Presentation of the Report on the Tree Census of Lodhi Gardens by Horticulture Department, NDMC

Followed by a discussion

 

Chair: Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi

 

Kathak Recital

By Gauri Diwakar  from Delhi, disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj, Shri Jai Kishan Maharaj and Ms Aditi Mangaldas

 

At 19:00

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Urmila Satyanarayanan from Chennai, disciple of Late Kalaimamani K.J. Sarasa and Kalanidhi Narayanan

 

Flute Recital

By Pravar Tandon from Delhi, disciple of Pt Bholanath Prasanna, Pt Prem Kumar Malik and Pt. Barunkumar Pal

 

At 19:00

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By  Anand Upakash from Ajmer, disciple of Pt Bholanath Mishra 

 

A multimedia presentation of Urdu ghazals and Sufi poetry 

 Inauguration by Janab K. Rahman Khan, former Union Minister of Minority Affairs; and Shri R.V. Deshpande, Minister of Tourism, Govt. of Karnataka

 

Ghazals

Pandit Vithal Rao, the last living Ghazal maestro and well-known court singer of the Nizam of Hyderabad will present a concert with Vidya Rao

 

Poetry Recitation

By Shagufta Yasmin

 

Two books will be discussed – India’s Rise as A Space Power by U.R. Rao (New Delhi: Foundation Books, 2014); Reaching for the Stars: India’s Journey to Mars and Beyond by Pallava Bagla and Subhadra Menon (New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2014)

Panelists: Prof. Yashpal, former Chairman UGC; Cmde C. Uday Bhaskar, Senior Research Fellow, National Maritime Foundation; and Dr. Ajay Lele, Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses

Chair: Dr. Shailash Nayak, Secretary, Dept. of Earth Sciences

 

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Mt. Everest climb the living legends of the 1965 epoch-making team which rejuvenated a whole generation, including Leader Captain M.S. Kohli, Deputy Leader Col. N. Kumar, and Summiteer Major H. P. S  Ahluwalia, will relive their golden moments on Everest. Excerpts from their highly acclaimed original film with music by Shankar Jaikishan will be screened 

 

An exhibition – seminar – demonstration organised by the print artisans of Kachchh and Khamir. The exhibition is a forum for the block and batik print artisans to share their history, their story, and their craft in their own language. It is an attempt to tell the story of printing as it unfolded on the banks of the Indus to its modern multi-faceted practice

 

Inauguration  by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan on Tuesday 7 April 2015 at 18:00 followed by a Seminar in Annexe Lecture Room II

 

Panelists:  Meera Goradia; Rauf Khatri; Shakeel Khatri; and Junaed Khatri 

Moderator: Ritu Sethi

 

A demonstration/guided tour on Ajrak Block Printing and the Understanding of Natural Dyes

Will be held 8 – 12 April 2015 from 11 am to1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm

 

By Prof  Dennis B McGilvray, Professor Emiritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

 

A multilingual reading in Urdu, English and Hindi of personal letters written to/from Lucknow along with some contemporary newspaper reports and essays that provide glimpses of the lived experiences of the city since the ‘ghadar’ of 1857 to present times. The readings are accompanied by images of original manuscripts, letters, buildings and the people who wrote them

 

Presented by Saman Habib and Sanjay Muttoo