Carnatic Vocal presented by Sikkil C. Gurucharan, grandson of Sikkil Kunjumani, disciple of Shri S. Gnanaskandan

 

Accompanists: V Sanjeev on violin; and Mannarkoil J. Balaji on Mridangam

 

 

Jazz Concert

 

Inauguration of the Festival

 

Seminar on Strengthening and Deepening Cooperation and Strategic Partnership Between India and Africa

Inaugural address: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC

 

Speakers: H.E. Mr Hatem Tageldin, Ambassador of Egypt; H.E. Ms. Gennet Zewide, Ambassador of Ethiopia;

H.E. Mr Pius Dunaiski, High Commissioner of Namibia; H. E. Mr France Morule, High Commissioner of South Africa;

H.E. Dr Hassan E. El Talib, Ambassador of Sudan; H. E. Mr Tarek Azouz, Ambassador of Tunisia; Shri Navtej Sarna, Secretary (West) MEA; Prof. Rajen G. Harshe, Visiting Professor of International Relations, South Asian University and former Vice-Chancellor, Allahabad University; Prof. Ajay Dubey, Chairperson, Centre for African Studies, JNU & General Secretary, African Studies Association of India; Shri K. P. Fabian, former Ambassador and Permanent Indian Representative to FAO; Shri Vijay Naik, Consulting Editor, Sakal Group of Newspapers and Convener, Indian Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents

 

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, CFTV NEWS and Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

 

Former Indian Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Africa and Scholars of African Studies in Delhi University and JNU will participate

 

Director: Sruti Harihara Subramanian

 

Ashvin Rajagopalan, Director, Piramal Art Foundation will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Film on the noted artist, Krishen Khanna. A Far Afternoon is an attempt to memorialize the artistic process involved in the creation of the eponymous art work

 

A cultural presentation by Saeed Naqvi

Accompanied by Askari, Dipta, Nazim, Shanney, Tasnim and Turab with commentary in English and Hindustani

 

Marsia, Soz, Salaam in Hindi/Hindustani, Awadhi and Farsi centred on The Tragedy of Karbela

 

The programme includes presentations on spine care, full body assessment for fitness and health; correct pattern of breathing; creative movement therapy; spinal assessment; and spine postural correction (technology from Japan)

 

The programme will be as follows:

16:00 to 17:00 – Open discussion on spine care and geriatric care

17:30 to 18:00 – Creative movement therapy

 

The age group targeted is 35 – 95 years!

 

 

With senior Dhrupad exponent  Pandit  (Prof.) Ritwik Sanyal who will present ragas and  compositions attributed to the Dagarbani tradition 

 

By students of Pramod Kingston – Abhiraj Darbari, Ahana Darbari, Aubhik Mazumdar, Christine Grace Khumukcham, Eric Mervin A., Esha Bharadwaj, Manasvi Gupta, Meher Nandrajog, Nevin Manuel A., Ritu Elizabeth Samuel, Rohan Samuel, Samuel Peter and Wilson Samuel

 

By Baul Shafi Mondol from Bangladesh, who will be sing rare as well as popular folk songs of undivided Bengal especially of the renowned mystic singer of the Indian Subcontinent, Lalon Fakir. Lalon represents and exemplifies the true revolutionary and secular nature of his community known as "Baul", a community of wandering singers whose wisdom and wit do not come from academic training, but from an active contact with a life intensely lived

 

Accompanied by Jagannath Roy on percussion and Rohit Prasanna on flute 

 

Baul Shafi Mondal hails from Kushtia in Bangaldesh, the birth place of this famous mystic poet and singer, Lalon Fakir. He has been performing at national and international platforms since the past thirty years