Threshold of Dreams… khwaabon ki dehleez

Artworks by Neha Bisht

The exhibition is a series of lyrical landscapes in oil, ink, watercolour and mixed media that explores dreams, desire, memory and emotional healing through poetic interpretations of nature. Blending reality with imagination, the works evoke intimate, dreamlike spaces infused with romance, silence, longing and transcendence.

Neha Bisht, contemporary artist working across oil, ink, water colour and mixed media. Her practice focuses on lyrical landscapes inspired by dreams, memory and nature, creating atmospheric and emotionally evocative visual compositions.

Guests of Honour: Guru Nalini Ravi Jain and Dr Richa Jain, celebrated Kathak exponents; Radhika Dhumal, Conservation Architect & Curator; Qazi M Raghib, renowned Art Critic; Dr Shalini Mehta, renowned Astrologer and Wellness Mentor; Manish Seth, Secretary, Confederation of All India Traders, Delhi Chapter.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Friday, 19 June’26 at 18:00 hrs by Ashok Bhowmick, renowned artist of Indian Contemporary Art

The exhibition will remain open daily from   11:00 to 19:00 hrs

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

In Search of Self: Part 3. 
By Mridula Seth (Notion Press, 2026)

Moderator: Sanjula Sharma: Journalist, & Writer
 

Discussants: Sanjula Sharma: Journalist, & Writer; Prof. Swati Pal, Principal, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi; Geeta Sahai, Co-founder of Heart & Soul Media Pvt Ltd and Founder President of Swayam Foundation; Dr Vinita Narula, Author, Poet and Academic, Ms. Deepa Shrivastava, Poet, Academic; Dr. Mridula Seth, Author of the book
 

Clean Air Dialogues

Addressing Sources of Air Pollution

Tackling Re-suspended Dust from Roads and Construction Sites

Welcome & Introduction: Sarika Panda, Raahgiri Foundation

Moderator: Nidhi Madan, Director – Cities and Urban Landscape, Raahgiri Foundation                                    

Discussants: Dr. S.D. Attri, Member (Technical), CAQM; Sumit Sharma, Deputy Head (a.i.), Programme Officer, UNEP, India Office; Anumita Roychowdhury, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

This session will examine one of the most significant and visible contributors to particulate pollution in the NCR road and construction dust. Re-suspended dust from vehicular movement, unpaved shoulders, and construction activities accounts for a substantial share of the region’s PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅ load. The discussion will move from macro-level policy to on-ground realities, covering street design, material science, infrastructure management, and enforcement of dust suppression measures.

This is the second discussion in a series of dialogues exploring the multifaceted challenges of air pollution, bringing together perspectives from science, policy, health, and civil society.

(Collaboration: Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), Raahgiri Foundation)

 

Love is… A musical clown show!

A new musical clown show!!  Samantha is a cleaner, who happens to be a clown. As she heads to work a strange little tune pops into her head. ‘Love is a stranger to me…’

Join Samantha on her journey as she mulls over this question and you might end up with some

 on her journey as she mulls over this question and you might end up with some

questions of your own:

‘Will she meet a stranger?’

‘Will she find love?’

‘Will she ever get all that cleaning done?’

Using music and clown through mask, the performers explore all types of love. Not just romantic love, but every kind of love: familial, friendship and self-love included. Samantha on her journey as she mulls over this question and you might end up with some

, the clown engages with her audiences, inviting them to travel with her through layers of music, theatre, and a little mischief, discovering together what

love is

Director: Tamar Keane, Dublin-based theatre-maker, currently associated with the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, Ireland’s National Disability Authority and Founder and former Creative Producer of SQUAD Productions.

Performers: Aching Shaiza, pianist and mezzo-soprano, former music faculty member, The American Embassy School, The British School and The Delhi School of Music, currently she is Voice Faculty at the Caux Artist Program, Switzerland, and Head of the Voice Department at THEME Music Institute, Delhi NCR; Caitríona Ní Threasaigh, Irish actor and visual artist

IIC Film Club

Windows into the Northeast

Presents a curated selection of contemporary films from Northeast India, bringing together distinctive cinematic voices from the region. Spanning diverse languages, landscapes and lived experiences, the films offer intimate reflections on identity, memory, community and change.

