MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Singing Dakhini Poetry
Presentation by Vidya Rao, well-known vocalist
Chair: Dr Preeti Bahadur Ramswamy, art historian and one of the two curators of the noted exhibition, ‘Nauras’ held at the National Museum who will also speak about Dakkhani art andculture
Presentation by Vidya Rao, well-known vocalist
Chair: Dr Preeti Bahadur Ramswamy, art historian and one of the two curators of the noted exhibition, ‘Nauras’ held at the National Museum who will also speak about Dakkhani art andculture
CELEBRATING LEGENDARY POETS
Rashtra Kavi Kuvempu: Man & Mission
Widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century, Kuvempu was a novelist, poet, playwright, critic and thinker. He is the first among Kannada writers to be decorated with the prestigious Jnanpith Award
Speaker: Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah (Hampana), Professor Emeritus and President, Kuvempu Pratishthan, Shomoga, Karnataka
The lecture will be followed by screening of a documentary film Rasa-Rishi Kuvempu
Chair: Shri Namvar Singh, Recipient of the prestigious Kuvempu Rashtreeya Puraskar
There will be a small exhibition of books and selected photographs of and on Kuvempu coordinated by Pratishthana Secretary, Sri Kadidal Prakash, who will also be present
Widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century, Kuvempu was a novelist, poet, playwright, critic and thinker. He is the first among Kannada writers to be decorated with the prestigious Jnanpith Award
Speaker: Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah (Hampana), Professor Emeritus and President, Kuvempu Pratishthan, Shomoga, Karnataka
The lecture will be followed by screening of a documentary film Rasa-Rishi Kuvempu
Chair: Shri Namvar Singh, Recipient of the prestigious Kuvempu Rashtreeya Puraskar
There will be a small exhibition of books and selected photographs of and on Kuvempu coordinated by Pratishthana Secretary, Sri Kadidal Prakash, who will also be present
20thPrem Bhatia Memorial Lecture
India’s Aborted Transitions
Speaker: Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research
Chair: Prof. Dipankar Gupta
The lecture will examine the ways in which India is stuck in vicious cycles that make the necessary transitions for a more progressive India impossible
Speaker: Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research
Chair: Prof. Dipankar Gupta
The lecture will examine the ways in which India is stuck in vicious cycles that make the necessary transitions for a more progressive India impossible
Sitar Recital
By Sameep Kulkarni from Pune, disciple of Ustad Shahid Parvez
Ocean of Cobras – The Battle for India’s Soul Between Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb
Speaker: Shri Murad Ali Baig, travel and motoring writer who has recently published an historical novel, Ocean of Cobras (Tara – India Research Press, New Delhi 2015) set in 17th century Mughal India. His talk will be based on this as well as on the writing of the novel
Dammed (60 min; 2014; HD; English & with subtitles)
Directors: Kavita Bahl and Nandan Saxena who will introduce the film
Recipient of the Best Film Award in the ‘Water for All’ category, Vatavaran Environment & Wildlife Film Festival, New Delhi 2014; Gold for Best Script, Silver for Cinematography, Silver for Editing and Silver for Direction, and Certificate of Merit for Creative Excellence, Indian Documentary Producers Association Awards, Mumbai 2015
Screening will be followed by a discussion with Chittaroopa Palit, Narmada Bachao Andolan and Anupam Mishra and the two filmmakers
The film documents the resilient, non-violent Gandhian struggle of the mega-dam affected citizens of the Narmada valley. It questions the paradigm of development which assumes that mega dams are critical to progress. The film follows the drama inherent in the unfolding saga of the Narmada struggle
Recipient of the Best Film Award in the ‘Water for All’ category, Vatavaran Environment & Wildlife Film Festival, New Delhi 2014; Gold for Best Script, Silver for Cinematography, Silver for Editing and Silver for Direction, and Certificate of Merit for Creative Excellence, Indian Documentary Producers Association Awards, Mumbai 2015
Screening will be followed by a discussion with Chittaroopa Palit, Narmada Bachao Andolan and Anupam Mishra and the two filmmakers
The film documents the resilient, non-violent Gandhian struggle of the mega-dam affected citizens of the Narmada valley. It questions the paradigm of development which assumes that mega dams are critical to progress. The film follows the drama inherent in the unfolding saga of the Narmada struggle
Museums and the Present: Issues of Community, Locality and Contextual Relevance
Speaker: Dr. Karen Exell, Lecturer in Museum Studies and Programme Director of the Masters Program in Museum and Gallery Practice, University College London, Qatar campus. Her recent publications include the co-edited volume, Heritage Debates in the Arabian Peninsula (Ashgate, 2014); and the forthcoming monograph, Museums in the Arabian Peninsula: Globalisation and the Politics of Representation (working title)
Museums were developed in many parts of the world during the colonial period to ‘visualise and objectify’ the colonised people and country for the coloniser, as Sheila Bhatti has argued in relation to the Lahore Museum. Following decolonisation the perception has remained amongst local communities that these ‘colonial’ museums are irrelevant to their contemporary concerns. Using models from a variety of countries this lecture argues that museums in post-colonial countries such as India have the opportunity to significantly enrich the lives of their local communities through creative interventions, and to realign these museums with contemporary socio-political concerns
Museums were developed in many parts of the world during the colonial period to ‘visualise and objectify’ the colonised people and country for the coloniser, as Sheila Bhatti has argued in relation to the Lahore Museum. Following decolonisation the perception has remained amongst local communities that these ‘colonial’ museums are irrelevant to their contemporary concerns. Using models from a variety of countries this lecture argues that museums in post-colonial countries such as India have the opportunity to significantly enrich the lives of their local communities through creative interventions, and to realign these museums with contemporary socio-political concerns
Storytelling with Frescoes and Dance
Illustrated lecture by M.V. Bhaskar, who is working on alternative forms of reconstruction and restoration of the mural paintings will recount tales of the lost art of mural painting
Followed by a
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Justin McCarthy with Kalamkari images to narrate stories of Mohini
Followed by a
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Justin McCarthy with Kalamkari images to narrate stories of Mohini
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr. Bharat Wariavwalla, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Shri Shakti Sinha, Chairman, South Asia Institute for Strategic Affairs; and Shri Jayant Prasad, Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of India and former Indian Ambassador to Nepal will discuss World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History by Henry Kissinger (New Delhi: Allen Lane, Penguin 2014)
Chair: Shri Shiv Shankar Menon, former National Security Advisor
Chair: Shri Shiv Shankar Menon, former National Security Advisor
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND THE OTHER DIMENSION
Series curated by Rajeev Mehrotra
Steve Jobs: One Last Thing (60 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Directors: Jonathan Challis, John Coffey, Susan Crook, Ian Lync
Few men have changed our everyday world of work, leisure and human communication in the way that Apple founder, Steve Jobs has done. Through interviews with those who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, this documentary looks not only at how his talent, his style, and his imagination has shaped all our lives; but also at the influences that shaped and moulded the man himself
Steve Jobs: One Last Thing (60 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Directors: Jonathan Challis, John Coffey, Susan Crook, Ian Lync
Few men have changed our everyday world of work, leisure and human communication in the way that Apple founder, Steve Jobs has done. Through interviews with those who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, this documentary looks not only at how his talent, his style, and his imagination has shaped all our lives; but also at the influences that shaped and moulded the man himself