Photographs by Monica Bhasin

 

Walking through the streets of Panjim, Goa and reflecting upon the adjacent waterfronts, the photographer gathers residues of everyday life. Engaging with space, the photographic works are fragments of the narratives of the everyday

 

 

Adventure and Mental Health

Speakers: Dr. Ashok Jaryal; Shri Akhil Bakshi; and Dr. Siddharth Sarkar, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, AIIMS

 

Moderator: Dr. S.K. Khandelwal, Professor of Psychiatry, AIIMS

 

Traditionally, adventure is viewed as an outdoor activity involving intense physical exercise and risk taking behavior. However, in recent times, the research has demonstrated the beneficial effects of adventure through positive outcomes in effectively improving self - concept and self – esteem, increased mutual aid, pro-social behavior, trust behavior and more. Adventure has in recent times been linked with mental health. Outdoor experiences have been used to promote growth, development, and enhancement of an individual’s physical, social and psychological well – being. More recently, adventure therapy has evolved to include the use of adventure activities supported by traditional therapy

 

 

 

(96 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)

Written and Directed by Babu Eshwar Prasad who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

The road is the central protagonist which connects the various characters. The film opens with Prakash, a road engineer, leaving for a site visit to an unnamed village. Along the way, he gives a lift to Jaffer, a former seller of pirated dvds from whom Prakash receives a set of road movies from him. The sequences in the films and the people that Prakash meets in life began to resonate with each other. The road is a metaphor for life, for the journeys we make and the transitory relationships that are formed in the process

 

 

 

Pran Nevile pays tribute to the immortal legend, K.L. Saigal, poet, composer and singer

 

Followed by a Concert by Dr. Gaurav Sood

 

(87 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)

Directors: Ameesha Joshi & Anna Sarkissian

 

With This Ring is an independent feature documentary about the women who make up the Indian national boxing team. Filmed over the course of six years, from the jungles of south India to the highlands of north eastern Manipur, the film follows three champion women boxers – Sarita Devi, M C Mary Kom and Chhoto Loura as they rise to the top of their game, and do their utmost to stay in the limelight

 

 

 

1.      Survival

2.      The Other Side

3.      The Little Red Hen

4.      Manjil Meen (Yellow Fish)

 

Final showing of the Paper Theatre Masterclass led by Alain Lecucq and Narguess Majd

 

(Collaboration: UNIMA India)

A visual interpretation of the world of recycle and waste management

Curated by Aditya Arya

 

Artists: Cheena Kapoor; Manu Yadav; Monica Tiwari; Rahul Sharma; Saumya Khandelwal; Shweta Pandey; Sidhhartha Behl; Sreedeep; and Swarat Ghosh

 

Inauguration by Dr. Ashok Khosla, Founder President and Chairman, Development Alternatives on Friday, 1 April 2016 at 18:30

 

An exhibition of photographs by Sooni Taraporevala

 

Preview on Friday, 29 April 2016 at 18:30

 

Sooni has photographed people as they go about their daily lives, successfully narrating emotions of her subjects as they make conversation, attend family functions, at home or in the streets of Mumbai, a city which is considered a Parsi bastion

 

The exhibition has been organized in collaboration with the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi 

 

Film: Café Irani Chai (90 min; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Dr. Mansoor Showghi Yezdi

 

The film will introduced by Anahita Dhondy, Chief Manager, Sodabottleopenerwalla

 

A documentary film based on the Irani Chaiwalas who came walking all the way from Iran in the 18th and early 19th century and made India their home and became famous for their Bun Maska and Irani Chai in Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad. The film has won 14 International Awards, and has had the privilege of being shown at the New York University and a copy of the film has been added to the South Asian Studies Library. 

 

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Sabeena Gadihoke, Associate Professor, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia

 

 

 

India’s first woman press photographer, Homai Vyarawalla is best known for her compelling photographs of political events leading up to Partition as well as the exhilaration of Independence. Vyarawalla who passed away in 2012 left behind a large archive of work that has recently acquired new life through digitization. This illustrated talk revisits Vyarawalla’s interest in everyday urban life and her exploration of the city of Delhi that was her home for 27 years

 

 

 

The Delhi Parsis and the Zoroastrian Diaspora

 

Speaker: Mr. Rusi Sorabji, historian

 

 

 

The Delhi Parsi community is small in numbers but has had more than its share of prominent people. The Zoroastrian Diaspora is spread all over the world due to migration both from Iran and India right from the colonial period to date. Diasporic groups have made a significant role in the development of the community, and their global success has furthered their philanthropic efforts. The speaker, who has memories of the Delhi of his youth will begin with a brief history of the Parsis of Delhi and then speak about the Zoroastrian diaspora, issues of importance, and historical trends