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Ram-Rasa: Experiencing through Sankirtan

A musical led by neuro-divergent creative professionals committed to bridging the gap between traditional spirituality and modern accessibility and promoting inclusion in true sense.

(Collaboration: Inclusive Spaces)
 

The World Is What We See  
A Solo Exhibition of Watercolours by Dr Sunil Parulkar
Curated by Ajay Jugraan and Shuchi Mathur

The exhibition unfolds across three interrelated modes of seeing—Attention, Encounter, and Pause—bringing together architectural studies, portraiture, and nature paintings. Drawing from ideas articulated in the Chitrasutra, it celebrates the rasas s??gara, hasya, and santa. Resonating with Wallace Stevens’s idea that the world is shaped by perception, the exhibition invites reflection, presence, renewal, and quiet joy through attentive seeing.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Saturday, 21 March 2026 at 18:30 hrs by Dr Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, the Executive and Academic Head of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)

The exhibition will remain open daily from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs
 

Samanvaya: Line · Colour · Form – Dialogues in Contemporary Indian Art
Curated by Jyoti A. Kathpalia.

Samanvaya, a Sanskrit term meaning harmony, synthesis, reflects the coming together of diverse artistic expressions into a cohesive whole. Samanvaya: Line · Colour · Form brings together eminent contemporary artists working across painting, printmaking, and sculpture. The exhibition is presented by Delhi Art Society. Delhi Art Society (DAS) was founded with the vision of creating a meaningful dialogue between art and the public sphere, with a strong emphasis on public art.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on the 20th March at 18:00 hrs and will remain open daily from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs from 21st March t0 30th March, 2026

Exhibition Catalogue release by Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon'ble Minister of Culture and Tourism, Govt. of India and Shri Rameshwar Broota, renowned artist on 23 March at 6 pm

(Collaboration: The Delhi Art Society (DAS)
 

Book Discussion Group

Pandemics and Literature: Regional and Global Perspectives

by Kamlesh Mohan and Saurav Kumar Rai

Discussants: Dr. Akshaya Kumar, Professor, English Department, Panjab University;Dr. Madhuri Sharma, Assistant Professor, History Department, Bharati College, Delhi University; Dr. Vivek Sachdeva, Professor, English Department, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University; Dr. Kamlesh Mohan, Professor- Emeritus in History, Panjab University & Editor of the Book; Mr. Saurav K. Rai, Research Officer, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti & Editor of the Book

Moderator: Dr. Amar Farooqui, Former Professor, History Department, Delhi University

About the Book: 

This volume provides a literary-cum-historiographical analysis of epidemics and pandemics. It looks at folklore, tribal folktales, eyewitness accounts, memoirs and missionary writings from India and the west to explore the history of some of the major outbreaks in history. The chapters focus on the impact of outbreaks such as plague, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis and COVID-19, upon the material life of people, their social dislocation and their complex responses to such crises. The book studies the role of pandemics in pushing scientists, social actors and littérateurs to develop new paradigms in knowledge generation, theories of environmental dislocation and the economic slide. It examines themes such as changes in the perception of epidemic diseases across different periods of history, popular responses to state intervention during epidemics, gendering epidemics, as well as the impact of rumours during epidemics.

The Chameli Devi Jain Award 2026

For Outstanding Woman Media Person of the Year, the Vishwa Nath-Delhi Press Award for Fearless Journalism and the Kamla Mankekar Award for Journalism on Gender will also be presented

Followed by BG Verghese Memorial Lecture on 'Freedom of the Purse and the AI of the Affluent'
To be delivered by P Sainath, Journalist and Founder-Editor of People's Archive of Rural India, will deliver the 12th BG

(Collaboration: The Media Foundation)

Vasant Utsav: A festival of Folk Arts – 19 and 20 March 2026

A two-day festival of folk music,dance and art, celebrating contemporary narratives in traditional folk art. The festival includes performances, exhibition and demonstration.  

