THEATRE - Two evenings of dialogue on truth, ahimsa and karm… by Karmic Research Centre and Centre for Creative Expressions. Karm Nishtha (English/60mins) Dir.Dilip Shankar. Performed by Adil Hussain, Kristen Jain, Dilip Shankar, Mrinalini Chawla, Mandakini Goswami. A dialogue between Arjun and Krishna, between the seeker and the teacher or between the human being and God. Tickets at Rs.300, Rs.200 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com. An Old World Culture Presentation

DRAMATISED READINGS - Readings from Lushin Dubey’s book Gandhi, The Path To Greatness. Introduction by the author. Pub. Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd.

PANEL DISCUSSION - T- Junction, Crossing Over For Change Panelists: Satyananda Mishra, Chief Information Commissioner of India; Sam Sharpe, Head of DFID, The British Development Agency in India; Swati & Ramesh Ramanathan, founders of Janaagraha and Saloni Malhotra, Founder of DesiCrew Moderator: Poonam Srivastava Pub: Times of India

THEATRE - We continue with evenings of dialogue on truth, ahimsa and karm…by Karmic Research Centre and Centre for Creative Expressions. Walking the Path (English/45mins) Wri & Dir. Dilip Shankar. Performed by Pallavi Batra and Dilip Shankar. The play demystifies Mahatma Gandhi and highlights his concepts. Entry free

FILM CLUB SCREENING - MindReels… Films on mental health to mark World Mental Health Week. There Is Something In The Air (Hindustani with English subtitles/28mins/2011) Dir.Iram Gurfam This documentary is a series of dream narratives, and accounts of spiritual possession as experienced by women ‘petitioners’ at the shrine of a Sufi saint in north India. The film invites the viewer to a world of dream and fantasy. Fear and desire is experienced through dreams and ‘afflictions of air’. The shrine is a space where performance becomes the only rule of engagement, and one can begin to think of the possibilities that ‘insanity’ produces. Collab: Kriti Team

Eyes of Stone (Mewari/Hindi with English subtitles/90mins/1990) Dir. Nilita Vachani A film about rural women in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and their rituals of possession and exorcism: expressions of faith, rebellion and healing that thrive within the confines of a stringent patriarchal order. The film is a deep and unsettling exploration of one case of possession, which taken to its logical conclusion, becomes an eloquent testimony to the strengths and sadness and indeed the subversions in women’s' lives. Collab: Kriti Team

ILLUSTRATED TALK - Delhibirder and author Bikram Grewal speaks on  Rare Birds Of India

IHC WALK - To mark Wild Life Week, Nature Walk on Bats for children, age group 8-14yrs. Collab: WWF India. Please contact the Programme desk for registration and details.

MUSIC - Sitar recital by Supriya Shah, disciple of Pt. Uma Shankar Mishra

TALK - Delhi: A Heritage City by Prof. A. G. K. Menon, Convenor, INTACH, Delhi Chapter. DTTDC (Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation) - Nodal Agency Collab: Kri Foundation

DANCE - Nirantar Kathak recital by Rachana Yadav. HCL Concert Series

DOC FILM - Episode (25mins) Watch the Bedi Brothers fly over the Corbett National Park, home to tigers, elephants and other wild animals. Taking off from the banks of Ramganga River, famous for Mahsheer, Otters, Gharials and muggers, the Bedi Brother follow dangerously close on the heels of a Tusker and month old tiger cubs accompanying their mother. Film maker Naresh Bedi will be present for an interaction.

PANEL DISCUSSION - Cinema And Madness Panelists: Santosh Desai, Social commentator; Amit Sen, Psychiatrist & Shubhra Gupta, Film critic. Moderated by Alok Sarin, Psychiatrist

DOC FILM - Cherub Of The Mist (53mins) The film unravels the story of the rare 'fire cat'- or Red Panda. Following two zoo bred pandas, Mini and Sweety, as they become the first ever released into the wilds of the Singalila National Park, the lens focuses on their forbidding mountain habitat in the eastern Himalayas, where the red panda fights a lonely battle for survival. Film maker Naresh Bedi will be present for an interaction

FILM CLUB SCREENING - MindReels… Films on mental health continue. Avinash Grows Up (5mins) Dir.Kareem Khan. Exploring Madness (Hindi with English Subtitles/19mins) Dir.Pervez Imam. Mental illnesses are one of the least understood problems in India. Myths and stigma add to the problems of people suffering from such illnesses. On the other hand, there are issues of lack of infrastructure to treat mental illnesses properly. This film brings together a variety of such issues related to mental illness in the Indian society. The film has six parts, each dealing with a different issue, ranging from people’s perceptions of mental illness to debates among professionals and from the problems of women languishing in mental hospitals to experiences of those who have recovered. Screenings will conclude with an interactive session between film makers, protagonists and audience on film making on mental health. Collab: Kriti Film Club

TALK - Dr. Are Holen, doctor of Medicine and renowned Stress psychiatrist, speaks on, Psychology of Silence Collab: Acem India

