By Jazzkia - Saskia Laroo Jazz Quartet

With Saskia Laroo (trumpet, sax, vocals); Warren Byrd (piano, vocals); Maarten Russchen (bass, guitar); and Willem Smid (drums)

Presented by Ila Singh, Cultural Impresario

The artists will present original compositions and jazz standards

(Collaboration: The Netherlands Funds for Culture and Arts; Cultmix Foundation; and Embassy of The Netherlands, New Delhi) 

My Experiment with Gandhi

Speaker: Shri Pramod Kapoor, Founder-Publisher and author

Chair: Dr. Ashis Nandy, political psychologist, social theorist, futurist, critic and Honorary Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

Moderator: Prof. Pushpesh Pant

The talk will be preceded by a short film on Gandhi

(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International, New Delhi)
 

(38 min; 2024; English/Hindi with English subtitles)
Director: Ishani K. Datta who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The film reveals the dire state of Delhi's Yamuna River, once pristine and now on the brink of ecological collapse. A documentary crew tries to make sense of the situation by talking to Shyam, a boatman who relies on the river for his livelihood. Through expert interviews and vox-pop segments, the film unravels historical neglect and contemporary challenges, exposing stakeholders' indifference towards the Yamuna
 

Carnatic Vocal Recital
By Bhargavi Venkatram from Bangalore, disciple of Shri T.M. Krishna

At 19:00
Kathak Recital
By Akash Dwivedi from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Jai Kishan Maharaj
 

Programme Details

Commemoration ■ Quadrangle Garden, Conference Room II & C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Centenary Celebration of Tagore’s Visit to China

Exhibition, international conference and cultural programme

“A Memorable Encounter: Significance for Civilizational Dialogue in the Contemporary World”

Organised in collaboration with Institute of Chinese Studies; Intercivilizational Dialogue Project; Gandhi Global Family; Cheena Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University; and Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies, SLL & CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Exhibition in the Quadrangle Garden

Rabindranath Tagore: The Spirit of Asia and Our Human Future

An exhibition of photographs from Rabindranath Tagore’s trip to China and cultural contact between India and China. The exhibition attempts to look at some of the deep literary, artistic, political and spiritual exchange that took place in the 1920s. And to examine his ideas of peace and unity in Pan Asia

Inauguration by K.N. Shrivastava, Alka Acharya, Avijit Banerjee and Nandita Chaturvedi on Tuesday, 24 September 2024 at 10:00 hrs

The exhibition is on view from 24 to 30 September 2024

At 10:30 hrs in Conference Room II

Inaugural Session of the International Conference

Welcome Remarks: Sabaree Mitra, Convenor and Professor, Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies, School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies 

Inaugural Remarks: K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC 

Special Remarks: Manoranjan Mohanty, Distinguished Professor, Centre for Social Development, Emeritus Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies; and Archishman Raju, Founding Member, Intercivilizational Dialogue Project, Member, Gandhi Global Family, Bengaluru

 The Quest for Knowledge in the East: Some Remarks

Keynote Address: Udaya Narayana Singh, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Amity University, Haryana, Tagore Scholar and former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Visva Bharati 

For details of the Conference sessions, please visit the IIC website www.iicdelhi.in

At 18:30 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Rabindra Sangeet

Presented by students and faculty of Jawaharlal Nehru University

Led and directed by Shri Kajal Ghosh

Accompanists: Anirudh Chowdhury (synthesizer/keyboard); and Dipankar Biswas (tabla)

Singers: Ananya Chowdhury; Ankit Bera; Ankit Kumar; Anuprabha Gupta; Barsha Mandal; Moomal Majee; Shirshava Indu; Souraj Das; Souvick Chakraborty; Supradip Das; Swaralipi Dan; and Sabaree Mitra 

Followed by

Chinese play based on Rabindranath Tagore’s short story Postmaster

Presented by students of Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Script adaptation and Direction: Smt Dayawanti

Rabindra Sangeet and Rabindra Nritya

Presented in Bengali, English and Chinese

By Students of Cheena-Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan – Abhisa Roy; Ananya Mondal; Gairika Duta; Isika Roy; Ongme Lepcha; and Srija Adhikari 

This year marks 100 years since Rabindranath Tagore’s historic trip to China in 1924. This visit is of great historical significance and is a landmark in India-China relations. Tagore reached China on April 12, 1924 on the invitation of the Beijing Lecture Association and was received warmly by Liang Qichao, one of China’s foremost intellectuals of the time, as well as his young hosts and interpreters, Lin Huiyin and Xu Zhimo. He was received there as a messenger of peace and a prophet for the future. As the world undergoes profound changes and intense turmoil, the vision of Rabindranath Tagore takes on a renewed importance today. For the building of a just and peaceful future, we look to Tagore and his idea of a united Pan-Asia. It is imperative that the people of Asia know and understand each other, and particularly the people of India and China, as the two largest civilizations in Asia.

Hidden harmonies – A Homage to Giacomo Puccini on his 100th death anniversary

With artists of the Puccini Festival of Torre del Lago – Claudia Pavone (soprano); Carlo Raffaelli (tenor); Elisa Montipo (piano)

The artists will present a concert of opera arias and the most famous duets taken from Maestro Puccini’s operatic repertoire such as the love duet from the from the first act of La Bohème, the soprano’s aria “Un bel di vedi” from Madam Butterfly among others

(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)
 

Taal Vadya Kacheri

An ensemble of Indian percussion instruments
Presented by Peravali Jaya Bhaskar (mridangam); Ustad Akthar Hasan (tabla); Varun Rajasekharan (ghatam); Bejjanki Ravikiran (morsing); and G. Raghavendra Prasath (violin)

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital

By Sreya P.R. from Delhi, disciple of Guru Dr. Jayaprabha Menon
 

Our Arts: Our Society

Speaker: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, poet, essayist, literary-cultural critic, and eminent cultural and arts administrator

Opening Remarks: Suhas Borker, Convener, Kapil Vatsyayan Memorial Committee and Trustee, IIC

Closing Remarks: Dr. Aditya Malik, Member, Kapila Vatsyayan Memorial Committee and Founding Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, Plaksha University

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC

(Collaboration: Kapila Vatsyayan Memorial Committee)

Traditional Folk Songs from Bihar/Uttar Pradesh
Kajri and other Bhojpuri folk songs presented by Dr. Revati Sakalkar from Varanasi

Kajri is a folk song and dance presented by women from Uttar Pradesh and the adjacent regions during the rainy season. A Hindustani classical form, the lyrics of the songs often describe the longing of the maiden for her lover as the black monsoon cloud arrives in the summer skies

(Collaboration: NCZCC, Prayagraj, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)
 

Ruchika Theatre’s production of Maxim Gorky’s classic play
Directed by Feisal Alkazi

First premiered in 1902 under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski, and where he developed ‘Method Acting’, the play is a hallmark of Russian social realism. The play depicts a group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga. Considered a theatre classic, new productions of the play in every conceivable language of the world are performed regularly.