Ten Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey
A multimedia presentation using excerpts from the book by Sathya Saran - the production presents rare insights into the mind and character of the filmmaker, Guru Dutt and chronicles the most productive period of the life of one of India's most iconic filmmakers, through theatre, film and interactions of the protagonist Abrar Alvi (played by Saattvi) with the author Sathya Saran
Directed by Meenu
Workshop on New Light and Fresh Perspectives on the Ancient World
Inauguration by Shri Tejendra Khanna, Lt. Governor of Delhi
At 18:45
Dwarka and Bet Dwarka Undersea Excavations
Illustrated lecture by Dr Sila Tripathi, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow
(52 min; 1992; dvd; English)
Director: Manjira Datta
The Green Revolution has been credited with ensuring that developing nations no longer suffer from hunger, but 25 years on this documentary asks who the principal beneficiary has been? The poor peasant? The big farmer? The multinational corporation? It shows how in India the Revolution helped to create a new serf class, and that the crop yields of the early years fell away in the wake of pesticide poisoning and short-lived miracle wheat strains
A Fighting Spirit: Selected Writings of Ashoka Gupta
Prof Jasodhara Bagchi, Professor Emerita, Jadavpur University, will release the book by social worker Ashoka Gupta, and deliver an address
Followed by remarks by Prof Ilina Sen, Dept. of Women's Studies, TISS; and Ms Sarmishtha Dutt Gupta, co-editor of the volume
ART MATTERS
The Arts and Public Institutions
Panelists: Shri Suresh Neotia, Chairman, Jnana Pravaha; Shri O.P. Jain, Founder President, Sanskriti Foundation; Dr Kalyan K. Chakravarty, former Member Secretary, IGNCA; and Dr Jyotindra Jain, former Director, Crafts Museum
Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Executive Trustee, Raza Foundation