THEATRE - 10^th Old World Theatre Festival -The Best of Collegiate Theatre The Experiment (SRCC/English/60mins) & Kya Baat Hai (Hindu College/Hindi/45mins) Tickets at Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

FILM CLUB SCREENING - MindReels… Films on mental health continue. Understanding Schizophrenia... The Unreal Reality (English/16mins) Dir.Syed Amjad Ali. The film is an engaging and informative documentary that captures and demonstrates the difficulties related to Schizophrenia. A Drop of Sunshine (English/35mins) Dir.Aparna Sanyal. The film takes us through the story of Reshma Valliappan, a 30-year old Indian woman, and charts out her journey of eventual triumph over her condition. It takes a controversial and contrarian view towards recovery from Schizophrenia, proposing that the only treatment method that can work in the condition is one where the so-called ‘patient’ is encouraged and empowered to become an equal partner in the process of healing. Collab: Kriti Film Club

DRAMATISED READINGS - The Bards And Minstrels Of India Series continues. Yakshgaan Yakshgana Kendra, Udupi. Jatayu Moksha (30mins) & Hidimbe’s Wedding (90mins) Dir. Sanjeeva Suvarna. Collab: North Central Zone Cultural Centre

THEATRE - 10^th Old World Theatre Festival -The Best of Collegiate Theatre The Experiment (SRCC/English/60mins) & Kya Baat Hai (Hindu College/Hindi/45mins) Tickets at Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

DOC FILM - MindReels…films on mental health continues. In And Out of Depression - Into the Abyss (English/30mins) Dir.Vandana Kohli A look at the growing incidence of depression in Delhi including dramatised sequences of a 24 year old management executive's state of mind, even as the disorder begins to set in. A Certain Liberation (English/38mins/2003) Dir. Yasmine Kabir. Bangladesh Gurudasi Mondol gave herself up to madness in 1971, during the Liberation War of Bangladesh, as she watched her entire family being killed by the collaborators of the occupying forces. Thirty years later, Gurudasi continues to roam the streets of Kopilmoni, a small-town in rural Bangladesh, in quest of all she has lost; snatching at will from strangers and breaking into spaces normally reserved for men. In her madness, she has found a strategy for survival. In Kopilmoni, Gurudasi has attained near legendary status. Through her indomitable presence, she has kept alive the spirit of the Liberation War. The screenings conclude with a presentation: Expert voices and strategies to deal with Mental Illness. Collab: Kriti Film Club

BOOK LAUNCH - Gandhi And Revolution by Devi Prasad followed by a discussion. Panelists: Mukul Kesavan, write & lecturer Dept. of History, Jamia Millia Islamia, Suresh Sharma, historian and anthropologist, Ananya Vajpayi, writer. Pub. Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival – Festival Of Humour - Dastak presents an evening of Dastangoi – two hilarious tales from the Tilism – e Hoshruba (Urdu/90mins) Dir.Mahmood Farooqui. Performers: Manu Sikander Dhingra, Nadeem Shah, Yojit Singh & Ankit Chadha.

The Bachpan Tale Amir Hamza and Amar Aiyyaar are young and get admission into a Madrasa (school) where a pot-bellied, foul-tempered, food loving Mullah is their teacher. Amar Aiyyar is a menace in the school from day one. Mullah fed up with Amar's behaviour complaints to Amir Hamza's father, Khwaja Abdul Muttalib, the Chief of Mecca and the Keeper of Kaaba. Khwaja gets Amar thrown out of the school but Hamza is heartbroken and he forces his father to get Amar readmitted into the school. Amar then plots a revenge on the Mullah.

Tha Aazar Jadoo Tale Amar Aiyyar and four of his disciples Mehtar Qiran, Barq Firangi, Jaansoz, and Zargham Sherdil have entered the Tilism-e-Hoshruba (a magical realm that enchants your senses) to rescue Amir Hamza's grandson. Afrasiyab, the emperor of Hoshruba, is livid with this infiltration and he sends sorcerers (Saahirs) to capture the Aiyyaars (Tricksters) but each time Amar and his disciples slay the Saahir sent for them. Finally, frustrated Afrasiyab dispatches a fearful Saahir named Aazar Jadoo with a magical portrait, which reveals the real face of any trickster in disguise. Amar and few of his disciples are captured as they are unable to fool Aazar with their disguises. He recognizes them with the help of the magical portrait. Now, the rest of the story is how the Aiyyars trick this Saahir too and rescue themselves from his spell.

Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival -The Best of Collegiate Theatre

The Lesson (St.Stephen’s/English/55mins) & Anna Weiss (St.Stephen’s/English/55mins) Tickets at Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival – Festival Of Humour. An evening with Abish Mathew, Sanjay Rajoura and Maya Krishna Rao (Hindi/English/100mins with an interval)

Life‘s Abish (30mins) by Abish Mathew From, familial to politics, gender to status and state, Abish does comedy, to enter bars for free! Most of his jokes being self-derogatory. Bragging about Himself, is his no.1 rule. Getting out of the stage unharmed, is rule no. 2!

Sanjay Rajoura Ko Gussa Kyu Ata Hai??? (30mins) by Sanjay Rajoura A Jat’s comment on contemporary society and its politics!

