Papa Hemmingway in Cuba

 

(110 min; 2015; dvd; English)

 

Director: Bob Yari

 

 

 

Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film, Key West Film Festival 2015; and Jury Award for Best World Feature, Sonoma International Film Festival 2016

 

 

 

Based on a true story about the relationship between Miami journalist, Denne Bart Petitclerc and Ernest Hemmingway. Set during the Cuban revolution, the film was shot on location in Havana and inside Hemmingway’s estate, Finca Vigia. It is the first Hollywood film to be shot in Cuba since 1959

Reminiscences of Bharat Bhawan

Speaker: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

 

 

 

Speaker:  Bernard D’Mello

 

Two books by Randhir Singh will also be released on the occasion by Aakar books - Selected writings of Randhir Singh  and Rahon ki Dhool Hindi translation of a collection of Punjabi poems by Randhir Singh (First published in 1950)

Introduced by Manager Pandey and Harjinder Singh Laltu

 

Chair: Uma Chakravarty

 

(Collaboration: Gursharan Singh Yaadgar Trust)

 

 

 

North East and Act East

Speaker: Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan and Myanmar

 

Moderator: Shri Kishalay Bhattacharjee

 

South Asia and South East Asia between themselves comprise two of the most populous regions of the world. The region is fractious and studies on it are primarily driven by disasters and conflict. India’s Northeast is one such are until not long back marginal to Indian history, that has been caught in the throes of imperial expansion, nationalism, partition, isolation and dependence in the 20th century. This series of lectures organised in collaboration with the National Foundation of India (NFI) and curated by journalist and author, Kishalay Bhattacharjee, hopes to shed light on the people and places that are caught in these larger forces and bridge at least some gaps in understanding between and within the two regions

 

 

Speaker: Prof David Shambaugh. Professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University in Washington DC, as well as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)

09:30 - 12:00
Plenary : Launch of a global coalition of trade unions standing together against commercial sexual exploitation 

13:00-15:00
Plenary: Assessing the best legislative frameworks to end commercial sexual
 

(Collaboration: Apne Aap Women Worldwide)

 

Yazidi Mobilisation

Speaker: Nadia Murad, Yazidi activist, UNODC Gowill Ambassador and Sakharov and Havel Prize winner: Solidarity mobilisation with Yazidi women and girls enslaved by Daesh

 

 

Bapu: The Undying Flame

Programme to commemorate Martyr’s Day 

 

The Final Days of Gandhi

A talk by Prof. Apoorvanand 

Bhajan Sandhya : Sonam Kalra

 

Instrumental Bhajan Sandhya

By Ahsan Ali (Sarangi), from a traditional musical background of Kirana Gharana, son and disciple of Guru Ustad Asif Ali Khan, the renowned Sarangi Maestro

Amaan Ali Khan (Tabla), from a traditional musical family of Moradabad gharana, and son of Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan,  the well - known Sarangi Maestro

Rajesh Prasanna (Flute) son of Pandit Rajendra Prasanna,  one of the great flute & shehnai player of the country

 

Chief Guest: H. E. Salma Ansari,wife of the Vice President Hamid Ansari

 

(Collaboration: Sarvodya International Trust ( New Delhi Chapter)

 

Readings from CAPITALS: Poetic Portraits of the Capital Cities of the World 

Edited by Abhay K.

 

The contributors include Derek Walcott, Mark Strand, Ruth Padel, Ernesto Cardenal, Vijay Seshadri, George Szirtes among other poets from 185 countries

 

Chair:  Shri Pavan Varma, M.P.

 

Abhay K. Is an Indian poet-diplomat and the author of  two memoirs and five collections of poems

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Subhasish Bhawal from Kolkata, disciple of Pt.  Samaresh Chawdhury, Pt. Ramashreya Jha and Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar