MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Indian Classical Music – Insight into History and Development with Special Reference to Carnatic Music Appreciating its salient features and the compositional forms
A lec-dem by Dr. Vageesh, a composer and former DDG, AIR , at present consultant with AIR
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE
Future Clean Paradigms for Clean Environment
Speaker: Shri Virendra Singh Verma, former Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
Chair: Prof D.P. Agrawal, former chairman, UPSC
Readings
By K. Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet and Raul Zurita, Chilean poet
Concert
y Parvathy Baul
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr. Kavita Sharma, President, South Asian University, New Delhi; Dr. Swapan Dasgupta, Senior Journalist; Dr. Indivar Kamtekar, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU; and Dr. Patho Dutta, Dr. Zakir Husain College, New Delhi will discuss Nehru and Bose: Parallel Lives by Rudrangshu Mukherjee (New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company; 2014)
Chair: Prof Madhavan K. Palat, Historian
THE OTHER DIMENSION
Hindu Nectar: Spiritual Wanderings in India (50 min; 2014; dvd)
A film directed by Akanksha Joshi
Winner of Best Documentary Film, Fiji International Film 2014
A daughter's journey distilling the nectar of the stories she heard as a child. Weaving ancient texts in the fabric of modern life. Rediscovering the land of her childhood. Where religion is synonymous with the celebration of life. This cinematic journey creates an experiential rendering of one of the Earth's oldest spiritual traditions
Gods and Icons in the Times of ‘PK’
Illustrated lecture by Ratnottama Sengupta, senior journalist, film critic and programmer
Chair: Shri Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Lavanya Sankar from Coimbatore, disciple of Smt K. J. Sarasa
Indian Diaspora and Cultural Heritage: Past, Present and Future
Inauguration of an international conference by Smt Sushma Swaraj, Minister for External Affairs
O’ Brazil: Songs, Sounds and Rhymes
A tribute by Ariane Gray Hubert, piano and voice