Illustrated lecture by Shri Pankaj Raag, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture

 

Speakers: Shri Vijay Bhushan, Dr. Vandana Shiva and Dr. Gautam Vohra

 

Chief Guest : Shri Virendra Dayal

On the occasion on the Narain Dutt Award for the Conservation Award for Nature

 

Stallions of the Indian Ocean 

Speaker: Dr. Srinivas Reddy, Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies, IIT - Gandhinagar.

 

Chair: Prof. Rajat Datta, Chairperson, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University  

 

The talk seeks to scrutinise a variety of historical sources to develop a composite picture of how Indian Ocean maritime trade between Arabia and India, as mediated by the Portuguese, played a critical role in the dynamics of sixteenth century Deccani politics and society

Vocal Recital 

By Himani Dalmia

Accompanist: Ustad Ghulam Sabir (sarangi); Ustad Zamir Ahmed (harmonium) and Nawab Ali (tabla)

 

Followed by 

Vocal Recital

By Ustad Mazhar and Javad Ali Khan, grandsons of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali

Accompanists: Ustad Rafiuddin Sabri (tabla), Murad Ali (sarangi) and Vinay Misra (harmonium)

 

 

Vocal Recital 

By Gokulutsav Maharaj

Accompanists: Akhtar Hasan (tabla) and Kaushik Mitra (harmonium) 

Speakers: Prof. Shamim Hanfi; Dr. Aqil Ahmad and Janaab Farhat Ehsas

 

Chair: Dr. Tarannum Riyaz

 

Music of the Desert 

An introduction to the musical traditions of Western Rajasthan and Kutch 

 

Speaker: Shubha Chaudhuri, Associate Director General (Academic) of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies  and  co-authored  Bards, Ballads and Boundaries: An Ethnographic Atlas of the Music of West Rajasthan  

 

This lec-dem will present an introduction to the musical traditions of the western Rajasthan and Kutch with a view to provide connections and linkages. Bordering Sindh and with a shared history, these regions have a lot in common. The presentation will be based on  the speaker’s  own field  experiences in Rajasthan over a number of years, and her recent  incursions into Kutch 

 

 

 

Physical Traditions as Continuity

Speaker : Shri Navtej Johar

 

Chair: Prof. Uma Chakravarty

 

The exhibition reinterprets the Smara-hara Yantra, an ancient tool for meditation that embodies control of desire to restore the lost harmony between human's and nature. The presentation recontextualizes questions regarding sustainability in a  consumer oriented society

Opening on 18th September 2014 at 6.30 pm 
Chief Guests: Shri Ravi Singh, CEO, World Wide Fund for Nature and Ms. Arpana Caur