World Press Photo 16
An exhibition of prize winning photographs from the World Press Photo Contest 2016. An annual contest on photojournalism and documentary photography conducted by the World Press Photo Foundation, the contest awards photographers for the best images in visual journalism of the past year. The jury of the 2016 competition gave prizes in eight categories to 41 photographers from 21 countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, and the USA
The prize-winning photographs have been printed on Canon large – format printers and Arizona Flatbed printers by Océ
World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon
Inauguration on Tuesday, 21 March 2017 at 18:30
(Collaboration: The World Press Photo Foundation; Embassy of The Netherlands; and Adaan Foundation)
The Fall of the Leafe: Music and Poetry of the time of Queen Elizabeth I
Harpsichord: Douglas Amrine and Justin McCarthy
Recitation: Sunit Tandon
Vocalist: Prabhat Chandola
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Mrinalini Biswas from Kolkata, disciple of Guru Yamini Krishnamurthy
Carnatic Vocal Duet
By Sreehari and Sreerag from Delhi, disciples of Ganabhushanam Arjunan Kizhakkanela, and Guru Sri Prashant G. Pai
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
Old Man River (52 min; dvd; English)
Director: Gautam Bora
98 year old Kurak Pegu has worked hard all his life to survive and sustain his family along the flood prone Majuli in Assam. He knows that the Brahmaputra river has been both kind and harsh at the same time. He knows the river inside out and believes that the wisdom of this traditional knowledge handed down to him by his forefathers will give him the strength to cope with all the odds of nature
(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)
JASHN E ADAB – POETRY FESTIVAL
Jashn e Adab – Poetry Festival
17:15 -18:00 – Rehman all Unplugged
The fame of Music ka Maha Magable and Amul Voice of Inda
18:00 to 19:00 – Kathak by Vidhal Lal and Abhimanyu Lal
19:00 – 19:30 – Closing Ceremony and Awards
By Shri Anil Baijal, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
19: 30 – Qawwali by Sabri Brothers
JASHN E ADAB
JASHN E ADAB
16:45-1745 Youth Mushaira
17:45 to 18:45 – Baitbazi
19:00- 20:00 – Dramatic Performance : Kal Chaudhvi ki Raat thee by Danish Iqbal and Saleema Raza
20:00-21:30 – Mehfil e Mushaira
JASHN E ADAB (17 to 19 Feb 2017)
Jashn e Adab – Poetry Festival
Inauguration By Shamsur Rehman Faruqi and Krishna Sobti
Followed by Ghazals by Ustaad Ahmed Hussain and Mohd. Hussain
Main aur mera Samay
Speaker: Smt Maitreyi Pushpa,Vice Chairperson, Hindi Akadami Delhi; a noted fiction writer of Hindi and author of 10 novels, including Alma Kabutari, Jhoola Nat, Kasturi Kundal Base and Gudiya Bheetar Gudiya; and 7 short story collections including Fighter ki Diary, Goma Hansti Hai, Lalmaniya have been highly acclaimed
Her awards include: SAARC Literary Award, Sahitya Kriti Samman and Premchand Samman
(Collaboration: Indian Society for Authors)
Liberal Arts in the 21st Century: Modern Questions, Ancient Answers
FRIDAY 17
TALK ? SEMINAR ROOMS II& III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 17:30
Speaker: Professor Tamar Szabó Gendler, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yale University and Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and also Professor Psychology and Cognitive Science, Yale
(Collaboration: Ashoka University)