Poetry Readings

By Virginia Jealous from Australia

A freelance travel writer and former emergency relief worker, Virginia Jealous' writing is informed by a sense of "place""”as an outsider looking in or an insider looking out. Her collection, Things Turned Upside Down, was published by Picaro Press in 2011

Chair: Dr H.K. Kaul

The Room (60 min)

Director: Vikramjit Sinha
Presented by Kalasmriti Productions, with Farhad Colabavala, Zain Khan, Dhruv Raj Gupta, Panchali Dutta, Anasuya Agarwala, Anuradha Khera and Arjun Khera

This contemporary adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's The Rope (1929) is set in a Delhi farmhouse, where two upper-middle-class youths who commit murder brazenly throw a dinner party to which they invite the victim's relatives and close friends

Ritu ke Rang

Presented by Ustad Aslam Hussain Khan, senior artiste, with Ustad Vajahat Hussain Khan

A programme of rare ragas to mark the birth centenary of Gayan Samrat Ustad Azmat Hussain Khan

Odissi Recital

By Rajnita Banerjee from Kolkata, disciple of Guru Ratikant Mohapatra and Smt. Sujata Mohapatra

TAANA BAANA: The Warp and Weft of India

(22 min, 2012, India; English subtitles)

A film by Q

Set as a musical, Taana Baana: The warp and weft of India weaves together the metaphoric act of weaving with the musical traditions of north India to reflect on diverse facets of the Constitution that holds the nation together. The film uses the prism of a poem by the 14th century poet, Kabir. This poem continues to be sung by a wide range of traditional and contemporary musicians and has been used as a metaphor for the multi-hued fabric that constitutes the Indian Republic.

Golden Jubilee Lecturs on Governance

Governing Diversity

Speaker: Dr. Amitabh Kundu, Professor of Economics, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU

Chair: Dr. Ajay K. Mehra, Director (Honorary), Centre for Public Affairs

Belabahar Recital

By Naviin Gandharv from Mumbai, disciple of Pt Babulal Gandharva

Buddha as a Coach: A Secular Approach to Contemporary Living

Speaker: Shri Sujeev Shakya, entrepreneur, writer and coach

The speaker, who was raised in the Theravada tradition, will show how to link Buddhism's core principles of awareness, mindfulness and detachment to everyday issues in management and economy

GOLDEN JUBILEE LECTURES ON ENVIRONMENT

Conservation at the Crossroads: Science, Society and the Future of India's Wildlife
Speaker: Dr Ghazala Shahabuddin, School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University

Chair: Shri Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO, World Wide Fund for Nature - India

Identifying Temple Structures through Ghost Walls

Speaker: Prof B.R. Mani, Additional Director-General, ASI

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande, former Director, ASI

An account of how excavations at Lathia in Ghazipur (U.P.) led to the discovery of early Gupta temples

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