Contemporary Japanese Design
13 December 2013, 05:30 am
Contemporary Japanese Design
Programme Type
Talks
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Anu Jindal
Japanese design - distinctive and idiosyncratic, has made a huge impact in contemporary products and lifestyle, from architecture to animation. The talk will also cover the Good Design Conference and Exhibition held in New Delhi in 2011 and the impact of Japanese designed products on the Indian market
Rock Cut Caves of Pithalkhora: Conservation and Other Issues
13 December 2013, 05:30 am
Rock Cut Caves of Pithalkhora: Conservation and Other Issues
Programme Type
Talks
Illustrated lecture by Dr. V. N. Prabhakar, Archaeological Survey of India
Chair:
Prof. R.C. AgarwalPithalkhora caves located in the Satamala range of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra is an early Buddhist site consisting of 14 rock-cut cave monuments which date back to the 3rd century BCE, making them one of the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture in India. Out of the 14, four are chaityas (one housing votive stupas, one apsidal and single-cell) and the rest are viharas. All the caves belong to the Hinayana period, but the paintings are of the Mahayana period
Concert
13 December 2013, 05:30 am
Concert
Programme Type
Cultural
Presented by Ana Gog, one of Ireland's most unique groups led by multi-instrumental and main songwriter, Michael GallenThe Quintessence of IrishnessPresented by Paddy O'Keefe, well-known Irish actor who will present a programme of rehearsed readings of Irish poetry and prose following a roughly chronological order to explore essential Irish themes such as longing, displacement, emigration, division, humour and the continuity of resistance. Readings from works by Beckett, Boland, Durkin, French, Heaney, Joyce, O'Donohue, O'Driscoll, Paulin, Yeats and others
From Mozart to Strauss - 200 Years of German Art Song
12 December 2013, 05:30 am
From Mozart to Strauss - 200 Years of German Art Song
Programme Type
Cultural
Concert presented by artists of the Neemrana Vocal Ensemble
Accompanied on the piano by Richard Stokes, Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music, London; and Situ Singh Buehler, concert Artiste and teacher
Accompanied on the piano by Richard Stokes, Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music, London; and Situ Singh Buehler, concert Artiste and teacher
Central Asia Expedition 2013
11 December 2013, 05:30 am
Central Asia Expedition 2013
Programme Type
Talks
Illustrated lecture by Sudha Mahalingam, veteran traveler and experienced rallyist who will present perspectives from this journey
Chair:
Shri Ravi BhoothalingamLand-locked Central Asia, rugged, remote and relatively inaccessible, has straddled the silk route between Asia and Europe for several centuries. The region, home to some of the loftiest mountain ranges on our planet - Hindukush, Himalaya, Altai, Tien Shan, Alau, Pamir - has allured traders and adventure-seekers alike. In the last millennium, geography and history conspired to give this region a shared destiny from which they have disentangled themselves after the break-up of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. What does the roof of the world look like today, twenty years after the countries of Central Asia got the opportunity to decide their own destiny?