On 19 and 20 March 2026 from 11:00 to 17:30

Phulkari Embroidery Demonstration and Exhibition

An exhibition by the women artisans from Nabha, Punjab will exhibit traditional Phulkari embroidered textiles and conduct live-demonstrations and workshops. The Nabha Foundation launched the ‘Nabha Phulkari,’ the Foundation supports over 300 women artisans through the Nabha Phulkari Mahila Industrial Cooperative Society Limited.

The artist will continue to demonstrate and sing on the second day of the festival also.

On 19 March 2026 at 18:00 in the Fountain Lawns

Basant in the Land of Five Rivers: Dance and Songs from Punjab

By the artists of Universal Art and Culture Welfare Society, Mohali, who shall be performing Jundua, Gidha, Bhangra ; Folk singing by Garry Gill and Sukhbeer Pal Kaur.

On 20 March 2026 at 18:00 in the Fountain Lawns

Rhythms of Chhattisgarh: Folk Dances of the Heartland

By the artists of Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh performing Gedi Dance, Karma Dance, Sarhul Dance and many more from the region.

(Collaboration: NCZCC, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)

Eternal Sky
(108 minutes;2022; English)
Directed by Debra Kellner

HOW DID TIME BEGIN?
Did the big bang happen, or did something else occur?
Humanity has searched for the answer to this question since time immemorial.
?Six years in the making, the movie Eternal Sky was filmed over three continents. It follows science's most ambitious quest: how did time begin? Set in the remote Andes in the Chilean Atacama Desert, the documentary reveals an intimate story behind one of science's most competitive races by merging ancient wisdom and modern science. Eternal Sky follows in the footsteps of some of the world's leading astrophysicists as they seek to unravel the origins of time, space, and matter. The film follows the lives of several Atacameno elders who take the viewer on a soulful vision of the cosmos. The coexistence between scientists and the local Atacameno culture is a confrontation between the mystical and the existential.

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Guardians of the Republic: Essays on the Constitution, Justice, and the Future of Indian Democracy
by Ashwani Kumar (Om Books International, 2025)

Discussants: Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member, Lok Sabha; Sh. Yogendra Yadav, Author, Activist and Public Intellectual; Prof. Neera Chandhoke, Former Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi; Sh.Gurcharan Das, Author, Commentator & Public Intellectual; Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, Former Union Minister for Law and Justice 

From Amazon to Ganga: A celestial journey
(90 minutes; 2025; English)
Directed and written by Sehdev Kumar
This film is a deeply personal meditation on the nature and expression of the spiritual quest, envisioned as a celestial journey. Drawing upon the filmmaker’s life it reflects experiences and inspired by the visions of Sri Aurobindo, Kabir, and Albert Einstein. An evocative interplay of light and water, the film contemplates creation as a cosmic womb, exploring how elemental forces weave together a longing for renewal and new birth.
Sehdev Kumar, Professor Emeritus of Bioethics and Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo, Canada

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director of the film.
 

Sandwiched between China and the US: South Korea's Quest of Transcending Diplomacy
Speaker: Prof. Moon Chung-in, James Laney Distinguished Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.  Krause Distinguished Fellow, School of Policy and Global Strategy, University of California, San Diego, and co-Convener of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN)

Moderator: Prof. Alka Acharya, Director, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)

The talk will deliberate on the convoluted dynamics and the new narratives in East Asia, in the context of present-day needs, from a mainly South Korean perspective. The lecture would seek to examine the unilateral and self-centred policies of the US under Trump 2.0., which are, to all extents and purposes, creating very damaging economic and political conditions for the world. It appears that the US is no longer playing the role of a hegemonic stabilizer, but contending with China to be the most powerful country. East Asia’s cognitive dissonance of the US has become severely aggravated under Trump 2.0.

This is the 3rd Gargi and Vidya Prakash Dutt Memorial Lecture 2026

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)