FILM CLUB SCREENING - Fly By Rocinante (Bulgaria/Serbia/Austria/2007/ 84mins) Dir. Jacky Stoev. Fly by Rocinante is a musical incorporating opera and silent movies elements. It is a story about a group of Bulgarian musicians, touring Europe on an old bus called “Rocinante”. They are led by their director and conductor, the Maestro. The film comprises seven intertwined stories revealing the complicated relations between the members of the musical group. While traveling the musicians play and sing mixing opera motives and Balkan folklore rhythms. Inspired by the musicians’ stories and music the Maestro creates his dream opera which wins glorious success in Vienna. Collab: Bulgarian Embassy

TALK - Special Interactive Seminar On Sustainable Water, Sanitation & Livelihoods For A Clean Environment Speaker: Ramesh Menon, Development Journalist & Filmmaker. Moderator: Ajit Kumar, Founder, Social & Green Business & President (Hon), The Oceanic Group Collab: Oceanic Group

MUSIC - Thumri recital by Mitali Sengupta, disciple of Vidushi Girija Devi

TALK - Civil Society Combines With Legislators To Improve Governance Speakers: Anant Trivedi, Strategist; Vipen Mahajan, ICT specialist; Sangram Patnaik, Advocate; Anil Sood, President CHETNA Collab: NNFI & Project Vijay

MUSIC - Hindustani Vocal recital by Shuchisree Ray, disciple of Pt. Kumar Prasad Mukherjee & Purnima Choudhary HCL Concert Series

MUSIC - Gujarati Daiyro led by Vijay Bhai Group Artistes: Baldev Patadia, Muktaben, Banjo Sagar Bhai, Ramesh Bhai & Raju Bhai Collab: Shri Dakshin Delhi Gujarati Mandal

TALK - To mark the observance of the 5th World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) Legal Awareness Symposium: Discussion on Adult Protection Legislations - How Affective are they for Adults & Senior Citizens Moderator: Dr. Mala Kapur Shankardass, Chair: INPEA Asia and India Chapter Collab: International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA); Development, Welfare & Research Foundation and Nipstec Ltd.

MUSIC - Ustad Ahmad Jan Thirakwa Memorial Festival. Tabla duet by Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa & Shariq Mustafa, Flute duet by Rajendra Prasanna & Rajesh Prasanna. Kathak recital by Jayant Kastuar

IHC WALK - Artist Nidhi Khurana leads a walk through a section of the permanent collection of the N.G.M.A. exploring Modern and Contemporary Art, post-1947. Please contact the Programme desk for registration and details.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - European Union Film Festival 2010, La Soledad (Solitude) (Spanish/2007/125mins) Dir. Jaime Rosales. Life for Adela, a single mom trying to raise her infant son, and Antonia, a widow with three daughters, are forever altered by a terrorist bombing in Madrid.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot (Grave Decisions) (German/2006/104mins) Dir. Marc Rosenmüller. 11-year-old Sebastian lives with his father and brother Franz in a Bavarian village. One day, he learns that his mother died on his birthday, which makes him believe he was to blame for her death. Dreaming of purgatory, Sebastian sees only two ways to avoid this divine punishment: becoming an immortal rock star or find a new wife for his father.

MUSIC - Tribute to Pt. Vasant Thakar commemorating his birth anniversary. Hindustani Vocal recital by disciple Madhumita Ray

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Petelinji zajtrk (Rooster’s Breakfast) (Slovene/2007/124mins) Dir. Marko Nabersnik. Rooster’s Breakfast is a love story, set in a small town. The protagonists live their quiet and imperceptible lives; however, they all have their own hidden passions, which put up a start to dramatic events.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - 7 Ans (7 Years) (French/2007/86mins) Dir. Jean-Pascal Hattu. Maïté’s only contact with her imprisoned husband is in the waiting room of his prison. She starts having an affair with an undercover cop who is protecting her husband.Caught between desire and guilt, pleasure and duty, she finds herself trapped in a three – player game, the rules of which none of them really know.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Het Echte Leven (In Real Life) (Dutch/2008/85mins) Dir. Robert Jan Westdjik. Martin, a young director is making a movie called “In Real Life”. He casts his girlfriend Simone to play the female lead character paired with him as the lead actor. When Simone decides to communicate with Martin only on set, through the character of Milan, he eventually discovers that all that remains of their love is this movie.

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Pokoj v dusi (Soul At Peace) (Slovak/2009/98mins)Dir.Vladimir Balco.Feisty, middle-aged Tono returns to his small town in the Carpathian Mountains after five years in prison and finds that his friends and neighbours may forgive but they never forget. Jobless, doubting his wife’s fidelity, and in debt to the questionable friend who may hold the keys to his future, he begins to see the world with new eyes. An intimate look at a man’s quest for redemption.