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Presented by CEVA Drama Repertory Company, Chandigarh and Swangies – traditional folk performers of Haryana

Directed by G.S. Chani

 

Using the conventions of Swang Theatre, the play takes a closer look at the events of the 1857 mutiny and the participation of ordinary people in the first freedom struggle and the role of village women in the struggle

Poetry, Peace and War

By  Prof. Harish Trivedi, University of Delhi

 

Chair: Dr. H K Kaul

Rekha Surya, the youngest shaagird of Begum Akhtar will present a concert of ghazal, dadra and  sufiana kalaam

With the support of Tata Services 

 

An Illustrated lecture by Dr. Hari Vasudevan, author of the book, In the Footsteps of Afanasii  Nikitin  (New Delhi; Manohar; 2014) 

Chair: Shri Ajay Malhotra, Former Indian Ambassador to Russia

 

Followed by a discussion

By Vanashree Rao from Delhi

 

A tribute to her gurus Shri Krishna Kumar, Shri  Jayarama Rao, Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam, Guru Nataraja Ramakrishna 

An exhibition of sculptures

By Usha Ramachandran from Trivandrum

 

Inauguration by Shri K.S. Radhakrishnan on 23 September 2014 at 18:30

Illustrated lecture by Shri Pankaj Raag, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture

 

Speakers: Shri Vijay Bhushan, Dr. Vandana Shiva and Dr. Gautam Vohra

 

Chief Guest : Shri Virendra Dayal

On the occasion on the Narain Dutt Award for the Conservation Award for Nature

 

Stallions of the Indian Ocean 

Speaker: Dr. Srinivas Reddy, Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies, IIT - Gandhinagar.

 

Chair: Prof. Rajat Datta, Chairperson, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University  

 

The talk seeks to scrutinise a variety of historical sources to develop a composite picture of how Indian Ocean maritime trade between Arabia and India, as mediated by the Portuguese, played a critical role in the dynamics of sixteenth century Deccani politics and society