To Mark the 18th Barsi of Pt. Amarnath
Miturang Festival
Vocal Recital
By Suhasini Koratkar
At 19:30
Flute Recital
By Pt. Ronu Majumdar
To Mark the 18th Barsi of Pt. Amarnath
Miturang Festival: 9th and 10th March 2014
Vocal Recital
By Bindu Chawla
At 19:45
Mohan Veena Recital
By Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Celebrating International Women's Day 2014
Changing Times-Changing Lives: Voices of Women Poets in India
Poetry reading by Dr. Sukrita Paul (English); Dr. Savita Singh (Hindi); Smt Tarannum Riyaz (Urdu); Dr. Vanita (Punjabi); Dr. Rumki Basu (Bengali); Dr. J. Bhagyalakshmi (Telugu); and Dr. Rita Malhotra, international poet
Chair: Dr. Mridula Garg
Who Am I?
Ms Sagari Chhabra, poet, playwright and filmmaker
Understanding Qawwali: A Symposium Exploring the Plurality of the United Art Form
Focusing on Qawwali, not just as a traditional art form but as a cultural symbol to represent the essence of unity in diversity of India
8th March at 18:30 in the Rose Garden
Qawwali
Live demonstration by traditional Qawwals
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURES
What is Mathematics
Speaker: Shri Balkrishna Shetty, IFS (Retd.), former Indian Ambassador and currently Guest Faculty at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIITD) who is teaching Number Theory and is the author of What is Mathematics (National Book Trust India, 2013)
Chair: Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, NCERT
Gandhi's Outstanding Leadership
A discussion on the Kashmiri and Urdu editions of P.A. Nazareth's book
Chief Guest: Shri N.N. Vohra, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Changing Role of Civil Services
Speakers: Shri Yogendra Narain, former Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha; Shri B.G. Verghese, senior journalist; and Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary
Opening remarks: Shri Syed Shahid Mahdi, former Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia
Pushing the Boundaries: Writing for Young Adults Today
Panelists: Ranjit Lal, author; Sayoni Basu, publisher, Duckbill; Paro Anand, author; and Roshani Jain, student of Shri Ram School, Gurgaon
Moderator: Anita Roy, publisher, Young Zubaan
Some of the toughest, and most exciting writing in the world today is to be found in the "˜YA' (Young Adult) section in book stores - novels on sex, drugs, suicide, racism, cancer, broken homes"¦Is this a trend to be applauded? Should YA authors in India be following suit? What are the dangers - as well as the pleasures- of YA fiction? These and other issues will be raised in the discussion
10TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL 2014
I am Micro (15 min; 2012; experimental; India)
Director: Shai Heredia & Shumona Goel
An experimental film portrait of an anonymous filmmaker struggling to make films against innumerable odds
Grandmother (7 min; 2011; experimental; India)
Director: Oorvazi Irani
A portrait of a grandmother sans a realistic treatment
My Grandfather's House (14 min; 2013; documentary; Myanmar)
Director: Shunn Lei Swe Yee
Thaktin Htein Win's granddaughter reminisces about the old wooden house which was once a meeting place for the architects of the country's independence movement
Madly in Love (5 min; 2013; animation; Japan)
Director: Ikue Sugidono
A woman wants to decorate herself with a cute cake"¦
Hint (17 min; 2012; short fiction; Israel)
Director: Adi Bar Yossef
Sharona's dance partner at the weekly folk dancing session is the clumsy Micha"¦
Truelovestory (20 min; animation; India)
Director: Gitanjali Rao
Where does Salim, a 17 year old orphan living in the streets of Bombay, learn to woo a woman?
Followed by a discussion with filmmaker
At 12:15
Such a Girl Like Me (15 min; 2012; short fiction; Hong Kong)
Director: Man Uen Ching
Yin is a mortician who does make-up for the dead"¦
My Fancy High Heels (55 min; 2010; documentary; Taiwan)
Director: Ho Chao-Ti
Filmed over a period of two years, the film rigorously traces the journey of a pair of branded high-heeled shoes, and looks at the dreams of the people involved
At 14:30
Jaadui Machchi (37 min; 2013; short fiction; India)
A film by Ektara Collective
On the banks of a flowing river, Jyotika and her friends meet an old woman who tells them a story of a fish that spreads happiness in the world
Followed by a discussion with crew members Maheen Mirza and Hassath
Aabida (26 min; 2013; short fiction; United Kingdom)
Director: Maaria Sayed
Aabida is a recently widowed woman who chooses to look upon life as a fresh opportunity to indulge in the little pleasures her strict husband would not permit her
Followed by a discussion with the lead actress, Lubna Salim
At 16:30
Voices of Orchid Island (73 min; 1994; documentary; Taiwan)
Director: Hu Tai-Li
The film explores the complex and often troubled relationship the Yami community of Orchid island has with the outside community
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
At 18:30
My No-Mercy Home (77 min; 2013; documentary; South Korea)
Director: Aori
A courageous story of a young woman who sues her father for sexual abuse
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker