Dramatised readings with a multi-media presentation

Conceived & Directed by Sohaila Kapur

With Sunit Tandon & Sanjeev Desai (readers); Sanah Kaintura (dance); and Shampa Das (vocal)

One of Tagore's most celebrated short stories, The Hungry Stones, written in 1895 is a ghost story

In God's Name (92 min; dvd; English)

Director: Jules Naudet

In God's Name explores the complex questions of our time through the intimate thoughts and beliefs of 12 of the world's most influential spiritual leaders. These diverse and powerful voices offer provocative, compelling and enlightening perspective on the myriad issues in our post-9/11 world, including the rise of terrorism, fanaticism, intolerance and war

An exhibition of posters on disability developed by Arushi - a Bhopal based voluntary organisation that is engaged in dispelling myths and misconception associated with disability and which plays a proactive role in mind sets of stakeholders. The captions for the posters have been written by Shri Gulzar, renowned poet, lyricist and filmmaker

Inauguration at 10:00 by Shri Gulzar  

This will be followed by an interactive session with Shri Gulzar in the Auditorium

Health Insurance for All

Speaker:  Shri Anil Swarup, Director General, Labour Welfare, Ministry of Labour

By T V Manikandan  from Delhi disciple of Prof T. N. Krishnan

Presented by

Endre HegedÅ°S, Piano (Hungary)

Anna Kubicz, Piano (Poland)

Vilmos Szabadi, Violin (Hungary)

A colloquy for Young Scholars

Introduction: Dr. D. Suba Chandran

Speakers: Muddassir Quamar; Md. Zubeer Ahmed; and Saif Shain

Discussants: Dr. Md. Jawaid Akhtar and Moinuddin Ahmed

Remarks by Resource Persons: Dr.A.K. Pasha and Dr. Sujatha Aishwarya Cheema

Rainstorm and Autumn Leaves

Kathak choreography based on the poems of Rabindranath Tagore and Percy Bysshe Shelley with Rabindra Sangeet and western classical music

Kathak by Sharmistha Mukherjee and group

Rabindra Sangeet by Jayati Ghosh and group