3.00 pm and 6.30 pm

World Dance Day 2013: 27^th & 28^th April 2013

Organised in collaboration with Natya Vriksha; UNESCO; Ministry of Culture; SNA Kudiattam Centre, Thrissur

Young Dancers Festival

Kutiyattam

Presented by Kalamandalam Sangeeth Chakyar (as Ravana)

Followed by

Kathak Recital

By Swati Sinha, disciple of Pt. Rajendra Gangani

Illustrated lecture by Shri Nizamuddin Taher, Superintending Archaeologist, Bhopal Circle, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Dr. R.C. Agarwal

The programme will include screening of a documentary film
Mystery of Queen Ketevan, the Search Continues (15 min; dvd; English)

Concert presented by Aching Shaiza and Reuben Israel (voice)
Accompanied on the piano by Aching Shaiza, Kyoko Ito

The artists will presented songs from well-known Broadway musicals My Fair Lady; Annie Get Your Gun; Oh! Kay; Carousel; A Little Night Music; All That Jazz; An American in Paris; among others

Contemporary Theatre of India: An Overview by Chaman Ahuja    (New Delhi: National Book Trust, 2012)

Discussants:                 

Shri Rudraprasad Sengupta, Director, Nandikar; Dr Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry, Director, The Company; and Prof. Tripurari Sharma, National School of Drama will discuss Contemporary Theatre of India: An Overview by Chaman Ahuja (New Delhi: National Book Trust, 2012)

Chair: Prof. Mohan Maharashi, Theatre Director

Produced and directed by Satish Jacob who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Panelists: Sir Mark Tully; Ms. Seema Mustafa; Shri Jehangir Pocha; and Shri Pavan Varma

Illustrated lecture by Tarini Sridhar who has completed her Masters in Film Studies from Columbia University's School of Arts

The talk will use eclectic examples from Balraj Sahni's films to trace his unique relationship to realism, melodrama and issues of feminist assertion

Chair: Ms madhu Jain

Imperialists, Nationalists, Democrats: The Collected Essays of Sarvepalli Gopal
Discussion around the collected essays edited by Srinath Raghavan

Panelists: Shri Shivshankar Menon; Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta; and Dr. Srinath Raghavan

Chair: Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

Director: Ajay Noronha who will introduce the film

A cinematographer's journey to piece together an image of his father who passed away when he was six. Growing up with one framed photograph on the wall and little else, Ajay Noronha sifts through memories, anecdotes and silences to come closer to the person he hardly knew. A Picture of You is a difficult inquiry into the need to complete the picture of one's own self

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Discussion around the Second Status Report on Indian Medicine and Folk Healing written by Shailaja Chandra, former Secretary Ayush, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Speaker: Dr. Naresh Trehan, Chairman & Managing Director, Medanta - The Medicity on "Why Integration"

Followed by Speciality-wise experiences with Complementary and Adjuvant use of Ayurveda
Presentations by Dr. Tejinder Kataria, Chair, Radiation Oncology, Medanta; Dr. Ali Zamir Khan, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Medanta; Dr. Geethakrishnan, Head, Dept. of Integrative Medicine, Medanta; and Dr. K. Muraleedharan, Medical Superintendent and Chief Physician, Kottaikal AVS Hospital & Research Centre

Smt Shailaja Chandra will present an overview and moderate the discussion

Sharan Rani - The Divine Sarod Player (29 min; 2008; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Radhika Backliwal Narain
Introduction: Shi Ashok Chakradhar, writer & poet

Thumri Bhav
Presented by Pt Birju Maharaj

Film on one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Breaking through the centuries old glass ceiling, Sharan Rani became the first Indian female instrumentalist of international repute. The film traces her iconic musical journey in conservative, pre-independence India