Exhibition: Handlooms - The Weft of India
Showcasing examples of 10 Indian handloom traditions

On view from 12th to 14th March 2013 in the Annexe Art Gallery & Lecture Room II, 11:00 to 19:00 daily

The seminar and exhibition seek to highlight the causes for the decline and marginalization of India's centuries - old traditions of handloom weaving; and how they can be reclaimed and the handloom sector revitalized

Discussion around the new book by Chandan Sinha (Routledge India)

Discussants: Dr. Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of Rural Development; and Dr. N.C. Saxena, 

Chair: Dr. Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission

(53 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)
Directed by Utpal Borpujari who will introduce the screening

Screening will be followed by a discussion

A cinematic journey to a place believed to be the land of sorcerers in the town of Mayong, located 40 km from Guwahati in Assam where the practice of magic - Tantra-Mantra as the locals call it, has been a way of life since time immemorial. Despite its legendary status in Assamese folklore, the place remains largely unknown

Carnatic Vocal Recital
By Isaimamani G. Elangovan

Followed by
Hindustani Flute Recital
By Pt. Ronu Majumdar

Miturang Festival: 9th and 10th March 2013
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Vidushi Bindu Chawla

Followed by
Taal Vadya Kacheri
Presented by Pt. Sudhir Pandey (tabla); M.V. Chandrasekhar (mridangam); and K. Ramamurthy (ghatam)

Speaker: Dr. Sudhir Khandelwal, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chair: Dr Avdesh Sharma, Consultant psychiatrist and producer of television serials on mental health

Through The Eastern Gate (52 min; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Mironel de Wilde

The film traces the aspirations, practices and beliefs of three young people who follow different eastern spiritual traditions. Shot in picturesque locales of India and Turkey, the film explores the worlds of people who have declined Western spiritual traditions and have sought new transcendent meaning in their lives

Shri Inder Malhotra, eminent journalist and author; Shri K.P. Singh, former Director, IB; and Shri K.C. Singh, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs will discuss My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir: 10th Edition by Jagmohan (New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 2012)

Chair: Admiral (Retd.) K.K. Nayyar