Bharatanatyam Recital

By duo Shijith-Parvathy from Chennai, disciples of Smt Leela Samson, Kalakshetra

Culture and Democracy

Panelists: Prof Ashis Nandy, Senior Fellow, CSDS; Dr Dipankar Gupta, formerly Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, JNU; Prof Alok Rai, Dept. of English, University of Delhi

Introducing a series of talks and panel discussions featuring artists and critics in the  visual arts, music, dance and poetry

The Demographic Dividend: India's Future

Speaker: Prof. Sandeep Shastri, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jain University, Bengaluru

Chair: Dr Ajay K. Mehra, Director (Honorary), Centre for Public Affairs

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP
Unorganized
The term "˜unorganized', much used in relation to spaces where women work, can distort understanding and policy response in developing countries. "˜Unorganized' workers are in fact highly organized, and are exploited by other organizations through buy-back arrangements or piece-rate payment. The term is also used for craftspeople, who may not form a collective, yet together weave an unspoken language through their skills.

The seminar will include an overview of the pathbreaking Arjun Sengupta Report, make interconnections between economic and cultural domains through a session on crafts, and explore how formulaic government schemes like Self-Help Groups are transformed by women into membership-based organizations giving them voice across party, class and caste. 

Santoor: Mera Jeevan Sangeet

Release of the memoirs of santoor maestro, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, (translated into Hindi by Shailendra Sahil) by Dr Karan Singh, M.P. and President, ICCR, followed by a discussion
 
Speakers: Shri Ravindra Kalia, Director, Bharatiya Jnanpith; Dr G.P. Vimal, former Director, Central Hindi Directorate
 

An evening of poetic expressions by Lavlin

Readings of poems in Hindi and English, dialogue between the bench and the lamp-post, fables and stories

The festival is an attempt to demonstrate selected musical instruments in the Indian system that have become out of vogue if not rare in the concert circuit, which one sees played occasionally by perhaps the last artists competent to do so. The programme is structured to be informative.

MONDAY 9
Jaltarang Recital by Shri Anayampatti S. Ganesan, accompanied on the violin by Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian and on the mridangam by Shri Kumbakonam N. Padmanabhan

Esraj Recital by Janab Arshad Khan

TUESDAY 10
Surbahar Recital by Shri Jagdeep Singh Bedi

Carnatic Percussion led by Shri Unnikrishnan on Edakka

WEDNESDAY 11
Rabab Recital by Shri Somjit Dasgupta

Performance on Aerophonic Instruments from Rajasthan, curated and conducted by Dr Suneera Kasliwal

Fractured Freedoms: Chronicles from India's Margins

Discussion of Shri Harsh Mander's latest book, a selection of articles written over 2004-11

Speakers: Prof Ashis Nandy, Senior Fellow, CSDS; Prof Zoya Hasan, Centre for Political Studies, JNU; Prof Mridula Mukherjee, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU; Indrajit Hazra, Senior Editor, The Hindustan Times

Worming up the Urban Greens
Workshop on Vermicomposting

Inauguration by Shri Praveen Tripathi, Chief Secretary of Delhi

Core presentation: Dr Deleep Kumar, IFS, Conservator of Forests, Gwalior
Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi

Participants will include horticulturists from NDMC, MCD, CPWD, DDA, Indian Agricultural Research Institute and the Delhi Agri-Horticulture Society