Original maps tracing 30 centuries of Indian history
Curated by Arundhati Virmani, Fellow, EHESS, Marseilles, and author of The Historical Atlas of India (2011)
 
From an expansive perspective on the subcontinent to zooms into particular regions, these maps delineate spatial organizations since the 6th century BCE and trade links from the Mediterranean world to China, and throw light on the circulation of cultural traditions, imperial management and nationalist protest
 
Inauguration by Dr Romila Thapar on Monday 24th at 18:30
 
Accompanying this exhibition will be a talk on Wednesday 26th in Annexe Lecture Room - II at 18:30Mapping Indian History: A New Historical Challenge
Speaker: Dr Arundhati Virmani, EHESS
 
Chair: Prof Mushirul Hasan, Director-General, National Archives of India
 

One World, One Home, One Heart

Discussion on the prevention of heart disease and stroke among women and children

Directed by Uma Vasudev
On the experience of the guru-shishya parampara

19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Pt L.K. Pandit
Accompanied by Akhtar Hassan (tabla) and Pt Bharat Bhushan (sarangi)

Homage to Ustad Fahimuddin Dagar

Saturday 22
Hindustani Vocal Duet
By Ustad Mazhar and Ustad Jawad Ali Khan
Accompanied by Romesh Misra (tabla), Murad Ali (sarangi) and Ustad Zamir Ahmed (harmonium)

19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Vidushi Malti Gilani
Accompanied by Ustad Nawab Ali (tabla), Ustad Ghulam Sabir (sarangi) and Ustad Zamir Ahmed (harmonium)

Vidyaharan
Presented by Jairam Potdar's group from Pune, with commentary in Hindi

Marking 100 years of K.P. Khadilkar's play about Kacha and Devayani, for whose original production Pandit Bhaskarbuwa Bakhle provided the stage music, and Bal Gandharva played Devayani

Brajbhoomi
An exhibition of photographs
On view: Main Veranda, 14:00-20:00

ROSE GARDEN AT 16:30
Tableau of the Govardhan Puja ceremony

18:30
Performances by artistes from Mathura on the nafiri and nagada; Charkula dance with lamps; algoza vadan; Krishna Janam Leela; folk songs in malhar ragas; and Holi festivities with flowers

POSTPONED TO 1ST OCTOBER 2012

Jazz for All Times
Illustrated presentation by Shri Soli J. Sorabjee and Shri Ratan Sehgal

Speaker: Mr Andrew Cohen, Founder, EnlightenNext

Chair: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, Trustee, FUR 

The speaker is author of Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening

Prof Krishna Kumar, Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi; Prof Farida A. Khan, Dept. of Educational Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Prof Geetha B. Nambissan, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, discuss School Education, Pluralism and Marginality: Comparative Perspectives, ed. by Christine Sleeter, Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay, Arvind K. Mishra and Sanjay Kumar (New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2012)

Chair: Prof Shyam B. Menon, Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University, Delhi