75 min; dvd; English subtitles; Iran)
Director: Reza Allamehzadeh

Iranian Taboo tells the story of an Iranian Baha'i woman, Nadereh and her 14-year-old daughter who decide to sell all of their belongings and leave their homeland, to take refuge in the West

Presentation of awards to young craftspersons
Chief Guest: Shri Rajiv Sethi

There will be a display of craft made by the awardees

Discussion around the new book by Hiranmay Karlekar (New Delhi: Sage 2012)

Panelists: Ms Arundhati Ghose, former Indian Ambassador; Shri H.K. Dua, senior journalist; and Shri Hiranmay Karlekar, senior journalist who will look at issues raised in the book and on the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and its consequences

Chair: Shri Salman Haider

Speaker: Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore and Chairman, Board of the National University Health System

The talk will focus on liberal education, particularly in the context of the establishment of the Yale - NUS College - a strategic partnership between the National University of Singapore and Yale University. Espousing a unique "West-meets-East" educational approach, the College will offer an intense, broad-based multi-disciplinary programme that nurtures curiosity, thinking from first principles, reasoning, communication, and quantitative skills

Presented by Sunaad from Bangalore led by Tara Kini
The group uses Dhrupad as a base and elements of theatre and story-telling in its presentation

The Katha's timeless tales is a dialogue between Yama, the God of Death, and Nachiketa, a committed teenager seeking the truth.

(61 min; 2013; HDV; English & with subtitles)
Directed by Pankaj Butalia who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

A film which explores the sense of loss individuals feel when they lose close members of their families to conflict in Kashmir. Women talk about the loss of husbands, brothers and sons and how the desire to live has gone from their lives since they lost their loved ones

Exhibition, performances and seminar

Seminar: Odissi Music: A Distinct Form
Speakers: Prof. Ramahari Das; Guru Kirtan Narayan Padhi; Smt Shyamamani Devi; and Shri Chittaranjan Mallia

From 19:00 onwards in the Rose Garden
Odissi Vocal Concert
By Smt Shyamamani Devi and party

Odissi Recital
Presented by Art Vision, directed by Guru Ileana Citaristi

Exhibition: Lesser Known Monuments of Odisha
An exhibition of photographs curated by Intach, Odisha Chapter

Inauguration at 10:00

On view in the Quadrangle Garden

Performance from 18:30 in the Rose garden
Inauguration

Odissi Vocal Concert
By Prof. Ramhari Das and party

Odissi Recital
Presented by Utkal University of Culture, directed by Guru Nabakishor Misra