A mehfil with Delhi gharana maestro, Ustad Saeed Zafar Khan (star)

As a representative of a unique tradition that represents both vocal as well as instrumental streams, Ustad Saeed Zafar Khan will regale audiences with a unique repertoire of ragas that have roots in Persian maqam-s

Director: Pria Somiah Alva

Script: Manira Alva Pinto

Produced by Miditech (P) Ltd. For Channel News Asia

Journalist/presenter: Namita Bhandare will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Film on the Nirbhaya rape and the fight against rape that followed in its brutal aftermath

Speaker: Dr. Swapna Liddle, INTACH Delhi Chapter

Chair: Dr. Shama Mitra Chenoy, University of Delhi

The city of Shahjahanabad was founded in the 17th century as the capital of the Mughal Empire. It followed upon a series of capital cities located at distinct sites in Delhi by earlier regimes. While not much remains of these earlier cities apart from some monumental buildings, Shahjahanabad retains much of its original urban grain - its street pattern, its shape and size, and many heritage buildings. This gives us the opportunity to examine the distinct characteristics of its plan; and in that plan we can see certain essential principles of Mughal rule

Speaker: Mr. R. Ramachandran, Executive Director, Asian Festival of Children's Content, National Book Development Council of Singapore and former Director, National Library Board Singapore

Chair: Prof. Avadhesh Kumar Singh, Director, School of Translation Studies, IGNOU

By Ashwin Dalvi from Jaipur, disciple of Pt. Arvind Parikh

Followed by
Sitar Recital
By Sundar Nath from Bangalore, disciple of Pt. Arvind Parikh

An exhibition on the life cycle and rituals of the Bene Israel Jews of Ahmedabad
Photographs by Bindi Sheth and text by Esther David

This photo-documentation is part of a research grant received from the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute of Brandeis University USA. The photographs have documented about 150 Ahmedabadi Bene Israel Jews in the last three years and captures the multicultural facet of Indian Jews as they try o preserve their Jewish identity in India

Opening on Tuesday, 19th November 2013 at 18:00

Followed by a talk at 18:30 in the Lecture Room II
The Bene Israel Jews of Ahmedabad
Speaker: Smt Esther David

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Bhuvan Vikrama, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

The talk on the story of the settlement at Ahichhatra in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh with all its glory and grandeur. The excavations at the site which began in 1862-63 through 1885, 1888, 1940-44, 1963-65, 2007-8-2012-2013 have unfolded a beautiful story of the evolution of a city from a small rustic village and the gradual evolution of its artistic and architectural style