A Feast of Colour
An exhibition of photographs
By Mala Mukerjee from Kolkata
Inauguration by Shri Avinash Pasricha on Monday, 1st April 2013 at 6:30 pm
The Magnificent Vulture - End of the Road?
Speaker: Dr. Vibhu Prakash, Principal Scientiste, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
Moderator: Dr. Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
On his 94th birth anniversary, musicologist and writer S. Kalidas remembers the extraordinary genius of the late Pandit Ravi Shankar, his life and his music
The Art of Drumming
Dr. T.K. Murthy, legendary Mridangam artist and his disciples will be in conversation with Prof. T.K. V. Subramanian
The programme will include demonstrations by the artists present
Iranian Taboo
75 min; dvd; English subtitles; Iran)
Director: Reza Allamehzadeh
Iranian Taboo tells the story of an Iranian Baha'i woman, Nadereh and her 14-year-old daughter who decide to sell all of their belongings and leave their homeland, to take refuge in the West
Kamaladevi Puraskar 2013
Presentation of awards to young craftspersons
Chief Guest: Shri Rajiv Sethi
There will be a display of craft made by the awardees
Endgame in Afghanistan: For Whom the Dice Rolls
Discussion around the new book by Hiranmay Karlekar (New Delhi: Sage 2012)
Panelists: Ms Arundhati Ghose, former Indian Ambassador; Shri H.K. Dua, senior journalist; and Shri Hiranmay Karlekar, senior journalist who will look at issues raised in the book and on the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and its consequences
Chair: Shri Salman Haider
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Punita G. Singh on the Christian spiritual tradition of "˜plainsong' and its profound influence on the development of western classical music
The Role of Liberal Education in the Future of Asia
Speaker: Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore and Chairman, Board of the National University Health System
The talk will focus on liberal education, particularly in the context of the establishment of the Yale - NUS College - a strategic partnership between the National University of Singapore and Yale University. Espousing a unique "West-meets-East" educational approach, the College will offer an intense, broad-based multi-disciplinary programme that nurtures curiosity, thinking from first principles, reasoning, communication, and quantitative skills
Swar Katha Upanishad
Presented by Sunaad from Bangalore led by Tara Kini
The group uses Dhrupad as a base and elements of theatre and story-telling in its presentation
The Katha's timeless tales is a dialogue between Yama, the God of Death, and Nachiketa, a committed teenager seeking the truth.