By Rashmi Aggarwal from Delhi, disciple of Smt Saroja Vaidyanathan

Speaker: Prof. William S. Sax, Head, Department of Ethnology and Executive Director, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg

Chair: Ms Neeru Nanda, IAS (Retd)

The lecture focuses on a remote valley, the UpperTonsRiver in the Rawain region of the Western Himalayas, where an archaic political form exists in which the local gods, Karna and Duryodhana, "rule" their tiny kingdom through oracles.  and how this system is rapidly changing and adapting to mainstream Indian society today

Ahimsa Non-Violence, An Adaptation of the Jain Tradition

(59 min; dvd; English)

Director: Michael Tobias

Ahimsa Non-Violence explores the tradition of the Jain religion. An intimate film that looks at a philosophy that offers hope and peace for the rest of the world

Discussion on Tibet and Sino Indian Relations

Speakers:Jacob Jabin and Bhavna Singh

57 min; 1989; dvd; English)

Director: Lars Brydesen

The disappearance of an African rain forest - and how it is being recreated- is a story of hope for our planet, and also a lesson of sound economics for every country

Film courtesy: Centre for Science and Environment

East and West in Hungarian Literature

Speakers: Dr. Margit Köves and Shri Girdhar Rathi

By Anindya Banerji from Kolkata, disciple of Shri Dhyanesh Khan, Shri Ashish Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

Accompanied by Utpal Ghosh on the tabla

Dr. Rekha Dwivedi, author & editor

Chair: Prof. Sudarshan Sharma, poet and thinker

Hindi Film Music and its Association with Hindustani Ragas

An illustrated lecture by Partha Chatterjee, film maker and music buff

The inspiration for Hindi cinema was the nautanki and Parsi Theatre. Both forms were reliant on raga and folk based melodies to communicate with their respective audiences. These qualities carried over into the popular mainstream cinema

An interactive and demonstrative series

Films: Whose India - Who is an Indian? Is being Indian Synonymous with being Hindu?

Directed by Aziz Quraishi and Laxmana Dalmia

Produced by Doordarshan

Ayodhya, Flash point of Communal Riots: December 7, 1992

A true story of Prayag Lal who saved the lives of 12 Muslims

Scenes from plays: Aur Ek Sach and Belibaas

Director: Aziz Quraishi