On Wings of Song

21 January 2013, 05:30 am
On Wings of Song
Programme Type
Cultural

Hits from musical theatre and opera

Presented by soloists of the Neemrana Vocal Ensemble under the guidance of Situ Singh Buehler, Christopher Daruwalla and Nadya Balyan

Drawing as a Mental Exercise

21 January 2013, 05:30 am
Drawing as a Mental Exercise

By Gagandeep Singh

The artist explores the possibilities of drawing as a means of expression in spaces vitual/physical and mental.  He will investigate the role of on-location drawing and the scope of drawing installawtion

A work in progress

The Sliver of the Oxus Borderland: Medieval Cultural Encounters between the Arabs and Persians

19 January 2013, 05:30 am
The Sliver of the Oxus Borderland: Medieval Cultural Encounters between the Arabs and Persians
Programme Type
Talks

Speaker: Dr Manu P. Sobti, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Chair: Dr Arup Banerji, Associate Professor of History, University of Delhi

A talk on a unique borderland condition on the Silk Road on the Oxus river, combining fieldwork with close reading of archival sources from across the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, to unravel how conflict, reconciliation and interaction between medieval Arab and Persian communities created distinct urban forms along this geographically significant and politically critical divide

Our Beautiful Planet

19 January 2013, 05:30 am
Our Beautiful Planet

(120 min; dvd)

The environmental crisis facing the globe and the global initiatives needed to solve it are illustrated using problems faced by different countries. The film includes a computer analysis of potential climate change and presents the results of a questionnaire answered by over 7000 environmental NGOs worldwide

WHO AM I?

18 January 2013, 05:30 am
WHO AM I?
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Smt Maitreyi Pushpa, novelist and activist

The Magic Makers - Folk and Tribal Arts

18 January 2013, 05:30 am
The Magic Makers - Folk and Tribal Arts

An exhibition of paintings and sculptures from the collection of Arpana Fine Arts Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts and Literature

On display are Godana art works, Midnapur scrolls, Bengal folk art, Orissa pata-chitras, art by the Sauras and Gonds, and from Worli, Bastar and Hazaribagh

Opening on Thursday, 17th January, at 18:30

Flora's Empire: British Gardens in India

17 January 2013, 05:30 am
Flora's Empire: British Gardens in India
Programme Type
Talks

Speaker: Dr Eugenia W. Herbert, Professor Emeritus of History at Mount Holyoke College, and author of Twilight on the Zambezi: Late Colonialism in Central Africa

Chair: Shri Pradip Krishen, ecological gardener, and author of Trees of Delhi

Book Discussion Group

17 January 2013, 05:30 am
Book Discussion Group
Programme Type
Discussions

Dr Sanjaya Baru, Editor, Business Standard; and Shri Prem Shankar Jha, Managing Editor, Financial World, will be in conversation with Gurcharan Das on his book, India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State (New Delhi: Penguin, 2012)

Chair: Justice Shri J.S. Verma, former Chief Justice of India

The Mud Mosque of Djenné

16 January 2013, 05:30 am
The Mud Mosque of Djenné
Programme Type
Talks
Illustrated lecture by Shri Peeyush Sekhsaria, consultant in environment, disaster management and development, and photographer
Chair: Prof K.T. Ravindran, Dean, School of Planning and Architecture
Djenné, a centre of commerce and of Islamic learning in Mali, with a continuous history from 200 BCE, is remarkable for being built entirely in raw earth. Its imposing Great Mosque has a facade over 60m long and up to 15m high, dominated by three towers. Its annual re-plastering ceremony involves everyone in Djenné, with the city's two quarters competing to complete their section first"”a joyous and mind-boggling spectacle, carried out in near-clockwork fashion. The speaker, who has trained in earthen architecture, will describe the experience of witnessing the ceremony, taking in such areas as living heritage, conservation, Mali and its current geo-political situation
 
An exhibition of photographs by Peeyush Sekhsaria will be on view in the corridor outside Conference Room - I until Tuesday, 22nd January