Presented by Iain Morrison, singer/songwriter from Outer Hebrides, Scotland

The artist will present a concert ranging from traditional compositions to contemporary work

Teasing Questions: Exploring Disconnects in Contemporary India (New Delhi: Niyogi, 2014) by M.Hamid Ansari will be discussed

Panel: Shri B.G. Verghese, Emenent Journalist & Writer (Chair)

Shri Vinod Mehta, Chief Editor, Outlook; Dr. George Mathews, Chairman, Institute of Social Sciences and Amb. Satish Chandra, Dean, Centre for National Security & Strategies Studies

By Yuriko Ando Lochan

Opening on Tuesday, 25 March 2014 at 18:30

The Women of Tibet & The Tibetan Nuns Project

Talk followed by a screening of two films

Introductory talk by Rinchen Khando Choegyal, Director of the Tibetan Nuns Project, Founding Member & former President, Tibetan Women's Association and former Minister of Education in the Tibetan Cabinet

Films 

Dolma Ling Institute and Nunnery: Educating for the Future (18 min; dvd; English)

A film by Tibetan Nuns Project, Dolma Ling

Dolma Ling Institute was established in 1991 to meet the needs of the many nuns who have fled from Tibet in search of the freedom to study and practice their religion. The film presents the daily lives of the 200 nuns who live there

Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution (57 min; dvd; English)

Director: Rosemary Rawcliffe

Three generations of Tibetan women and His Holiness the Dalai Lama tell the story of one of the greatest movements of non-violent resistance in modern history. In 1959, an estimated 15,000 unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa to oppose the violent Communist Chinese occupation of their country. The surviving exiled elders in Dharamsala are the last generation of women left to tell the story of the Tibetan women's uprising

By Vishwanath Mangaraj from Delhi, disciple of Sharon Lowen

The Relevance of Traditional Values for the Present and the Future

Climate Fever Earth Report (22 min; dvd; English)

Earth Report investigates effect of climate change on the health of human beings

Sink or Swim - Earth Report (22 min; dvd; English)

Storms, floods and droughts are now more common than ever before. Earth Report looks at how certain at risk communities are protecting themselves from natural disasters

Discussion around the new book by Ashdeen Z. Lilaowala and Shernaz Cama

Kusti weaving and Sudreh making are part of a living Zoroastrian heritage, which links craft and art to religious traditions. The two authors will speak about the weaving process, the looms and tools used during weaving and explain the symbolic significance of the Sudreh and Kusti

 

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Meeta Pandit

Carnatic Vocal Recital

By Sudha Raghunathan