MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Madhyam Notes in Hindustani Classical Music
Illustrated lecture by Pt. Deepak Chatterjee, Rasikrang, senior vocal maestro of the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana
Pt. Chatterjee will speak and demonstrate about the application of both the madhyam notes in various evening ragas of Hindustani classical music
Mehfil Series
A mehfil with Agra Gharana Maestro Ustad Ghulam Hasnain Khan a.k.a Raja Miyan (Khayal)
As a disciple of the legendary Ustad Khadim Hussain Khan, Raja Miyan has acquired a sizeable treasure trove of the gharana. He will present ragas Purwa, Barwa, Ram Gauri and Gara Kanhra
Consultation on Developing a CSR Index for India
Khadi ke Dhage (80 mins; Hindi)
Presented by Amazing Thoughts
Directed by Abhineshwar Dayal Saxena
The play revolves around conversations that take place between the principle characters presenting contemporary events in Gandhiji's life, the salt satyagraha, boycott of foreign goods, etc
Coded Elegance
Photographs by Pablo Bartholomew
Part of a series that explores Bartholomew's journey and interaction with the tribes in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - diverse communities with as many as 50 different languages - and the preservation of their traditional culture articulated through their dress, rituals and rites of passage
Opening on Tuesday, 24th September 2013 at 18:30
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr. Devaki Jain, economist; Dr. Maureen Liebl; and Ms Ritu Sethi, Craft Revival Trust will discuss At Work in the Informal Economy of India: A Perspective from the Bottom Up by Jan Bremen (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013)
Chair: Prof. Ashoke Chatterjee, former Director, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
FRONTIERS OF HISTORY
Historical Traditions of Early North India
Speaker: Prof. Romila Thapar, Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Chair: Prof. Neeladri Bhattacharya
Nana Ranger Gaan
The Greenhouse Effects (52 min; dvd; English)
Who Gets to Write History? The Question of "˜Legitimacy'
Speaker: Dr. Kathryn Tidrick, author of Empire and the English Character: The Illusion of Authority and Gandhi: A Political and Spiritual Life
Chair: Professor Aditya Mukherjee, Professor of Contemporary History, Centre for Historical Studies/ SSS, JNU
Chair: Shri Aditya Mukherjee
