MUSIC & DANCE - Soorya Festival - Layashakti Rhythmic Ensemble presented by Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa (Tabla), Shariq Mustafa Thirakwa (Tabla),  A. Prem Kumar (Mridangam),  Fateh Singh Gangani (Pakhawaj), Ahsan Ali Khan (Sarangi). Followed by Kathak Recital by  Rajendra Gangani & Swati Sinha. Collab: Soorya & Odissi Akademi

ILLUSTRATED TALK - Travelling The World With National Geographic Presentation by award-winning photographer Annie Griffiths. Collab: American Center

FILM CLUB SCREENING|Delhi In The 80’s -In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (Eng/1989/112mins) Dir. Pradip Krishen. Cast: Arjun Raina, Roshan Seth, & Arundhati Roy. Plotted around the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, the film attempts to capture student life back in the 80's. A fifth year student from past four years, “Annie” makes another attempt to graduate from the college. He is supported by his friends who themselves are quite nervous about their final year project submission. The film trails their struggle towards the completion of their projects, working late nights, contemplating to fool the jury and aiming to pass and beat it fast out of college.

WORDS OF WOMEN - Pakistani writer Zahida Hina in conversation with author Uma Chakravarti. Collab: Zubaan

DANCE - Kavi Guru Pranam - Commemoration of 150^th Birth Anniversary of Tagore- Abhinaya and recitation on Tagore’s works. Collab: Kalashram

FILM CLUB SCREENING -  Delhi In The 80’s - Amu (Eng/2005/102mins) Dir.Shonali Bose. Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma, Brinda Karat Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against secrets and lies from her past. A horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.

DANCE - Trisaraa  presents Nritya Seva- A dancer's tribute to the 1000 years old Brihadeeswara Temple of Tanjavur by Rama Vaidyanathan

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Hämnden (The Revenge) (Swedish/2009/91mins) Dir.Charlotte Brändström. Based on Henning Mankell’s novel, the film revolves around the small town of Ystad in Southern Sweden when it is suddenly struck with terrorist attacks, after the inauguration of a religiously controversial exhibit by the City Hall. The Army, Secret Service and, politicians interfere with the police work. But who is it really that blows up the town’s power station and murders local citizens? Inspector Kurt Wallander fumbles in the dark as he tries to chase down the culprits. Collab: Embassy of Sweden

ILLUSTRATED TALK - Timeless Adventure Tanil Kilachand, Deepak Vijaysinh Bhimani, and Jayasinh Mariwala, all aged in their mid seventies and leading industrialists with a longstanding passion for trekking, nature, and astronomy, talk about their recently completed winter trek to Harkidun (11,500 ft). Collab: The Himalayan Club

MUSIC - Hindustani Classical Vocal recital by Samarth Nagarkar, disciple of Pt. Dinkar Kaikini & Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar HCL Concert Series

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Mau Apa??? “What do you Want???” (20mins) by Paper Moon Puppet Theatre, Indonesia. Artistic director. Maria Tri Sulistyani (Ria) An interactive Puppet Play, an animation done each day before entrance into the lobby. Check panel for details.

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Anokhe Vastra (55mins) by The Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust. Designed & dir. Dadi D. Pudumjee. An energetic, hilarious retelling of the classic tale of Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperors New Clothes. The play uses large masks and colourful costumes, complimented with a lively musical score from Brazil. Tickets at Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Jan.29 onwards

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Mau Apa??? “What do you Want???” (20mins) by Paper Moon Puppet Theatre, Indonesia. Artistic director. Maria Tri Sulistyani (Ria) An interactive Puppet Play, an animation done each day before entrance into the lobby. Check panel for details.

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Penculikan Dewi Sinta (Sita Haran) (60mins) by Wayang Golek Ajen, Indonesia. Performed by Ki Dalang Wawan Gunawan Based on the legend from Ramayan, of Sita’s abduction by Ravana. Marica, disguised as a golden deer entices Sita, who sends Rama to catch the deer. As Rama chases the golden deer, which changes back into its real demonic form, a battle endures. A worried Sita, asks Lakshmana to follow Rama. Meanwhile, Ravana, Rama's sworn enemy, disguises himself as a holy man and kidnaps Sita to his kingdom Lanka. A desperate hunt for Sita results where Rama, Lakshman, Sugriva & Hanuman join forces to locate her. Tickets at Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Jan.29 onwards

MUSIC - A unique combination of Piano recital by Hungarian pianist and conductor Tamás Vásáry and Ballet by Henriett Tunyogi. Collab: Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Mau Apa??? “What do you Want???” (20mins) by Paper Moon Puppet Theatre, Indonesia. Artistic director. Maria Tri Sulistyani (Ria) An interactive Puppet Play, an animation done each day before entrance into the lobby. Check panel for details.

