ART MATTERS
Art historian Prof. B. N. Goswamy on conversation with Dr. Shobita Punja, Smt. Nandini Mehta and Dr. Kavita Singh
Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi
Chair: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi
Flight to Freedom: Harmony through Synthesis
An exhibition of Chigiri-e paper art
By Jyotirmoy Ray from Delhi
Inauguration by Shri Rajeev Lochan, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art on Thursday, 16 July 2015 at 18:30
Chigiri-e is created in collage style from torn pieces of washi paper. It is an artist’s impression of hope that takes its flight to freedom not by rejecting the shattered ugliness but by creating harmony from torn paper
By Jyotirmoy Ray from Delhi
Inauguration by Shri Rajeev Lochan, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art on Thursday, 16 July 2015 at 18:30
Chigiri-e is created in collage style from torn pieces of washi paper. It is an artist’s impression of hope that takes its flight to freedom not by rejecting the shattered ugliness but by creating harmony from torn paper
MONSOON FESTIVAL OF DANCE – PURUSHAAKARAM: THE MALE IN BHARATANATYAM
Bharatanatyam Recitals
By S. Vijay Kumar from Chennai, disciple of Smt Sujatha Parameswaram
At 19:00 pm
By Lokesh Bharadwaj from Delhi, disciple of Shri Justin McCarthy
MONSOON FESTIVAL OF DANCE – PURUSHAAKARAM: THE MALE IN BHARATANATYAM - 16 & 17 July 2015
Bharatanatyam Recitals
By Praveen Kumar from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Smt Narmada and Prof. C.V. Chandrashekar
At 19:00 pm
By Renjith Babu from Chennai, disciple of Prof. C.V. Chandrashekhar and the Dhananjayans
By Praveen Kumar from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Smt Narmada and Prof. C.V. Chandrashekar
At 19:00 pm
By Renjith Babu from Chennai, disciple of Prof. C.V. Chandrashekhar and the Dhananjayans
Celebrating Legendary Poets
Beyond Body, Beyond Mind: The Mystic Musings of Lalleshwari (Lal Ded) – The Great Saint-Poetess of Kashmir
Panel: Dr. R. K. Bhat, Dr. S. S. Toshkhani and Mr. C. L. Sapru
Chair: Prof. B. B. Dhar, President, Kashmir Education, Culture and Science Society (KECSS), New Delhi
Panel: Dr. R. K. Bhat, Dr. S. S. Toshkhani and Mr. C. L. Sapru
Chair: Prof. B. B. Dhar, President, Kashmir Education, Culture and Science Society (KECSS), New Delhi
Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2015
Demographic Drivers of Economic Growth – Role of Human Capital
Speaker : Professor Abhijit Sen, was Member, Planning Commission is currently on the Senate/Executive Committees of University of Delhi, IIT( Delhi) and National Centre for Agricultural Policy
Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee
Meet the Author
Amitav Acharya, Professor of International Relations, American University and author of the new book The End of American World Order (Oxford University Press, New Delhi:2015) who will speak about his new book
Discussants: Professor Satish Kumar; Dr. K.P. Vijayalakshmi and Ambassador K.P. Fabian
Chair: Professor Muchkund Dubey
Discussants: Professor Satish Kumar; Dr. K.P. Vijayalakshmi and Ambassador K.P. Fabian
Chair: Professor Muchkund Dubey
Shared Heritage as New Variable in the Indo-Korean Relations: Historicising the Legend of Princess from Ayodhya and its Legacy
Inauguration on 14th July at 10:30 am
Inside
An exhibition by Luz Blanco and Ludovic Bernhardt
Preview on Friday, 10th July 2015 at 18:30
The exhibition presents the graphic work of two French artists who question the nature of image and its reproduction, their interiority and their subject as well. Proposing a conversation between their images which embodies the nature of representation and that of visual memory which produces a disruption of information and a reinterpretation of social signs
Preview on Friday, 10th July 2015 at 18:30
The exhibition presents the graphic work of two French artists who question the nature of image and its reproduction, their interiority and their subject as well. Proposing a conversation between their images which embodies the nature of representation and that of visual memory which produces a disruption of information and a reinterpretation of social signs
Beyond Borders
Salaam Baguette
Speakers: Kazem Samendhari, CMD and Cedric Houze, Executive Pastry and Bakery Chef, L'Opera Patisserie Boulangerie
Guest of Honour: H.E. Mr. Francois Richier, Ambassador of France
Chair: Shri K.V. Rajan
This programme focuses on the astonishing range of France's famed boulangerie and patisserie, where the most modern technology respectfully co-exists with centuries-old traditions, which constitute the pillars of French gastronomic culture such as "Perfection","Joie de vivre", "aesthetic appeal" and "Innovation". This is an ode to "Bread" in all its magnificent diversity, its unique place in French history, culture and society, the passionate commitment to high quality, interwoven with first person accounts of French entrepreneurship in "making it in India" for the discriminating palate here and elsewhere, and insights and demos by an executive French chef
Speakers: Kazem Samendhari, CMD and Cedric Houze, Executive Pastry and Bakery Chef, L'Opera Patisserie Boulangerie
Guest of Honour: H.E. Mr. Francois Richier, Ambassador of France
Chair: Shri K.V. Rajan
This programme focuses on the astonishing range of France's famed boulangerie and patisserie, where the most modern technology respectfully co-exists with centuries-old traditions, which constitute the pillars of French gastronomic culture such as "Perfection","Joie de vivre", "aesthetic appeal" and "Innovation". This is an ode to "Bread" in all its magnificent diversity, its unique place in French history, culture and society, the passionate commitment to high quality, interwoven with first person accounts of French entrepreneurship in "making it in India" for the discriminating palate here and elsewhere, and insights and demos by an executive French chef