S.H. Raza: The Very Essence (India)
(51 min; English & with English subtitles)
Director: Laurent Bregeat

The film will be introduced by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi

The film captures the essence of one of India’s most compelling modernists, Raza. A founder member of the Progressive Artists’ Group, Raza’s style evolved over the years from the early expressionistic landscapes of his childhood in the forests of Madhya Pradesh, to more geometric representations of French landscapes after he moved to Paris. The film traces this journey to his final non-representational style that expressed itself in the iconic ‘Bindu’

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Poetry Readings
 

By Amarjeet Kaunke (Patiala); Vinay Vishwas, Raki Garg and Anil Analhatu (Delhi NCR)

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

An evening of Lama Doboom Tulku’s poetry

Reading and reflection by Dr. Maya Joshi, Associate Professor of Literature. Lady Shri Ram College for Women
Dancing Eloquence by Zuleikha, StoryDancer

Introduction: Dr. Sudhamahi Regunnathan, academic

(Collaboration: World Buddhist Culture Trust)
 

Lead presentation by Prof. Rajinder K. Dhamija, Professor of Neurology and Director, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, New Delhi and Chair, National Task Force on Brain Health, Govt. of India

Discussants: Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, former President, Public Health Foundation of India; Dr. Yuta Nemoto, WHO SEARO, New Delhi; and Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Chairman, Dynamic Coalition on Digital Health, Internet Governance Forum

Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

WHO has passed a resolution in its 65th General Assembly on Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Neurological Disorders. India is also a signatory along with 190 member states. Further, India has taken the lead in constituting a National Task Force of Brain Health with neurologists from AIIMS, NIMHANS and other institutions as well as policy makers from the Ministry of Health, Govt. of India, ICMR, Social Justice and Disability and by Niti Aayog. The talk and discussion will discuss and deliberate about brain health and its impact on the Indian economy

ART MATTERS

Panel discussion on Looking at Art
 

Panelists: Nitin Bhayana; Vandana Kalra; Jyoti Kathpalia; and Anubhav Nath

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Keynote Address: Shri Anurag Goel, former Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India and Futurist & Governance Architect

Welcome Address: Shri Prabhat Kumar, President, IC Centre for Governance

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)
 

Advent of the Truth (India)
(40 min; 2006; English and with English subtitles)
Director: Monty Gupta

Auroville was envisioned as an international community free of government, money, religion, and strife. A place where this new way of living is being worked out; as a new centre of accelerated evolution where man must begin to change his world through the power of the inner spirit.

Screening will be followed by a discussion on The Idea of Community Living Sustained by Shared Convictions

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Still Tibet (USA)
(52 min; 2025; English)
Director: Miguel Angel Cano Santizo

Filmmaker Miguel Cano embarks on a journey through one of the most remote ethnically Tibetan areas of China’s Sichuan Province. Using a mix of hitchhiking, motor biking, and hiking, he reaches parts of the region typically untouched by tourists. Through stunning cinematography, Cano explores this sacred land, meeting those fighting to preserve their spiritual and national identity, while revealing a vulnerable civilization that still retains an extraordinary mystical essence

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 

Creations in harmony with nature
 

An exhibition of work using natural dyes, leaf imprints and fibre art
By Pooja Jayan

Preview on 11 February 2025 at 18:30 hrs

Hindustani Violin Recital
By Johar Ali from Delhi, disciple of Ustad Gohar Ali Khan    

At 19:00
Kathak Recital

By Deepti Gupta from Delhi, disciple of Pandit Rajendra Gangani