"A Life Journey of Kathak" with Pt. Birju Maharaj,  renowned exponent, a living legend and doyen of Kathak who will be talking about his life journey and interact with the audience 

 

Moderator: Ms Sashwati Sen, noted Kathak dancer and disciple of Pt. Birju Maharaj  

 

 

 

Speakers: Professor Houra Yavari, Professor, Encyclopaedia Iranica,Columbia University; Dr. Khaterah Sheibani, Dept. of Language, Literature and Linguistics, York University, Toronto; Dr. Rakshanda Jalil, Writer, Critic and Literary Historian; and Professor G.J.V. Prasad, Centre for English, Sll & CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Moderator: Dr. Syed Akhtar Husain, President,  Institute of Indo-Persian Studies 

 

Panel Discussion of the International Conference on The Blind Owl: Hooting for 80 Years to be hosted by Institute of Indo Persian Studies and IIC-International Research Division

 

Speaker: Dr. Katja Müller,  researcher and research coordinator at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Area Studies, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Specialized in visual anthropology and ethnographic museums, she is currently working on impacts of digital processes concerning archives from India

 

Chair: Dr. Malavika Karlekar

 

Museums have entered the digital age. We can inform us online about visiting hours and events, and can view (parts of) the collections and archives that have been digitized. Pertaining to ethnographic museums in Europe, which are often based on collections gathered in colonial times, digitizing implies possibilities of access to a heritage that is a shared one: it is part of the originating culture as well as the storing one. 

 

In 2012 Indian curators from the Museum of Voice in Gujarat, in cooperation with a German and a British museum, started a unique project of making use of digitized photograph collections. The photos, that were taken in India between 1920 and 1950 and hidden in the European institutions until recently, became now of a new quality as their digital surrogates could reach out beyond the cabinets. They formed the basis for new perspectives and encounters

 

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Young Dr. Freud (110 min; dvd; English) 

Director: David Grubin

 

Young Dr. Freud retraces the early life of Sigmund Freud, from his birth in 1856 to the publication of his landmark book the Interpretation of Dreams in 1900. With Freud’s own words, vivid recreations, and the commentary of psychoanalysts and scholars, this two-part special examines how Freud created the revolutionary theories that have become part of the fabric of 20th century life and thought-shaping our notions of identity, memory, childhood and sexuality

 

 

 

An exhibition of photographs of the well-known Italian neorealist director on the sets

 

Organised as part of the IIC Film Club festival Re-visiting the Masters of Cinema: Pier Paolo Pasolini in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New Delhi

 

How can Dance inform Design, through, Drawing, Print and Collaboration

Speaker: Ms Sarah Jane Lawton who has initiated a transdisciplinary research and education project 'SHARING AND MAKING' to facilitate ethical action through collaboration; Ms. Gitanjali Kolanad and Ms. Aparna Banerjee

 

 

 

Directed by Nirmal Chander who will introduce the film

 

Weaving between past and present, performances and daily routine, the film focuses on the life and struggle of Shashadhar Acharya, the fifth generation of a family of traditional Chhau dancers of Seraikella. Masks are an integral part of Chhau, leading the performer through a series of meditative experiences, and allowing the dancer to become one with the character. How does Shashadhar relate to the tradition he was born into? What meaning does it have for him at this stage in his life?

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Shashadhar Acharya and Nirmal Chander

 

Vocal Recital

By Sunil R. Gargyan from Chennai, disciple of Padma Bhushan Shri P.S. Narayanaswamy

 

Accompanied by G. Raghavendra Prasad on violin and Elanthoor Jayan P. Das on mridangam

 

 

 

Vocal Recital

By Brindha Manickavasakan from Chennai, disciple of Sangita Kalacharya Smt Suguna Varadachari

 

Accompanied by Delhi R. Sridhar on violin and Kumbakonam N. Padmanaban on mridangam

 

Launch and discussion on the Collected Works of Prof. S.C. Malik, edited by Alok Tripathi (Exploring the Past: Problems and Issues; Indian History and Civilization: New Images of the Past;and The Being of Man: Science, Culture and Consciousness)

 

Panelists: Dr Rakesh Tewari, Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India; Shri K.N. Dixit, Chairman, Indian Archaeological Society; Shri B.M. Pandey, Director (Retd.) Archaeological Survey of India; Dr. B.R. Mani, Additional Director-General (Retd.) Archaeological Survey of India, and General Secretary, Indian Archaeological Society; and 

Dr. Nalini Thakur, School of Planning and Architecture