An exhibition of paintings in watercolour by Kunal Batra from Delhi

 

Inauguration by Shri Rajeev Lochan, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art Tuesday, 2 December at 18:30

 

Mohiniyattam Recital

By Olga Stoliarova from Russia 

 

Kieko Okana from Japan 

A festival of Mohiniyattam presenting artists from abroad. Each evening there will be two performances

 

Mohiniyattam Recital

By Alexandra Vodopyonova from Russia 

 

Anna Dietrich from Germany 

Living and Creating In Light of India

A programme celebrating the life and work of the Nobel Laureate poet, writer and diplomat from Mexico with presentations, readings of poems and reminiscences by those who knew him personally and others

 

Presentations by Shri Krishen Khanna, well-known artist; Shri Prayag Shukla, poet, fiction writer, translator, art critics & curator; Prof. S.P. Ganguly, former Professor, Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian & Latin American Studies, JNU; and Prof. Minni Sawhney, Professor of Hispanic Studies, Dept. of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi and Dean of Arts Faculty & Head of Department who is a specialist in Latin American and Spanish Golden Age Literature

 

Coordinator: Prof. Vibha Maurya

 

Nehru and Science in Post Independent India

Speaker: Prof Yash Pal is an Indian scientist and educator. He is known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he has become one of the leading science communicators of the country 

With Dagar bani exponent Smt Nancy Lesh-Kulkarni on Cello  

 

Having received talim  from Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar and Pandit  Ritwik Sanyal over a period of 25 years, Nancy Lesh-Kulkarni has been able to imbibe the nuances of the Dagar bani style of dhrupad and incorporate them in her cello playing

 

She will open the recital with an extended exposition of the rare raga Kambojhi which is unique to the Dagar parampara in the Hindustani classical music tradition

 

By Shri Karthik Nair, PhD. Candidate, Cinema Studies, New York University

 

Indian cinema still remains identified with song-and-dance spectacles of love, marriage, and family. This talk will look into an 80s genre film cycle that is called Bombay Horror. Bombay Horror explodes mainstream conventions with tactile shocks and transgressions, featuring monsters that carry women off from bridal palanquins, killers who interrupt romantic songs and, curiously, ancient curses that strike childbearing women. This talk will focus on Purana Mandir/Ancient Temple (1984, Ramsay Brothers) the most commercially successful iteration of Bombay Horror

 

Chair: Prof. Ranjani Mazumdar, Professor, Cinema Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 

 

 

Innovation, Honey Bee Network & Grassroots Work

Speaker:  Dr.  Anil Gupta, Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation and founder of the Honey Bee Network and Coordinator for SRISTI and Secretary, GIAN