Karken, Arunachal Pradesh
(2024; Galo with English subtitles)
Director: Loder Nending

A rural medical officer leaves behind the security of his profession to pursue his long-cherished dream of becoming an actor. Set within the social and cultural landscape of Arunachal Pradesh, the film reflects on ambition, personal sacrifice and the uncertainties of choosing an unconventional path.

(This month’s film club films are open for all)

(Collaboration: Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER)
 

Presence of Women Workforce in Police Organizations at Subordinate Ranks in India

Speakers: G.K. Pillai, Former Home Secretary of India; Amod Kanth, Founder, Prayas JAC; Nuzhat Khan, Former IPS Officer; Sudeep Jain, Member Secretary, National Commission for Women; Rashmi Anand, Founder, Women of the Elements.

The seminar proposes to examine the role, status and representation of women in the station level ranks of police forces in India. The focus will be on exploring the main factors responsible for the slow pace of increase of women’s representation in the police forces. It will present diverse perspectives to support future national-level research on increasing women’s participation in the police forces.

(Collaboration: Indian Police Foundation) 
 

LIVING LANDSCAPES
Conceptualized by Anuj Srivastava

Mangar Bani: The Sacred Native Forest of the Aravalis

Speaker: Sunil Harsana, Researcher, Conservationist

The talk will be followed by a panel discussion
Moderator: Anuj Srivastava, Architect, Writer and Photographer

Discussants:  Amit Yadav, Ex-Civil Servant, Nature lover, Photographer; Neha Sinha, Conservationist and Author of Wild Capital

Nestled in the ancient Aravali hills along the Delhi–Haryana border, Mangar Bani is a sacred forest and archaeological landscape of immense ecological and cultural significance. Sunil Harsana of Mangar has been at the forefront of conservation efforts, with vital community involvement, to save this vital native forest. In this talk, he shares his inspiring and deeply personal journey of conservation — a story of resilience, collective action, and hope for endangered ecosystems everywhere.

(The seventh talk in the Series on Living Landscapes)
 

Artistic Explorations of the Himalaya

Speaker: Dr Vladimir Zaitsev, art historian, curator and museologist
The talk traces the centuries-long history of visual artists’ engagements with the mountainous regions of northern India, Nepal and Tibet, including early European efforts to visually document borderland terrains, flora, fauna and cultures.

Himalayan Landscapes as Portals to Transcendence: A Personal Account of Sublime Visuality in Geographic Exploration
Speaker: Dr Vaibhav Kaul, mountain geographer and multidisciplinary artist
Drawing from two decades of visual and audiovisual documentation in the Himalaya, the talk explores the aesthetic, emotional and contemplative dimensions of geographic field research in remote mountain landscapes.

Followed by a Film Screening 
Mountain, Priest, Son
(27 minutes; 2018; Hindi with English subtitles)
Directed by John Seddon and Vaibhav Kaul

Set in one of India’s most sacred and geologically fragile mountain regions, the documentary explores vulnerability, resilience and changing belief systems through the lives of a priest and his family who survived a devastating flood.

The talks and film screening are being held in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Glacial Mothers: The Numinous Realms of Annapurna and Nanda Devi’, featuring artworks by Vaibhav Kaul, on view at the Annexe Art Gallery.

Fandi: Experience the Truth Unfold

Written by Shankar Shesh
Directed by Vishaal Vashishtha
Actors on Stage: Vishaal Vashishtha as Advocate; Akbar as Fandi; Dinesh Sharma as Warden

Fandi follows a truck driver imprisoned for the mercy killing of his terminally ill father, who was suffering from advanced throat cancer. Claiming he merely fulfilled his father’s wish to end unbearable pain, Fandi becomes the centre of a legal and moral debate on euthanasia, poverty, suffering, and humanity. Through Vakil Bhagatram’s defence, the play raises difficult questions about dignity, compassion, and the right to die.