ISSUES OF GOVERNANCE IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
CANCELLED
Challenges before Railways: The Way Out
Speaker: Shri Vinay Mittal, Chairperson, Railway Board
Chair: Shri Dinesh Trivedi, M.P. and former Minister of Railways
Brasilia: Half a Century of Brazil's Capital
Curated by Danielle Rocha Athayde
Brasilia is a landmark in the history of cities. It is the only city designed and built taking architectural concepts from the modern movement. Comprising architectural and urban plans, photographs, display windows, projections and a mock-up of the city on a grand scale, the exhibition is also a homage to the dream of Juscelino Kubitscheck, Oscar Niemeyer, Lúcio Costa and thousands of workers
Inauguration by H.E. Mr Carlos Duarte, Ambassador of Brazil, on Thursday, 11th October, at 18:30
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr Savyasaachi, Dept. of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia; Prof Krishna Kumar, Central Institute of Education, DU; and Prof Avijit Pathak, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, JNU, discuss Doing Sociology in India: Genealogies, Locations, and Practices, edited by Prof Sujata Patel (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011)
Chair: Prof Patricia Uberoi, Vice-Chairperson, Institute of Chinese Studies
Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema
Followed by a concert of vintage melodies by Suresh Raheja and Rashmi Agarwal
Timeless Craft: Vanishing Traditions
A special focus on the dying craft traditions of North East India
Curated by Ms Sentila T. Yanger, Tribal Weave
Craftspersons from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura will give demonstrations and display rare and fading craft forms
Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC Asia Project will inaugurate the exhibition on 10th October 2012 at 6.30 pm
ART MATTERS
Media in the Arts
Panelists: Shri Om Thanvi, Editor, Jansatta; Shri Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati; Shri Vinod Mehta, former Editor, The Outlook magazine
Moderator: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Executive Trustee, Raza Foundation
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Music of the Manganiyars
Illustrated presentation based on archival recordings as well as live music
Artistes: Chanan Khan and Khete Khan
Chair: Dr Shubha Chaudhuri, Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies
Sounds I have Gathered
An encounter between Israeli classics and ethnic instruments from around the world
Presented by Tal Kravitz, musician and singer from Israel who plays the piano, harp, guitar, a variety of bagpipes, the theremin, African percussion instruments and more
The concert will include the traditional Jewish song, "Hava Nagila"; the Ladino song, "Avre tu Puerta Cerrada"; Schubert's "Ave Maria" on the musical saw; the Persian folk song, "Gul e Sangam" on darbuka drums; Bollywood songs, and a performance on the kalaleng, the Filipino nose flute
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
The Path of Non-Violence with Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela
(78 min; dvd; 2009; English)
A film revisiting Gandhi's struggles against imperialism in South Africa and India, and depicting Mandela's triumph over adversity to greatness. Unique footage of the President and his family at home gives a glimpse of Mandela's love of life and the sparkle which captured the world's heart