An exhibition of works in accumulated watercolour brush strokes
By Yuriko Ando Lochan
Opening on Tuesday, 25 March 2014 at 18:30
The Women of Tibet & The Tibetan Nuns Project
Talk followed by a screening of two films
Introductory talk by Rinchen Khando Choegyal, Director of the Tibetan Nuns Project, Founding Member & former President, Tibetan Women's Association and former Minister of Education in the Tibetan Cabinet
Films
Dolma Ling Institute and Nunnery: Educating for the Future (18 min; dvd; English)
A film by Tibetan Nuns Project, Dolma Ling
Dolma Ling Institute was established in 1991 to meet the needs of the many nuns who have fled from Tibet in search of the freedom to study and practice their religion. The film presents the daily lives of the 200 nuns who live there
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution (57 min; dvd; English)
Director: Rosemary Rawcliffe
Three generations of Tibetan women and His Holiness the Dalai Lama tell the story of one of the greatest movements of non-violent resistance in modern history. In 1959, an estimated 15,000 unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa to oppose the violent Communist Chinese occupation of their country. The surviving exiled elders in Dharamsala are the last generation of women left to tell the story of the Tibetan women's uprising
Hana - The Lotus
By Yuriko Ando Lochan Opening on Tuesday, 25 March 2014 at 18:30
Innauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan on Tuesday, 25 March 2014 at 18:30
Odissi Recital
By Vishwanath Mangaraj from Delhi, disciple of Sharon Lowen
Inauguration of the International Conference on
The Relevance of Traditional Values for the Present and the Future
FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
Climate Fever Earth Report (22 min; dvd; English)
Earth Report investigates effect of climate change on the health of human beings
Sink or Swim - Earth Report (22 min; dvd; English)
Storms, floods and droughts are now more common than ever before. Earth Report looks at how certain at risk communities are protecting themselves from natural disasters
Threads of Continuity- The Zoroastrian Craft of Kusti Weaving
Discussion around the new book by Ashdeen Z. Lilaowala and Shernaz Cama
Kusti weaving and Sudreh making are part of a living Zoroastrian heritage, which links craft and art to religious traditions. The two authors will speak about the weaving process, the looms and tools used during weaving and explain the symbolic significance of the Sudreh and Kusti
A Celebration of Carnatic and Hindustani Music
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Meeta Pandit
Carnatic Vocal Recital
By Sudha Raghunathan
DELHI - CAPTURING WOMEN'S LIVES AND CHANGE IN A CITY IN TRANSITION
Building Bonds? Experiences in an Expanding Delhi
A discussion between two voices from North-East India and Kerala
Prof. Tiplut Nongbri, Professor, Centre for Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University and
Coordinator: Indu Agnihotri, Director, CWDS
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
The North - South Convergence in Carnatic and Hindustani Music
Panelist: Subhadra Desai; Saraswati Rajagopalan; and Suanshu Khurana