Unheard Voices and Notes to Myself"¦
(54 min; dvd; English)
Director: Dev Agarwal

The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been organizing a month-long Gurukul programme in Dharamsala every year. Young participants from all over the world are selected to experience the Monastic tradition, Buddhist philosophy, and Tibetan culture, engage in various activities of the Tibetan community and to know about the Tibetan struggle for freedom. This film is a travelogue, which stitches the journey of the participants and their experiences and goes beyond to also capture the vibrant, compassionate, heartfelt, and passionate life of the Tibetan people in the town of Dharamsala

Presentation by Dr. Deepa Naik, Leader, Eco-Group, Samachar Group Housing Society, Mayur Vihar

Lead speaker: Prof. C.R. Babu, Emeritus Professor, CEMDE, University of Delhi
Discussants: Dr. S. D. Singh, CEO, Delhi Parks and Garden Society

Introduction: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi
Chair: Shri Jagmohan, former Union Minister for Urban Development

Musical Homage
By students of Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar to their Dada Guru Ustad N. Zahiruddin Dagar

Rudra Veena Recital
By Zahid Khan, son and disciple of Ustad Shamshuddin Faridi Desai of the Indore Binkar tradition
Accompanied by Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on pakhawaj

Followed by
Dhrupad Recital
By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar
Accompanied by Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on pakhawaj

Enchanted by India

Seminar and exhibition to commemorate the fiftieth death anniversary of one of the most famous Hungarian Indologists, noted for popularizing Indian culture in Hungary. He wrote extensively on India including several scholarly and popular books, and papers concerning India (including books on his visits to India, on Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Alexander Csoma de Körös); on Indian philosophy, yoga; and published a great volume on the history of Indian art. An uncle of Amrita Sher-Gil who taught her painting and encouraged her to pursue art

Welcome Address: Mr. Tibor Kovacs, Director, Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre

Introduction: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

Speakers :Dr. Geza Bethlenfalvy, Indologist; Dr. Margit Kovacs, Hungarian lecturer, University of Delhi 

This will be followed by the opening of an exhibition of photographs, Enchanted India - Ervin Baktay (1890 - 1963) at the Balassi Institute Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre, 1 A, Janpath at 18:30

Ramayanam and Krishna Leela in iconic calligraphy
By Poosapati Parmeshawar Raju

Opening on Monday, 6th May 2013 at 18:30

Inaugural lecture on
Literature and the Writing of the Past: Revisiting  Early Twentieth Century Kerala
Speaker: Prof. Uday Kumar, Professor, Department of English, University of Delhi

Sahita is a new series of lectures organised in collaboration with Sahapedia, an online repository of resources on the arts, cultures and histories of India (and broadly South Asia) with a view to bringing current scholarship on Indian culture and heritage to a wider public

Maha The Springfield Story (Australia)
(25 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Director: Donald Johannessen

Film on Australian businessman of Indian origin, Maha Sinnathamby who is responsible for creating the Greater Springfield Project, which received the FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Award for World's Best master Planned Community 2010. Maha Sinnathamby has recently been recognized as one of the "100 Influential Indians in the World" by Global Indian Origin

At 19:00
Malegaon Times (27 min; 2012; DV; English subtitles)
Directors: Ruchika Negi & Amit Mahanti who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Malegaon Times is about the idea of "˜performance' in the working class power-loom town of Malegaon in Maharashtra. Malegaon thrives on power-looms, cloth and cinema, which are all inextricably linked to each other. The film moves between these worlds with Asif Albela - a stage performer, mimic and an actor whose specialty lies in comedy

Speaker: Prof. T Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor and Dean, Core Academic Programmes, IUCAA, Pune

Chair: Prof. Mohammad Sami, Director, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia

Second in a new series of lectures being coordinated by Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, University of Delhi on the developments in science and technology together with the excitement of engaging in an intellectual pursuit.  Science and Technology are omnipresent in our lives. Modern medicine, electronic and communication technologies, transportation and a host of other benefits have transformed our lives in ways that could not be even imagined a century ago. Technology is of course what we see all around us - but it is actually the underlying science that makes it all possible