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INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

PROGRAMME APRIL 2015

WEDNESDAY 1 FILM ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

An Ordinary Election (125 min; 2015; India/Germany; Hindi & English) Directed by Lalit Vachani who will introduce the film Screening will be followed by a discussion An Ordinary Election tells the extra-ordinary story of the Aam Aadmi Party’s debut election campaign in the constituency of R.K. Puram, Delhi. An intimate, ground-up perspective of the anxieties, ambitions, struggles, and intrigues from the electoral battleground itself PERFORMANCE ■ FOUNTAIN LAWNS AT 18:30

Jazz Concert – Cuban Golden Classics By Van Merwijk’s Music Machine from the Netherlands – Lucas van Merwijk, drummer, percussionist & band leader accompanied by Ramon Valle, Cuban master pianist; Bert Boeren on trombone; and Samuel Albert Ruiz, bass player from Venezuela (Collaboration: Embassy of The Netherlands; Netherlands Fonds voor Podium Kunsten; and ASB for the Arts)

THURSDAY 2 – 12 EXHIBITION ■ ART GALLERY, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX 11:00 TO 19:00

The Grand Programme: Gordon Sanderson, New Delhi and the Architecture of India, 1911-1915 The exhibition examines the work of architect Gordon Sanderson, 1887-1915, who served as an officer of the colonial archaeological department from 1911 until his death in 1915. The exhibition highlights, through one, truncated, early twentieth-century life and work, the interconnected nature of biography, archaeology, art, architecture, authority and scholarship in the British Empire The exhibition includes text panels and images drawn from colonial archives, private family records, and the extensive corpus of Sanderson’s architectural drawings composed in Britain, Egypt and India Curator: Dr. Deborah Sutton, Lancaster University, UK Designer: Siddhartha Chatterjee, seechange Inauguration by Prof. Shahid Amin on Wednesday, 1 April 2015 at 18:30 (Collaboration: Archaeological Survey of India; Lancaster University, UK; and the Liverhulme Trust, UK)

SATURDAY 4 TALK ■ CONFERENCE ROOM – I AT 18:30

Geriatric Disease and Homeopathy An illustrated presentation by Dr. Mohammed Qasim, well known homoeopath

Chair: Dr. Anita Sehgal, Eye specialist

FESTIVAL ■ MULTIPURPOSE HALL, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30

On the occasion of K. L. Saigal's 111th Birth Anniversary Pran Nevile pays tribute to K.L. Saigal, the Ghazal King followed by a Concert by Dr Gaurav Sood (Collaboration: K.L. Saigal Memorial Circle)

MONDAY 6 TALK ■ CONFERENCE ROOM – I AT 18:30

FRONTIERS OF HISTORY Architecture of Delhi: Modern to Contemporary Illustrated lecture by Anupam Bansal and Malini Kochupillai Chair: Itu Chaudhuri Anupam Bansal and Malini Kochupillai are the authors of Delhi, Architectural Guide (DOM, 2013). Anupam Bansal is a practicing architect in the firm ABRD Architects. Malini Kochupillai is an architect and photographer who teaches at the Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Gurgaon PERFORMANCE ■ ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM – II AT 18:30

Sitar Recital By Supratik Sengupta from Kolkata, disciple of Sangeetacharya Ajoy Sinha Roy, Dr Pradip Chakraborty and Pt Buddhadev Dasgupta

TUESDAY 7 READING ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

Lucknow in Letters: Endeavours, Achievements and Tragedies (75 min) A multilingual reading in Urdu, English and Hindi of personal letters written to/from Lucknow along with some contemporary newspaper reports and essays that provide glimpses of the lived experiences of the city since the ‘ghadar’ of 1857 to present times. The readings are accompanied by images of original manuscripts, letters, buildings and the people who wrote them Presented by Saman Habib and Sanjay Muttoo TALK ■ CONFERENCE ROOM – I AT 18:30

Muslim Identity in Contemporary Sri Lanka By Prof Dennis B McGilvray, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (Collaboration: American Institute of Indian Studies)

