An exhibition of rare photographs taken between the years 1914 to 2010 that looks at the history, culture and people of Tibet. The exhibition includes photographs taken in Amdo, Kham and U-Tsang provinces of Tibet between 1914 and 1958 by Alexandra David Neel, the well-known French traveler and explorer; and Dudul N. Tsarong, former Tibetan government official; photographs of Tibet taken in 1979 by Lobsang Taklha, elder brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the visit of the First Delegation into Tibet; and contemporary photographs from 2000 to 2010 collected from all over the world presenting Tibet as it is now

Assembled by Namgyal Taklha and Jane Moore

Inauguration by Shri Raghu Rai on Thursday, 7th  July at 18:30

The Buddha (120 min; dvd; English)
Director: David Grubin

Narrated by Richard Gere

The Buddha draws upon paintings and sculptures across two millennia as well as scenes in India today that echo the Buddha's world of long ago. The testimony of contemporary Buddhists, including Pulitzer Prize winning poet, W.S Merwin and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, provide insight into the ancient narrative

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

La Fille Mal Gardee ( 96 min; dvd.)

Ballet with music by Frdinand Herold

Music freely adapted and conducted by John Lanchbery with Lesley Collier, Michael Coleman, Brian Shaw Choreography: Frederick Ashton

Curated  and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Madama Butterfly (145 min; dvd.)

Music: Giacomo Puccini

With Mirela Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor : Herbert von Karajan

Summer Delights - A Festival of Opera, Ballet and Concert Films

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Gustav Mahler - Kindertotenlieder

(songs on the death of children; 31 min; dvd)

With Thomas Hampson (baritone); Lucia Popp (soprano); Walton Groenroos (baritone); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

Gustav Mahler - Symphony

No.1 `The Titan' (55 min; dvd)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

Speaker:Shri Vinod S. Kapur, Founding Chairman, Keggfarms

Chair: Ms Agatha Sangma, Minister for State for Rural Development

Enabling lakhs of disadvantaged rural households to earn supplementary income as micro-entrepreneurs in a poultry production and marketing chain based on high yielding poultry birds developed to thrive in the harsh conditions of the Indian country side

Greek Drama and the Beginnings of Opera
Illustrated lecture by Dr. R. P. Jain, musicologist

Introduction: Shri Sunit Tandon

The lecture traces the history of operas from its early beginnings at the end of the 16th century, when some intellectuals and nobles met in Florence who fired by the ideas of the Renaissance endeavoured to revive Greek drama. Its development over the centuries from classical traditions as themes to becoming more personal dramas in the 18th century; the use of literary texts and national elements of different countries in the 19th ; and a return to composers using Greek mythology as themes in the 20th century

By Dr. Vanita