All’s Vitthal, Vitthal’s All: The Great Confluence 

Speaker: S. Anand

 

Chair: Gitanjali Kolanad, dancer, writer and professor of Performance Arts at Shiv Nadar University

 

A journey into the world of Abhangs via Bhimrao Ambedkar and Bhimsen Joshi with a few necessary digressions into how musical idiom is shaped by social location 

 

S. Anand is a poet, translator and singer. He is the publisher of Navayana 

 

 

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

The Science of Healing with Dr. Esther Sternberg: Understanding the Mind/Body Connection

(55 min; 2009; dvd; English)

Director: Renard Cohen

 

A film hosted by Dr. Esther Sternberg

 

The Science of Healing introduces viewers to the way the brain helps the body heal, both physically and emotionally. Science is beginning to understand the brain and emotion’s function in healing, a role the ancient Greeks understood and used in their practice. Physician and medical researcher Dr. Esther Sternberg leads us on a journey of discovery through her own personal story of illness and healing as she explores what leading scientists are learning about the mind/body connection 

 

Discover how the senses, environment, diet, exercise, meditation and music impact the body’s ability to heal

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

 

 

A meditation on solitude

Photographs by Attilio Tripodi from Italy

 

Preview on Wednesday, 6th July 2016 at 18:30

 

(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)

 

By Shipra Joshi from Delhi, disciple of Guru Smt Nandini Singh and Guru Smt Prerana Shrimali

 

 

Global Interface with the Philosophical Texts of India

 

Speakers: Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri, Author and renowned scholar of Indian and Comparative Literature; Shri Tarun Vijay, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and Dr. Yitzhak (Tzakhi), Freedman Tel Aviv University, Author, The Upanisads and Brahmanas: An Anthology

 

Moderator: Dr. Rizio Yohannan Raj, creative Director, ILF Samanvay

 

(Collaboration: Yes Institute, Embassy of Israel and ILF Samanvay)

 

 

 

A film by Stanzin Dorjai Gya & Christiane Mordelet

 

Produced by Les Films de la Découverte and Himalayan Film House

 

 

 

The film will be introduced by Stanzin Dorjai Gya

 

 

 

The Shepherdess of the Glaciers is a moving story of Tsering, a shepherdess, who leads her flock of 300 sheep and Pashmina goats in search of fodder across the high Himalayan plateau of Ladakh. 

In the dry and desolate landscape, she lives with her herd constantly on guard against predatory attacks from wolves and snow leopards. Her brother, Stanzin, followed her over the course of

 one year and filmed her exhausting work across the harsh mountain terrain, bringing to the screen exceptional footage of the unique bond Tsering shares with her animals. The wool produced by 

her pashmina goats will eventually reach the luxury cashmere industry to be woven into highly prized fabrics and shawls

(Collaboration: The Citizen)

 

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Rudolf Nureyev (90 min; 1991; dvd; English)

Director: Patricia Foy

 

This documentary chronicles the ups and downs of the revolutionary ballet star Rudolf Nureyev's career, from his poverty-ridden childhood, to his life as a ballet student, to the defection which led him to some of the greatest roles he would take on. The film also examines Nureyev's professional relationship with Margot Fonteyn, his rumoured depression, and his overall effect on modern dance

 

Different Styles and Banis of Veena Playing in Carnatic Music

Saraswati Rajagopalan  is a noted  exponent of Carnatic veena, and disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi and Padmabhushan  K.S. Narayanaswamy

 

Chair: Shri Veejay Sai, writer on dance and music