Curator: Sharon Lowen

At Annexe Lecture Room II from 10:00 to 13:00
Seminar on Parivartan-Generational Change in Dance Seminar

Presentation by Smt Kumkum Mohanty, the legendary senior most disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra who will share personal knowledge of Odissi over the past 70 years and at present

Presentation by Sunil Dubey, Director and Founding member of his brother, Gopal Dubey’s Trinetra Dance Group. Part of a family of brothers dedicated to dance, scholarship and education, Sunil Dubey offers unique insights on the development of Chhau from its days of royal patronage till today

At 18:00 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Odissi 

By Guru Kumkum Mohanty (Padmashri), senior disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and her disciples 

Followed by

Odissi 

By Manasa-Art Without Frontiers, disciples of Guru Sharon Lowen

Curator: Sharon Lowen

A two-day dance festival organised in collaboration with Manasa-Art Without Frontiers. The festival includes four performances and a Seminar

Seraikella Chhau
Presented by ‘Trinetra’ Chhau Dance Centre, Seraikella, founded by the late Guru Pt. Gopal Dubey (Padmashree and SNA Awardee)

Followed by
 

Odissi Recital
By Guru Ranjana Gauhar (Padmashri & SNA Awardee) and her disciples
 

Can agri start-ups trigger the transformation of Indian agriculture? Notes from the ground

Speaker: Shri Pravesh Sharma, former IAS officer turned agri entrepreneur 

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, Advisor, Food Processing, FICCI
 

My Favourite Poems 

By Mamta Kalia; Vishnu Nagar; Savita Singh; and Apoorvanand

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Celebrated theatre director, actor, and filmmaker, M.K. Raina

In conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das

(Collaboration: Ahad Anhad)
 

Kazi Nazrul Islam: Selected essays
Translated by Radha Chakravarty (Penguin Modern Classics: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, translator, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books, New Delhi; Prof. Amitava Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Modern Indian Languages & Literary Studies, University of Delhi; Dr. Gautam Choubey, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi, writer and translator; and Prof. Radha Chakravarty, writer, critic, translator, Professor of Comparative Literature & Translation, Ambedkar University and Translator of the book

Chair: Dr. Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, translator, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books, New Delhi

Aikyam: The idea of oneness in the songs of five women Bhakti saints of India from five different states

An illustrated lecture along with a live recital by Rama Sundar Ranganathan

Using archival recordings and live performance, the lecture will focus on the alluring poetries of Andal, Akka Mahadevi, Soyarabai, Mirabai and Lalleshwari from a musician’s perspective.

Rama Sundar Ranganathan is a Delhi based artist. An exponent of the Indore Gharana gayaki, Rama is pursuing her doctorate under the guidance of world renowned musician, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Padma Bhushan awardee
 

Beyond Binaries: The World of India and China (2008-2022)

By Shastri Ramachandaran (Genuine Publications & Media Pvt. : 2024)

 Chair: Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, Dept. of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances & Dept. of Pension & Pensioners Welfare, Govt. of India

Discussants: Shri Jayadeva Ranade, President, Centre for China Analysis and Strategy and Member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB); Shri Ravi Bhoothalingam, Founder Chairman, Manas Advisory & former President, Oberoi Group of Hotels; and Shri Shastri Ramachandaran, journalist and author of the book

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Swati Tiwari from Delhi, disciple of Guru Shashwati Mandal
Accompanists: Ujith Uday Kumar (tabla); and Dr. Mausam (harmonium)

At 19:00
 

Bharatanatyam Recital
By Ramya Suresh from Bengaluru, disciple and daughter-in-law of Smt Indira Kadambi
 

Speaker: Prof. Shanta Sinha, formerly Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad. Prof. Sinha is a recipient of the Padma Shri Award in 1998 by the Government of India, Albert Shanker International Educational Award, presented by Educational International in recognition of outstanding personal contribution for education in 1998; and Ramon Magsaysay Award, 2003 for community leadership

Chair: Prof. Sucheta Mahajan, formerly Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

An intergenerational narrative on the social transformation of women across a century. Constructed from the forgotten memories about the lives of three generations of women in the speaker’s own family from the early twentieth century, and taking it beyond.

The lecture is based on the paper prepared by Prof. Shanta Sinha as part of the IIC Sectoral Policy Group on History