48th Sabrang Utsav 2016

48th Sabrang Utsav 2016 – 24 and 25 September 2016

Inauguration and launch of the book “Select Stalwarts Of Hindustani Classical Music” by Uma Vasudev

Followed by

Vocal Recital

by Ustad Raza Ali Khan, Kasur Patiala Gharana

Accompanists: Rafiuddin Sabri (tabla); and Ghulam Ali (sarangi)

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

Sufi Raah: The Classical Tradition of Tappa

Famous for her renditions of the classical tradition of tappas, Shanno Khurana explains why this most arduous of Hindustani musical forms attracted her, what is the nature of their variety of rendition and she analyses their poetic lyrics to reveal the unique cultural synthesis that lies behind them. Their words express Sufi ideas, and their language is the Multani dialect of Punjabi in which much of our classical music is composed. The form really became popular in eighteenth century Lucknow and Banaras where it was given the most rigorous classical grammar even as the importance of the poetry diminished there. By the end of the twentieth century however, there were few practitioners left of the form

Dr. Shanno Khurana, musician and musicologist, padmabhushan and Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, has commanded the Indian performing stage for seventy years ever since her first broadcast from Lahore Radio station in 1945. She is known not just for her deep knowledge of Indian classical raagdaari but also her formidable repertoire garnered from the stalwarts to the Gwalior, Agra and Rampur gharanas.

This evening she will be in conversation with his grandson, Prof Naman Ahuja and revisit her album with the same title: Sufi Raah, the Classical Tradition of Tappa, and compare it with renditions by her mentors

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

She Walks, She Leads: Women Who Inspire India

By Gunjan Lal (Gurgaon: Penguin Random House, 2016)

Discussants: Ms Rami Chhabra, media person and social-activist; Ms Ratna M. Sudarshan, National Fellow, NUEPA; and and Ms Ritu Menon, WomenUnlimited

Damming Crisis in Tibet: Threat to Water Security in Asia

Introduction: Tenzin Tselha

Speakers: Prof. Milap Chand, Professor, Glaciology,

Jawaharlal Nehru University; Mr. Tanasak Phosrikun MA Sustainable Development, Student Activist.; Mr. Tempa Gyaltsen, Research Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute. Environment & Development Desk, Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA);Mr. Shahidul Alam:

Bangladeshi Photographer, Author of Brahmaputra Diary, A Journey to the

Source of Asia’s Greatest River ; and Ms. Jyotsna George: Tibet Activist, Tibet’s Rivers Asia’s Lifeline

Moderator : Mr. Lobsang Tseten

Vote of Thanks: Rinzin Choeden, Grassroots Director, SFT-India

(Collaboration: Students for a Free Tibet-India)

Qand-e-Farsi wa Tootiyaan-e-Hind – Of Persian Candy & Indian Parrots

An exhibition on the history of Indo-Persian literature with photographs and facsimiles of folios from the original manuscripts sourced from various libraries and collections across the country

Presented by Jasan-e-Bahar Trust

Curated by Ms Kamna Prasad

Preview on Thursday, 22 September 2016 at 18:30

AS PART OF THIS EXHIBITION THERE WILL BE A PROGRAMME ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2016 AT 18:30 IN THE MULTIPURPOSE HALL

An Evening of Indo-Persian Poetry in Dastan – Goi Style

A selection from Indo-Persian poetry through the centuries will be read by performers with a narrator providing facts and background details of the works being read. The passages selected will represent a historical chronology of the influence of Persian in Indian literary writing

Presented by Jasan-e-Bahar Trust

INSTITUTION AS ABHYAS

Jana Natya Manch: Shaping a Pocket (of Resistance)

Speakers: Moloyoshree Hashmi and Sudhanva Deshpande

(Collaboration: Lila Foundation for Translocal Initiatives)

Recent Violence on Africans in India: Preventive Mechanisms

Panelists: Dr. Kavita A. Sharma, President, South Asian University; Amb. Shashank; Amb. Virendra Gupta; Prof. Aparajita Biswas, Mumbai University; Prof. S. N. Malakar, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. B.K. Prathihari, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi; Prof. Suresh Kumar, University of Delhi; Ms Ruchita Beri, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis; Dr. Nivedita Ray, Indian Council of World Affairs; Shri Mahesh; and Shri Kallol Bhattacharya

Moderator: Prof. Ajay Dubey, Centre for African Studies

(Collaboration: Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, JNU; and African Studies Association of India)

Shiva Kshetra: Thanjavur & Varanasi

The evening will present Shiva as Brihadeshwara and Shiva as Vishwanath in two styles – Bharatanatyam and Kathak

Bharatanatyam by Sathyanarayana Raju from Bangalore, disciple of the late Guru Narmada

Kathak by Abhimanyu Lal from Delhi, son and disciple of Guru Smt Geetanjali Lal

Conceptualised and executed by Dr. Usha R.K., Arts Consultant

In the Realm of Myths

In the Realm of Myths

An exhibition of paintings, pop-up art and installation

By Sankha Banerjee from Kolkata

Preview on Tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 18:30

ART MATTERS

DISCUSSION ? SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30

ART MATTERS

In Conversation

Salima Hashmi and Sadanand Menon

On the occasion of Salima Hashmi’s exhibition at Gallery Threshold

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

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