Jashn-e Rekhta : Celebrating Urdu
 
In Conversation
Javed Akhtar in conversation with Rakhshanda Jalil
 
12:45 – 13:45
Urdu aur Hindi: Quarbaten aur Faasle (Urdu and Hindi: Convergence and Divergence)
Speakers: Ashok Vajpeyi; Purushottam Agrawal; and Shamim Hanfi
Moderator: Pervaiz Alam
 
14:30 – 15:30
“Padhant” 
Recitation by Zia Mohyeddin
 
15:45 - 17:00
Mushaire ka Badalta Rang-Roop (The Changing Face of Mushaira)
Kumar Vishwas, Munawwar Rana and Satyapal Anand with Ravish Kumar
 
 
17:15 – 18:30
Urdu Shayari aur Tahzeeb: Ek Zaati Tajraba (Reliving Urdu Poetry and Culture)
Saeed Naqvi in conversation with Obaid Siddiqui
 
19:00 – 21:00
Film- Garam Hava (Scorching Winds)
(146 min; 1973; dvd; English subtitles)
A film by M.S. Sathyu
 
With Balraj Sahni, Farooq Sheikh, Shaukat Kaifi, A.K. Hangal
 
Recipient of the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, National Film Awards, India  1974; Filmfare Awards 1975 for Best Screenplay; Best Story; and Best Dialogue Writer
 
 
M S. Sathyu’s landmark film on the plight of a North Indian Muslim family, in the post partition period of 1947. The protagonist, a businessman is caught in a dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan or stay back. The film details the slow disintegration of his family, and is one of the most poignant films ever made on India's partition
 

With Agra gharana vocalist Janab Waseem Ahmed Khan (Khayal)

 

Initiated into ta'lim by his maternal grandfather Ustad Ata Hussain Khan, Janab Waseem Ahmed Khan has had the good fortune of learning with his father Ustad Naseem Ahmed Khan & uncle Ustad Shafi Ahmed Khan of the Agra gharana. In keeping with the rich repertoire of the gharana, he will present rarely heard ragas and bandish-es

 

Humayun's Tomb Conservation: A Scientific Approach

Speaker: Shri Ratish Nanda, Project Director, Aga Khan Trust For Culture

 

Chair: Dr. Janhwij Sharma, Director, Conservation, Archaeological Survey of India

 

From traditional scientific knowledge in preparation of lime mortar to state of art use of laser scanners - Humayun's tomb has benefited from a host of scientific conservation practices 

 

FRIDAY 13

 

Dr.  Rathin Roy, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy; Dr. Surajit Mitra, Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Shri Sunil Jain, Managing Editor, Financial Express will discuss Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform by Bibek Debroy (Gurgaon: Random House; 2014)

 

Chair: Dr. Subramanian Swamy

Acrylic on canvas – an exhibition of paintings

By Virendra Kumar from Delhi

 

Inauguration by Shri Ram V. Sutar on Tuesday, 10 March 2015 at 18:30

Vocal Recital

By Vidushi Kankana Bannerji

 

Rajasthani Folk Music

By Ustad Anwar Khan Manganiar and Group

 

Vocal Recital

By Vidushi Bindu Chawla

 

Qawwali

By Warsi Brothers and Group

Stories and art, music and dance and everything else that makes Vasant special

Presented by Deepa Agarwal and Sunita Baveja

Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present

 

Death and the Maiden (Israel/Germany; 30 min; 2014) Dir: Yael Lotem

Shortly after WWII, over 1000 paintings were found in a Cellar in southern France… 

 

I Have Only One Language; It is Not Mine (India; 30 min; 2014) Dir: Mithu Sen

Originally an installation, explores the process the limitations of language and the possibility of dialogue outside it

 

11:45 – 13:30

The Last Adieu (India; 90 min; 2013) Dir: Shabnam Sukhdev

The personal quest of a filmmaker’s daughter to unravel the past and make a connection with her father, S. Sukhdev

 

14:30 – 16:00

Raah (India;19 min; 2014) Dir: Radhika Fatania

The director explores her own indecisiveness about her life and career

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Pava (India; 10 min; 2014) Dir: Vaishnavi Sundararajan

A young, budding sportsperson, her barber, and their casual chit-chat 

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Fragments of Peace (Experimental; UK;16 min; 2014) Dir: Lin Li

Using interviews the film considers the questions of what constitutes peace and whether peace is attainable

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

16:30 – 18:20

Chhatrabhang (Imageography Cine Art Film Poem; India; 84 min; 1975) Dir: Nina Sugati S R Shivdasani Rovshen

An unusual poetic docu-drama with a socio-eco-political analysis of hierarchy and caste relations in rural India

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

18:30 – 20:30 

Maine Dilli Nahin Dekha (Bangladesh/India; 19 min; 2014) Dir: Humaira Bilkis

The filmmaker discovers the soul of the city not in its museums, mausoleums and architecture but in her relationship with its people

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Self Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47km (China; 76 min; 2014) Dir: Zhang Mengqi

Through the act of making the film, she tries to build a bridge between the older generation and the children