Relevance of Traditional Cultures for the Present and the Future
22 March 2017, 05:30 am
Relevance of Traditional Cultures for the Present and the Future
Programme Type
Discussions
The first copy of the book edited by Ambassador K. Raghunath and Ambassador Nalin Surie, will be received by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice-President of India
(Organised by the IIC International Research Division)
World Press Photo 16
22 March 2017, 05:30 am
World Press Photo 16
An exhibition of prize winning photographs from the World Press Photo Contest 2016. An annual contest on photojournalism and documentary photography conducted by the World Press Photo Foundation, the contest awards photographers for the best images in visual journalism of the past year. The jury of the 2016 competition gave prizes in eight categories to 41 photographers from 21 countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, and the USA
The prize-winning photographs have been printed on Canon large – format printers and Arizona Flatbed printers by Océ
World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon
Inauguration on Tuesday, 21 March 2017 at 18:30
(Collaboration: The World Press Photo Foundation; Embassy of The Netherlands; and Adaan Foundation)
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
18 March 2017, 05:30 am
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
Old Man River (52 min; dvd; English)
Director: Gautam Bora
98 year old Kurak Pegu has worked hard all his life to survive and sustain his family along the flood prone Majuli in Assam. He knows that the Brahmaputra river has been both kind and harsh at the same time. He knows the river inside out and believes that the wisdom of this traditional knowledge handed down to him by his forefathers will give him the strength to cope with all the odds of nature
(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)
JASHN E ADAB – POETRY FESTIVAL
19 March 2017, 05:30 am
JASHN E ADAB – POETRY FESTIVAL
Programme Type
Cultural
Jashn e Adab – Poetry Festival
17:15 -18:00 – Rehman all Unplugged
The fame of Music ka Maha Magable and Amul Voice of Inda
18:00 to 19:00 – Kathak by Vidhal Lal and Abhimanyu Lal
19:00 – 19:30 – Closing Ceremony and Awards
By Shri Anil Baijal, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
19: 30 – Qawwali by Sabri Brothers
