The Quest for Consciousness

01 April 2014, 05:30 am
The Quest for Consciousness
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Mr. Julio Ozán Lavoisier, well-known philosopher from Argentina
 
Chair: H.E. Mr. Raul Ignacio Guastavino, Ambassador of Argentina

Abbas: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

01 April 2014, 05:30 am
Abbas: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Programme Type
Cultural
A multi-media presentation on Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, the prolific writer, novelist, journalist, filmmaker and screen writer. The presentation includes clips from some of his memorable films, photographs, his own works and voice, recitation and a recital of songs written by Kaifi Azmi and Ali Sardar Jafri featured in some of his films
 
Presented by Hamari Urdu Mohabbat
Narrators: Zakia Zaheer, Syeda Hameed, Raza Mehdi
Vocals: Rene Singh
Technical Direction: Harsh Kapoor
 

Cell Phone Nation

30 April 2014, 05:30 am
Cell Phone Nation
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Prof. Robin Jeffrey, Visiting Research Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore; and co-author of the book of the same title
 
The cheap mobile phone is probably the most disruptive communications device in history, and in India its potential to stir up society is breathtaking. The speaker probes the mobile phone universe in India – from the contests of great capitalists and governments to control Radio Frequency spectrum to the ways ordinary people build the troublesome, addictive device into their daily lives

INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

30 April 2014, 05:30 am
INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Programme Type
Talks
India in Cambodia – Conservation of Angkor Wat and Ta Prohm
Illustrated lecture by Shri Jahnwij Sharma, Director (Conservation), Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

Odissi Recital

30 April 2014, 05:30 am
Odissi Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
By Lipsa Dash from Delhi, disciple of Guru Bichitrananda Swain, Guru Manoranjan Pradhan and Guru Smt. Aruna Mohanta

Fire in the Blood (87 min; 2013; dvd; English

29 April 2014, 05:30 am
Fire in the Blood (87 min; 2013; dvd; English
Director: Dylan Mohan Gray
Narrated by William Hurt
 
Recipient of the Feature Documentary Award, DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2013; Critics Award – Political Film Prize, Hamburg Film Festival 2013; Justice Matters Award, Washington DC Filmfest 2013
 
An intricate tale of ‘medicine, monopoly and malice’, Fire in the Blood tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments aggressively blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of Africa and the global south in the years after 1996 – causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths – and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

28 April 2014, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Talks
Dr. Partho Datta, Dr. Zakir Hussain College; Prof.(Mrrs.) Vijaya Ramaswamy, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU;  and Dr. Kingshuk Chatterjee, Shiv Nadar University will discuss Gandhi Before India (New Delhi: Penguin, 2013) by Ramachandra Guha
 
Chair: Prof. Aparna Basu, All India Women’s Conference

Panorama of India’s Art Heritage

27 April 2014, 05:30 am
Panorama of India’s Art Heritage
Programme Type
Cultural
Tomaro Asime – Rabindra Sangeet
By Jayati Chakraborty
 
Ramayana
A multimedia presentation in Odissi choreography
By Kiran Segal and troupe
 

Lighting Dance: Dancing Light

27 April 2014, 05:30 am
Lighting Dance: Dancing Light
Programme Type
Festivals
Illustrated lecture by Gautam Bhattacharya
 
At 16:45
Costuming for Dance
Illustrated lecture by Sandhya Raman
 
Chair: Geeta Chandran
 
At 18:30
Natya Vriksha Young Dancers Festival
Mohiniattam Recital
By Vinaya Narayanan from Bangalore
 
At 19:45
Kuchipudi Recital
By Prateeksha Kashi from Bangalore