Harappan Town Planning and Architecture
Speaker: Shri R.S. Bisht, formerly Joint Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India who has excavated at several Harappan sites including Dholavira
 
Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

Maldives: An Imperiled Democracy
Speakers: Amb. (retd.) Kuldeep Sahdev; Shri Sumon K. Chakrabarti, journalist and founder of Focus Maldives news site; Ms Devyani Srivastava, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative; Dr. Niranjan Sahoo, Observer Research Foundation; and Dr. Anand Kumar, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
 

Khayal
By Kamla Dhyani
With Shanti Bhushan (tabla); and Chetan Nigam (harmonium)
 
Followed by
Dhrupad Vocal
By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar
With Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on the pakhawaj

An exhibition of paintings – acrylic on canvas
By L. Meena Devi from Manipur
 
Preview on Wednesday, 6 May 2015 at 18:30
 
L. Meena Devi’s oeuvre of feminine portraits, reflect an insider’s view of a world un-spoilt by consumerism. Delicate, ethereal and fragile, the paintings unfold a personal biography of a particular time and space

Dr. Bibek Debroy; Ambassador B.S. Prakash; Ambassador Kanwal Sibal; Shri T.P. Sreenivasan; and Dr. Divya Iyer will discuss Applied Diplomacy: Through the Prism of Mythology: Writings of T.P. Sreenivasan, Edited by Divya S. Iyer
(New Delhi: Wisdom Tree, 2014)
 
Chair: Shri Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister

Presented by Neemrana Music Foundation in a programme of solos, duets, ensembles and choir masterpieces by Mozart, Bizet, Verdi and others

Speaker: Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota, a reputed yoga therapist with more than two-and-a-half decades of experience. She has successfully treated various ailments ranging from asthma, arthritis and backache to tumours and cancer. She conducts yoga workshops within and outside India, and has written books and articles, and produced television programmes on the subject
 
Diet is viewed differently by different health systems. For modern science it is vitamins, minerals, and calories, while Indian systems look for the quality of its energy or ‘prana’. It is essential to integrate them both to get the correct picture and know what to eat and what to avoid to prevent ailments. Furthermore there are certain wonder  food that need to be included in our daily diet for still better result

By Soundarya Srivathsa from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Smt Narmadha

Moods of the North East
Traditional, folk, tribal and classical dances from North East India
Choreographed by Mandira Bhattacharjee, Antara Kalakendra, Guwahati
 
Followed by
Eternal Melodies of Bollywood Legends: Bhupen Hazarika, Mohd. Rafi, Hemant Kumar, Kishore Kumar and others
By Indranil Banerjee from Kolkata
 

Ramayani Pala Gaan in Bengali
Presented in lyrical form
By Rameshwar Gangopadhyay and Bibhabendu Bhattacharya from Kolkata
 
Followed by
Raja (The King of the Dark Chamber)                                                                                                                          
 Dramatised reading of  Rabindranath Tagore’s play written in 1910
By Soumitra Basu, Averee Chaurey, Jayati Ghosh, Sanjoy Sarkar, Badal Ray and others