Seminar: Auroville: City for Transformation

Inaugural address: Dr. Karan Singh

Guest Speaker: Smt. Ambika Soni

Keynote Address by Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Shri Soli Sorabjee and Mr Shigeru Aoyagi

12:00-13:00 Round Table

14:10-15:30 Session on "World in Transition and Auroville"

15:30-16:30 Session on "Sustainable and Ecological Living"

To participate e-mail auroville.iicevent@auroville.org.in

MULTIPURPOSE HALL AT 17:00
Opening of the Festival
Welcome Address: Dr Karan Singh, M.P., Rajya Sabha
Chief Guest: Kumari Selja

ART GALLERY AT 18:30
Inauguration of Transformation
Exhibition curated by Sebastian Cortes
Special Guest: Kumari Selja
On view 11:00-19:00 till Friday 21

MULTIPURPOSE HALL AT 19:00
Film: City of the Dawn

Speaker: Mr Bruce Stokes, Director, Pew Global Economic Attitudes, Washington

A new survey of Indian views on the domestic economy and attitudes toward the rest of the world

Prasar Bharati: After 15 Years Where are We?
 
Panelists: Dr Achin Vanaik, Professor of International Relations and Global Politics (retd.), University of Delhi; Prof Partha Sen, Professor of Economics, South Asian University; Shri Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati; Shri Tripurari Sharan, Director General, Doordarshan; Shri Leeladhar Mandloi, Director General, AIR

Chair: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Jan Prasar

Illustrated lecture by Dr C. Dorje, Joint Director General, ASI; and Shri D.N. Dimri, Superintending Archaeologist, Delhi Circle, ASI

Chair: Dr K.K. Muhammed, Director (retd.), North Zone, ASI

Speaker: Prof P.N. Tandon, neurosurgeon, and President, National Brain Research Centre

Chair: Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project

Illustrated lecture by Prof Vasant Shinde, Dept. of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune

Chair: Dr. Gautam Sengupta, Director General, ASI

10:00-12:00
The Concept of the Human Person in Ghanaian and Indian World Views and the Ethical Formulations that Go With It
Speakers: Dr Joseph Apea Assamoah, Dept. of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana; and Prof. Vrinda Dalmiya, Fellow, IIAS, Shimla 
Chair: Dr Veena Sharma

13:00-16:00
Textiles of Ghana and of India
Speakers: Mr Wizdom Kudowor, University of Ghana; and Dr. Lotika Varadarajan

16:30-18:30
Ghanaian Music: A Dialogue
Mr Osei Korankye, Mr Aaron Sukura and Prof Ralf Koehler in conversation with Dr. Rahul Ram, singer and songwriter with the Indian Ocean band

19:00
Screening of The Witches of Gambaga
(55 min; 2010; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Yaba Badoe

Recipient of the Best Documentary Award, Black International Film Festival 2010; and Second Prize for Best Documentary, Fesbaco 2011

The story of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana, told largely by the women themselves

Exhibitions, films, performances and a seminar on Ghana

Opening of an exhibition of photographs, textiles, jewellery and paintings, and including screenings of Asante: The Kingdom of Gold and The Art of Wearing Cloth Traditionally in Ghana
Introduction by Dr Veena Sharma, convenor of the festival, and former Fellow, IIAS, Shimla
Inauguration by the High Commissioner for Ghana H.E. Mr Robert Tachie-Mensen
Chief Guest: Shri Suresh Goel, Director General, ICCR

Exhibition on view 11:00-19:00 till Sunday 9

ANNEXE COURT AT 19:00
Traditional Ghanaian Music
Presented by Osei Korankye and Aaron Sukura, Institute of Performing Arts, University of Ghana
Introduction by Prof Ralf Koehler, Dept. of Music, Stellenbosch University

Screenings of award-winning documentaries followed by discussion with directors, and film-appreciation workshops Film synopses at www.psbt.org

10:00 Film Appreciation Workshop I (register at workshop@psbt.org)
Prof Suresh Chabria, FTII, will introduce concepts of film and reality, structure, film and the senses, and in relation to history and memory 

14:00 The Rain Child (26 min; 2012)

Director: Raabiya Jayaram

14:45 A Prayer For Aliyah (26 min; 2012)

Director: Zorawar Shukla

15:30 Vessels of Memory, Keepers of Faith (26 min; 2011)

Director: Syed Fayaz

16:30 She of the Four Names (52 min; 2012)

Director: Meeta Vasisht

18:00 The Pursuit of Answers (52 min; 2012)

Director: Pritam Das

19:30 A Drop of Sunshine (39 min; 2011)

Director: Aparna Sanyal

Discussions moderated by Akanksha Joshi