My Journey: A Tale of Two Births

Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson IIC-Asia Project will introduce Ileana  Citaristi’s new book published by Manohar

 

Smt Leela Venkataraman, eminent dance critic will be in conversation with the author

 

Followed by

Odissi Recital

By Ileana Citaristi

 

Chief Guest : Shri Jawahar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati

 

Ivan’s Childhood (Ivanovo Detstvo)

(96 min; 1962; b/w; English subtitles)

A film by Andrei Tarkovsky

 

Winner of the Golden Lion, Venice International Film Festival, 1962

 

Tarkovsky’s lyrical debut feature film, about a young orphan whose zealous desire to avenge the death of his parents spurs him on to increasingly dangerous espionage missions behind German lines

 

rtistes pay tribute to Zohra Segal

 

11:00 Film -  Zohra Unmasked Part I & II (54 min; dvd; English)

Director: Jai Chandiram

The personality of this great danseuse, actress and the theatre person is unveiled by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, well-known visionary of art and culture

Film courtesy: Kiran Segal and IGNCA

 

 

12:00 -  Reminiscences

By Gauhar Raza

 

14.30 - Bhaji on the Beach (101 min; 1993; dvd; English)

Director: Gurinder Chadha

 

A group of women of Indian descent take a trip together from their home in Birmingham, England, to the beach resort of Blackpool. The women vary in ages from mid-teens to elderly, and initially have little in common. But the events of the day lead then to better mutual understanding and solidarity

 

 

From 17:00 to 20:00

Performances

Guitar by Yogi Ponappa; Recitation by Salima Raza; Odissi by Madhyama Segal; Performance by Maya Rao

Play by Tadpole Theatre Group

Coordinator: Kiran Segal

 

Dharohar

Bharatanatyam performance by Natya Vriksha Dance Company (NEXT)

 

AT 16:00

Rasa in Dance – Inspiration and Imagination

An illustrated lecture by Guru Lakshmi Vishwanathan from Chennai

 

The talk will progress from theory to practice, exploring and drawing inspiration from parallels in art. Lakshmi Vishwanathan will take the rasikas on a journey of imagined and real beauty

 

AT 18:30

Natya Vriksha Young Dancers Festival

 

Kuchipudi Recital

By T. Reddi Lakshmi, disciple of Gurus Jayarama Rao and Vanashree Rao

 

AT 19:45

Kathak Recital

By Vishal Krishna from Benaras

 

Dharohar

Bharatanatyam performance by Natya Vriksha Dance Company (NEXT)

 

AT 16:00

Rasa in Dance – Inspiration and Imagination

An illustrated lecture by Guru Lakshmi Vishwanathan from Chennai

 

The talk will progress from theory to practice, exploring and drawing inspiration from parallels in art. Lakshmi Vishwanathan will take the rasikas on a journey of imagined and real beauty

 

AT 18:30

Natya Vriksha Young Dancers Festival

 

Kuchipudi Recital

By T. Reddi Lakshmi, disciple of Gurus Jayarama Rao and Vanashree Rao

 

AT 19:45

Kathak Recital

By Vishal Krishna from Benaras

 

Dharohar

Bharatanatyam performance by Natya Vriksha Dance Company (NEXT)

 

AT 16:00

Rasa in Dance – Inspiration and Imagination

An illustrated lecture by Guru Lakshmi Vishwanathan from Chennai

 

The talk will progress from theory to practice, exploring and drawing inspiration from parallels in art. Lakshmi Vishwanathan will take the rasikas on a journey of imagined and real beauty

 

AT 18:30

Natya Vriksha Young Dancers Festival

 

Kuchipudi Recital

By T. Reddi Lakshmi, disciple of Gurus Jayarama Rao and Vanashree Rao

 

AT 19:45

Kathak Recital

By Vishal Krishna from Benaras

 

Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond

Launch of renowned dance critic, Leela Venkataraman’s new book (New Delhi 2015: Niyogi Books)

 

AT 17:30

Navadarshanam

Group choreography presented by Senior dancers of Natya Vriksha Dance Company

Artists – Sneha Chakradhar, Divya Saluja, Sharanya Chandran, R. Amritha Sruthi and Radhika Kathal

 

AT 19:00

Film - Vara: A Blessing (96 min; 2013; dvd; English)

A film by Khyentse Norbu

 

Recipient of the Tribeca Online Film Festival Best Feature Film Award, Tribeca Film Festival 2014

 

Geeta Chandran essays the role of a devadasi who along with her young daughter find themselves on the fringes of society, struggling to make ends meet. Set against the lush countryside in an Indian village not yet caught up with the modern world, Vara a Blessing seamlessly intertwines the vivid dream worlds of Hindu gods, classical Bharatanatyam dance, and music.  A timeless story of love and devotion

 

Speaker: Dr.Subhash Airy, Ph.D., Senior Consultant and Founder, Nutra ProActive, LLC , USA who worked in the United States for over forty years in every facet of research and development of new therapeutic pharmaceutical drug products from conception to marketing

Chair: Dr. Bharat Wariavwalla
 

Da Vinci’s scientific researches were hardly known or understood beyond his immediate circle, and it was not until the 19th and 20th centuries that the thousands of pages of his notebooks were properly examined in the field of optics, geology, botany, hydrodynamics and human anatomy. The talk will look at  how Leonardo da Vinci’s initial observation in 1508 about cirrhotic liver laid down the foundation towards the development of new medicines

 

Prof. Alok Bhalla, Dept. of English, CIEFL, Hyderabad (Retd.) and Visiting Professor of English at Jamia Milia Islamia and Ambedkar University, Delhi; Ms Averee Chourey, scholar, theatre professional and artiste; and Dr. Suchita Gupta, Incharge of Cultural Council, University of Delhi will discuss Tagore and the Feminine: A Journey in Translations by Malashri Lal (New Delhi: Sage, 2015)

Chair: Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri, former Member Secretary and Academic Director, IGNCA, and former Chair of Tagore Studies, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland

 

Waste Management Strategies

Speaker: Prof. D. P. Aggrawal, Former Chairman, UPSC

 

The programme includes Slogan Writing Competition Results and Awards for students