With music by Pedro Luna, libretto by Antonio Paso and Enrique Garcia Alvarez

Presented by The Neemrana Music Foundation

 

Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric – a dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance

 

The comic journey of three Spaniards from Madrid to Aleppo and then to Baroda, in a quest for identity, and, more importantly, in search of the marvelous treasures of the Orient. The zarzuela encapsulates the dream that was the orient and showcases a wide cast of characters. All the arias, duets and quartet will be in Spanish with the dialogues in English

 

Provocative plays from around the world presented as visual enactments

Directed by Feisal Alkazi

 

Tea (70 min)

Play by Velina Hasu Houston

 

With Radhika Alkazi, Averee Chourey, Alka Khanna, Vicki Rai and Nandini Sra

 

The lyrical and poignant lives of five Japanese women who marry American GIs and move to America…

 

 

 

Symposium on Bandung Legacy and Global Future

Speakers: Prof. Muchkund Dubey who will speak on Future of the UN System; Prof. Deepak Nayyar on Trends in Global Governance; and Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan on Global Cultural Legacy

 

Introduction: Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty

 

 

 

 

At 11:30

Chand Roz Aur Meri Jaan

A play presented by Wings Cultural Society

 

At 18:30

Charandas Chor

By Habib Tanveer’s Naya Theatre, Bhopal

 

 

 

At 11:30

Panel discussion on Zohra Segal

Panelists: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan; Ms Amal Allana; Ms Sadia Delhvi; and others

 

At 15:00

Film – Bend it Like Bekham (UK; 112 min; 2002; dvd; English)

Director: Gurinder Chadha

 

At 18:30

Odissi

By Madhyama Segal

Chief Guest: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi
 

 

At 19:45

Daastaangoi

By Ankit Chadha and Poonam Girdhani

 

An exhibition of paintings in oil and water colour on canvas and paper

By Manju Kak

 

Curated by Renu Rana

 

Inauguration by Veer Munshi, contemporary artist on Friday, 22 April 2016 at 18:30

Speakes:: Dr. Rajendra Mehta and Shri Keki N. Daruwalla

 

Chair: Shri Devkumar Trivedi

 

Narsinh Mehta a poet saint of Gujarat, notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Vaishnava poetry. He is especially revered in Gujarati literature, where he is acclaimed as its Adi Kavi 

 

 

 

Shruti Samvaad: A Conversation with Music

Thumri, is the supreme aesthetical expression through swara that is not confined to the boundaries of a Raag. It created quite a revolution when it came in vogue

 

Dr. Shruti Jauhari, author, historian, teacher and performer in both classical and light music, and a Visiting Faculty at the University of Madras and currently Faculty Head, Hindustani Classical Music, K.M. College of Music & technology

 

 

 

Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia: Rediscovering the Invisible Believers

Speaker: Dr. Garima Kaushik, Archaeological Survey of India, Chandigarh

 

Chair: Dr.(Ms.) Himanshu Prabha Ray

 

Lecture based on the recently published book of the same title by Routledge. Archaeological sites categorized as Buddhist are synonymous with monastic establishments and monks, clearly pushing the significant other half of the Buddhist population (i.e. the female Buddhist patrons and practitioners) into obscurity. This work uses gender as a framework to re-examine archaeological data in order to better understand the socio-cultural aspects of Buddhism in South Asia. In doing so it also examines the various types of structures at Buddhist sites that have revealed distinct evidence of association with the feminine in varying contexts