Conservation at the Crossroads: Science, Society and the Future of India's Wildlife
Speaker: Dr Ghazala Shahabuddin, School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University

Chair: Shri Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO, World Wide Fund for Nature - India

Speaker: Prof B.R. Mani, Additional Director-General, ASI

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande, former Director, ASI

An account of how excavations at Lathia in Ghazipur (U.P.) led to the discovery of early Gupta temples

A festival of documentary films selected to bring out the variety, treatment and intensity marking the genre in South Asia

18:00
Tres Triste Tigres (Three Sad Tigers)
(Bangladesh; 15 min; 2010; English subtitles)
Director: David Munoz
Three Bangladeshi migrant labourers get duped

18:30
Nero's Guest
(India; 56 min; 2009; English & with subtitles)
Director: Deepa Bhatia
P. Sainath's views on India's agrarian crisis

19:40
I Was Worth 50 Sheep
(Afghanistan; 72 min; 2010; English subtitles)
Director: Nima Sarvestani
Women as property in Afghanistan

A festival of documentary films selected to bring out the variety, treatment and intensity marking the genre in South Asia

18:30
The Search for Justice
(Pakistan; 28 min; 2011; English subtitles)
Director: Tehmina Ahmed
The state of labour laws and courts in Pakistan

19:10
Journey to Yarsa
(Nepal; 65 min; 2011; English subtitles)
Director: Dipendra Bhandari
Tareque Masud Best Debut Film Award, FSA 2011
A Nepali family's struggle to collect yarsagumba caterpillar larvae, their sole means of livelihood

A festival of documentary films selected to bring out the variety, treatment and intensity marking the genre in South Asia

18:30
Introduction

Kerosene
(Sri Lanka; 16 min; 2011; English & with subtitles)
Director: Kannan Arunasalam
Adapting to wartime scarcities in Jaffna

19:00
Dharavi, Slum for Sale
(India; 79 min; 2010; English & with subtitles)
Director: Lutz Konermann
Struggle between residents and developers in the world's largest slum

Convened by Guru Rani Khanam, Kathak exponent

Presentations by Smt Manjushree Chatterjee, Dr Shovana Narayan, Dr Sunil Kothari, Smt Arshiya Sethi, Smt Manjari Sinha, Smt Roshan Date and Dr Navina Jafa   
         
Senior artistes and scholars will present papers and give lecture-demonstrations on the adoption of musical forms like chaturang, prabandh, tirvat and dhamar; the importance of bhav batana; Wajid Ali Shah's contribution to gat nikas; and Pandita Rohini Bhate's work for the preservation of compositions

Speaker: Dr D.S. Rana, Chairman, Dept. of Nephrology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

Chair: Dr Raman Kapur, Head, Dept. of Acupuncture, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

Dr Rana has published widely on renal disease and is involved in initiatives to provide rural communities affordable healthcare

Memory: Site for Creativity

Panelists: Smt Swapna Sundari, classical dancer; Smt Shubha Mudgal, classical singer; and Prof Shivaji Panikkar, art critic and historian

Speaker: Dr B.B. Lal, former Director, ASI