Troyee
Choreographed dance based on the journey of the three women in Tagore's Chitrangada, Chandalika and Shyama

Concept: Late Smt Suchitra Mitra; Choreography: Shri Aditya Mitra; Music Direction: Smt Anita Pal; Recitation: Shri Subir Mitra

Presented by Parampara, Kolkata 

Disappearing Criticism

Panelists: Shri Sadanand Menon, Managing Trustee, SPACES Arts Foundation, Chennai; Shri Kuldeep Kumar, music critic, The Hindu; Ms Anjana Rajan, Special Correspondent, The Hindu

Bahadur: The Accidental Brave 

(54 min; dvd; 2011; English)
Director: Aditya Seth

Labour migration to India has traditionally been an important economic resource for Nepalese households. Migrant workers in Mumbai are prone to high-risk sexual behaviour because of the freedom and the access to intoxicants and sex-workers. Many contract HIV and infect their spouses when they return, and their children are born with HIV. Far west Nepal is reeling under a micro-epidemic with the notorious name, "˜Mumbaiyya rog'. The documentary is an in-depth look into the "˜Bahadur' (brave) Nepalese migrant's life, his struggle for survival, and his helplessness to improve his lot in the socio-economic and political context. 

Followed by a discussion with the film-maker, initiated by Mrs Anjali Gopalan, Executive Director, the Naz Foundation

Book Discussion Group

Shri Jagmohan, former Governor, Jammu and Kashmir; Dr Subhash Kashyap, Centre for Policy Research; and Prof Mridula Mukherjee, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU; and Shri Suhas Borker, Convenor, Working Group for Alternative Strategies, discuss Witness to History: Transition and Transformation of India, 1947-1964, a publication of the Nehru Centre (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011)

Launch of National Archives of India publication by Smt Sangita Gairola, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, followed by a discussion

Panelists: Dr Lokesh Chandra, Director, International Academy of Indian Culture; and Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project

Chair: Prof Mushirul Hasan, Director-General, National Archives of India

The Golden Thread: Essays in Honour of C.D. Deshmukh
Dr Karan Singh, M.P., will release the special issue of the IIC Quarterly (Winter 2011-Spring 2012)

Followed by a panel discussion on Education, Economics and Politics

Photographic slides of Himalayan flora and fauna accompanied by commentary

Speaker: Dr Ajay Singh Rawat, former Professor of History, Kumaon University, and author of Forestry in Central Himalayas and Forest History of Mountainous Regions of the World

Followed by a dialogue with Shri Vijay Bhushan, Member of the State Wildlife Board of Himachal Pradesh, and Executive Director, Narain Dharamarth Aushdhalaya Trust, highlighting Dr Rawat's work as environmental activist

and

South Asia Foundation

present

Kumhaargram: Lifeline of Green Delhi

"¦"¦..Crafting Excellence

An exhibition of pottery items by the potters of Kumhaargram, New Delhi. 

Inauguration by Dr. Karan Singh on 18th April 2012 at 12 noon

 One of the largest settlements of potters in Asia and the lifeline of NCT Delhi's greenery, it is home to some of the finest artisans of the country. Potters whose work will be exhibited include, Giriraj Prasad, Shilpguru; seven National Awardees - Harikrishan; Angoori Devi; Bhuvnesh Prasad; Dayachand; Lachhi Ram; and Amar Singh; and Shyam Prasad, State Awardee among others

The exhibition will also include demonstrations using traditional and modern mechanized electric operated pottery wheels; and a photographic display tracing the history of the artisans and origins of the potters of Kumhaargram village

9^th Prof. D.S. Kothari Memorial  Lecture

"Dr. D.S. Kothari: A Modern Rishi"

By Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

Chairperson, Asia Project, India International Centre