Odissi Recital

30 April 2014, 05:30 am
Odissi Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
By Lipsa Dash from Delhi, disciple of Guru Bichitrananda Swain, Guru Manoranjan Pradhan and Guru Smt. Aruna Mohanta

Fire in the Blood (87 min; 2013; dvd; English

29 April 2014, 05:30 am
Fire in the Blood (87 min; 2013; dvd; English
Director: Dylan Mohan Gray
Narrated by William Hurt
 
Recipient of the Feature Documentary Award, DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2013; Critics Award – Political Film Prize, Hamburg Film Festival 2013; Justice Matters Award, Washington DC Filmfest 2013
 
An intricate tale of ‘medicine, monopoly and malice’, Fire in the Blood tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments aggressively blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of Africa and the global south in the years after 1996 – causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths – and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

28 April 2014, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Talks
Dr. Partho Datta, Dr. Zakir Hussain College; Prof.(Mrrs.) Vijaya Ramaswamy, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU;  and Dr. Kingshuk Chatterjee, Shiv Nadar University will discuss Gandhi Before India (New Delhi: Penguin, 2013) by Ramachandra Guha
 
Chair: Prof. Aparna Basu, All India Women’s Conference

Panorama of India’s Art Heritage

27 April 2014, 05:30 am
Panorama of India’s Art Heritage
Programme Type
Cultural
Tomaro Asime – Rabindra Sangeet
By Jayati Chakraborty
 
Ramayana
A multimedia presentation in Odissi choreography
By Kiran Segal and troupe
 

Lighting Dance: Dancing Light

27 April 2014, 05:30 am
Lighting Dance: Dancing Light
Programme Type
Festivals
Illustrated lecture by Gautam Bhattacharya
 
At 16:45
Costuming for Dance
Illustrated lecture by Sandhya Raman
 
Chair: Geeta Chandran
 
At 18:30
Natya Vriksha Young Dancers Festival
Mohiniattam Recital
By Vinaya Narayanan from Bangalore
 
At 19:45
Kuchipudi Recital
By Prateeksha Kashi from Bangalore
 

To Mark World Dance Day 2014

26 April 2014, 05:30 am
To Mark World Dance Day 2014
Programme Type
Festivals
Film – The Unseen Sequence (98 min; 2013; dvd; English)
Director: Sumantra Ghosal
 
The film celebrates the dance and life of Malavika Sarukkai
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion with Malavika Sarukkai and Sumantra Ghosal
Chair: Geeta Chandran
 
At 18:30
Natya Vriksha Young Dancers Festival
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Sharanya Chandran, Delhi
 
At 19:45
Kathak Recital
By Anuj Mishra from Lucknow

Port Towns of the Harappans

25 April 2014, 05:30 am
Port Towns of the Harappans
Programme Type
Talks
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Yaduvir Singh Rawat, Director, Dept. of Archaeology, Gujarat