Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)

Since its premier in Paris a century ago, through subsequent incarnations and interpretations, the ballet Rite of Spring has continued to provoke and inspire. The music by Igor Stravinsky, concept and design by Nicholas Roerich, choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky and performance by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes were controversial in multiple ways for their timeIntroduction: Dr. Punita G. Singh, followed by contrastive excerpts from other productions and discussion on the musical innovations that set it apart and make it so important and remarkablePunita Singh is a musicologist, linguist, psychoacoustician and educator based in Delhi

Meet the Author

Dr. Makarand R. ParanjapeChair: Shri Keki N. DaruwallaIntroduction: Prof. G.J.V. Prasad, Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityMakarand will read from his new novel, Body Offering (Rupa, 2013); and will engage in conversation with Devapriya Roy (author of Vague Woman's Handbook and Weight Loss Club)

Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)

Imagined Landscape: Myth and Memory in Early Kashmir

Speaker: Dr. Shonaleeka Kaul, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, University of Delhi; and author of Imagining the Urban: Sanskrit and the City in Early India (Permanent Black, 2010)Chair: Shri A.N.D. Haksar, former Indian Ambassador and translator of Sanskrit classicsThe talk revisits Kalhana's Rajatarangini, the celebrated 12th century Sanskrit classic, a saga of the kings of Kashmir that has traditionally been understood as political history. Among the themes covered in the talk are origins of Kashmir, the nagas or tutelary deities, snow and water motifs, Buddhism, ritual, and a deeply spiritual sacred geography

Governance issues in Publc Enterprises: An Approach to Reforms

Key Note Address - Shri S.K. Roongta, Former Chairman & Managing Director, SAIL & Chairman Experts Panel on CPSE Reforms

Chair: Shri Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India

Introduction: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary

G.P. and the Sri Lankan Imbroglio

Speakers; Smt Meera Shankar, formerly Deputy Secretary, MEA, dealing with Sri Lanka and former Indian Ambassador to Germany and the USA; Shri N. Ram, former Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu; and Shri N.N. Jha, former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

Chair : Shri Shurbir Chhatwal, former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

Architecture of Consequence

Dutch designs on the future since 1840
An exhibition of the Netherlands Architecture Institute part of the New Institute

Curators: Jules Schoonman & Alfred Marks

Opening on Monday, 2nd September 2013 at 18:30

Tragedy in Uttarakhand: A Homage to the Victims

Readings by Ganga Prasad Vimal; H.K. Kaul; Laxmi Shanker Bajpai; Lavlin Thadani; Mandira Ghosh; and othersChair: Shri Jagmohan, former Cabinet Minister, Govt. of India

Hai Akhtari: Remembering Begum Akhtar

Hai Akhtari: Remembering Begum Akhtar(27 min; dvd; English subtitles)Scripted and directed by S. Kalidas who will introduce the film Screening will be followed by a discussion with Smt Shanti Hiranand; and Dr. Saleem KidwaiChair: Smt Malavika Singh Hai Akhtari was the cry of Hashmat, a love-crazed tramp of Hazratganj in old Lucknow. Like his anguished and wayward wanderings, this film too, meanders through the legend of Begum Akhtar, easily the most celebrated singer of ghazal and thumri-daadra in 20th century India

The Art of Jamini Roy

(55 min; dvd; 2013; English)
Director: Debabrata Roy

Film about the artist and his work with rare archival footage

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