Being Friends: Crossing Boundaries

Sharing the experiences of Amina Kidwai, Mohini Bahl and Asha Sheth who have been friends for over seventy years. Their friendship that was first initiated by the contact between their political families before Partition and in the 1950s and 1960s, the bond strengthened in the then new New Delhi. They will share memories of the subsequent decades, of lives which have quite naturally diverged, its vicissitudes, laughter, and an abiding commitment to a secular nation which continues to affirm their lives and friendship

Is our food contaminated with cthemicals

Speakers: Prof. Shri Ram Khanna, Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi & Managing Editor, Consumer Voice

Moderated by Ravi Agarwal, (Director, Toxics Link)

Illustrated lecture by Sharad Khanna, freelance wildlife photographer; amateur para-glider and adventurer

Often referred to as "The Jewel of Vidharba", Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in the district of Chandrapur in north-eastern part of Maharashtra is a pristine and unique eco-system. Created in 1995, the Reserve has some of the best forest tracks and is endowed with a rich biodiversity

Poetry readings by Keshav malik, Girdhar Rathi, Subroto Bondo and others

Chair: Dr. J.P. Das

Directors: Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Hari, a taxi driver in the Indian Himalaya, is getting married to Suman, a girl he has never met. Tradition dictates that they will only see each other on the day of their wedding. But Hari has found another way to get to know her: on the mobile phone. Over the past few months they have spoken to each other every day and have fallen in love. Hari's unusual courtship and marriage provide a warm and illuminating insight into the changes taking place in India as modernization and globalization collide with age-old traditions and customs

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Ten of the Most Beautiful German Love Songs
Illustrated lecture by Prof. Richard Stokes, Professor of Lieder, Royal Academy of Music, London who has presented many lectures and conducted master classes on Lieder at St. John's Smith Square, Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Edinburgh and Aldenburgh Festivals, Dartington Hall and the Söngskólinn in Reykjavik

Richard Stokes will illustrate his talk with celebrated recordings by Janet Baker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Schreier and others.  The love songs range from the erotic (Mozart's 'An Chloe') to the romantic (Loewe's 'Tom der Reimer'), and trace the development of German Art Song from the 18th to the 20th century. Composers include Mozart, Beethoven, Loewe, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Mahler and Richard Strauss

Dr. P. Chitralekha, Dayal Singh College; Dr. R. S. Sharma, Dept. of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi; and Shri Suhas Borker, Green Circle of Delhi will discuss Fruiting Trees of Delhi by V. Ramachandran (New Delhi: Aravali Books, 2012); and Trees of Delhi by Samar Singh (New Delhi: India International Centre, 2008)

Chair: Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram

Watercolours and collages by Malati Shah

Inauguration by Shri Krishen Khanna, artist on Tuesday, 17th December 2013 at 18:30