WEDNESDAY 8 TO 14 EXHIBITION ■ ANNEXE ART GALLERY, 11:00 TO 19:00

Kachchh Ji Chhaap: 500 Years of Block printing and Batik An exhibition – seminar – demonstration organised by the print artisans of Kachchh and Khamir. The exhibition is a forum for the block and batik print artisans to share their history, their story, and their craft in their own language. It is an attempt to tell the story of printing as it unfolded on the banks of the Indus to its modern multi-faceted practice Inauguration on Tuesday 7 April 2015 at 18:00 followed by a Seminar in Annexe Lecture Room II Panelists: Meera Goradia; Rauf Khatri; Shakeel Khatri; and Junaed Khatri Moderator: Ritu Sethi A demonstration/guided tour on Ajrak Block Printing and the Understanding of Natural Dyes Will be held 8 – 12 April 2015 from 11 am to1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm (Collaboration: Khamir; Soorvani; and Craft Revival Trust) WEDNESDAY 8 TALK ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

India's Historic Triumph of Mt. Everest - 1965 On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Mt. Everest climb the living legends of the 1965 epoch-making team which rejuvenated a whole generation, including Leader Captain M.S. Kohli, Deputy Leader Col. N. Kumar, and Summiteer Major H. P. S Ahluwalia, will relive their golden moments on Everest. Excerpts from their highly acclaimed original film with music by Shankar Jaikishan will be screened (Collaboration: The Himalayan Club; and Indian Mountaineering Foundation )

DISCUSSION ■ CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP Two books will be discussed – India’s Rise as A Space Power by U.R. Rao (New Delhi: Foundation Books, 2014); Reaching for the Stars: India’s Journey to Mars and Beyond by Pallava Bagla and Subhadra Menon (New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2014)

Panelists: Prof. Yashpal, former Chairman UGC; Cmde C. Uday Bhaskar, Senior Research Fellow, National Maritime Foundation; and Dr. Ajay Lele, Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses

Chair: Dr. Shailash Nayak, Secretary, Dept. of Earth Sciences PERFORMANCE ■ FOUNTAIN LAWNS AT 18:30

Celebrating Karnataka – A Walk Through Time in the Palaces, Forts and Dargahs of the Bahamani Sultans of Bijapur, Bidar and Gulbarga A multimedia presentation of Urdu ghazals and Sufi poetry Inauguration by Janab K. Rahman Khan, former Union Minister of Minority Affairs; and Shri R.V. Deshpande, Minister of Tourism, Govt. of Karnataka Ghazals Pandit Vithal Rao, the last living Ghazal maestro and well-known court singer of the Nizam of Hyderabad will present a

concert with Vidya Rao Poetry Recitation By Shagufta Yasmin (Collaboration: The India harmony Foundation; Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of Karnataka)

THURSDAY 9 TALK ■ CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30

To Mark the 79th Anniversary of Lodhi Gardens

Presentation of the Report on the Tree Census of Lodhi Gardens by Horticulture Department, NDMC Followed by a discussion Chair: Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi (Collaboration: Green Circle of Delhi)

TALK ■ SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30

Enlargement of Fundamental Rights and their Protection by the Judiciary Speaker: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee (Collaboration: Transparency International) TALK ■ ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 18:30

Suleiman Charitra Talk and launch of the book – Kalyana Malla’s Suleiman Charitra, a translation from Sanskrit of a 16th century text by Shri A.N.D. Haksar (Collaboration: National Foundation for Communal Harmony)

THURSDAY 9 – 10 FESTIVAL ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:00

SPRING FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND DANCE: 9 AND 10 APRIL 2015 Flute Recital By Pravar Tandon from Delhi, disciple of Pt Bholanath Prasanna, Pt Prem Kumar Malik and Pt. Barunkumar Pal At 19:00 Hindustani Vocal Recital By Anand Upakash from Ajmer, disciple of Pt Bholanath Mishra

FRIDAY 10 FESTIVAL ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:00

SPRING FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND DANCE: 9 AND 10 APRIL 2015

