Identification and Discovery of Akbar's Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri
Illustrated lecture by Dr K.K. Muhammad, Director, North Zone, Archaeological Survey of India
Chair: Prof Mushirul Hasan, Director General, National Archives of India
Riding Solo to the Top of the World
(94 min; dvd; 2006; English)
Director: Gaurav Jani
Golden Conch for Best Documentary Film and National Critics Award, Mumbai International Film Festival; National Award for Best Documentary Film; Jury Award, CMS Vatavaran Nature and Wildlife Film Festival
This one-man film captures the ever-changing life of the nomadic Chang pas in Ladakh, the Hemis festival held every 12 years and the Tashi Choling monastery where they pray to the Rain God. A journey that begins as an adventure and ends with the man seeking the person within
Golden Jubilee Lectures on Environment
Economics and the Environment
Speaker: Prof E. Somanathan, Indian Statistical Institute
Presidential Elections 2012: Citizens' Concerns and Expectations
(Collaboration: Rashtriya Jagriti Sansthan)
Book Discussion Group
Prof Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth; Dr. Usha Ramanathan, independent Law Researcher; and Ms Enakshi Ganguly Thukral, President, Society for Rural, Urban and Tribal Initiative, discuss Uprooted for Whose Benefit? Development-induced Displacement in Assam 1947-2000 by Walter Fernandes and Gita Bharali (Guwahati: North Eastern Social Research Centre, 2011)
Chair: Shri E.N. Rammohan, Member, National Security Council, and retd. IPS officer, Assam-Meghalaya cadre
Films on Music from India and Abroad
By Pedro Rodrigues from Portugal
Pedro Rodrigues graduated with top honours from the Ecole Normale de Musique and has taught master
classes across the world. He has received many prizes at the international level, and performed at venues like Carnegie Hall, Salle Cortot and the Ateneo
He will present works by G.F. Handel, Antonio Vargas, Nuno Guedes de Campos and Johann Sebastian Bach
(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)
Guitar Recital
By Pedro Rodrigues from Portugal
Pedro Rodrigues graduated with top honours from the Ecole Normale de Musique and has taught master classes across the world. He has received many prizes at the international level, and performed at venues like Carnegie Hall, Salle Cortot and the Ateneo
He will present works by G.F. Handel, Antonio Vargas, Nuno Guedes de Campos and Johann Sebastian Bach
(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)
Manipuri Recital
Tobacco De-addiction Programmes
Speaker: Dr Sajeela Maini, President, Tobacco Control Foundation of India
Chair: Dr Raman Kapur, Head, Dept. of Acupuncture, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Dr Sajeela Maini, a clinical psychologist with a doctorate in Health Psychology, offers structured tobacco cessation interventions at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and National Heart Institute, New Delhi. She also conducts workshops where employees of an organization are treated in a group setting. A consultant on lifestyle modification and stress management, she seeks to sensitize people to wellness in its broadest sense, and believes right diet, exercise and sleep can effect a shift in the continuum from negativity to positivity
FILMS ON MUSIC FROM INDIA AND ABROAD
From the Doordarshan Archives
Dharwar Jyoti: Gangubai Hangal
(117 min; dvd; 2007; English)
Introduction: Jyotirmaya Sharma