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
The Goods and Services Tax: The Road Ahead
Speaker: Shri Arun Goyal, IAS, presently Additional Secretary, GST Council and head of the Project Monitoring Group, PMO
Chair: Air Marshal Naresh Verma, AVSM, VSM (Retd.)
To Mark Rabindra Jayanti
An Evening of Rabindra Sangeet
Presented under Guru-Shishya Parampara by Guru Prabuddha Raha and his disciple Arkapriya Bannerjee from Kolkata
(Collaboration: Impresario India)
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
Mere Desh ki Dharti (52 min; 2006; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Sumit Khanna
Recipient of the Award for Best Investigative Film, 54th National Film Awards 2006
In our effort to achieve food security, have we compromised on food safety? The film investigates the impact of pesticides as it enters the food chain
(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)