Kathak Recital By Gauri Diwakar from Delhi, disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj, Shri Jai Kishan Maharaj and Ms Aditi Mangaldas At 19:00 Bharatanatyam Recital By Urmila Satyanarayanan from Chennai, disciple of Late Kalaimamani K.J. Sarasa and Kalanidhi Narayanan

FRIDAY 10 TALK ■ ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 16:30

URBAN GOVERNANCE

Details to be announced on the website

(Collaboration: I C Centre for Governance) TALK ■ SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30

THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURES Stem Cells: Myths And Realities Speaker: Dr. Jyotsna Dhawan, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad Chair: Dr. Anna George, National Institute of Immunology Stem cells are the foundation cells of our bodies. Basic research shows that stem cells have the potential to specialize into all the different cell types in the human body, which makes them attractive candidates for regenerative therapies to restore diseased or damaged tissue. This lecture will briefly cover our current understanding of stem cell biology and address the hurdles that need to be overcome for their clinical use. Along the way, I will highlight examples of the myths and realities of stem cell applications, touch on the regulatory issues required to ensure their ethical application and hopefully convey some of the excitement in the field of stem cell science

SATURDAY 11 – 12 FESTIVAL ■ ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM – II AT 18:00

PURANDARDASA THYAGARAJA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC : 11 AND 12 APRIL 2015 Vocal Recital By Master G. Abilash from Chennai, disciple of Sri A.S. Murali With V.S.K. Chakrapani on Violin and Kumbakonam N Padmanaban on Mridangam and N. Hari Narayanan on Ghatam

SUNDAY 12 FESTIVAL ■ ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM – II AT 18:00

PURANDARDASA THYAGARAJA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC : 11 AND 12 APRIL 2015 Vocal Recital By Aishwarya Shankar from Chennai, disciple of Sangita Kalacharya Smt.Suguna Varadachari With Delhi R. Sridhar on Violin and Kumbakonam N. Padmanaban on Mridangam (Collaboration: Ramakrishnapuram South Indian Society)

MONDAY 13 TALK ■CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30

Global Warming: How did we get here? Speaker: Dr. Anji Seth, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Connecticut, USA. Her research is on how changes in climate are likely to evolve in the next century in particular regions

TUESDAY 14 TALK ■ CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30

INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY Sarnath: Recent Excavations and Discoveries Illustrated lecture by Dr. B.R. Mani, Additional Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India

WEDNESDAY 15 PERFORMANCE ■ AUDITORIUM FOYER AT 17:00

Informal Concert Piano recital by students of Pramod Kingston FILM ■AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

THE OTHER DIMENSION The Music Instinct: Science & Song (120 mins; dvd; English) A film by Elena Mannes Anyone who has been mesmerized by a Bach melody, stirred to dance by a rock rhythm, or taken back in time by the notes of a pop tune from their past, knows the power of music The Music Instinct provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism is moved by the undeniable effect of music, and the deep connection between music and our bodies and brains. The programme follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music’s deep mysteries (Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

THURSDAY 16 TO 27 EXHIBITION AT THE ART GALLERY, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX, 11:00 TO 19:00

THE HIMALAYA: A TIMELESS QUEST People and Environment An exhibition based on PAHAR’s Askot Arakot Abhiyan study march and survey treks of the Central Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Undertaken every decade, PAHAR now has forty years of recorded changes and comparative study material on the impact of climate change in the Himalaya. The exhibition will also focus on people and environment of the Western and Eastern Himalaya, Nepal Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau through photographs, film and text Inauguration on Wednesday 15 April 2015 at 18:00 By Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Gandhian Environmentalist and social activist who will give an illustrated talk

