JASHN-E REKHTA : CELEBRATING URDU
Jashn-e Rekhta : Celebrating Urdu
In Conversation
Javed Akhtar in conversation with Rakhshanda Jalil
12:45 – 13:45
Urdu aur Hindi: Quarbaten aur Faasle (Urdu and Hindi: Convergence and Divergence)
Speakers: Ashok Vajpeyi; Purushottam Agrawal; and Shamim Hanfi
Moderator: Pervaiz Alam
14:30 – 15:30
“Padhant”
Recitation by Zia Mohyeddin
15:45 - 17:00
Mushaire ka Badalta Rang-Roop (The Changing Face of Mushaira)
Kumar Vishwas, Munawwar Rana and Satyapal Anand with Ravish Kumar
17:15 – 18:30
Urdu Shayari aur Tahzeeb: Ek Zaati Tajraba (Reliving Urdu Poetry and Culture)
Saeed Naqvi in conversation with Obaid Siddiqui
19:00 – 21:00
Film- Garam Hava (Scorching Winds)
(146 min; 1973; dvd; English subtitles)
A film by M.S. Sathyu
With Balraj Sahni, Farooq Sheikh, Shaukat Kaifi, A.K. Hangal
Recipient of the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, National Film Awards, India 1974; Filmfare Awards 1975 for Best Screenplay; Best Story; and Best Dialogue Writer
M S. Sathyu’s landmark film on the plight of a North Indian Muslim family, in the post partition period of 1947. The protagonist, a businessman is caught in a dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan or stay back. The film details the slow disintegration of his family, and is one of the most poignant films ever made on India's partition
In Conversation
Javed Akhtar in conversation with Rakhshanda Jalil
12:45 – 13:45
Urdu aur Hindi: Quarbaten aur Faasle (Urdu and Hindi: Convergence and Divergence)
Speakers: Ashok Vajpeyi; Purushottam Agrawal; and Shamim Hanfi
Moderator: Pervaiz Alam
14:30 – 15:30
“Padhant”
Recitation by Zia Mohyeddin
15:45 - 17:00
Mushaire ka Badalta Rang-Roop (The Changing Face of Mushaira)
Kumar Vishwas, Munawwar Rana and Satyapal Anand with Ravish Kumar
17:15 – 18:30
Urdu Shayari aur Tahzeeb: Ek Zaati Tajraba (Reliving Urdu Poetry and Culture)
Saeed Naqvi in conversation with Obaid Siddiqui
19:00 – 21:00
Film- Garam Hava (Scorching Winds)
(146 min; 1973; dvd; English subtitles)
A film by M.S. Sathyu
With Balraj Sahni, Farooq Sheikh, Shaukat Kaifi, A.K. Hangal
Recipient of the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, National Film Awards, India 1974; Filmfare Awards 1975 for Best Screenplay; Best Story; and Best Dialogue Writer
M S. Sathyu’s landmark film on the plight of a North Indian Muslim family, in the post partition period of 1947. The protagonist, a businessman is caught in a dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan or stay back. The film details the slow disintegration of his family, and is one of the most poignant films ever made on India's partition
JASHN-E REKHTA : CELEBRATING URDU
Jashn-e Rekhta : Celebrating Urdu
Jashn-e-Rekhta is a festival celebrating the spirit and exuberance the spirit and exuberance of Urdu language, literature and culture through representations from various genres including poetry, fiction, drama and other performing arts. It will showcase the pluralist nature of the Urdu ethos and explore Urdu’s lyrical beauty and unparalleled eloquence. Highlights of the festival include - Recitations, musical performances, mushaira, discussions and interactive sessions, dastangoi, theatre, book exhibition and calligraphy workshops. Organised in collaboration with Rekhta.org
The festival will be held in the Auditorium, Conference Room I, Multipurpose Hall, Fountains Lawns and Gandhi-King Plaza
Inauguration of the Festival
Followed by
Sufi Music
Presented by Rekha Bharadwaj
Jashn-e-Rekhta is a festival celebrating the spirit and exuberance the spirit and exuberance of Urdu language, literature and culture through representations from various genres including poetry, fiction, drama and other performing arts. It will showcase the pluralist nature of the Urdu ethos and explore Urdu’s lyrical beauty and unparalleled eloquence. Highlights of the festival include - Recitations, musical performances, mushaira, discussions and interactive sessions, dastangoi, theatre, book exhibition and calligraphy workshops. Organised in collaboration with Rekhta.org
