Women’s Voices in Gurbani Sangeet (Dakshin)
 

Presented by Bindhu Malini from Bangalore; Vidya Rao from Hyderabad; and Radhika Naayak Sood from Mumbai
Coordinator: Aaradhana Kohli Kapur

Kindly please carry a scarf to cover your head

PTA (80 min)
 

Play in English written and directed by Chandini Agarwal and Jonas David
Presented by Wings Cultural Society

A poignant and heart-wrenching exploration of grief, misunderstanding, and the desperate search for answers in the wake of unimaginable tragedy. The play unfolds during a parent-teacher conference between Meera, a mother who has just lost her son to suicide, and Karan, his teacher.

(Collaboration: Wings Cultural Society)
 

Carnatic Vocal Recital
By R. Anirudh Subramanian from Chennai, disciple of Shri Abhishek Raghuram and Shri Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Swarnali Kundu from Delhi, disciple of Smt Rama Vaidyanathan
 

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)
 

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)
 

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
 

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Stephen Huyler, well-known cultural anthropologist and art historian who has spent the past fifty-one years traveling the length and breadth of India conducting field research in almost every district.

Dr. Huyler’s areas of expertise are rural Indian arts and crafts, Hindu devotional rituals, and Indian women’s identity and art. He has served as a guest curator for thirty separate exhibitions of Indian art in museums in the United States, Britain and India, among other countries

Introduction: Minhazz Majumdar, author, Curator and Art Activist
 

Vichitra Veena Recital
By Gianni Ricchizzi

Followed by
Dhrupad Recital
By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar
With Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on the pakhawaj

(Collaboration: Dagar Brothers Memorial Trust)

Shilpanatanam is a style of movement and choreographic vision conceived by Dr. Maya Kulkarni that departs from the structures of classical dance technique and conventional dramaturgy. Shilpanatanam taps into the wider world of literature and poetry.

Dance presentations by Mesma Belsare and Dr. Kaustavi Sarkar