Sanskrit and Lithuanian Languages: In Search of Linguistic and Historical Links
Speaker: Mr Vytis Vidunas, Lecturer, Asian and Transcultural Studies Centre, Vilnius University
Chair: Professor Shashi Bala, Dean, Centre of Indology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Mr Vytis Vidunas is a Sanskrit scholar, who also works on comparative linguistics and similarities between Sanskrit and Lithuanian languages. He is the author of the Sanskrit-Lithuanian dictionary initiated by the Lithuanian Embassy in India and published by the Lithuanian Language Institute in 2016.
(Organised by IIC-International Research Division; and Embassy of Lithuania)
‘Gagan Mandal Beech Me Aawaz’
To Celebrate the Birth Centenary of Pt. Kumar Gandharva
A day-long seminar organised in collaboration with The Raza Foundation
11:00 TO 13:30
Musical Vision
With Satyasheel Deshpande; Anubhuti Sharma; Madan Soni; Arun Khopkar; Partho Datta; Neela Bhagwat; and Jyotirmoy Sharma
14:30 TO 16:00
Musical Practice
With Vidyadhar Vyas; Madhup Mudgal; Asteek Vajpayi; Priyavrat Soni; and Manjari Sinha
16:30 TO 18:00
Raag and Folk Music
With Dhruv Shukla; Udayan Vajpeyi; Rajiv Vora; Shabnam Virmani and Kalapini Komkali
AT 18:30
Absence and Presence
With Kumar Shahani; Ghulam Mohd. Sheikh; Bhuvanesh Komkali