As part of this exhibition, the following programmes will be organised in the Art Gallery DISCUSSION: 18 APRIL 2015 AT 18:30 Man and Mountain: Conflict or Coexistence Speakers: Shri Shyam Saran; Shri Sanjoy Hazarika; and Shri Ravi Rawat Chair: Shri Deb Mukharji TALK: 20 APRIL 2015 AT 18:30 Geoscience: Geology and Ecology of the Himalaya Speaker: Prof. Anil K. Gupta, J.C. Bose National Fellow and Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun TALK: 24 APRIL 2015 AT 18:30 Listening to Women’s Voices in the Garhwal Himalayas: The Song and Its Community Illustrated lecture by Dr. Anjali Capila, Associate Professor, Dept. of Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College. Dr. Capila is the author of Images of Women in the Folk Songs of Garhwal Himalayas – A Participatory Research and Traditional Health Practices of Kumaoni Women – Continuity and Change FILMS: 25 APRIL 2015 AT 18:30 Following the Rhythms (38 min; 2005; dvd; English/Hindi & with subtitles) Director: Sanjay Barnela For centuries, the Van Gujjars have herded their buffalo between the forests of Uttaranchal and the high mountain pastures of the western Himalayas following the rhythm of the seasons. Reliant on the buffalo for their livelihoods, these communities with their strong traditions and culture now face the challenge of adjusting to the demands of modern life. Following the Rhythms is an attempt to document the contours of the debate between the Forest Department and the Van Gujjars, between scientific and indigenous modes of conservation A Question of Tomorrow: The Brogpas of Ladakh (30 min; 2001; dvd; English) Director: Mohi-ud-in Mirza The story of the vanishing tribe of Brogpas of the Himalayas, descendents of Alexander the Great’s army, the film explores their worldview and perceptions of fragility Apna Aloo Bazaar Becha (30 min; 2008; dvd; English & with subtitles) Director: Pankaj Gupta Recipient of the Golden Deer, 1st Prize, Short Length Film Category, 8th EcoFilms Festival, Greece 2008 What happens when remote, mountain communities come face to face with globalization? Jardhar gaon a village in the Hemval valley of Garhwal, led an isolated, egalitatrian existence until a series of events forced it into joining the market economy Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust FILMS: 27 APRIL 2015 AT 18:30 Ambi Jiji’s Retirement (29 min; 2007; dvd; English) Director: Nandini Bedi

Recipient of the First Prize at Jeevika 2007: South Asia Livelihood Documentary Competition; and Zee News Livelihood Award, 4th CMS Vatavaran 2007 Ambi Jiji one of the caretakers of community owned lands, always planted her crops on soil where forests have been burnt. The jhum field would then be abandoned and left to regenerate into a forest and a new one burnt. But increasingly, jhum fields are being turned into orchards which provide cash and security. Through Ambi Jiji and her daughters, we see the passing of a way of life in a remote village in Meghalaya Reviving Faith – A Himalayan Journey…In Search of the Lost Tradition of Conservation (60 min; 2008; dvd; English & with subtitles) Director: Rishu Nigam Recipient of Focus: Natural Heritage Conservation Award, 5th CMS Vatavaran 2009 The film takes viewers into the sacred groves of the Himalayas that are still alive because of the faith of its people. It traces the struggles of the Himalayan people to save their forests from being plundered and raises the critical question – can the modern world restore the faith that conserved nature, before it gets too late? Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (Collaboration: Pahar; American Institute of Indian Studies; and with the support of INTACH, Jammu & Kashmir Chapter)

THURSDAY 16 TALK ■ CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30

Buddhism in (and the other cultural export to) Niya on the Southern Silk Road Speaker: Dr. Stefan Baums, Institute for Indian and Tibetan Studies, University of Munich (Collaboration: National Monuments Authority)

THURSDAY 16 TALK ■ SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30

Pangea One World Expedition – A Journey from Arctic to Antarctic Speaker : Shri Akhil Bakshi, leader of the Expedition and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; Chairman, Science and Exploration Committee of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation and Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Indian Mountaineer Chair: Ms Sharmistha Mukherjee The talk covers the 36,000 km journey from Prudoe Bay, on the Arctic Ocean, at the northern end of Alaska, to Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America undertaken from September to December 2013

FRIDAY 17 TALK & READINGS ■ CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30

An Evening of Punjabi Sufi Poetry Speakers: Dr Ravi Kumar, Associate Professor, Punjabi Department, SGTB Khalsa College; and Dr. Kuldeep Pahwa, Punjabi Department, SGTB Khalsa College

Chair: Dr. Vanita, recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award and Associate Professor, Dept. of Punjabi, S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, Delhi University The programme will cover Baba Sheikh Farid, Shah Hussain, Hazrat Sultan Bahu, and Baba Bulleh Shah (Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India) TALK ■ CONFERENCE ROOM II AT 18:30

The Buddhist Caves of the Western Deccan in the late 5th and 6th century: Where the Silk Road and the Indian Ocean Meet Speaker: Prof Pia Brancaccio, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA The lecture will examine the dynamics that led to the renaissance of Buddhist rock-cut architecture in Western Deccan between the 5th and 6th century. This was a transformative period in India as political, economic and religious traditions underwent important changes; from a global perspective, this was also a time of tremendous international engagement both across the Indian Ocean and the north western regions of the Subcontinent. The artistic and architectural evidence from caves like Ajanta and Aurangabad will be examined in a global perspective, connecting these sites to Buddhist networks leading to Gandhara and Central Asia, and to renewed Indian Ocean trade (Collaboration: National Monuments Authority)

SATURDAY 18 TALK ■ CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30

The Enigma of Gandharan Buddhas Speaker: Prof. Juhyung Rhi, Department of Archaeology & Art History, Seoul National University, Korea Evidently the Buddha was the focus of worship in Gandharan Buddhist monasteries. In addition to a major Buddhist stupa, which most probably contained the Buddha's relics, numerous Buddha images were dedicated in monasteries. Despite their central importance in Gandharan statuary, a number of aspects concerning their production as material objects and significance as religious images still remain obscure. This lecture will explore the practice of making and dedicating Buddha images in Gandharan monasteries (Collaboration: National Monuments Authority)

MONDAY 20 FILM ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

To Mark the 400th Birth Centenary of Dara Shikoh Dara Shikoh: An Aphorism for Truth (90 min; 2015; dvd; English) Director: Surendra Verma who will introduce the film Screening will be followed by a discussion Dara Shikoh was the central figure of a great religious and literary movement for the adaptation of Islam to the spiritual traditions of India. He stood unique among the modern thinkers of India. The film focuses on Dara Shikoh’s life and his road-map for love and the doctrine of humanity his exploration of interfaith harmony

DISCUSSION ■ CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30

The First King and the First Ascetic: A Poetic Retellling of Acharya Mahapragya’s Rishabhayan Readings and discussion around the recently published translation of Acharya Mahapragya’s book of verses by Sudhamahi Reghunathan (New Delhi 2014: Harper Element, HarperCollins) Introduction to the book by Sudhamahi Reghunathan, author and translator Readings in English and Hindi Rishabhayan – The Story of the First King is about the first king in a society of beginning-less time, according to Jaina mythology. It tells of the evolution of human civilisation as it grew from a society based on need to one attached to material possessions. The epic depicts the search for truth and the role of renunciation and sacrifice (Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

TUESDAY 21 PERFORMANCE ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

Carnatic Devotional Songs By S. Vasudevan and his disciples DISCUSSION ■ SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30

MENTAL HEALTH Balancing the States of Mind Speakers: Prof. Ramesh Bijlani, Sri Aurobindo Ashram; Prof. Ishawar Basavaraddi, Director, Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga Moderator: Dr. S. K. Khandelwal Despite rapid and exponential advances in the field of neurosciences to understand mental symptoms and disorders, we are still far away in understanding the cause of various mental phenomena causing distress in the society. Drug industry has been dishing out new drugs at a very rapid rate, yet the limitation of efficacy of psychotropic is now being seriously debated in scientific literature. These drugs have very limited role in life style disorders, and have practically no role in preventive and promotive aspects of mental health. It is now being increasingly validated scientifically that stress can be tackled through simple, practical, and traditional and spiritual techniques to integrate biological, psychosocial and spiritual health to enhance mental health (Collaboration: All India Institute of Medical Sciences)

WEDNESDAY 22 TO 28 EXHIBITION ■ ANNEXE ART GALLERY, 11:00 TO 19:00

Here & Now An exhibition of black and white photographs By Sumit Basu from Kolkata Inauguration by Shri Rajiv Lochan, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art on Tuesday 21 April 2015 at 18:30

