Monk with a Camera (90 min; 2014; dvd; English)
Directors: Tina Mascara & Guido Santi
 
Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of the legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, and trained by Irving Penn to become a photographer, Nicholas’ life changed drastically upon meeting a Tibetan master, one of the teachers of the Dalai Lama.  Soon thereafter, he gave up his glamorous life to live in a monastery in India, where he studied Buddhism for fourteen years.  In an ironic twist of fate, Nicholas went back to photography to help his fellow monks rebuild their monastery.  Recently, the Dalai Lama appointed Nicholas as Abbot of the monastery, making him the first Westerner in Tibetan Buddhist history to attain such a highly regarded position

Approaches to Social History of Delhi
Speakers: Prof. Narayani Gupta , well known historian; Dr. Mahmood Farooqui , historian and theatre personality;   Mr. Sohail Hashmi  a writer,  history enthusiast & cultural activist and  Ms Navina Jaffa, heritage consultant  

Brihadeshwara Temple
Illustrated lecture by Dr. S. Dayalan, Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai
 
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

Speaker: Shri K.L. Pandey, Additional Member, Railway Board and who is working on a book, Hindi Cine-Sangeet Rangopaedia
 
Chair: Shri S.K. Jha, GM (Corporate Communications), ONGC

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain
 
Cinderella (102 min; 1969; dvd; English subtitles)
Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet
Production: The Royal Ballet
Conductor: John Lanchbery
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
 
With Antoinette Sibley (Cinderella); Anthony Dowell (The Prince); Frederick Ashton and Robert Helpmann (The Ugly Sisters)

Prof Pushpesh Pant, noted Indian academic; Shri Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, journalist; and Ms Seema Chishti, journalist will discuss An Undocumented  Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Election by S. Y. Quraishi (Rupa; New Delhi,  2014)

 Chair: Dr. Subhash C.  Kashyap, former Secretary-General of Lok Sabha

By Madhumita Chattopadhyay from Kolkata, disciple of Smt Purnima Choudhury

Panelist: Mr. Vinod Babu, Scientist, Central Pollution Control Board; Dr. Regina Dubey, GTZ  and   Mr. Suneel Pandey, Associate Director, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency  Division, TERI

Moderator: Mr. Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link 

The Ecological Insights in the Atharva Veda and their Relevance Today
 
Speaker: Professor Madhu Khanna, Centre for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilisations,    Jamia Millia Islamia
 
Introduction: Shri A.K. Merchant
 
Chair: Dr. Karan Singh, M.P.

An ecological reading of one of the most spectacular hymns from the Atharva Veda dedicated to the planet Earth