A film by Stanzin Dorjai Gya & Christiane Mordelet

 

Produced by Les Films de la Découverte and Himalayan Film House

 

 

 

The film will be introduced by Stanzin Dorjai Gya

 

 

 

The Shepherdess of the Glaciers is a moving story of Tsering, a shepherdess, who leads her flock of 300 sheep and Pashmina goats in search of fodder across the high Himalayan plateau of Ladakh. 

In the dry and desolate landscape, she lives with her herd constantly on guard against predatory attacks from wolves and snow leopards. Her brother, Stanzin, followed her over the course of

 one year and filmed her exhausting work across the harsh mountain terrain, bringing to the screen exceptional footage of the unique bond Tsering shares with her animals. The wool produced by 

her pashmina goats will eventually reach the luxury cashmere industry to be woven into highly prized fabrics and shawls

(Collaboration: The Citizen)

 

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Rudolf Nureyev (90 min; 1991; dvd; English)

Director: Patricia Foy

 

This documentary chronicles the ups and downs of the revolutionary ballet star Rudolf Nureyev's career, from his poverty-ridden childhood, to his life as a ballet student, to the defection which led him to some of the greatest roles he would take on. The film also examines Nureyev's professional relationship with Margot Fonteyn, his rumoured depression, and his overall effect on modern dance

 

Different Styles and Banis of Veena Playing in Carnatic Music

Saraswati Rajagopalan  is a noted  exponent of Carnatic veena, and disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi and Padmabhushan  K.S. Narayanaswamy

 

Chair: Shri Veejay Sai, writer on dance and music

 

Different Styles and Banis of Veena Playing in Carnatic Music

Saraswati Rajagopalan  is a noted  exponent of Carnatic veena, and disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi and Padmabhushan  K.S. Narayanaswamy

 

Chair: Shri Veejay Sai, writer on dance and music

 

Written by Gautam Raja 

Directed by Jeff Teare

Presented by Jagriti Theatre, Bengaluru

 

A husband and wife, a doctor and a scientist, a mother and a baby and antibiotics that no longer work

 

Performance will be followed by an interaction with the audience

 

 

 Antyajaa
A discussion on the intersecting inequalities of the Last Girl
 Speakers : Dr. Malini Bhattacharyya,  President, All India Democratic Women’s Association, author and formerly Professor of English, Jadavpur University and Ms Ruchira Gupta, human rights activist, author, Emmy award winning journalist and founder, Apne Aap Women Worldwide.
 

 

(Collaboration: Apne Aap Women Worldwide)

 

Shri Paranjoy Guha-Thakurta, Editor, Economic and Political Weekly and author; Shri Nikhil Dey, activist and Convenor, NCPRI; and Ms Neerja Choudhury, senior journalist and commentator will discuss Claiming India from Below: Activism and Democratic Transformation by Vipul Mudgal (New Delhi: Routledge, 2016)

 

Chair: Prof. Satish Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics