Discussion around the book, Accidental India: A History of the Nation’s Passage through Crisis and Change by Shankar Aiyar (New Delhi, Aleph, 2012)
 
Panelists: Mr. Prabhu Chawla, Mr. Subir Gokarn, Mr. Naresh Chandra and Dr. Indira Rajaraman
 
Chair: Shri G. Parthasarathy

Odissi Recital
By Rajib Bhattacharya and group from Kolkata, disciple of the late Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and  Guru Ratikant Mohapatra
 
At 19:00
Kathak Recital
By Namrata Rai from Dehradun, disciple of the late Dr. Madhukar Anand and Pt. Udai Mazumdar

At 18:00
Sitar Recital
By Debajit Chakraborty from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Manilal Nag and Shri Santosh Banerjee
 
At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Shalini Ved from Kanpur, disciple of Smt Girija Devi
 

Director: Kumar Shahani
 
Film on one of the greatest exponent of the classical dance form of Odissi, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. Through a series of performances, poetry and excerpts from Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra's life, the film travels back to a time in India where dance was looked upon as a form of prayer. During this beautiful period, dance was not considered feminine, when men were also keen patrons and teachers of dance. However, as times have changed, women have gradually taken over this art form

To celebrate World Humanist Day

 

Human Rights and Secularism

Speaker: Mr Virendra Dayal, former Member, National Human Rights Commission

Chair: Air Marshal Vir Narain, Chairman Indian Humanist Union

(100 min; 2006; dvd; English and with subtitles)
Director: Yousuf Saeed, who will introduce the film
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
A Delhi-based filmmaker spends half a year travelling across Pakistan, trying to understand how the state of Hindostani classical music has fared after 1947 and Partition. He discovers that cultural revisionism has wrested some of the tradition from the people of Pakistan. From Lahore to Karachi, Khayal Darpan not only presents some of the surviving practitioners and patrons of classical music Pakistan, it describes how innovative ways have been utilised to keep traditions alive. The film raises fascinating questions about cultural identity, nationalism and the survival of Hindustani classical music in South Asia

An Exhibition of photographs by Raghu Rai on the occasion of World Refugee Day 2014
 
Inauguration on Friday, 20 June 2014 at 18:30
 
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) India is holding a photo exhibition of the photos taken by the famous photographer, Mr Raghu Rai on the occasion of World Refugee Day 2014. UNHCR India has collaborated with Mr Rai to take pictures of the refugees living in India. The pictures shot by him are of various refugee communities including refugees from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Tibet, Sri Lanka, and Somalia. The photos show the lives of the displaced as well as depict the humanity and resilience of people forced away from their homes.
UNHCR India works in collaboration with the Government of India in supporting refugees and asylum seekers who come to India to seek safety from persecution in their own countries.
 
The exhibition tells the story of the different refugee communities living in India - from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Tibet, Sri Lanka and Somalia. The photographs bear testimony to the resilience and courage of the displaced who come to India to seek safety from persecution in their own countries
 

AThathwamasi – Eye on Periyar Tiger Reserve and Sabarimala

An exhibition of photographs by N.P. Jayan from Bangalore

Curator: Smt Uma Nair

 

Inauguration by Shri Suresh Gopi on Thursday, 19 June 2014 at 18:30

 

The exhibition focuses on the year-long Sabarimala pilgrimage and its effect on the biodiversity of the rich forest that surrounds the temple

The Development of the Classical Symphony                                                                                                                       
  An illustrated lecture by Sunit Tandon, noted theatre and television personality and is currently the President of the Delhi Music Society
The symphony is among the most important forms of western music. This talk will attempt to outline the evolution of the symphony from its early Italian origins into the most demanding forms of orchestral expression for the great Austro-German classical composers, particularly Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven