Concert: Lalon Geeti
Concert: Lalon Geeti
By Farida Parveen, Bangladesh’s most well-known exponent of the songs of Lalon Fakir
Born in Kushtia, the place where Lalon Fakir was born and had practiced his sadhana through his songs, she will sing in Bengali and Hindi (translations by Muchkund Dubey). She will also present Adhunik Bangla songs
(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)
Glimpses of Magic
An exhibition of water colours and colour pencil
By Nita Banerji
Preview on Thursday, 1st June 2017 at 18:30
Celebrating Legendary Poets
In Celebration of Birth Anniversary of Sant Gyaneshwar
Speakers: Dr. B. R. Patil, social scientist and poet and Shri Madhukar Lele, media specialist, former Additional Director-General, AIR and Doordarshan
Chair: Dr. Kamal Taori, IAS (Retd.)
(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)
China’s Foreign Policy and its Regional Impact
Speaker: Professor Shen Dingli, Professor of International Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai
A Memoir of the Future (English; 75 min)
A monologue on the life and times of Wilfred Bion, world renowned psychoanalyst
Conceived and written by Meg Harris Williams
Performed and directed by Tom Alter
ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Noise Pollution – Dangerous Decibels
Speakers: Dr. K.K. Agarwal, National President, Indian Medical Association; Shri Ravi Kalra, Founder, Earth Saviours Foundation; and Shri A.K. Aswal, Director, CSIR, National Physics Laboratory
Moderator: Shri Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link
Rare Carnatic Talas – A Lecture Demonstration
Percussion maestro, Shri T. R. Dhandapany along with his disciples under the ‘Guru Shishya Parampara’ will be sharing his research on rare Carnatic taalas (sulaadi sapta taalas) through a lecture demonstration on Mridangam and Konnakol. The theory of taala patterns and imposition of different gatis (speed cycles) will be explained through demonstration of various compositions. This will be followed by a talavadhyakucheri on one of these rare taalas to demonstrate the practical applicability of these rarely performed taalas
Performers: Shri M.V. Chandrashekhar, Shri Adithya Krishnan, Shri Anuraag and Shri Sathyanarayanan on mridangam; Shri D. Kartik Narayanan on mridangam / kanjira; Shri Prasanna Sampath on dholak; and Shri Srinivasan on ghatam
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Ashvini Modak from Pune, disciple of Dr. Prabha Atre
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Age of Anger: A History of the Present
By Pankaj Mishra (New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2017)
Panelists: Dr. Niraja Gopal Jayal, Centre for Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Ananya Vajpeyi, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Professor Zoya Hasan, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Prof. Peter DeSouza,CSDS
Chair: Dr. Ashis Nandy, Sociologist and Fellow, CSDS
Ekaant (Hindi; 90 min)
A collage of monologues based on three stories by Satyajit Ray: Bijuka, Anukul & Kleptomania and Weekend, a monologue by Nirmal Verma
Designed and directed by R’jesh Bali
Presented by Drastha India