WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2017: 29 AND 30 APRIL 2017

Organised in collaboration with Natya Vriksha

Curator: Geeta Chandran

10:00 to 12:00 

Everyone Can Dance

Bharatanatyam workshop conducted by Geeta Chandran

(For all those who have not had any formal dance training; age no bar!)

At 16:00

 

Dance in Retrospect Part II

Edited by Dr. Sunil Kothari will be launched by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

 

Followed by a dialogue with Dr. Kothari on his life and work

At 18:30

Young Dancers Festival

Bharatanatyam 

By Aniruddha Knight, grandson of Balasaraswati

At 19:45

Kathak

By Gauri Diwakar

 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Parthasarathi Lanka from Delhi, disciple of Guru Chandan Kumar Jena

 

Followed by

 

Siddha Veena Recital

By Siddhartha Banerjee from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt Jaya Banerjee


(Collaboration: Kalaikoodam and Ramakrishnapuram South Indian Society)

 

 

 

Speaker: Professor Syed Nadeem Rezavi, Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University

Chair: Professor Nalini Thakur

 

 

An exhibition of abstract landscapes

By Supriya Sathe

 

By Gabriele Carcano

 

Recipient of a 2010 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award, he is equally at home as a soloist with orchestras and in chamber music. Other awards include the Casella Prize at the Competition Premio Venezia, where he made his debut at Teatro La Fenice. He has been supported by the CRT Foundation, De Sono Foundation and was also awarded a grant from the Fondation des Banques Populaires Françaises - Natexis in 2008

 

The programme includes works by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms and Debussy

 

 

 

An illustrated presentation of the book, First Garden of the Republic: Nature on the President’s Estate, by Amita Baviskar , environmental sociologist and editor of  First Garden of the Republic: Nature on the President’s Estate

 

Chair:  Prof Narayani Gupta 

 

Renowned across the world, the Mughal Garden of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi attracts millions of visitors. Less well known is the fact that the President’s Estate also contains hundreds of acres of jungle, orchards, cultivated fields and open grounds, all teeming with a wealth of plant and animal life that did not exist 85 years ago. As a result, an oasis of ecological diversity flourishes in the heart of urban Delhi.  How was this miracle achieved? What keeps it going today?

 

This talk will show how, in the last days of empire, British rulers transformed the once-barren hilltop of Raisina into a lush landscape designed to display colonial power and style. After Independence, this imperial legacy was reshaped to serve the public purpose. The talk will also discuss how human agency creates and curates this habitat, looking particularly at the quiet yet constant work done by the malis (gardeners). It will trace the history of the formal gardens and forests, highlighting the role of sentiment, status and taste in designing this landscape 

 

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

India and the Global Game of Gas Pipelines

By Gulshan Dietl (Oxon: Routledge, 2017)

 

Discussants: Ms Sudha Mahalingam, former Member, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board; Prof. Girijesh Pant, former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Prof. Rajen Harshe, Dept. of International Relations, South Asian University

 

Chair: Prof. S.D. Muni, Distinguished Fellow IDSA and Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

Michelangelo in the City of the Borgias

Speaker: Professor Eugenio Lo Sardo

 

Chair: Ms Yashodhara Dalmia

 

(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural centre)

 

 

Speaker: Professor Eugenio Lo Sardo

 

Chair: Ms Yashodhara Dalmia

 

(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural centre)

 

 

Speaker: Professor Eugenio Lo Sardo

 

Chair: Ms Yashodhara Dalmia

 

(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural centre)