Vocal Recital

By Omkar Dadarkar from Kolkata, disciple of Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar

THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURE Mudras of Molecules

Mudras of Molecules

Speaker: Professor Nalin Pant, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Chair: Dr. Dinakar Salunke, Executive Director, UNESCO Regional Centre for Biotechnology

Hastha Mudras, hand gestures used in classical Indian dance forms, form a distinct code language and bring unique poetic element while performing abhinaya. The language of the mudras thus enables the dancer to express practically anything and everything. Using unbridled, the license of metaphor, this talk will attempt to illuminate the hidden world of the "Dance of Molecules"- the dance that creates our material world

FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS

Banking Reforms

Keynote Speaker: Shri Pratip Chaudhuri, former Chairman, SBI

Chair: Shri D. K. Mittal, Former Secretary Financial Services

White Robes, Saffron Dreams (43 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)

Directed by Teena Amrit Gill who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The film explores how Theravada Buddhist institutions in Thailand provide a social security network to boys in a country where a large percent of the population are poor, but fail to give girls and women access to these facilities. However, a small nun's institution in the north of Thailand provides girls with an opportunity to pursue their dreams

Salt: The Great March II

Re-contextualising Ajrakh textile traditions on Khadi in contemporary art and craft

Textile installations, art works, clothing and spoken poetry video art

By Shelly Jyoti

Uniform Civil Code

Panelists: Justice Leila Seth; Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Senior Advocate; Prof. Peter D'Souza, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Prof. Tahir Mahmood; and Shri Seshadri Chari, BJP

Moderator: Shri B.G. Verghese

Kathak Recital

By Srishti Gupta from Bhopal, disciple of Smt Alpana Vajpeyi

Radha- Krishna Leela (Maharaas)

Presented by Vandana Singh and troupe from Braj Kala Kendra, Mathura

Shiva Beyond India

An illustrated talk on the diffusion of Saivite myths to Southeast Asia by Dr. Sachidanand Sahai, expert on Indian and Asian cultural relations and Advisor to APSARA Authority, a Royal Cambodian Government Agency for the Safeguard of Angkor

Chief Guest: Shri Kamlesh, poet and art critic

Chair: Dr. Ganga Nath Jha, Professor and former Chairperson, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, JNU

Open Frame Film Festival and Forum: 2 September 2014

10:00 to 13:30

Screenings and discussions Moderated by Manak Matiyani

The F Word (52 min; dvd; 2014)

Director: Saba Rahman

The film chronicles and questions journey of self-discovery, of discrimination, conformity, stereotyping and the filmmaker’s negotiation with a bad body image

11:30

Keep Talking (12 min; dvd; 2014)

Director: Radhika Murthy

Through a street play interrupted by conversations with a cross-section of men, the film engages exclusively with men on issues of patriarchy, equality and violence

Bol Ki Lab Aazad Hain Tere (12 min; dvd; 2014)

Director: Sania Hashmi and Mohan Kumawat

The film on sexual harassment in public places through the eyes of four women who live and work in the city

12:45

Long Hair Short Ideas (26 min; dvd; 2014)

Director: Pallavi Paul

The film attempts to create a conversation between the pressures of excavating a political moment and the elasticity of the documentary form

14:30 to 20:30

Can’t Hide Me (26 min; dvd; 2014)

Director: Madhuri Mohindar

The film follows individuals who are taking extraordinary steps to reclaim the spaces that are rightfully theirs, fighting the often invisible barriers that keep women from freedom