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Rain-Bird – A Paper Tale (50mins) by The Train Theater, Israel. Adapted & directed by Naomi Yoeli. Designed & performed by Galia levy-Grad. At the end of the world, in an evergreen forest, there lived the most beautiful bird in the world - the Rain Bird. People came and settled in the forest; they sang and danced in honor of the bird, but over time everything is lost. What happens when the song of the little bird have been forgotten? A unique theatrical performance, combining the art of Origami with the art of story-telling, the artist instills life into folded paper; where heroes partake in a dramatic plot, full of magic and surprises. Tickets at Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Jan.29 onwards

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Delhi In The 80’s - New Delhi Times  (Hindi/1986/123mins) Dir. Romesh Sharma. Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Om Puri. A hard hitting political drama, the film tells the story of an honest journalist Vikas Pande who moves to Delhi to run a newspaper. Soon he uncovers a political assassination, and in the process falls prey to a corrupt system and nexus between politicians and media barons. Collab: Directorate of Film Festivals

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Mau Apa??? “What do you Want???” (20mins) by Paper Moon Puppet Theatre, Indonesia. Artistic director. Maria Tri Sulistyani (Ria) An interactive Puppet Play, an animation done each day before entrance into the lobby. Check panel for details.

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL The Garbage Monster (50mins) (Traditional and Modern Shadow Theatre) by Cengiz Özek Shadow Theatre, Turkey. Directed & performed by Cengiz Özek. The exploits of the famous characters Hacivat & Karagöz of Turkish shadow puppet theatre, leads us into the world of the scary but good garbage monster that lives under the sea. Karagöz throws his garbage directly into the sea disturbing Hacivat and Mercan who are fishing. Its Karagöz’s turn to fish and while doing so he keeps throwing his garbage into the sea, annoying the garbage monster, who swallows Karagöz!

What happens next? See this fun filled performance with an ecological message to find out! Tickets at Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Jan.29 onwards

DOC FILM - Swimming In Air (Eng/2003/30mins) Dir. Janice Tanaka The film takes a quietly humorous, insightful reflection on the process of aging. A buoyant journey through time this part documentary, part narrative, part abstract imagery is a series of pivotal moments in women’s lives interrupted by concussive images of wonder and hope. The screening will be followed with an interaction with filmmaker Suresh Kohli Collab: Screen Tank Online Writing Program

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Mau Apa??? “What do you Want???” (20mins) by Paper Moon Puppet Theatre, Indonesia. Artistic director. Maria Tri Sulistyani (Ria) An interactive Puppet Play, an animation done each day before entrance into the lobby. Check panel for details.

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL The Red Ballon (40mins) by String Theatre Marionettists, UK. Adapted by: String Theatre Marionettists. A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a small boy around the streets of the city. The boy and the balloon became friends and play together, and later try to elude a gang of bullies that wants to destroy the balloon. Performed entirely on specially commissioned music, this show explores the poignancy of a child’s imagination, and the cruelty of those who puncture them. Tickets at Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Jan.29 onwards

TALK - A reading of Nazams and Ghazals by Sandeep Silas from his unpublished collection Ranai-e-Khayal

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Mau Apa??? “What do you Want???” (20mins) by Paper Moon Puppet Theatre, Indonesia. Artistic director. Maria Tri Sulistyani (Ria) An interactive Puppet Play, an animation done each day before entrance into the lobby. Check panel for details.

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL The Little Prince Solo performance by Rashi Bunny, Banjara Mumbai. Adapted by Capt. Rigved Bhatnagar. Dir.Arvind Gaur, Asmita. The Little Prince is a deeply moving tale, written in riddles & laced with philosophy and poetic metaphor. The narrator pilot crashes his plane in the desert and encounters a little boy who is on an adventure of his own, meeting kings and paupers, flowers and snakes! Through the eyes of the Little Prince, we discover the world of the adults ... “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential, is invisible to the eye…”

A Solo Performance with puppets, props, multimedia and the magic of the universe, dwelling & depending on the “Hope” that lingers in each mortal! Tickets at Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Jan.29 onwards

HABITAT CHILDREN’S BOOK FORUM - Stories, Rhymes And Pictures! Connecting words with their sounds, rhythm, meanings and visuals, well-known author Mariam Karim-Ahlawat reads to children and helps to develop multiple skills in reading and writing. Age group 6 to 8 years.

