An Evening of Mozart Flute Quartets and Classical String Duos
With Burkhard Maiss (violin), Markus Placci (violin), Ambassador Dr. Martin Ney (flute) and Bogdan Jianu (violoncello)
(Collaboration: Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany)
In Search of Mr and Mrs Jinnah in Five Cities of the Sub-Continent
Illustrated lecture by Ms Sheela Reddy, well-known journalist, former books editor of Outlook magazine and author of the book Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India (Penguin Random House, 2017)
Chair: Dr. M.S.Gill
Leela in Kheriya (53 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)
Directed by Molly Kaushal who will introduce the film
Produced by IGNCA
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Speakers: Prof. Pushpesh Pant; Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar; and Dr. Molly Kaushal
Chair: Dr. Sadanand Joshi, Member-Secretary, IGNCA
The film looks at the unique Hindu-Muslim tradition of Ramlila in Kheriya, a small village in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district which is famous for making glass bangles
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SERIES
Water, Water to drink – What can go Wrong?
Series Moderator and Keynote Speaker: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
Panelists: Shri R.S. Tyagi, Member (WS), Delhi Jal Board; Dr. Nandita Moitra, Senior Scientist, Delhi Pollution Control Board; and Dr. Vivek Dixit, Research Scientist – II, AIIMS
(Collaboration: Health Environment Foundation in association with Consumers India)
Commemorating Champaran: Remembering Gandhi
Speakers to include Professor Mridula Mukherjee
Chair: Dr. Aparna Basu
A film on Chamaparan will be screened and there will be a display of photographs and books
(Collaboration: National Gandhi Museum)
Sambandh ke liye Samvaas
Due to unavoidable reasons, the talk scheduled for 13th April 2017
Sambandh ke Liye Samvaas
Talk by Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi
Stands Cancelled
We apologise for any inconvenience caused
Sambandh ke Liye Samvaas
Talk by Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi
Stands Cancelled
We apologise for any inconvenience caused
FRONTIERS OF HISTORY
Building Histories: The Archival And Affective Lives Of Five Monuments In Modern Delhi
Speaker: Dr. Mrinalini Rajagopalan, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
The talk looks at innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi - the Red Fort, Rasul Numa Dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and the Qutb complex – tracing their modern lives from the nineteenth century into the twentieth
Concert
By the Duo Attademo Gramaglia – Luigi Attademo (guitar) and Simone Gramaglia (viola)
The artist will present a concert of works by Franz Schubert and Niccolo Paganini
(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)
ART MATTERS
Sudarshan Shetty in conversation with Sharmistha Mohanty
(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
India’s Wars: A Military History, 1947-1971
By Arjun Subramaniam (Noida: HarperCollins, 2016)
Discussants: Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM and Bar; Shri Sandeep Unnithan, Executive Editor, India Today; and Mr. Dhruva Jaishankar, Fellow, Brookings India