Speaker: Prof. Robert Thurman, well-known contemporary scholar-teacher of Buddha Dharma and Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University

 

Chair: Dharmacharya Shantum Seth

 

 

 

 

Meena Kumari’s poetry will be interspersed with anecdotes from her personal life 

By Dr. Lavlin Thadani and Dr. Tarannum Riaz, eminent poets 

 

Chair: Dr. Harish Bhalla

 

 

 

With Smt Apoorva Gokhale (Khayal) 

Smt Apoorva Gokhale was born into a rich legacy of music, representing the 5th generation of the heritage of her family. She is the great grand-daughter of Pandit Anant Manohar Joshi and the grand-daughter of Pandit Gajananrao Joshi, both of whom are illustrious figures in the lineages of the Gwalior, Agra and Jaipur-Atrauli gharanas. For this special mehfil, Apoorva will present ragas and bandishes closely associated with the legacy of Pandit Gajananrao Joshi who initiated her into the world of music 

 

 

By Apoorva Krishna  from Bangalore, disciple of  Guru Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanandam and Guru Anuradha Sridhar

 

 

Geeta Kapur in conversation with Sabih Ahmad

 

Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi

 

 

The Environment for India’s Environment

Speaker: Shri Jairam Ramesh, MP

 

Followed by a discussion

Panelists: Shri Darryl D’Monte, Chairperson, Forum of Environmental Journalists of India (FEJI); Ms Bahar Dutt, award winning journalist and author; and Dr. Shibani Ghosh, Fellow, Centre for Policy Research

 

 

Paintings and sculptures by Sheila Thadani, senior artist

 

Inauguration by Dr. Karan Singh, MP on Wednesday, 16 March 2016 at 18:30

 

A series of three lectures by Sharon Lowen, well-known exponent of Odissi who will provide a panoramic visual overview of 20th century American dance genres through film and video clips encompassing folk to broadway, ballet to Pilobolos

 

Wednesday 16th March  

American Social Dance 

Origins of the American vernacular: tap, swing, and clogging along with Early 20th century Modern and Ballet

 

Thursday 31st March

Broadway and Concert Dance

Mid-century transitions in Ballet and Modern

 

Monday 11th April 

Abstract Expressionism

Post Modern, Dance Theatre and Contemporary Dance

 

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

What Darwin Never Knew (60 min; 2009; dvd; English)

Directors: John Rubin, Rushmore Denooyer, Serena Davies, Sarah Holt

 

What Darwin Never Knew offers answers to riddles that Darwin couldn't explain. Breakthroughs in a brand-new science - nicknamed "evo devo" are linking the enigmas of evolution to another of nature's great mysteries, the development of the embryo. The film takes viewers on a journey from the Galapagos Islands to the Arctic, and from the explosion of animal forms half a billion years ago to the research labs of today. Scientists are finally beginning to crack nature's biggest secrets at the genetic level. The results are confirming the brilliance of Darwin's insights while revealing clues to life's breathtaking diversity in ways the great naturalist could scarcely have imagined

 

 

 

Reading Latin America: Afro Caribbean Poetry From Cuba – The Work of Nicolas Guillen and Nancy Morejón

A discussion series on well-known literary figures of Latin America

 

Conceptualised and coordinated by Dr. Vibha Maurya, Dept. of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi

Introduction: Prof. Vibha Maurya

Speakers: Dr. Sonya S. Gupta, Jamia Millia Islamia will speak on Nancy Morejón: Women’s Voice from the Caribbean; Prof. Kedarnath Singh, well-known Hindi poet and former Professor, School of Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi will speak onTranslating Guillen; and Ashwani Kumar, University of Delhi will speak on Comparing the Poetry of Nicolas Guillen with Dalit Poetry