An autobiography by Lt. Gen. (Retd.) J.F.R. Jacob

Lt. Gen. Jacob will speak about his recently published autobiography and will be in conversation

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Salome (101 min; dvd)                                                                                                                                                                  

 Music: Richard Strauss                                                                                                                                                                    

 With Teresa Stratas, Astrid Varnay,

Hans Beirer                                                                                                                                Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra                                                                                                                                        

 Conductor: Karl Bohm

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

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Salome (101 min;

 dvd)                                                                                                                                                                   

 Music; Richard Strauss with   Teresa Stratas, Astrid Varnay, Hans    Beirer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra                                                                                                                                          

Conductor: Karl Bohm

Discussion on Greening Delhi: Overcoming Bottlenecks in Implementation

Panelists: Shri Jagmohan, former Union Minister for Urban Development; Prof. C.R. Babu, Emeritus Professor, CEMDE, University of Delhi; Shri D.M. Shukla, Chief Conservator of Forests, Delhi; Shri B.C. Katiyar, Director, Horticulture, CPWD; Shri Shiv Kumar, Director, Horticulture, NDMC; Shri N.P. Nim, Director, Horticulture, DDA; Shri S.S. Kandpal, Director, Horticulture, MCD; and Dr. S.D. Singh, CEO, Delhi Parks and Gardens Society   Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi

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

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

Franz Liszt - A Faust Symphony (83 min; dvd; 1976)

With Kenneth Riegel (tenor)

 Tanglewood Festival Chorus - Chorus Master: John Oliver

Presented by Boston Symphony Orchestra and Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Adhe Adhure (100 mins)

Directed by Sandeep Mahajan

With Pramod Yadav; Varsha Chaudhary; Megha Saxena; Renu Rani; Raunak Bhinder; Anil Kohli and Rao Mehtab Ali

Adhe Adhure is the story of Savitri, a middle-aged working woman dissatisfied with her circumstances - an unemployed son, a promiscuous teenage daughter, and above all a husband who has failed to provide her emotional and financial security. The play examines  the vacuum present in the lives of both men and women

In the Name of the Sarkar- The 1857 Uprising in Delhi

Illustrated lecture by Shri Mahmood Farooqui, journalist and newspaper columnist who has effected a major revival of Dastangoi, the art of Urdu storytelling; and co-director of Peepli Live. He has translated and compiled the recently published work Besieged: Voices from Delhi 1857

Chair: Dr. Narayani Gupta

By Amrita Lahiri from Mumbai, disciple of Smt Swapnasundari

By Mitali Sengupta from Kolkata, disciple of Smt Girija Devi

Dramatised readings with a multi-media presentation

Conceived & Directed by Sohaila Kapur

With Sunit Tandon & Sanjeev Desai (readers); Sanah Kaintura (dance); and Shampa Das (vocal)

One of Tagore's most celebrated short stories, The Hungry Stones, written in 1895 is a ghost story