The Unseen Sequence (98 min; 2013; dvd; English)

28 November 2013, 05:30 am
The Unseen Sequence (98 min; 2013; dvd; English)

Director: Sumantra Ghosal who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The film explores Bharatanatyam through the art of Malavika Sarukkai. The film deliberates the valuable connections and departures that the artist makes from a hallowed and, often, unforgiving tradition. Today, even as she impresses her footprint on the world stage as a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer, Malavika finds herself making increasingly personal choice about how she wishes to lead that life

Golda Slept Here

27 November 2013, 05:30 am
Golda Slept Here
Programme Type
Talks

Speaker: Suad Amiry, well-known Palestinian author who will speak about her new book of the same title

In this literary-historical tour-de-force, Suad Amiry traces the lives of individual members of a Palestinian family and through the, the histories of both Palestine and the émigré Palestinian community in the other countries of the Middle-East. Through poetry and prose, monologue and dialogue, we glimpse the lost Palestinian landscape caught in the silent battle between remembering and forgetting

Poets and Prisons in the Age of Nationalism

26 November 2013, 05:30 am
Poets and Prisons in the Age of Nationalism
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Prof. Mushirul Hasan, former Director General, National Archives of India and historianChair: Dr. Basudev Chatterjee

Spoken Word Performance

25 November 2013, 05:30 am
Spoken Word Performance
Programme Type
Cultural

By Sherry Duggal

Sherry Duggal is a poet from Vancouver, Canada who is passionate about performance

 

Kathak Recital

25 November 2013, 05:30 am
Kathak Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
By Khyati Thapliyal from Delhi, disciple of Guru Nandini Singh

Carnatic Classical Music - Veena and Violin Recital

24 November 2013, 05:30 am
Carnatic Classical Music - Veena and Violin Recital
Programme Type
Cultural

Concert by young upcoming artists - Priya Parvathy, Ganga Bhagirathi and U Ashwin on veena; S. Vignesh, Vaishavi Nathan, Siddhesh and Gangothri on violin

Accompanied on the mridangam by students of Kumbakonam N. Padmanabhan

Carnatic and Hindustani Jugalbandhi - Vocal and Instrumental
Presented by Avinash Kumar and Sowmya Gurucaran (vocal); Sowmitra Thakur (sitar); Rajeeva Prasanna (flute); Mahavir Chandravat (tabla); Manohar Balatchindirane (mridangam)

Concert in honour of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Mehfil Series

23 November 2013, 05:30 am
Mehfil Series
Programme Type
Cultural

A mehfil with Delhi gharana maestro, Ustad Saeed Zafar Khan (star)

As a representative of a unique tradition that represents both vocal as well as instrumental streams, Ustad Saeed Zafar Khan will regale audiences with a unique repertoire of ragas that have roots in Persian maqam-s

Who Am I?

23 November 2013, 05:30 am
Who Am I?
Programme Type
Talks
Ms Roswitha Joshi, eminent writer and translator

Silent Screams, India's Fight Against Rape (45 min; 2013; dvd; English & with subtitles))

22 November 2013, 05:30 am
Silent Screams, India's Fight Against Rape (45 min; 2013; dvd; English & with subtitles))

Director: Pria Somiah Alva

Script: Manira Alva Pinto

Produced by Miditech (P) Ltd. For Channel News Asia

 

Journalist/presenter: Namita Bhandare will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Film on the Nirbhaya rape and the fight against rape that followed in its brutal aftermath