MUSIC - Hindustani Vocal recital by Rupa Mukherjee, Srabani Mukherjee, Sudheshna Talukdar & Arundhati Bhattacharya, disciples of Vidushi Sumitra Guha Collab: Sumadhur Hansdhwani Trust

FAIZ CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS - Kuchh Ishq Kiya, Kuchh Kaam Prof. Sadiq-ur-Rehman Kidwai, critic and former Chairman Centre for Indian Languages JNU speaks on Faiz and the Progressive Literary Movement led by the Progressive Writers Association Collab: Impresario Asia

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Terra Prenyada- Pregnant Earth (60mins) by Joan Baixas. Take a voyage around the World unlike no other. Our journey starts in the Australian desert where the ground is clean, takes shape in Puxkin, near Petersburg, with the dirt of a tired Russia, crude and fertile, and soars in the libraries of Sarajevo, with the ashes of millions of burnt books, earthquake of ideas and burning the art of poetry. Poet Joan Baixas paints with mud on a big illuminated translucent screen. Avoiding narration, the poet uses his whole body to tackle a new form of dra­maturgy based on a pic­to­r­ial lan­guage: splashes, scrawls, light and dark, line and era­sure, abstract, sym­bolic, fig­u­ra­tive and geo­met­ri­cal images are the char­ac­ters in his chore­o­graphed drama. The the­atre is move­ment (Mey­er­hold). Tickets at Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Jan.29 onwards

FAIZ CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS - Kuchh Ishq Kiya, Kuchh Kaam Dramatized reading of Letters of Faiz Ahmed Faiz from prison to his wife Alys Faiz and Alys Faiz's letters to him. Presented by Theatre and Radio veterans Salima Reza & Danish Iqbal. The letters are a peek into the life of Faiz and Alys living their lives like other couples in an era of great political turmoil in the sub continent. Collab: Impresario Asia

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Manoviva (50mins) by Girovago et Rondella Family Theater, Italy A cheerful play of imagination and fantasy, Manoviva, the five finger puppet is composed of five elements: a head, two hands and two feet. The hands speak voiceless, and are transformed into various figures - she- Manin, dressed in red and he- Manon, without clothes (naked), and two musicians. Tickets at Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Jan.29 onwards

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Mau Apa??? “What do you Want???” (20mins) by Paper Moon Puppet Theatre, Indonesia. Artistic director. Maria Tri Sulistyani (Ria) An interactive Puppet Play, an animation done each day before entrance into the lobby. Check panel for details.

DANCE - Pehchaan- A monthly performance series. Kathak recital by Gauri Diwakar. Followed by Sitar recital by Rahul Chatterjee, accompanied by Akram Khan on the Table Collab: Dhwani

FAIZ CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS - Kuchh Ishq Kiya, Kuchh Kaam Manmohan, Reader at the Maharishi Dayanad University (MDU), Rohtak and poet-critic, Naresh "Nadeem", speak On The Progressive Literary Writing In Hindi And Urdu During The Immediate Pre And Post Independence Decades Collab: Impresario Asia

TALK - Dr. Kevin Greenbank, Archivist and Administrator, Cambridge University Centre of South Asian Studies and Tutor, Wolfson College Cambridge, speaks on The Reel Raj: The Film And Audio Collections Of The Centre Of South Asian Studies, Cambridge Collab: Local Alumni Association, Wolfson College Cambridge

THEATRE - 9^th ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL Hamara Circus (45mins) Designed and dir. Mohammad Shameem. Performance by Mohammad Shameem & Umesh A fun filled non verbal musical show. A series of small string puppet vignettes where scarf’s, snake charmers, Dalmatians and others come to life; characters who make up this little circus of life, move to music from all around the world, telling their little stories without words, but full of emotions! Tickets at Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Jan.29 onwards

FAIZ CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS - Kuchh Ishq Kiya, Kuchh Kaam Filmakers and activists - Gauhar Raza & Sohail Hashmi recite poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz Collab: Impresario Asia

DANCE & MUSIC - The Heartlight Collective presents XOver DiaLogs in MusicDance Contemporary dance by Shilpika Bordoloi & Olive Lopez, Switzerland. Friedrich Glorian, Germany, on guzheng, IT-strument & live electronics. Concept, Choreography & artistic direction- Sheela Raj, India/France/UK. Followed by an interaction with the Collective.