Pran Nevile presents an illustrated introduction to the celebration of the Rainbow Season
 
Followed by a Concert
By Meelu Verma

Nalanda Tradition – Science of Mind
Speaker: Geshe Dorjee Damdul
 
Interfaith Dialogue and Harmony
Speaker: Shri Lalit Mansingh
 
Leadership and Vision
Speaker: Shri Shiv Shankar Menon
 
Secular Ethics and Human Values
Speaker: Shri Arun Shourie 
 
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran
 

 

Speakers: Daniel Mamyev, Director, Karakol Ethno-Cultural Park, Gorno Altai
Republic, Russia -  Presentation of Film "Standing on the Sacred Land: Altai"

 

Dr. Irina Zhernosenko, Altai State Technical University, Barnaul, Russia -Talk/slide show "Altai-Himalayas-Two Magnets of Eurasian Civilisation"

 

Prof. K. Warikoo, Secretary General, Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation, New Delhi – Talk/slide show "Pilgrimage to Sumeru, Altai"

 

Alfred Pozniakov, Videographer,Traveller - Film "Indo-Altai Cultural Expedition,2014-15"

 

Guest of Honour: Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, Chairman, Indian Institute of Public Administration

 

Chair: Dr. Lokesh Chandra, President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations

 

Struggling with History, Living With Ashoka: My Encounter with Biography
Speaker: Dr. Nayanjot Lahiri, Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi
 
Chair: Dr. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Vice Chancellor, Ashoka University
 
Nayanjot Lahiri will speak on the joys and challenges in crafting the biography of ancient India’s most extraordinary emperor which has recently been published as Ashoka in Ancient India (Permanent Black)

CANCELLED


With Pandit Kumar Gandharva bani exponent, Shri Bhuvanesh Komkali (Khayal)

Shri Bhuvanesh Komkali was born into a rich legacy of music, being the grandson of Pandit Kumar Gandharva and the son of Pandit Mukul Shivputra. At present, he continues to receive guidance from Vidushi Vasundhara Komkali  and Pandit Madhup Mudgal. Since the mehfil is being held on the auspicious day of guru purnima, Bhuvanesh will pay homage to Pandit Kumar Gandharva by singing ragas and bandishes created by him
 
Henceforth, the mehfil series will be dedicated to the cherished memory of Shri Suresh Neotia who always took a keen interest in supporting it

An exhibition of paintings by Phalguni Dasgupta, well known artist now based in Dehradun and formerly was with the College of Art in New Delhi
 
Inaugurationby Dr. Karan Singh  on Thursday, 30 July 2015 at 18:30

The Divine Mohras of Kullu
Speaker: Dr. Kirit Mankodi, archaeologist and author of The Queen’s Stepwell at Patan
 
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

This illustrated talk is about the Devatas, or Mohras, worshipped in Himachal Pradesh. The Devatas are the divine busts made of either brass, silver, or even gold; they represent epic or pauranic gods, sages, and other heroes, around which the religious life of the present Kullu, Mandi and Shimla districts of this Himalayan State has revolved for many centuries

(83 min; 2013; HDV, SDV, VHS, Cell-phone; Kutchi, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi with English subtitles )
 
A film by CAMP (Shaina Anand and Ashok Sukumaran)
 
 A boat has many powers: to gather a society in its making, to distribute goods, to carry people and ideas across places that, it seems to us, are more different than ever before. From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf is a result of four years of dialogue, friendship and exchange between CAMP and a group of sailors from the Gulf of Kutch. Their travels, and those of co-seafarers from Pakistan and Southern Iran, through the Persian and Aden Gulfs show us a world cut into many pieces, not easily bridged by nostalgics or nationalists. Instead, we follow the physical crossings made by these groups of people who make and sail boats, and who also make videos, sometimes with songs married to them. 
 Awarded the Jury mention at Festival International de Cinema, Marseille and the New Views Prize, Olhar de Cinema, Curutiba, Opening Film Images Festival Toronto  

Directed by Pankaj Butalia

Produced by Films Division

Dr. Mushtaque Sadaf, Sahitya Akademi will briefly introduce the work of Nida Fazli; and Pankaj Butalia will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Nida Fazli is one of India’s well-known Urdu poets. Born in Gwalior from where his family left for Pakistan after the partition of India, Nida decided to stay behind and moved to Bombay to see if he could make his mark there as a poet. From the mid-seventies onwards, he has been recognised as one of the leading modernist voices in Urdu poetry. This film is a way to look at the man and his work

Between Nationalism and Internationalism: The Political Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore
Speaker: Dr. Ramachandra Guha, historian and biographer