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)

 

Perfection in Imperfection – The Invisible Rafugars

Speaker: Priya Ravish Mehra, textile artist and weaver, researcher and designer

 

Moderator: Ritu Sethi

 

The talk will centre around the invisible darning tradition of the Rafoogar’s of Najibabad and the speaker’s collaboration with them in the conservation and restoration of historic textiles

 

(Collaboration: Craft Revival Trust)

 

The First Witnesses

A photography exhibition by Vijay S. Jodha

 

Preview on Wednesday, 7 March 2018 at 18:30

 

The exhibition is an attempt to represent the women who are victims as well as the closest observers in the large-scale and on-going agrarian crisis in India, which has led to farmers’ suicides. Each woman, a first-hand witness to a personal tragedy involving her own husband or sometimes her father

 

VIDHI DIALOGUES

 

Economic Survey and Budget 2018

Speakers: Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor to Government of India; and Shri Arvind Datar, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court 

 

(Collaboration: Vidhi Centre for Legal Studies)

 

Abhyas Lecture Series

A series of three lectures organised in collaboration with Studio Abhyas

 

ON 5 MARCH 2018 AT 18:30

Rethinking Comparative Aesthetics in Uneven Globalising Times

Speaker: Prof. Parul Dave Mukherji, Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

ON 6 MARCH 2018 AT 18:30

The Origins of Metaphor, or the Origins of Deification

Speaker; Prof. Milind Wakankar, IIT - Delhi 

 

ON 7 MARCH 2018 AT 18:30

Solving Poetic Puzzles: Mukula Bhatta against Anandavardhana’s Theory of Suggestion

Speaker: Dr. Malcolm Keting, Yale-NUS College, Singapore