Purani Dilli Festival: 23rd and 24th April
The Sacred Word
An illustrated lecture by Farhan Mujib, well-known artist who will speak about the evolution of calligraphy from medieval times to the present
Panorama of Bengal's Art Heritage
Melodies from Bengali Films of Yesteryears
By Sudip Basu from Kolkata
Rasik Kabi Rabindranath - Shruti Natak
By Jayanta Das from
Biswa Bina Robe
Based on Tagore's Bharat Tirtha
Dance choreography in Bharatanatyam
By Anita Mallick and her disciples from Kolkata
Panorama of Bengal's Art Heritage: 23rd and 24th April 2011
Rabindra Sangeet
By Jayati Chakraborty from Kolkata
Pancha Kanyar Kahini - Shruti Natak
Based on significant emotions in the life of
Presented by Bisaka Mukherjee from Kolkata
Prabhu Amar Priya Amar
Dance drama based on Tagore's Saap Mochan
Presented in Kathak and Manipuri styles
Choreographed by Ashimbandhu Bhattacharya (Kathak); and Guru Bimbavati Devi (Manipuri) and presented by their disciples, Kolkata
Preserve the Future - Conserving India's Wild Heritage: UK Environment Film Fellowship 2006
Preserve the Future - Conserving India 's Wild Heritage: UK
The Last Dance (10 min; dvd; 2006; English)
Director: Ashima Narain
Film on the rescue of a dancing sloth bear
The Hunted (15 min; dvd; 2007; English)
Director: Jay Mazoomdar
The most effective way of curbing tiger trade is offering the hunters a new way of life
Turtles in a Soup (10 min; dvd; 2008; English)
Director: Kalpana Subramanian
The untold story of a silent crime - the illegal trade of freshwater turtles
The Silenced Witness (10 min; dvd; 2008; English)
Directors: P. Balan & Radha R.
60 per cent of the world's Asian elephants live in
Diminishing Resources (15 min; dvd; 2007; English)
Directors; Himanshu Malhotra & Sabina Kidwai
The film tries to sensitise audiences to the threats faced by Coral reefs
Once there was a Purple Butterfly (10 min; dvd; 2008; English)
Director: Sonya V. Kapoor
As the small species quietly becomes extinct, the film focuses on the crimes against butterflies
Leopards in the Lurch (15 min; dvd; 2008; English)
Director: Gurmeet Sapal
The film captures the cat's threatening as well as threatened existence in Uttarakhand
Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science
Cosmic Implications of Paranormal Research and Interests in the
Illustrated presentation by Commander Scott Jones (US Navy Retd.), Director, Peace and Emergency Coalition for Earth and former Director, Laurance Rockerfeller Initiative
Chair: Dr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon
Odissi Recital - Duet
By Chandrani Ghosh and Krishnendu Roy from Kolkata, disciples of Guru Smt Shramila Biswas
WORLD HERITAGE DAY 2011
World Heritage Day 2011
Exhibition, film screening, play and music
Exhibition - Poets within Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti: Mirza Ghalib, Amir Khusrau and Amir Hasan Sijzi
On view in the Foyer outside the Auditorium
From 14:30 - 17:00
Film - Mirza Ghalib (1954; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Sohrab Modi
From 17:00 - 18:15
Play - Life and Works of Mirza Ghalib
Presented by Sair-e-Nizamuddin
At 18:30
Ghazals
Presented by Begum Muneer Khatoon who will present ghazals by Mirza Ghalib
Sarod Recital
By Apratim Majumdar from Kolkata disciple of Prof Rabin Ghosh and Shri Partho Sarothy
Book Discussion Group
Shri K.P. Fabian, former Indian Ambassador; and Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Library & Museum will discuss Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II by Madhushree Mukherjee (Chennai: Tranquebar, 2010)
Chair: Shri Inder Malhotra
23RD PADMAPANI LECTURE 2011
In Awareness of the Buddha: The Landscapes of Nicholas Roerich and Bireswar Sen
Speaker: Dr. B.N. Goswamy, distinguished art historian and Professor Emeritus of Art History,
As part of this programme there will be an exhibition
Mountain Mysteries: The Landscapes of Bireswar Sen
A selection of thirty-three works drawn from the collection of the Bireswar Sen family
On view at the