To be delivered by Hon’ble Shri Arif Mohammed Khan, Governor of Kerala

Welcome Address: Shri Prabhat Kumar, President, IC Centre for Governance

Presidential Address: Shri Harivansh, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha

(Collaboration: I.C. Centre for Governance)
 

Ismat Chughtai’s short stories

Reprised by Sunil Mehra in Dastongoi
 
Sunil Mehra reprises Chughtai’s bittersweet stories of marriage, fidelity and sexual liberation
 

(31 min; 2019; English)
Directors: Dr. SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda, Hiranya Malwatta 

Introduction: Shri Benoy K. Behl

Recipient of the Best Short Documentary Film Award, Mokkho International Film Festival, Pondicherry 2021; Best Short Documentary, Rome International Movie Awards 2022; Short Film Award, Mumbai International Film Festival 2022; Best Documentary Short Film Award, International Motion Picture Festival of India 2022

Dr. SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda will briefly introduce the film, highlighting the link between history, culture and the environment, a story which has several parallels with the history of India

Screening will be followed by a discussion

In Search of the Malwatu Oya is a journey to the heart of an ancient civilization. Starting from the holy mountain of Ritigala, Malwatu River, the second longest river (102 miles) in Sri Lanka, flows across the face of the Raja Rata (Land of the Kings) to enter the Bay of Mannar of the Indian Ocean. The most historic river basin in Sri Lanka, called Malwatu Oya in the native language, the River of Flower Gardens, lies at the very heart of the beginning of Sri Lanka’s ancient civilization.

Curator: Rajiv Mehrotra

Jnani: The Silent Sage of Arunachala (UK)
(80 min; 2016; English)
A film by Jean-Raphaël Dedieu

The film presents the life and legacy of Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of the greatest sages of India. His life unfolded in the twentieth century and continues to inspire and transform millions worldwide. He nurtured silence and simplicity that taught: when we ask ourselves, “Who am I?”, all other thoughts die. When there is no ego or “I”, there is the Self, the highest form of consciousness.

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

A guided walk of the Centre’s buildings

Conceptualised by Suhas Borker
Led by Dr. Beeba Sobti

The walk will be flagged off by Shri N.N. Vohra, Life Trustee, IIC in the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium Foyer

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande from Mumbai

Accompanists: Pt. Vinod Lele on the tabla; and Dr. Vinay Mishra on the harmonium

Presented by Abakorao, an Indo-Latin Group who’s repertoire includes Bossa Nova, Salsa, Vallenato, Bachata, Merengue and Reggae music

Artists: Santiago Ramirez (keyboard, lead vocal & guitar); Fidel Deli (percussion); Camilo Barrios (saxophone); Rajahamsam Tiruvaipadi (bass); and Angélica Patiño (vocal)

The artists will present a concert of songs and musical genres that best represent each country’s heritage

(Collaboration: Embassy of Brazil; Embassy of Colombia; Embassy of Dominican Republic; and High Commission of Jamaica)

A celebration of Shakti, the creative Power of Mother Earth, the biodiversity of our Sacred Plants and Nourishment from our Sacred Foods

Organised in collaboration with Navdanya

11:00 to 18:00 in Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Exhibition: Sacred Plants and Sacred Foods

From 15:00 to 18:00 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Panel discussion on Sacred Plants and Sacred Foods
Panelists: Dr. Vandana Shiva, Dr. Nanditha Krishna, Pandurang Hegde, Prasanna, Maya Goburdhun, Dr. Madhu Khanna and Dr. Shukla Chattopadhyay

At 18:30
Ratnagarbha
 

Ode to Mother Earth who creates, nurtures and sustains
Bharatanatyam choreographed and presented by Rama Vaidyanathan

Introduction: Meera Khanna 

H.E. André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, Ambassador of Brazil and Kanu Kartik Agrawal, architect and theorist, will discuss the role of modern architecture in the making of modern Brazil and India, nations with colonial legacies and global aspirations. The discussion will trace shared histories as well as divergent aspects of the evolution of modern designs in Brazil and India; the architecture culture in both countries that gave rise to a diversity of production. The discussion will also address the role of late colonial and modernist architecture in collective memory and the need for preservation will serve as a coda to the discussion

Chair: Prof. Amita Baviskar, Dean, Faculty and Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Concert

by IDR - Italian Doc Remix with Franceso Pellegrino (vocal); Marco Cappelli (classical guitar, electric guitar and mandolin); Roberto Schiano (trombone); and Jime Pugliese (drums and marimba)

Love Songs is a portfolio of love songs in Neapolitan language sung by tenor Francesco Pellegrino. All the songs, re-interpreted, are from the antique, classic and contemporary traditions of Naples

(Collaboration: Embassy of Italy)