That Thin Line Between Art And Life (30mins) by Maya Krishna Rao The true expert live their professions - so too this one - she is the performer par excellence, who, from her tender years could never tell the distinction between art and life. Often, there was a heavy price to be paid. This is her moving autobiography.

Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival- The Best of Collegiate Theatre.

The Lesson (St.Stephen’s/English/50mins) & Anna Weiss (St.Stephen’s/English/55mins) Tickets at Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

BOOK DISCUSSION - Eclipse: Living In The Shadow Of China's Economic Dominance by Arvind Subramanian. Chair: Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research. Panelists: Shri Shiv Shankar Menon, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India; Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Collab: Centre for Policy Research

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival – Festival Of Humour. Ganga Jamuni - Hasya Kavita ke Zariye Ashok Chakradhar, Popular Merathi & other prominent poets (Hindi/Urdu/120mins) Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival -The Best of Collegiate Theatre.

What a Mess! (Kirori Mal/English/60mins) & Class Enemy (Kirori Mal/Hindi/60mins) Tickets at Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

TALK - Mysteries Of Mind & Soul by Dr. Aarti Khosla, Founder, Prerna School of Inspiration Chair: D. R. Kaarthikeyan, President, Foundation For Good Governance (FGG) Collab: Foundation For Peace, Harmony and Good Governance (FGG)

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival – Festival Of Humour. Papa Cj: Great Comedy For A Great Cause Papa CJ brings India's most promising amateur comedians with him, all for a great cause. Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival -The Best of Collegiate Theatre. What a Mess! (Kirori Mal/English/60mins) & Class Enemy (Kirori Mal/Hindi/60mins) Tickets at Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

TALK - Nashist, featuring Hindi poet and fiction writer Lila Dhar Mandloi reciting his poetry in an interactive session. Prominent writers: Vishnu Nagar, Madan Kashyap, Uma Shankar Chaudhari and Anamika will present their views on Lila Dhar Mandloi's work. Collab: Impresario Asia

FILM CLUB SCREENING - Short Film Festival. A showcasing of critically acclaimed short films from across the world Collab: Shamiana

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival – Festival Of Humour. Bade Miya Deewane (Urdu/105mins with interval) Based on renowned Pakistani Urdu writer Shaukat Thanvi’s ‘Budhbhas’ Adaption: Imran Rasheed, Pawan Uttam, Farrukh Seyer Dir. Imran Rasheed. Cast: Aakarsh Khurana,Tahira Nath, Shivani Tanksale, Abir Abrar,Adhir Bhat, Pawan Uttam, Dilshad Edibam, Sanjay Dadhich, Farrukh Seyer, Yudhvir Dahiya, Mukesh Pandey. A feast of laughter over an old gentleman who has a roving eye. Already flanked by two tawaifs who claim to love him, he falls in love with a girl his daughter's age. The girl is secretly having an affair with his son. A humorous satire panning greed, jealousy, the all consuming phenomenon of love. Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to www.habitatworld.com

ILLUSTRATED TALK - My Road to the Summit of Everest. Susan Hunt, Australian adventurer, summited Mount Everest in May 2011, marking the culmination of many adventures—attempting Ama Dablam, Ironman triathlon, marathon kayak, open water swim, surf life-saving, among others. Follow Susan's journey as she describes the adventures and life lessons gained along the path to the summit of Mt. Everest. Collab: The Himalayan Club

HABITAT CHILDRENS BOOK FORUM - Here's a book for budding writers... Write Right by Deepa Agarwal Pub. Scholastic India. Creative writing workshop based on the book. Age group 9+

The Delhi Photo Festival - The first international photography festival to promote the photographic art. A joint initiative of Nazar Foundation & India Habitat Centre. Check panel for details.

WORKSHOP - Improv Workshop - Improv Comedy is comedy which is made on the spot, with the audience suggesting scenes and characters, and the members of the troupe playing them. Learn to play improve comedy games! The Cardinal Bengans, India’s first and foremost improve comedy troupe will be holding workshops on improve comedy. Vir Das, Kavi Shastri, Ashwin Mushran, Rohan Joshi, Anu Menon & Tanmay Bhat will interact with the audience and teach them to be better actors and how to be witty on the spot. Registration fee – Rs.2000. For registration, please contact the Programme Desk.

IHC MEMBERS MEET - Dr. G. C. Khilnani speaks on Sleep Disorders And Pulmonary Care

THEATRE - Old World Theatre Festival – Festival Of Humour continues. The Weirdass Weekend- Vir Das and his troupe Weirdass Comedy, take over Habitat World for a weekend of comedy variety madness.

Cardinal Bengans (75mins) The Cardinal Bengans are India’s foremost Improvisational Comedy troupe which consists of notable comedians and theatre personalities. They perform a ‘whose line is it anyway?’ style, on the spot, cooked in front of you, quick fire brand of comedy which is insanely funny, uniquely Indian and absolutely unscripted. The evening will be structured in the form of many short improvisational comedy games and the only directions for the performers will be provided by you, the audience. Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk. To book online, log on to ww.habitatworld.com