THEATRE - 7th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL|The Beauty of Taiwanese Puppet Theatre (Taiwan) Based on the play The Accidental Marriage, a funny and entertaining show that tells the story of a young man and woman who meet by accident and fall in love. Tickets at Rs.200 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk

TALK - Tales Of An Explorer: Well-known explorer Mandip Singh Soin takes us on a three decade journey of diverse travels & adventures from Himalayan summits and active Volcanoes to Elephant & Camel safaris. Noted author Bill Aitken will provide the introduction. Collab: The Himalayan Club,   Ecotourism Society , HET and PATA India Chapter

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Priceless (French/2006/104mins) Dir. Pierre Salvadori. Jean, a shy waiter at a luxury hotel, pretends to be a millionaire and awakens the interest of Irène, an adventurer who makes wealthy men pay for her bills. Collab: UTV World Movies

THEATRE - 7^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL|Double Bill - A Little Blue Planet (India) Dir. Anurupa Roy. A show for children on Global Warming. Flying Flowers by Shameem Puppet Group (Delhi). A show about magical flowers. Tickets at Rs.200 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk

DANCE - SHIVA-SHRINGAAR-When Gods Celebrate Love (from Kumara-Sambhavam of Kalidasa) by Dr. Sonal Mansingh.

TALK - Book Club – Readings and discussion from Tomorrow’s Promise by Bubbles Sabharwal & Almost Single by Advaita Kala. Both authors will be present.

The Ramakrishna Hegde Memorial Lecture 2009 - Rajiv Malhotra, Founder and President, Infinity Foundation speaks on Where is India in the Encounter of Civilizations? Chair: Dr. Amit Mitra, Secy Gen. FICCI. Presided by SM Krishna, M.P., former CM, Karnataka

DOCUMENTARY FILM - Handmade Puppet Dreams Film Series a collection of puppet film shorts by independent artists exploring their handmade craft specifically for the camera. Collab: Ishara Puppet Trust

SCIENCE CIRCLE LECTURE - Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany speaks on Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Collab: German Embassy

MUSIC - The Youthful Spring - Taal Vadya Kechari (Instruments - Srikhol, Ghatam, Mridangam, Khanjira, Tabla, Violin & Flute) An evening of fusion music by SKY. Conceived by Sovon Hazra. Limited invitations available at the Programme desk.

HABITAT CHILDREN’S BOOK FORUM - How Is A Story Transformed Into A Colourful Picture Book? Join us, if you wish to find out! Well-known illustrator and cartoonist Ajit Narayan will demonstrate the process of illustrating a picture book and conduct a drawing activity. For all age groups.

DANCE - Bharatnatyam recital by Sneha Chakradhar and Sharanya Chandran, disciples of Geeta Chandran

IHC WALK - Journalist Sunil Raman leads a walk in Purana Qila. Please contact the Programme desk for details.

TALK - Jaijaiwanti Sahitya Sanghoshti Org. Ashok Chakradhar

DANCE|Bharatnatyam recital by Snighda Venkataramani and Swapna Seshadri, disciples of Saroja Vaidyanathan

MUSIC - The Storms Family Trio presents an evening of European Classical and Folk music on the violin, flute and piano. Part One: Selections from famous composers like Bach, Massenet, Shostakovich, Elgar, Granados, and Piazolla. Part Two: Irish, Balkan, Gypsy and Klezmer folk music.

BOOK LAUNCH - Fugitive Histories by Githa Hariharan. Pub: Penguin Books India

MUSIC - Sitar recital by Purbayan Chatterjee.HCL Concert Series

FILM CLUB SCREENING - A Room With A View (English/1985/117mins) Dir.James Ivory. The film tells the story of a woman struggling with her individuality in the face of the restrictive Edwardian culture of turn-of-the century England and her love for a free-spirited young man. Collab: UTV World Movies

MUSIC -  Aarambh by disciples of Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan Artistes: Hindustani Classical Vocal recital by Shantanu Herlekar, accompanied by Vinay Mishra on Harmonium and Abhimanyu Herlekar on Tabla; Tabla Solo by Abhimanyu Herlekar, accompanied by Shantanu Herlekar on Harmonium; Hindustani Classical Vocal recital by Shweta Deshpande, accompanied by Vinay Mishra on Harmonium and Sandesh Raje on Tabla

BOOK LAUNCH - 10 Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey by Sathya Saran. Readings from the book by Sohaila Kapur and Ramesh Thakur, with excerpts from the movies of Guru Dutt.

MUSIC - Mystique presents instrumental melodies from India, Iran, Turkey, the middle-east, near-east and eastern Europe