WEDNESDAY 22 PERFORMANCE ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

Concert Piano recital by Karl Lutchmayer, Steinway artist Works by Chopin, Scriabin, Liszt and Ravel (Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

THURSDAY 23 FILM ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT Amazon Expedition – III (Brazil) Source of the Amazon I & II (60 mins; 2009; dvd; English subtitles) Produced for Brazilian TV Third in the series of films on the Amazon, presented by journalist, Paula Saldanha and biologist, Roberto Werneck who led the first television crew to reach the source of the Amazon river. In 2007 Paula Saldanha and a team of researchers and documentary filmmakers examined, recorded and marked out on top of the 5597 meters Nevado Mismi in southern Peru, the place considered the most remote point of the Amazon river. The film records the nearly seven thousand kilometers of the Amazon’s course, from the true source in the southern Peruvian Andes to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean (Collaboration: Embassy of Brazil; and World Wide Fund for Nature-India) DISCUSSION ■ SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30

ART MATTERS Remembering Friends Paramjit Singh, Manu Parekh and Amitav Das Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi (Collaboration: Raza Foundation)

TALK ■ ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 18:30

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION Musical Revolution: The Symphonies of Beethoven Presentation by Karl Lutchmayer, British-Goan Steinway pianist, lecturer and writer

FRIDAY 24 TALK ■ SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 10:00

Earth Day Celebrations 2015: Clean Earth-Green Earth

Waste Management Strategies Speaker: Prof. D. P. Aggrawal, Former Chairman, UPSC The programme includes Slogan Writing Competition Results and Awards for students (Collaboration: Climate Research Institute) DISCUSSION ■ CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Prof. Alok Bhalla, Dept. of English, CIEFL, Hyderabad (Retd.) and Visiting Professor of English at Jamia Milia Islamia and Ambedkar University, Delhi; Ms Averee Chourey, scholar, theatre professional and artiste; and Dr. Suchita Gupta, Incharge of Cultural Council, University of Delhi will discuss Tagore and the Feminine: A Journey in Translations by Malashri Lal (New Delhi: Sage, 2015)

Chair: Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri, former Member Secretary and Academic Director, IGNCA, and former Chair of Tagore Studies, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland

SATURDAY 25 TALK ■ SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30

Leonardo da Vinci Contribution: Towards the Development of Modern Medicines Speaker: Dr. Subhash Airy, Ph.D., Senior Consultant and Founder, Nutra ProActive, LLC , USA who worked in the United States for over forty years in every facet of research and development of new therapeutic pharmaceutical drug products from conception to marketing Chair: Dr. Bharat Wariavwalla Da Vinci’s scientific researches were hardly known or understood beyond his immediate circle, and it was not until the 19th and 20th centuries that the thousands of pages of his notebooks were properly examined in the field of optics, geology, botany, hydrodynamics and human anatomy. The talk will look at how Leonardo da Vinci’s initial observation in 1508 about cirrhotic liver laid down the foundation towards the development of new medicines

SATURDAY 25 TO 26 FESTIVAL ■ AUDITORIUM FROM 16:00 ONWARDS

WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2015 - 25 AND 26 APRIL 2015 Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond Launch of renowned dance critic, Leela Venkataraman’s new book (New Delhi 2015: Niyogi Books) AT 17:30 Navadarshanam Group choreography presented by Senior dancers of Natya Vriksha Dance Company Artists – Sneha Chakradhar, Divya Saluja, Sharanya Chandran, R. Amritha Sruthi and Radhika Kathal AT 19:00 Film - Vara: A Blessing (96 min; 2013; dvd; English) A film by Khyentse Norbu

Recipient of the Tribeca Online Film Festival Best Feature Film Award, Tribeca Film Festival 2014 Geeta Chandran essays the role of a devadasi who along with her young daughter find themselves on the fringes of society, struggling to make ends meet. Set against the lush countryside in an Indian village not yet caught up with the modern world, Vara a Blessing seamlessly intertwines the vivid dream worlds of Hindu gods, classical Bharatanatyam dance, and music. A timeless story of love and devotion

