Third Cinema and Subversive Stardom: Selections From Sahni's Ouevre
Illustrated lecture by Tarini Sridhar who has completed her Masters in Film Studies from Columbia University's School of Arts
The talk will use eclectic examples from Balraj Sahni's films to trace his unique relationship to realism, melodrama and issues of feminist assertion
Chair: Ms madhu Jain
To Mark the 90th Birthday of Sarvepalli Gopal
Imperialists, Nationalists, Democrats: The Collected Essays of Sarvepalli Gopal
Discussion around the collected essays edited by Srinath Raghavan
Panelists: Shri Shivshankar Menon; Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta; and Dr. Srinath Raghavan
Chair: Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
A Picture of You (75 min; 2012; dvd; English)
Director: Ajay Noronha who will introduce the film
A cinematographer's journey to piece together an image of his father who passed away when he was six. Growing up with one framed photograph on the wall and little else, Ajay Noronha sifts through memories, anecdotes and silences to come closer to the person he hardly knew. A Picture of You is a difficult inquiry into the need to complete the picture of one's own self
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Integrating Ayurveda with Modern Medicine
Discussion around the Second Status Report on Indian Medicine and Folk Healing written by Shailaja Chandra, former Secretary Ayush, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Speaker: Dr. Naresh Trehan, Chairman & Managing Director, Medanta - The Medicity on "Why Integration"
Followed by Speciality-wise experiences with Complementary and Adjuvant use of Ayurveda
Presentations by Dr. Tejinder Kataria, Chair, Radiation Oncology, Medanta; Dr. Ali Zamir Khan, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Medanta; Dr. Geethakrishnan, Head, Dept. of Integrative Medicine, Medanta; and Dr. K. Muraleedharan, Medical Superintendent and Chief Physician, Kottaikal AVS Hospital & Research Centre
Smt Shailaja Chandra will present an overview and moderate the discussion
A Tribute to Sharan Rani Backliwal
Sharan Rani - The Divine Sarod Player (29 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Radhika Backliwal Narain
Introduction: Shi Ashok Chakradhar, writer & poet
Thumri Bhav
Presented by Pt Birju Maharaj
Film on one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Breaking through the centuries old glass ceiling, Sharan Rani became the first Indian female instrumentalist of international repute. The film traces her iconic musical journey in conservative, pre-independence India
Changing Climate: The Future (27 min; dvd; English)
"˜Hands On' takes a look at some of the new technologies that generate power from clean and renewable sources focusing on entrepreneurs and individuals around the world and what they are doing in the fields of sustainable enterprise and appropriate technology
Changing Climates: The Impact (27 min; dvd; English)
Is there concrete evidence that the greenhouse effect is changing our climate? This film travels to Africa, Asia and North America to find out if the long predicted change is alreadt having an impact on society and economy