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Film: 'The Salt Stories'
(84 min; 2008; b/w & colour; Hindi/English/Gujarati and with English subtitles)
Director: Lalit Vachani

Recipient of the Best Documentary Award, MIAAC 2009; and 2nd Prize, Film South Asia, Kathmandu 2009

In 1930, a group of Indians led by a frail, elderly man marched a distance of 241 miles. They marched for salt. Mahatma Gandhi was able to craft an anti-colonial, nationalist movement around the most basic issue of livelihood: the right of Indians to make and consume their own salt. Set against the backdrop of Gandhi’s original journey, this documentary is a road-movie about issues of livelihood in a modern, globalising India. It is a documentary about ‘the salt stories’ of our times.

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Monpas: Buddhists of the High Himalayas

By Vinay Sheel Oberoi (Roli Books: 2022)

Discussants: Shri Yeshi Tsering, former Chief Secretary, Meghalaya, and Member, Lokayukta, Arunachal Pradesh; Shri Lhakpa Tsering, Founder, the Motorsports Club of Arunachal Pradesh; and Prof. Nandini Oberoi, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Delhi, travel writer and Editor

Chair & Moderator: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, writer and filmmaker, Hon. Trustee/Secretary, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of H.H. The Dalai Lama and author

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

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Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 10:00 to 14:00
 

Cancer Awareness – What you Need to Know
Workshop with subject experts including a team of preventive oncologists of Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (IRCH) to educate and demonstrate how to examine oneself for the more common cancerous states. Detection of cancer at the initial stages will be the purpose for this workshop

From 16:00 to 17:00
Cancer Awareness – What you Need to Know

Speaker: Dr. Lalit Kumar, Chief, (IRCH), All India Institute of Medical Sciences 
Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Dialogues in Health and Wellness is a monthly programme of medical presentations based on early signs, prevention and management of Disease/Conditions in Common Medical Perspective
 

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Speaker: Shri Abhijit Bhattacharyya, former lecturer of history, Civil Servant, author, columnist and advocate

Chair: Shri Prakash Singh, former Director General of Police and author of the recently published book The Struggle for Police Reforms in India

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AT 10:00 IN THE MULTIPURPOSE HALL
 

National Seminar: Assessing Classical Group Choreography: Past, Present and Future
Participants: Ms Madhavi Mudgal; Dr. Shama Bhate; Dr. Anita Ratnam; Smt Vanashree Rao; and Shri Sanjeev Bhargava

Moderator: Smt Geeta Chandran

AT 16:00 IN THE MULTIPURPOSE HALL
 

Narthaki.com@30
To mark 30 years of Narthaki, screening of a film and dialogue with Dr. Anita Ratnam

AT 18:30 IN THE AUDITORIUM
Odissi Recital
By Lipsa Satpathy

Followed by 
Kathak Recital
By Abhimanyu Lal

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Organised in collaboration with Natya Vriksha

FROM 10:00 TO 13:00 IN MULTIPURPOSE HALL
 

Koodiyattam Workshop
Conducted by Kalamandalam Dr. Krishnendu

(Collaboration: International Centre for Kathakali)

AT 18:30 IN THE AUDITORIUM
 

Koodiyattam
By Kalamadalam Dr. Krishnendu

Followed by
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Sowmya Laxmi Narayanan
 

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From 10:00 to 14:00
Workshop on Balance and Fall Prevention

The workshop will be conducted by a team of subject experts including physiotherapists. 

From 16:00 to 17:00
 

Balance and Fall Prevention
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Rajesh Malhotra, Chief, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre and Head, Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chair: Dr. Ashwini Kumar

About 1 out of 3 persons above the age of 65 years and 1 out of 2 of those more than 80 years of age fall at least once a year. A fifth of them need medical treatment and 10 per cent sustain fractures. These injuries become a major cause of death, hospitalization or disability. The various risk factors for the fall include the patient-related as well as environment related factors. The prevention of falls and subsequent fractures can mitigate a lot of suffering for the elderly and save money as well as lives. The presentation will address some of these issues

Dialogues in Health and Wellness is a monthly programme of medical presentations based on early signs, prevention and management of Disease/Conditions in Common Medical Perspective
 

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Tributes by Shalini Bhargava

Followed by
 

Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Dr. Gaurav Sood, disciple of Pt. L.K. Pandit, Gwalior Gharana
Accompanied by Khalid Mustafa (sitar); and Kuldeep Kumar (tabla)

The concert also marks the centenary year of Pran Nevile 

(Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)
 

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The Muslim Vanishes
A play by Saeed Naqvi (New Delhi, Vintage Books: 2022)

Discussants: Sir William Mark Tully KBE,  journalist and author; Shri Aakar Patel, journalist and columnist; and Shri Saeed Naqvi, journalist and author of the book

Chair: Shri Arun Shourie
 

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Release of the book by Dr. Harsh Gupta followed by a talk

The book will be released by Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

Followed by: 
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Harsh Gupta, Member, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board; President, Geological Society of India; Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics 

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

The 3rd Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica led by Dr. Harsh Gupta succeeded in setting up India’s first wintering station “Dakshin Gangotri” during the Antarctic summer of 1983/84. No other country had set up and populated a permanent base in one Antarctic summer before and this record continues to hold. The mission’s endeavour to construct the base was given a 15% chance of succeeding. But against all odds, the ‘miracle’ of building Dakshin Gangotri was accomplished in record time largely due to the steadfast and dedicated commitment of the team.