SUNDAY 26 FESTIVAL ■ AUDITORIUM FROM 11:00 ONWARDS

WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 2015 Dharohar Bharatanatyam performance by Natya Vriksha Dance Company (NEXT) AT 16:00 Rasa in Dance – Inspiration and Imagination An illustrated lecture by Guru Lakshmi Vishwanathan from Chennai The talk will progress from theory to practice, exploring and drawing inspiration from parallels in art. Lakshmi Vishwanathan will take the rasikas on a journey of imagined and real beauty AT 18:30 Natya Vriksha Young Dancers Festival Kuchipudi Recital By T. Reddi Lakshmi, disciple of Gurus Jayarama Rao and Vanashree Rao AT 19:45 Kathak Recital By Vishal Krishna from Benaras (Collaboration: Natya Vriksha; Rasaja Foundation; Pyramid Group; and Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)

MONDAY 27 FESTIVAL ■ AUDITORIUM FROM 11:00 TO 20:00

Happy Birthday Zohra!: A Celebration Artistes pay tribute to Zohra Segal 11:00 –Film - Zohra Unmasked Part I & II (54 min; dvd; English) Director: Jai Chandiram The personality of this great danseuse, actress and the theatre person is unveiled by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, well-known visionary of art and culture Film courtesy: Kiran Segal and IGNCA 12:00 - Reminiscences By Gauhar Raza 14.30 - Feature Film (to be announced)

From 17:00 to 20:00 Performances Guitar by Yogi Ponappa; Recitation by Salima Raza; Odissi by Madhyama Segal; Performance by Maya Rao Play by Tadpole Theatre Group Coordinator: Kiran Segal (Collaboration: Pallavi Odissi Nritya Sangeet Vidyalaya and Women Unlimited)

TUESDAY 28 FILM ■AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

To Mark the 70th Anniversary of World War II Ivan’s Childhood (Ivanovo Detstvo) (96 min; 1962; b/w; English subtitles) A film by Andrei Tarkovsky Winner of the Golden Lion, Venice International Film Festival, 1962 Tarkovsky’s lyrical debut feature film, about a young orphan whose zealous desire to avenge the death of his parents spurs him on to increasingly dangerous espionage missions behind German lines (Collaboration: Embassy of the Russian Federation)

WEDNESDAY 29 PERFORMANCE ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

On the Occasion of World Dance Day 2015 My Journey: A Tale of Two Births Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson IIC-Asia Project will introduce Ileana Citaristi’s new book published by Manohar Smt Leela Venkataraman, eminent dance critic will be in conversation with the author Followed by Odissi Recital By Ileana Citaristi (Collaboration: Kri Foundation; and Art Vision)

DISCUSSION ■ SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:00

On Brazil, Russia, India, China and the World: What About the Future? Panelists: Dr. Julien Verceuil; Dr. Jean-Joseph Boillot; Dr. Yuan Zhigang; Dr. Xavier Richet; Dr. Marcelo Gerson Pessoa de Matos; Dr. Sulamis Dain; and Dr. Guilhem Fabre The discussion will address the challenges faced by the BRICS, including international relations, economic development, social policy and regional integrations. The presentations by French and Indian experts will be followed by a discussion with the audience

(Collaboration: Federation House of Human Science, Paris; and French Institute in India)

THURSDAY 30 PLAY ■ AUDITORIUM AT 18:30

Chronicle of a Death Foretold (60 min) A theatrical adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novella presented in English Performed and Directed by Manjari Kaul The news of a young woman’s lost honour spreads like wild fire in the town; a murder follows, but this narrative is no thriller. Before the crime is even committed, the whole village knows the where, when and why of it all. The performance is an unusual combination of the use of storytelling technique and characters' first person accounts that are sometimes varying, some similar, some shaky, at times minutely detailed and some fading recollections of the murder

MAY 2015 FRIDAY 1 TALK ■ SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30

THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LECTURES The Evolution of Complex Cells Speaker: Professor Mukund Thattai, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru