Nayakan (Tamil)
(145 min; 1987; dvd; English subtitles)

Written and directed by Mani Ratnam

The film will be introduced by Baradwaj Rangan

Recipient of the President's Silver Medal for Best Cinematography; Best Art Direction; and Silver Lotus Award for Best Actor, National Film Awards 1988

Mani Ratnam's critically acclaimed film based on the story of the real-life Bombay underworld don Varada aka Varadarajan Mudaliar, with music composed by Ilaiyaraja

Panelists: Ms Maja Daruwala, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative; Shri P.S. Bawa, IPS (retd.), Chairman, Transparency International India; and Shri Keki N. Daruwalla, IPS (retd.), poet and writer

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

Illustrated lecture by Prof Nalini Thakur, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

Chair: Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray, Chairperson, National Monuments Authority

The Integrated Management Plan for Hampi World Heritage Site has been the "˜atelier' for developing an integrated system of management practices for complex living heritage sites in India. The endeavour was to integrate practices with existing frameworks to ensure inclusive conservation and to allow present generations to enjoy the site. Heritage was understood from interdisciplinary perspectives and indigenous knowledge systems recognized as integral to the site's value

First in a series of lectures which will address the shifting social, symbolic and cultural contexts of monuments, and identify current uses of sites and potential issues in their conservation

Discussion around the new book by Kamal S. Bawa and Sandesh Kadur

Himalaya: Biodiversity, People and Global Change
Speakers: Prof Kamal S. Bawa and Shri Sandesh Kadur

Himalaya
Panelists: Ms Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment; Prof P.S. Ramakrishnan, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Shri P.D. Rai, MP (tbc)

Chair: Smt  Rohini  Nilekani

Chief Guest: Shri Nandan Nilekani

CANCELLED

Release and discussion of book edited by Dr Abraham George

Chief Guest: Prof P.J. Kurien, Deputy Leader of the Rajya Sabha

Shri Pallam Raju, Minister of Higher Education, will release the book

Introduction: Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Cabinet Secretary

Panelists: Shri Rohit Nandan, CMD, Air India; and Shri Kapil Kaul,  CEO, CAPA

Chair: K.N. Srivastava, Secretary, Civil Aviation, Govt. of India

Traditional Japanese instruments in Indian classical music

Renowned tri-cultural artist-scholar T M Hoffman renders Hindustani classical and Asian crossover music through "˜Japanese hardware (flute shakuhachi and zither koto) and Indian software (raga and tala)', as well as vocal music and the tabla