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

 

 

 

By Ashvini Modak from Pune, disciple of Dr. Prabha Atre

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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.)

 

 

 

An Evening of Rabindra Sangeet

Presented under Guru-Shishya Parampara by Guru Prabuddha Raha and his disciple Arkapriya Bannerjee from Kolkata

 

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

 

 

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)

 

 

Paintings and watercolours

By Ashish Khushwaha

 

Curated by Uma Nair

 

Preview on Friday, 19 May 2017 at 18:30

 

 

 

Release of the two volume DVDs by Shri Lalit Mansingh, former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to USA

 

Followed by screening of excerpts introduced by Smt Madhavi Mudgal

 

The set of two DVDs, filmed by cinematographer, Divakar Mani, archives fifteen of her choreographies, reflecting fresh dimensions of the form through solo and group format

 

(Collaboration: Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi)

 

 

 

A Feel for Flamenco!

A presentation by Punita Singh

An emotive blend of song, rhythm and dance, Flamenco has evolved from being an expression of existential angst in the crucible of southern Spain to becoming a major genre of art and entertainment performed across the world. Declared an ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ by the United Nations, Flamenco has antecedents in India through the Gypsy trail. The journey of Flamenco through space and time will be explored in this presentation by Punita and its syncopated rhythms, modal melodies, soulful songs and evocative dances illustrated via audio and video media 

Punita Singh is a musicologist, linguist, acoustician, editor and educator based in New Delhi