(90 min; 2011; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Mujibar Rahaman

Following a linear narrative, the film traces the poet's growth both as an artist and as a thinker, using the poet's own voice, manuscripts, rare photographs and archival footage

Illustrated lecture by Dr. S.K. Mittra, Director Archaeology (Exploration & Excavation), ASI

Chair: Dr. K.K. Muhammed, Director (retd.), North Zone, ASI

Panelists: Shri Nepram Bihari, translator of Cheitharol Kumbaba, the royal chronicle of Manipur; Dr Axel Harneit-Sievers, Director, India Office, Heinrich Böll Stiftung; Mr Peter Lauenstein, Principal, Taktse International School, Sikkim

Chair: Mr B.G. Verghese (tbc)

Northeast India is home to over 272 ethnic groups and communities, yet there are no collective endeavours in writing and publishing on its diverse histories, which also find little place in the syllabi of Indian schools and universities. The panel will discuss efforts that are underway to rectify this state of affairs

India and Russia: Unity in Diversity
An exhibition of photographs by Evgenia Lents, journalist

Photographs of two cities in India and Russia"”Amber and Suzdal, both about 230 km from the capitals of their countries and once the capitals of regional kingdoms

Opening on Tuesday, 20th November, at 18:30

Release of the book by Rami Chhabra

Followed by a panel discussion
Panelists: Shri H.K. Dua, M.P., Rajya Sabha, and former Editor, The Tribune; Justice Rajindar Sachar, former President, PUCL; Ms Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment; Ms Madhu Kishwar, Editor, Manushi; Dr Mira Shiva, Founder-Member, People's Health Movement; and Dr Zarina Bhatty, former President, Indian Association of Women's Studies

Moderator: Shri S. Nihal Singh, former Editor, The Statesman and The Indian Express

Theatre Workshop for School Students
Conducted by Feisal Alkazi

As part of Heritage Week there will be a discussion on Thursday, November 22, in Seminar Halls - II & III, Kamaladevi Block, at 18:30

Preserving Heritage: The Socio-Economic Imperative
Panelists: Smt Jaya Jaitly, Founder President, Dastkari Haat Samiti; Dr Geeta Chandran, Bharatanatyam dancer; Dr Lotika Varadarajan, expert on textile history; Dr. Priyaleen Singh, Dept. of Architectural Conservation, SPA

Chair: Chair- Dr. C.T. Misra, Member Secretary, INTACH

Moderator: Dr Narayani Gupta, INTACH Library and Documentation Centre

A discussion on the relevance of cultural traditions today, looking at how resilience of identity and citizenship are enabled by participation in one's culture, and social harmony by respect for other cultural traditions; at how traditions can be made a means of livelihood to be sustained through both supply and demand structures, calling for skills generation and indigenous community development; at the promotion of a wider cultural tapestry among youth; at tapping into synergies with entertainment, tourism, architecture, design; and the compatibility between traditional value systems, beliefs and knowledge on the one hand, and a rapidly-evolving, technology-dependent economy on the other

Illustrated lecture by Dr Yashaswini Chandra, Research Coordinator at Sahapedia (an enterprise to develop an online interactive encyclopedia on the histories, arts and cultures of South Asia), and Guest Faculty at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU

Chair: Dr Gautam Sengupta, Director General, ASI

The talk focuses on the linked topics of local religious practices and shrines in the western Himalayas. It is concerned with the nature of religious belief in the region, which includes both localised forms of Hinduism, and belief in devis and devatas (or male and female deities) associated with specific geographies. The relationship between normative Hindu gods and goddesses and local deities is addressed