Dancers All…Dimensions Beyond the Performative – Gimpses. Conversations. Interactions

With Dr. Sunil Kothari – There is Dance. Therefore I AM

Smt Leela Venkataraman – Dancing in the Word

Shri Avinash Pasricha – The Rapture of Rasa in 2D

Celebrating Dr. Sunil Kothari, Smt Leela Venkataraman and Shri Avinash Pasricha and the vastness of their lives in dance

(Collaboration: Sudhaaya Dance Foundation; and Interface Media)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Technology and International Relations

By Bhaskar Balakrishnan (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017)

Panelists: Ambassador Balakrishnan, former Ambassador of India to Greece, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic; and Ambassador Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC and former Foreign Secretary

Chair: Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

Transformed by Travel: Historical Journeys in High Asia

Illustrated lecture by Shri Ravi Bhoothalingam

Chair: Dr. Manosi Lahiri

Strong convictions or emotional attachments are rarely altered through logical argument. But intense experiences – such as travel in remote and forbiddingly enchanting terrain – can change mind-sets and even personality. The illustrated presentation shows how the journeys of Kumarajiva, Xuan Zang, Francis Younghusband and Nicholas Roerich in Tibet, Central Asia, Mongolia and India, transformed them and influences their legacy for future generations

The Journey of Japan – India Relations Since the Meiji Era (1868-1912)

An exhibition of photographs on the enduring bonds between India and Japan from ancient times through historical bonds of culture and religion, especially Buddhism. Even in modern times, the two countries have maintained friendly relations that have lasted more than a hundred years since the Meiji era

Inauguration on Monday, 12 March 2018 at 17:30 by Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC and former Foreign Secretary and H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India

(Collaboration: Embassy of Japan)

PURANDARDASA TYAGRAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL

Vandey Sathguru Purandaradasa

An illustrated lecture by Dr. K. Vageesh

Followed by

Vocal Recital

By D. Vamsi Krishna

Accompanist: Delhi R. Sridhar on vilolin and Elanthoor Jayan P Das on mridangam

(Collaboration: Ramakrishnapuram South Indian Society)

PURANDARDASA TYAGRAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL

Vocal Recital

By Anjana Thirumalai

Accompanists: G. Raghavendra Prasath on violin and Kumbakonam N. Padmanaban on mridangam

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

Mysore as a Seat of Music: 1850-1947

A quick run through of the history of Indian classical music, dance, theatre and the contribution of the royal kingdom of Mysore

Illustrated lecture by Veejay Sai, award-winning writer, editor and culture critic

Chameli Devi Jain Award 2017

For an Outstanding Woman Journalist

Followed by

B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture

Chief Justice: First Among Equals

Speaker: Justice Shri Ajit Prakash Shah, former Chairman, 20th Law Commission of India and former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court

Free Speech in India

Presentation by Steven Butler, Asia Programme Coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists

(Organised by The Media Foundation)

Water Birds – An Index of Wetland Health

Photographs by Dr. K. A. Ramachandran, avid bird watcher and photographer

Preview on Thursday, 8 March 2018 at 18:30

In Memory of Ustad Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar

Dhrupad Jugalbandi

By Dagar Brothers – S. Nafeesuddin and S. Aneesuddin Dagar

Followed by

Dhrupad Recital

By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar

Accompanied by Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on the pakhawaj

(Collaboration: Dagar Brothers Memorial Trust)

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