Preserve the Future - Conserving India's Wild Heritage: UK Environment Film Fellowship 2006

The Last Dance (10 min; dvd; 2006; English)

Director: Ashima Narain

Film on the rescue of a dancing sloth bear

The Hunted (15 min; dvd; 2007; English)

Director: Jay Mazoomdar

The most effective way of curbing tiger trade is offering the hunters a new way of life

Turtles in a Soup (10 min; dvd; 2008; English)

Director: Kalpana Subramanian

The untold story of a silent crime - the illegal trade of freshwater turtles

The Silenced Witness (10 min; dvd; 2008; English)

Directors: P. Balan & Radha R.

60 per cent of the world's Asian elephants live in India, but their survival is under threat

Diminishing Resources (15 min; dvd; 2007; English)

Directors; Himanshu Malhotra & Sabina Kidwai

The film tries to sensitise audiences to the threats faced by Coral reefs

Once there was a Purple Butterfly (10 min; dvd; 2008; English)

Director: Sonya V. Kapoor

As the small species quietly becomes extinct, the film focuses on the crimes against butterflies

Leopards in the Lurch (15 min; dvd; 2008; English)

Director: Gurmeet Sapal

The film captures the cat's threatening as well as threatened existence in Uttarakhand

Cosmic Implications of Paranormal Research and Interests in the US Military and Intelligence Community

Illustrated presentation by Commander Scott Jones (US Navy Retd.), Director, Peace and Emergency Coalition for Earth and former Director, Laurance Rockerfeller Initiative

Chair: Dr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon

By Chandrani Ghosh and Krishnendu Roy from Kolkata, disciples of Guru Smt Shramila Biswas

By Apratim Majumdar from Kolkata disciple of Prof Rabin Ghosh and Shri Partho Sarothy

Shri K.P. Fabian, former Indian Ambassador; and Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Library & Museum will discuss Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II by Madhushree Mukherjee (Chennai: Tranquebar, 2010)

Chair: Shri Inder Malhotra

In Awareness of the Buddha: The Landscapes of Nicholas Roerich and Bireswar Sen

Speaker: Dr. B.N. Goswamy, distinguished art historian and Professor Emeritus of Art History, PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh

As part of this programme there will be an exhibition

Mountain Mysteries: The Landscapes of Bireswar Sen

A selection of thirty-three works drawn from the collection of the Bireswar Sen family

On view at the ArtGallery until 18^th April, 11:00 to 19:00 daily

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Sawani Mudgal, daughter and disciple of Pt. Madhup Mudgal

Accompanists: Kharak Singh (tabla); Pravesh Mallik (harmonium); and Diwan Singh (tanpura)

Organised to mark the turning of the sod for the foundation of the Centre by Kamaladeviji

A night of readings from the new book Indivisible: Contemporary South Asian American Poetry

The poets who will share their work and insights include Maya Khosla, Neela Banerjee, Sudeep Sen, and Subhashini Kaligotla

Chair: Shri K. N. Daruwalla

Written by Dr. P. Venugopalan in traditional Kathakali format

Presented by artists of the Sandarsan Kathakali Vidyalayam - Kalamandalam Shanmukhan; Kalamandalam Vijaya Kumar; Kalamandalam Mukundan; and Kalanilayam Vinod

With Pathiyoor Sankarankutty (musician); Kalamandalam Jayaprakash (musician); Kalanilayam Manoj (maddalam); Kalamandalam Sreekanth (chenda & edakka); and Kalanilayam Ratheesh (chenda)

This is the first time in Kathakali that this endearing Krishna theme has been developed in the strict lyrical and technical language. This production gives an innovative treatment to the relationship between Krishna and his two mothers, the loss of the son who dedicates himself to his worldly mission