A Mehfil with Ustad Baha'ud-din Mohiuddin Dagar (Rudra Veena)
Accompanied by Pt. Dalchand Sharma on pakhawaj

Taking forward the legacy of his father and guru, Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Ustad Baha'ud-din Mohiuddin Dagar will interpret mishra ragas in the Dagar Bani stylistic affiliation

An Asian intercultural exchange programme dedicated to Human Unity. The festival includes performances, a calligraphy exhibition, workshop, film screenings and talks

Art Gallery at 18:00
Inauguration
Chief Guest: Dr Karan Singh, M.P., President, ICCR, and Chairman, Auroville Foundation

Visual Arts
Ek Sutra
A calligraphy exhibition with works by 17 international calligraphy artists and four visual artists

Calligraphy Workshop
Conducted by participating calligraphers everyday from 15:30 to 17:00 in the Art Gallery

Exhibition on view 15th to 20th December 2012, from 11:00 to 19:00, in the Art Gallery

On 16th December from 15:30 in the Art Gallery
Creative Life with Kolam
Lecture and workshop conducted by Grace Gitadelila from Auroville

Performing Arts
On 15th December 2012 at 18:30 in the Auditorium
Flute Recital
By Sung-Pil Yang, bamboo flute artiste from South Korea

Dhrupad Recital
By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar

On 18th December 2012 at 18:30 in the Auditorium
Traditional Mai Dance and Shamisen Lute
By Keiin Yoshimura, traditional mai artist; and Soh S., shamisen lute artiste from Japan

Baul Recital
By Parvathy Baul and Laxman Das Baul, singers from Bengal

On 20th December 2012 at 18:30 in the Auditorium
Nanguan and Pipa Recital
By Xin-Xin Wang, Nanguan singer and Chinese lute artiste from Taiwan

Contemporary Dance
Presented by Grace Gitadelila and Savitri Maya, contemporary dancers from Auroville

Film screenings
On 16th December 2012 at 17:15 in Seminar Halls - I, II & III, Kamaladevi Block
Koi Sunta Hai (Someone is Listening)
Director: Shabnam Virmani

On 17th December 2012 at 17:15 in Seminar Halls - I, II & III, Kamaladevi Block
Mohammad Yasin - A Calligrapher's Life

The First Qalamkaari Calligraphy Exchange
Director: Aseem Asha

On 19th December 2012 at 17:15 in Seminar Halls - I, II & III, Kamaladevi Block
Chalo hamara Des (Come to My Country)
Director: Shabnam Virmani

Panelists: Prof Arun Kumar, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU; Prof Partha Sen, Dean, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University; Prof Siddhartha Mitra, Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University; Dr Surajit Mazumdar, Associate Professor, Ambedkar University; Dr Saumen Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU; Dr Sthanu R. Nair, Assistant Professor, IIM Kozhikode; and Prof Jean Drèze, Honorary Professor, Delhi School of Economics

Introduction: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

An exhibition of traditional brocade produced in Nanjing which has been included in China's National Intangible Cultural Heritage list since 2006. Nanjing brocade is renowned for its light and thin cloud-like patterned brocades

Inauguration by Mr Zhang Zhihong, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China on Wednesday, 12th December 2012, at 18:30

Illustrated lecture and an exhibition of photographs on the ancient trade route between China and India that facilitated the movement of tea and horses between the two countries

Talk by Shri Phalguni Matilal, Adventurers and Explorers Society, on Tuesday, 11th December

Chair: Shri K.P. Singh Deo

Photographs by Anirban Mahapatra

Exhibition on view from 11th to 15th December 2012, outside Conference Room - I

International Seminar on Mind and Body in Health and Harmony in Asian Systems of Medicine
Organized by the IIC - Asia Project

Keynote Address: Prof P.N. Tandon, President, National Brain Research Centre

Seminar Coordinator: Prof Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, formerly of WHO

Chair: Prof M.G.K. Menon

A three-day seminar on the unique medical systems prevalent in Asia, to create awareness about these in an endeavour to benefit the peoples from the rich heritage available

As part of the conference, two performance-cum-demonstrations will be held:

On 12th December at 18:00 in the Auditorium
The Body-Mind Connect Seen Through the Prism of the Arts - I
Selected examples of shared Asian and Indian practices as both entertainment and healing

Zen Dance and Son Mudo (South Korea)
Thangta - Martial Art of Manipur

Chief Guest: Dr Karan Singh, M.P., President, ICCR
Introduction: Smt Shanta Serbjeet Singh, Vice-Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi and Chairperson, APPAN (Asia Pacific Performing Arts Network)

On 13th December at 18:00 in the Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Block
The Body-Mind Connect Seen Through the Prism of the Arts - II
Selected examples of shared Asian and Indian practices as both entertainment and healing

Kalaripayattu - Martial Art of Kerala
Humour as a Stress Reliever in Pan-Asian Art (Indonesia)

Presented by Sangeet Natak Akademi and APPAN

Illustrated lecture by Dr Lisa N. Owen, Associate Professor, South Asian Art History, University of North Texas

Chair: Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray, Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History, JNU

Through an analysis of two Jain caves at Ellora, the speaker will show that initial Jain activity started much earlier than the ninth century as attributed, while the work done in the ninth century demonstrates that these caves contributed to the development of imagery in Hindu monuments. Challenging the notion that the caves were created in separate religious phases, under successive Rashtrakuta kings, she invites us to view Ellora's monuments as products, not of imperial sponsorship, but of devotional interaction across chronological and religious boundaries

Highway to the Asian Century
(52 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Directed by Suhas Borker who will introduce the film

Chief Guest: Shri Ranjan Mathai, Foreign Secretary
Guest of Honour: Lise Grande

Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson IIC - Asia Project

Closing remarks: Shri K.P. Fabian, Chair, K.P.S. Menon School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

The film makes a 7600-km-long journey on the road from New Delhi to Hanoi, through Bangladesh, India's North East, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam, focusing on the intensification of India's relations with the ASEAN and the vision of an "Asian Economic Community"

G.P. and Pakistan
Panelists: Shri Satinder K. Lambah, former High Commissioner to Pakistan; Shri Inder Malhotra; and Shri G. Parthasarathy, former High Commissioner to Pakistan

Chair: Shri K. Natwar Singh, former Minister for External Affairs, and former High Commissioner to Pakistan
On display will be two panels of photographs of G.P. in various contexts