By Sherry Duggal

Sherry Duggal is a poet from Vancouver, Canada who is passionate about performance

Concert by young upcoming artists - Priya Parvathy, Ganga Bhagirathi and U Ashwin on veena; S. Vignesh, Vaishavi Nathan, Siddhesh and Gangothri on violin

Accompanied on the mridangam by students of Kumbakonam N. Padmanabhan

Carnatic and Hindustani Jugalbandhi - Vocal and Instrumental
Presented by Avinash Kumar and Sowmya Gurucaran (vocal); Sowmitra Thakur (sitar); Rajeeva Prasanna (flute); Mahavir Chandravat (tabla); Manohar Balatchindirane (mridangam)

Concert in honour of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

A mehfil with Delhi gharana maestro, Ustad Saeed Zafar Khan (star)

As a representative of a unique tradition that represents both vocal as well as instrumental streams, Ustad Saeed Zafar Khan will regale audiences with a unique repertoire of ragas that have roots in Persian maqam-s

Director: Pria Somiah Alva

Script: Manira Alva Pinto

Produced by Miditech (P) Ltd. For Channel News Asia

Journalist/presenter: Namita Bhandare will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Film on the Nirbhaya rape and the fight against rape that followed in its brutal aftermath

Speaker: Dr. Swapna Liddle, INTACH Delhi Chapter

Chair: Dr. Shama Mitra Chenoy, University of Delhi

The city of Shahjahanabad was founded in the 17th century as the capital of the Mughal Empire. It followed upon a series of capital cities located at distinct sites in Delhi by earlier regimes. While not much remains of these earlier cities apart from some monumental buildings, Shahjahanabad retains much of its original urban grain - its street pattern, its shape and size, and many heritage buildings. This gives us the opportunity to examine the distinct characteristics of its plan; and in that plan we can see certain essential principles of Mughal rule

Speaker: Mr. R. Ramachandran, Executive Director, Asian Festival of Children's Content, National Book Development Council of Singapore and former Director, National Library Board Singapore

Chair: Prof. Avadhesh Kumar Singh, Director, School of Translation Studies, IGNOU