By Pola Baytelman, well-known pianist from Chile

 

The artist will present a concert of works by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Darius Milhaud; and Isaac Albéniz

 

By Aarthi Vasudevan from Chennai, disciple of Kalaimamani Shailaja

 

Speakers: Shri Ranjan Mathai, former Foreign Secretary and High Commissioner to Britain ; Prof. Partha Sen, former professor, Delhi School Economics; Dr. Patrick French, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge University; Prof. Nandini Sundar, Professor of Sociology, Delhi University; and Shri Sukumar Murlidharan, senior journalist. 

 

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

 

 

With Pandit Kedar Bodas (Khayal) 

Born in a family of professional musicians, Kedar Bodas received initial ta'lim from his grandfather Pandit  Lakshmanrao Bodas who was a direct disciple of Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar of the Gwalior gharana. Subsequently, he learnt from his father Pandit Narayanrao Bodas, Dr. Ashok Ranade, Pandit C. P. Rele, Pandit T.D. Janorikar and Pandit Bhalachandra Pendharkar, thus extending the corpus of his musical knowledge across several gharanas. 

 

For this mehfil, Kedar has chosen to start with raga Shri and then present three rare ragas  - Purva, Malashri & Sangam Kedar - featuring an eclectic selection of bandishes composed by Pandit Bhaskarbua Bakhle, Pandit Ram Marathe and other stalwarts of the Gwalior, Agra and Bhendi Bazar gharanas 

 

(Collaboration: Shri Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman, Jnana Pravaha: Centre for Cultural Studies and Research & NaadSaagar Archives and Documentation Society for South Asian Music)

 

Speaker: Dr. Vikram Soni, Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia

Chief Guest: Shri Kapil Misra

Chair: Shri Kuldip Nayyar

 

 

The talk brings to focus a new source of water which is invisible – the sandy floodplains of the river. Over 5 km wide and 50 to 100 metres deep, running the length of the river, 40 per cent of its volume is water that is naturally stored, and recharged with the annual monsoon. A local and perennial source of quality drinking water whose potential is yet not wholly understood and which can non-invasively provide water to over 500 cities that exist on the floodplains of rivers. The first such project is presently nearing completion in the northern Yamuna flood plain at Palla in Delhi NCT. 

 

The talk will also encompass the impact of this ecological breakthrough on river cities all over the world

 

Directors: Ruchi Shrivastava & Sumit Khanna

Produced by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

Recipient of the Rajat Kamal Award for Best Environment Film, National Film Award 2015-16

 

Seldom does a man’s deeds loom so large that they dwarf the very mountains from where they emanate. One such person is Chandi Prasad Bhatt, who has strong claims to being the first modern Indian environmentalist, and arguably also its greatest. One of the pioneers of the Chipko movement, the film seeks to decipher the life, the motivation and work of a man who silently changed the paradigm of environment activism in India and has been described by Ramchandra Guha as one of the finest Indians alive today

 

(Collaboration: Public Service Broadcasting Trust)