Summer Delights - A Festival of Opera, Ballet and Concert Films

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Franz Liszt - A Faust Symphony (83 min; dvd; 1976)

With Kenneth Riegel (tenor)

 Tanglewood Festival Chorus - Chorus Master: John Oliver

Presented by Boston Symphony Orchestra and Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Adhe Adhure (100 mins)

Directed by Sandeep Mahajan

With Pramod Yadav; Varsha Chaudhary; Megha Saxena; Renu Rani; Raunak Bhinder; Anil Kohli and Rao Mehtab Ali

Adhe Adhure is the story of Savitri, a middle-aged working woman dissatisfied with her circumstances - an unemployed son, a promiscuous teenage daughter, and above all a husband who has failed to provide her emotional and financial security. The play examines  the vacuum present in the lives of both men and women

In the Name of the Sarkar- The 1857 Uprising in Delhi

Illustrated lecture by Shri Mahmood Farooqui, journalist and newspaper columnist who has effected a major revival of Dastangoi, the art of Urdu storytelling; and co-director of Peepli Live. He has translated and compiled the recently published work Besieged: Voices from Delhi 1857

Chair: Dr. Narayani Gupta

By Amrita Lahiri from Mumbai, disciple of Smt Swapnasundari

By Mitali Sengupta from Kolkata, disciple of Smt Girija Devi

Dramatised readings with a multi-media presentation

Conceived & Directed by Sohaila Kapur

With Sunit Tandon & Sanjeev Desai (readers); Sanah Kaintura (dance); and Shampa Das (vocal)

One of Tagore's most celebrated short stories, The Hungry Stones, written in 1895 is a ghost story

In God's Name (92 min; dvd; English)

Director: Jules Naudet

In God's Name explores the complex questions of our time through the intimate thoughts and beliefs of 12 of the world's most influential spiritual leaders. These diverse and powerful voices offer provocative, compelling and enlightening perspective on the myriad issues in our post-9/11 world, including the rise of terrorism, fanaticism, intolerance and war

An exhibition of posters on disability developed by Arushi - a Bhopal based voluntary organisation that is engaged in dispelling myths and misconception associated with disability and which plays a proactive role in mind sets of stakeholders. The captions for the posters have been written by Shri Gulzar, renowned poet, lyricist and filmmaker

Inauguration at 10:00 by Shri Gulzar  

This will be followed by an interactive session with Shri Gulzar in the Auditorium

Health Insurance for All

Speaker:  Shri Anil Swarup, Director General, Labour Welfare, Ministry of Labour