(POSTPONED TO 17TH SEPTEMBER 2015)

Details to  be announced in the website

Coordinator: Prof. Vibha Maurya, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Delhi

Dr. Harish Trivedi, formerly Professor of English, University of Delhi; Prof. N.N. Pillai, Honorary Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan; Shri K. Raghunath, former Indian Foreign Secretary; and Smt Leela Venkataraman, well-known dance critic and author will discuss Kapila Vatsyayan: A Cognitive Biography - Afloat a Lotus Leaf by Jyoti Sabharwal (New Delhi: Stellar, 2015)
 
Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, Hon'ble Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

Master Class
Conducted by Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar in typical Guru-Shishya tradition
 Followed by
Dhrupad Recital
By Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar

An exhibition presented by Devrai Art Village, Panchgani
 
On view are art works in brass, iron and stone and the transmutation of natural objects into brass – Devrai Organic Dhokra created by master craftsmen from Gadchiroli and Chhattisgarh
 
Inauguration by Ms Laila Tyabji on Tuesday, 18 August 2015 at 18:00

Jogen Chowdhury in conversation with Prayag Shukla and Samit Das

Speakers: Prof. Y.K. Gupta, Head, Dept. of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences; Dr. Vishal Chhabra, Senior Consultant Psychiatry, Metro Heart Institute; Dr. Vd. K.S. Dhiman, Director General, Ayurveda AYUSH;
Dr. R.K. Manchanda, Director, Homeopathy AYUSH; and Dr. Vijay Mohan Kohli, Metro Heart Institute

By Master Vignesh Ishwar from Chennai, Disciple of Shri T.M.Krishna
 
Accompanists : V.S.K. Chakrapani on violin and Kumbakonam N. Padmanaban on mridangam

A programme on the cuisine of pre-partition provinces of Punjab, Sindh and Bengal, followed by a dinner for IIC Members
 
Curated by Dr. Pushpesh Pant and Dr.  Babso Kanwar
 
Besides recipes, what the people of the undivided subcontinent cherish are the traditions and songs that celebrate amongst other things the changing cycle of seasons. Devotees of Jhulelal (the most revered Sufi Saint of Sindh, Laal Shahbaz Qalandar) cut across geographical divides and seamlessly bridge religious chasms. Runa Laila from Bangladesh celebrates the Punjabi kalaamby Baba Bulleh Shah, “Dama Dam Mast Qalandar”, Baul Muslim singers continue to keep alive the memories of Krishna and Radha from Vrindavan and the tragic tale of Heer and Ranjha continues to haunt Punjab and Punjabis alike 

Director: Utpal Borpujari who will introduce the film
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
Like ethnic communities the world over, folk music and dances form the core of Naga culture, but what makes it even more important ethnographically is the fact that the Naga folk traditions also comprise of oral history keeping. At the turn of the 20^th century, the early Western missionaries opposed singing of folk songs as they were perceived to be associated primarily with spirit worship. The film showcases the efforts at preserving these traditional folk songs and follows its synthesis with contemporary forms of Naga folk music today
 

Singing Dakhini Poetry
Presentation by Vidya Rao, well-known vocalist
 
Chair: Dr Preeti Bahadur Ramswamy, art historian and one of the two curators of the noted exhibition, ‘Nauras’ held at the National Museum who ​will  also speak about Dakkhani art and​culture