Dr. Ruma Satwik, Associate Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; Dr. Supriya Bezbaruah, Communications Officer, Communicable Diseases Department of World Health Organisation; and Ms Gita Aravamundan, author and journalist and writer  of the book under discussion  will discuss, Baby Makers: A History of Indian Surrogacy by Gita Aravamudan  (NOIDA: HarperCollins, 2014) 

 

Chair: Ms Karthika, Publisher and Chief Editor, HarperCollins

 An Illustrated talk by Shri Pradeep Chakravarthy,Author of Thanjavur - A Cultural History and  other books.  He is one of Madras's much sought after heritage speakers. Combining music and his experience as a management consultant, he links the past to emotions and behaviors today 

 

The talk will trace the history of painting in Tanjore and examine how Tanjore paintings evolved as a painters answer to an issue we grapple with today – how can we deal with life better? We will also learn the secrets of a few masterpieces in private and public collections across the world 

 

By Janos Palojtai  on piano  and David Simon on flute 

 

Programme includes works by Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Poulenc, Dohnanyi  and Bartok

 

Revisiting Shakespeare: A Festival of Films by Vishal Bhardwaj

Special focus on adaptations of William Shakespeare’s well-known works

 

At 11:00

Maqbool (132 min; 2003; dvd; English subtitles)

With Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Om Puri

 

Multiple award-winner including Silver Lotus for Best Supporting Actor, National Film Award 2004; Filmfare Award for Best Actor- Critics, Filmfare Awards 2005; Award for Technical Excellence – Best Dialogue and Best Screenplay, Awards of the International Indian Film Academy 2005; and Critics Choice Award for Best Actor and Technical Award for Best Dialogue and Best Screenplay, Zee Cine Awards 2005

 

An adaptation of Macbeth

 

At 14:00

Omkara (155 min; 2006; dvd; English subtitles)

With Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Kareena Kapoor

 

Multiple award winner including Silver Lotus Awards for Best Supporting Actress; Best Audiography; and Special Jury Award, National Film Award 2008; Swarovski Trophy for Best Cinematography, Asian First Film Festival 2006; Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress; Best Actor in a Negative Role; Best Costume Design; Best Choreography; Best Playback Singer (Female); and Best Actress – Critics, Filmfare Awards 2007; among others

 

An adaptation of Othello

 

At 18:00

Haider (162 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)

With Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shradha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon

 

An adaptation of Hamlet

 

Entry to the screenings on first-come-first served basi

 

By Dr. Vinod Verma, Founder and Director, The New Way Health Organization, NOW

 

Dementia is a gradual loss of cognition and memory and it is spreading at a pandemic scale in the world. The present lecture provides guidelines with yogic and Ayurvedic practices to strengthen the mind and give it a regular an appropriate rest by calming down your senses. The wisdom to keep calm and remain unaffected from ups and downs of life is equally essential. The lifestyle, diet and home remedies are also indispensable for the prevention of dementia

Speaker : Shri Rahul Dravid, cricketer and former captain of the Indian Cricket Team

 

Chair: Shri Ayaz Memon, Consulting Editor,  NewsX and  columnist  for Dainik  Bhaskar Group, Hindustan Times, Mint, Mail Today, Deccan Chronicle/Asian Age and Times of India

 

An exhibition of poetry and paintings – poetry by Abhay K; with paintings by Tarshito

 

Inauguration by Shri Dinkar Asthana, Dy., Director-General, ICCR on 20 January 2015 at 18:30
 

“The exhibition evokes the spectral yet palpable histories of Delhi, as well as its vibrant, insistent, kaleidoscopic and paradoxical present” – Ranjit Hoskote

 

Speaker: Dr. Seyed E. Hasnain, J.C. Bose National Fellow, Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, IIT (Delhi)

 

DNA has emerged as the most important molecule of the century with direct applications in health; GM foods and GMOs; creating new living forms in the test tube carrying designer genes for use of bio-pharmaceuticals, energy source or bio-remediation of environmental pollutants; genetic fingerprinting and forensics, etc. With a large number of DNA tests available for ‘predictive medicine’ several companies are cashing on the value of personalized genomics for better human health. Tracing human migration and evolution are some other examples of applications of DNA. With scientists trying to play God and even the basic social notion that “Mother is a Mother is a fact, Father is a Father is a belief” being questioned, judges are now grappling with unprecedented issues centred around DNA and the new Biology

Ms Savita, taxi driver from Delhi; Ms Chanda Yadav, former District Panchyat Pramukh from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh; and Ms Seema Khan, women group leader from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh will share their struggles, experiences and their challenges

 

Chair: Ms Jaya Shrivastava, children and women’s rights activist and gender trainer