The festival will be held in the Auditorium, Conference Room I, Multipurpose Hall, Fountains Lawns and Gandhi-King Plaza
Inauguration of the Festival
Followed by
Sufi Music
Presented by Rekha Bharadwaj
MEHFIL
With Agra gharana vocalist Janab Waseem Ahmed Khan (Khayal)
Initiated into ta'lim by his maternal grandfather Ustad Ata Hussain Khan, Janab Waseem Ahmed Khan has had the good fortune of learning with his father Ustad Naseem Ahmed Khan & uncle Ustad Shafi Ahmed Khan of the Agra gharana. In keeping with the rich repertoire of the gharana, he will present rarely heard ragas and bandish-es
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURES
Humayun's Tomb Conservation: A Scientific Approach
Speaker: Shri Ratish Nanda, Project Director, Aga Khan Trust For Culture
Chair: Dr. Janhwij Sharma, Director, Conservation, Archaeological Survey of India
From traditional scientific knowledge in preparation of lime mortar to state of art use of laser scanners - Humayun's tomb has benefited from a host of scientific conservation practices
FRIDAY 13
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr. Rathin Roy, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy; Dr. Surajit Mitra, Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Shri Sunil Jain, Managing Editor, Financial Express will discuss Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform by Bibek Debroy (Gurgaon: Random House; 2014)
Chair: Dr. Subramanian Swamy
The Colour of the City
Acrylic on canvas – an exhibition of paintings
By Virendra Kumar from Delhi
Inauguration by Shri Ram V. Sutar on Tuesday, 10 March 2015 at 18:30
Pt. Amarnath Barsi: 9 and 10 March 2015
Vocal Recital
By Vidushi Kankana Bannerji
Rajasthani Folk Music
By Ustad Anwar Khan Manganiar and Group
Pt. Amarnath Barsi: 9 and 10 March 2015
Vocal Recital
By Vidushi Bindu Chawla
Qawwali
By Warsi Brothers and Group
"Look Spring is here!"
Stories and art, music and dance and everything else that makes Vasant special
Presented by Deepa Agarwal and Sunita Baveja
11TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: 3RD TO 5TH MARCH 2015
Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present
Death and the Maiden (Israel/Germany; 30 min; 2014) Dir: Yael Lotem
Shortly after WWII, over 1000 paintings were found in a Cellar in southern France…
I Have Only One Language; It is Not Mine (India; 30 min; 2014) Dir: Mithu Sen
Originally an installation, explores the process the limitations of language and the possibility of dialogue outside it
11:45 – 13:30
The Last Adieu (India; 90 min; 2013) Dir: Shabnam Sukhdev
The personal quest of a filmmaker’s daughter to unravel the past and make a connection with her father, S. Sukhdev
14:30 – 16:00
Raah (India;19 min; 2014) Dir: Radhika Fatania
The director explores her own indecisiveness about her life and career
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
Pava (India; 10 min; 2014) Dir: Vaishnavi Sundararajan
A young, budding sportsperson, her barber, and their casual chit-chat
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
Fragments of Peace (Experimental; UK;16 min; 2014) Dir: Lin Li
Using interviews the film considers the questions of what constitutes peace and whether peace is attainable
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
16:30 – 18:20
Chhatrabhang (Imageography Cine Art Film Poem; India; 84 min; 1975) Dir: Nina Sugati S R Shivdasani Rovshen
An unusual poetic docu-drama with a socio-eco-political analysis of hierarchy and caste relations in rural India
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
18:30 – 20:30
Maine Dilli Nahin Dekha (Bangladesh/India; 19 min; 2014) Dir: Humaira Bilkis
The filmmaker discovers the soul of the city not in its museums, mausoleums and architecture but in her relationship with its people
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
Self Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47km (China; 76 min; 2014) Dir: Zhang Mengqi
Through the act of making the film, she tries to build a bridge between the older generation and the children