberal Arts in the 21st Century: Modern Questions, Ancient Answers
Programme Type
Talks
FRIDAY 17
TALK ? SEMINAR ROOMS II& III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 17:30
Speaker: Professor Tamar Szabó Gendler, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yale University and Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and also Professor Psychology and Cognitive Science, Yale
(Collaboration: Ashoka University)
