Travelling Film South Asia 2012
A festival of documentary films selected to bring out the variety, treatment and intensity marking the genre in South Asia
18:00
Tres Triste Tigres (Three Sad Tigers)
(Bangladesh; 15 min; 2010; English subtitles)
Director: David Munoz
Three Bangladeshi migrant labourers get duped
18:30
Nero's Guest
(India; 56 min; 2009; English & with subtitles)
Director: Deepa Bhatia
P. Sainath's views on India's agrarian crisis
19:40
I Was Worth 50 Sheep
(Afghanistan; 72 min; 2010; English subtitles)
Director: Nima Sarvestani
Women as property in Afghanistan
Travelling Film South Asia 2012
A festival of documentary films selected to bring out the variety, treatment and intensity marking the genre in South Asia
18:30
The Search for Justice
(Pakistan; 28 min; 2011; English subtitles)
Director: Tehmina Ahmed
The state of labour laws and courts in Pakistan
19:10
Journey to Yarsa
(Nepal; 65 min; 2011; English subtitles)
Director: Dipendra Bhandari
Tareque Masud Best Debut Film Award, FSA 2011
A Nepali family's struggle to collect yarsagumba caterpillar larvae, their sole means of livelihood
Travelling Film South Asia 2012
A festival of documentary films selected to bring out the variety, treatment and intensity marking the genre in South Asia
18:30
Introduction
Kerosene
(Sri Lanka; 16 min; 2011; English & with subtitles)
Director: Kannan Arunasalam
Adapting to wartime scarcities in Jaffna
19:00
Dharavi, Slum for Sale
(India; 79 min; 2010; English & with subtitles)
Director: Lutz Konermann
Struggle between residents and developers in the world's largest slum
Parampara Pravah: Reviving and Restoring Classical Masterpieces of Kathak
Convened by Guru Rani Khanam, Kathak exponent
Presentations by Smt Manjushree Chatterjee, Dr Shovana Narayan, Dr Sunil Kothari, Smt Arshiya Sethi, Smt Manjari Sinha, Smt Roshan Date and Dr Navina Jafa
Senior artistes and scholars will present papers and give lecture-demonstrations on the adoption of musical forms like chaturang, prabandh, tirvat and dhamar; the importance of bhav batana; Wajid Ali Shah's contribution to gat nikas; and Pandita Rohini Bhate's work for the preservation of compositions
Prevention of Kidney Diseases
Speaker: Dr D.S. Rana, Chairman, Dept. of Nephrology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Chair: Dr Raman Kapur, Head, Dept. of Acupuncture, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Dr Rana has published widely on renal disease and is involved in initiatives to provide rural communities affordable healthcare
ART MATTERS
Memory: Site for Creativity
Panelists: Smt Swapna Sundari, classical dancer; Smt Shubha Mudgal, classical singer; and Prof Shivaji Panikkar, art critic and historian
The Myth of the Aryan Invasion of India
Speaker: Dr B.B. Lal, former Director, ASI
Bharatanatyam Recital
GOLDEN JUBILEE LECTURES ON GOVERNANCE
The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Structures
Speaker: Justice S.H. Kapadia, Chief Justice of India
Chair: Shri Soli Sorabjee, President, IIC