An exhibition of paintings by Eleanor Wright

 

Inauguration by  H. E. Mr. Grahame Morton, New Zealand High Commissioner and Smt Shobha Broota, well known artist on Thursday, 20 November 2014 at 18:00

 

Artist Arpita Singh  in conversation with Ina Puri, Bhavna Kakar and Om Thanvi 

 

Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

By Maestro Christian Leotta, Italian pianist

 

Works by Bach, Schubert, Rossini and Beethoven

 

CANCELLED

Islamic Calligraphy in Indian Monuments: Epigraphs and Manuscripts

Speaker: Dr. G.S. Khwaja, Archaeological Survey of India

 

Chair: Prof S.H. Qasemi

Of Life and Death (30 min; dvd; 2004; English)                                                                                                                       

Director: K. Bikram Singh

 

Official Selection – Mumbai International Film Festival

 

Through the life and experiences of Maharajin Bua, perhaps the only woman in India who has been performing last rites and cremating the dead at Allahabad’s Rasoolabad Ghat for the last 75 years, this Film explores the relationship of death to life, our response to our own impending death and the death of others 

 

Death and Transformation: The Personal Reflections of Huston Smith (75 min; DVD; 2006; English)            

Director: Virginia Gray Henry-Blakemore

 

Huston’s words and luminous presence, embellished by exquisite footage and family photographs, cannot help but deeply touch our hearts. He shares his final life goal with us and the words he would most love upon his tombstone, among many other profound and beautiful insights

 

Medicines Labelled as ‘Herbal’ – How true are their claims?’

Keynote Speaker : Dr. D.C. Katoch, Joint Advisor, Dept of  AYUSH, Ministry of Health & FW, GOI                               

 

Panelists:   Dr Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Hospitals and Chairman, Advisory Group, Consumers India;   Dr. Neeraj Tandon, Scientist F & Head, Medicinal Plant Unit, ICMR ; Dr. Surinder Katoch, Ayurveda consultant; and Dr Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India

A series of photographs by Mari Schirmer from Brazil

A series of photographs from an artistic perspective on the acts of faith. The images register the moment in which people seek a contact with the invisible body of God, presenting fragments of visible bodies that express different concepts and intentions

A discussion on a book by Zbigniew Cynkutis, edited by Paul Allain and Khalid Tyabji