Filmit India: IIC/ Intach Children’s Film Festival

Children’s cultural film festival, a screening of films on heritage made by children across different schools in Delhi
 
(Collaboration: INTACH)

A bouquet of Multilingual Poetry on the eve of Martyr’s Day

Presented by Navtej Sarna; Fouzia Dastango; Satyanand Nirupam; Kasturika Mishra; and Rini Simon Khanna

(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International Trust-Delhi Chapter)

A conversation with legendary poet and writer, Javed Akhtar

Moderator: Prof Alok Rai, writer, poet and formerly with the Department of English, University of Delhi.

Introduction: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Santoor Recital
By Divyansh H Srivastava from Delhi, disciple of Pandit Bhajan Sopori 
 
At 19:00 
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Devarghya Roy from Kolkata, disciple of Ustad Rashid Khan  

Saga of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Singapore – An Indian Dawn in Singapore (Singapore)
(43 min; 2023; English)
Director: Lakshmi Raman Venkat, Gravitas Media

Produced by Gravitas Media Singapore

The film will be introduced by Partha Chatterjee, film critic and writer

A new documentary on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's "Dilli Chalo" in July 1943 from Padang, a central main event hosting field, from the then Japanese-occupied Singapore. The film captures the battle cry calling on the Indian diaspora to march on to the centre of Delhi and oust the British colonial government from India. Netaji's words galvanised the people in the region (South East Asia), ignited the 'Free India' movement, caused a surge in the ranks of the Indian National Army (INA) that he led and triggered the final push for India's independence which came four years later. The film also commemorates the intertwined histories and strong cultural ties between India and Singapore.

Swarna Saroja 

Bharatnatyam recital in memory of the late Guru Smt Saroja Vaidyanathan, Padma Bhushan

By Rama Vaidyanathan, senior artist

Accompanists: Sudha Raghuraman (vocal); Dr. S. Vasudevan (nattuvangam); Sumod Sreedharan (mridangam); and G. Raghuraman (flute)

Kuch Life Jaisa (English/90 min)
Written and Directed by Sohaila Kapur
Producers: Anuradha Dar & Sohaila Kapur
A Three Arts Club and Katyayani presentation

How strong are the ties between parents and children today? Kuch Life Jaisa is a family tale that re-looks at that bond in the context of today’s corporate and highly individualistic world. The story of four siblings who re-discover their mother, a single parent, at her funeral.
 

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

Letters from Generation RX (USA)
(91 min; 2017; English)
Director: Kevin Miller

The film explores the devastating impact of prescription psychiatric drugs, offering a sobering look at the lives destroyed by the medicines that were intended to heal them. Challenging the belief that medication is the best solution to mental health issues, this powerful documentary reveals the science behind antidepressants and their effects on the brain.
 
(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 

Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action & the Life of Martin Luther King Jr (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968) & Commemoration of the 54th Anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

10:30 to 11:00 at Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Commemoration Service 
Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR

11:15 to 12:15 at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Interactive Session 
Theme of the Interactive Session: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy".
- Martin Luther King, Jr., (Strength to Love, Harper & Row edition, published June,1963)

During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King's Life shall be screened 
Address by H.E. Eric Garcetti, U.S. Ambassador to India

Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
Shri Ramesh Sharma, Gandhi Yuva Biradari

Students from Schools of Delhi NCR to participate 

This programme is part of the Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development

Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza was inaugurated on 21 January 1970 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and commemorates two iconic figures of our times: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
 
(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Biradari; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)
 

A Dastangoi performance on the great Thumri singer, Naina Devi
Scripted and performed by Mahmood Farooqui

Presented by the Naina Devi Foundation and Dastangoi Collective

Known to the world as the doyen of Thumri, the life of Naina Devi, Padma Shri, traversed many worlds - Thumri, Dadra and Ghazal singer, Institution builder, indefatigable benefactor of artistes and a Sufi at heart. This Dastangoi performance begins with Wajid Ali Shah and his exile to Matiya Burj and ends with her demise in 1993, by which time Delhi had become an established centre for Hindustani Classical Music substantially thanks to Naina Devi’s efforts and tireless activities