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The Grand Programme: Gordon Sanderson, New Delhi and the Architecture of India, 1911-1915

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02 April 2015, 05:30 am
The Grand Programme: Gordon Sanderson, New Delhi and the Architecture of India, 1911-1915
The exhibition examines the work of architect Gordon Sanderson, 1887-1915, who served as an officer of the colonial archaeological department from 1911 until his death in 1915. The exhibition highlights, through one, truncated, early twentieth-century life and work, the interconnected nature of biography, archaeology, art, architecture, authority and scholarship in the British Empire
 
The exhibition includes text panels and images drawn from colonial archives, private family records, and the extensive corpus of Sanderson’s architectural drawings composed in Britain, Egypt and India
 
Curator: Dr. Deborah Sutton, Lancaster University, UK
Designer: Siddhartha Chatterjee, seechange
 
Inauguration by Prof. Shahid Amin on Wednesday, 1 April 2015 at 18:30

An Ordinary Election (125 min; 2015; India/Germany; Hindi & English)

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01 April 2015, 05:30 am
An Ordinary Election (125 min; 2015; India/Germany; Hindi & English)
Directed by Lalit Vachani who will introduce the film
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
An Ordinary Election tells the extra-ordinary story of the Aam Aadmi Party’s debut election campaign in the constituency of R.K. Puram, Delhi. An intimate, ground-up perspective of the anxieties, ambitions, struggles, and intrigues from the electoral battleground itself

Buddha, the Scientist

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21 March 2015, 05:30 am
Buddha, the Scientist
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Prof. Robert Thurman, well-known contemporary scholar-teacher of Buddha Dharma; and Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University

Chair: Dharmacharya Shantum Seth

JASHN-E REKHTA : CELEBRATING URDU

14 March 2015, 05:30 am
JASHN-E REKHTA : CELEBRATING URDU
Programme Type
Festivals

Baitbazi; Dastangoi; Ghazal Sarai; Nukkad-Natak; Recitation; book exhibition; and calligraphy corner

 

Corridor outside Conference Room I

 Pictorial Calligraphy

An exhibition by Qamar Dagar

 

On Sunday 15 from 15:30 to 16:30 in Conference Room I

Calligraphy Appreciation Session

Conducted by Qamar Dagar

 

The Other Dimension

18 March 2015, 05:30 am
The Other Dimension

Indian premiere of

Children of the Light

The Miracle in South Africa. The Legacy of Desmond Tutu

(92 min; 2014; dvd; English)

Directed by Dawn Eagle

 

Children of the Light is the first film to tell the story of Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu, one of the fathers of modern day South Africa. With extensive archival footage, family photos and never before seen interviews, Children of the Light is a personal look into the legacy of one of the greatest peacemakers of our times

 

Sitar Recital

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18 March 2015, 05:30 am
Sitar Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
by Hindol Deb from Mumbai, disciple of Pt. Santosh Banerjee and Pt. Deepak Cowdhury

Jazz Concert – Cuban Golden Classics

01 April 2015, 05:30 am
Jazz Concert – Cuban Golden Classics
Programme Type
Cultural
By Van Merwijk’s Music Machine from the Netherlands – Lucas van Merwijk, drummer, percussionist & band leader accompanied by Ramon Valle, Cuban master pianist;  Bert Boeren on trombone; and Samuel Albert Ruiz, bass player from Venezuela

Jazz Concert – Cuban Golden Classics

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01 April 2015, 05:30 am
Jazz Concert – Cuban Golden Classics
Programme Type
Cultural
By Van Merwijk’s Music Machine from the Netherlands – Lucas van Merwijk, drummer, percussionist & band leader accompanied by Ramon Valle, Cuban master pianist;  Bert Boeren on trombone; and Samuel Albert Ruiz, bass player from Venezuela
 

Tarpan: An Offering

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31 March 2015, 05:30 am
Tarpan: An Offering
75 Years of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, and beyond…
(45 min; 2014; dvd; Hindi)
Directed by Ravinder Randhawa who will introduce the film
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
Established in 1939 by Pt. Vinaya Chandra Maudgalya, Gandharava Mahavidyalaya is one of the premiere institutions in the country that imparts training in Indian classical music and dance to people from all strata of society. Tarpan is a film that gives a glimpse of the ongoing journey of the Vidyalaya over the years, and more…
 
 

Goswami Tulsidas (120 min)

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29 March 2015, 05:30 am
Goswami Tulsidas (120 min)
Programme Type
Cultural
A mono act musical play written, acted and directed by Shekhar Sen
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