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| 1st
April Time: 6:30 pm |
Talk - Dr. Ellen Goldberg, Professor of Religion Queens University Kingston, Canada and Author of “Ardhanarishwara: The Lord who is half woman”, speaks on the subject of the book spanning historical, iconographic and feminist perspective. Chair- Dr. Bharat Gupt, Theatre theorist & Cultural Analyst. | ||
| 2nd
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Film Club Screening - "Pas De Scandale" (Keep it Quiet). DIR: Benoit Jacouot. |
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| 2nd
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Documentary Film - Orient Productions screen “Untouchables vs Aryans”, by John L.Pudaite, an award winning director and a member of the Hmar tribe of N.E. India. The film, which takes a hard look at India’s Hindu caste system, has been entered in Film Fesivals in the U.S. The director will be present for discussion. |
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| 2nd
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Illustrated Talk - Dr. Neelam Verma, Consultant, Physician and Cardiologist speaks on “Healing Rhythms-for Stress Management". Collab: Saras Foundation. | ||
| 3rd
April Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Film Club Screening - Salaam Balak Trust presents Meera Nair’s “9/11” and “Hysterical Blindness”. Limited Passes. Habitat Film Club members are requested to pick them up from the Prog Desk. |
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| 3rd
April Time: 6:30 pm |
Agenda Delhi- “Old Age Homes: Question of Survival or Choice”. Panelists : Rashmi Singh Director Welfare, N.D.M.C; Kamla Bakshi, President Elders Home & Hosapital Society & Krishna Satyanand, Chairperson “Godhuli” (old age home), Kiran Puri, Social Gerontologist, Director, Research Development Welfare and Research Foundation. Moderator Dr. Mala Kapur Shankardass, Sociologist and Gerontologist. Collab: Development, Welfare & Research Foundation. | ||
| 3rd
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Music - Sitar recital by Sanjeeb Sircar, who has trained under Ustad Shujat Khan. | ||
| 4th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Book Club - Presents an evening of poetry and music. Readings from “Appasionata” by Sanjay Trehan interspersed with jazz music. The author will be present. | ||
| 4th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Illustrated Talk - Remembering K.L. Saigal on the occasion of his 99th Birthday, Pran Neville and Vocalist Radhika Chopra present a programme. | ||
| 4th
April Time: 7:30 pm |
Dance - Resonating Drums, Frolicking puppets - Urmul Trust, Bikaner, presents a 90 min programme featuring songs, puppet shows, street theatre and dance, highlighting the drought situation in Rajasthan. Collab: Action Aid India. | ||
| 4th
April Time: 6:30 pm |
Open Forum- Panel discussion on “Impact of Budget 2003” Panelists: Dr. Sanjay Baru, Chief Editor, Financial Express, Mr.Puneet Jain, Editor, Investments Economic Times and Mr.M.P Mehrotra, Vice-Chairman VLS Finance Ltd. Collab: Meerut College Alumni. Moderator : Dr. Y.C. Halan. |
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| 5th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Dance - Resonating Drums, Frolicking puppets – An evening of music and theatre by URMUL Trust of Bikaner. |
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| 6th
April Time: 8:00 am |
IHC Walk - This time Naturalist, Filmmaker & Author Pradeep Krishen walks us through trees in the Roshanara Garden area. We meet outside the main gate of the Roshanara Club. Please don’t be late. | ||
| 6th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Music- Ghazalnama – immortal melodies sung by Kuckoo Mathur. Presented by Salima Raza. | ||
| 6th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Documentary Film - “Molly” (25 mins), a true-life story of the courage of a spastic girl, partly dramatized and “Touch” (30 mins) Dir. Shukla Das. The filmmaker will be present to lead the discussion. | ||
| 6th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Talk - “The Magical World of Dreams” by Prof. Luiz Carlos Rocha who has researched widely on Dreams and other areas related to human psychology and self-development. Collab: Centre for Gnostic & Anthropological Studies in India. | ||
| 6th
April Time: 7:45 pm |
Play - Gujarati Play from Surat, “Family Feud”, directed by Kapildev Shukla. Collab: Gujarati Club, New Delhi. Limited passes to be picked form Programme Desk. | ||
| 6th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Dance - Resonating Drums, Frolicking puppets – programme presented by Urmul Trust of Bikaner. | ||
| 7th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Illustrated Talk - “The Birds of Ladakh” by fellow Delhibirder Harkirat Singh. Collab: Delhibird. | ||
| 7th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Dramatized Reading - “Baisakhi” di Preet Milni - Celebrating 70 years of Punjabi Heritage Magazine “Preetlari”. Electica presents Navtej Singh Preetlari’s short stories. Performers: Madan Gopal Singh, Navtej Singh Johar, Amrit Kent, Punita Singh, Poonam Singh & Shumita Didi Sandhu. | ||
| 7th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
PLAY - Aarushi presents “Kharaashein – The Scars from Riots”, a collage of Gulzar’s literary creations. The 3 short plays are interwoven with selections of Gulzar’s poetry. Dir: Salim Arif Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Anoop Soni, Kishore Kadam, Ganesh Yadav, Vaishali Thakkar, Yashpal Sharma and Lubna Salim. Tkts at Rs. 300, 250, 150 & 100 available from 31st March | ||
| 8th
April Time: 6:30 pm |
Habitat Talk - Naina Lal Kidwai, Vice Chairman & Managing Director HSBC Securities & Capital Markets India Pvt. Ltd, speaks on “Corporate Governance: Creation of Shareholder Value”. | ||
| 8th
April Time: 6:30 pm |
Documentary Film - “Traditional Theatre Dancers from Woaxaca – Mexico” by Darina Robles, is a rare and unique look into the dance and music of the tribes of Woaxaca and the way they are transmitted from generation to generation. The filmmaker will be present on the occasion. | ||
| 8th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Film Club Screening - "Doghi" DIR: Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukhtankar. | ||
| 8th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
MUSIC - Raagranjani presents a musical evening with renowned Vocalist Dipali Nag and the Saptasur choir rendering classical and semi-classical compositions. | ||
| 9th
April Time: 6:30 pm |
HEALTH TALK - Chronic Acidity: Medical Aspects by Dr. (Col.) S.K. Thakur, Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research and Dr. S.V.S.R. Krishna, Surgeon at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research will speak on the Surgical Aspects. | ||
| 9th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
MUSIC -Tulika Ghosh, was trained by her father tabla maestro, Pt. Nikhil Ghosh, Pt. Hanuman Prasad Misra of the Benaras gharana and Ustad Khadim Hussain Khan and Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan of the Agra-Atrauli gharana. She presents a Vocal recital in the HCL Concert Series. | ||
| 9th
April Time: 7.00 pm |
Film Club Screening - "Tok Jhal Misti" (Life is Sour, Life is Sweet). DIR: Basu Chatterji. | ||
| 10th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
DANCE - Deepika Reddy, disciple of Guru Padmabhushan Vempati Chinna Satyam, presents a Kuchipudi recital. |
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| 10th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Talk - “Voluntary Services for the Blind in India”. Moderator: Col. P.K. Kapoor, Hony. Gen Secy. Volunteers for the Blind. | ||
| 11th
April Time: 6:30 pm |
Peolple’s Forum - “VIP Movement : Freedom Versus Security”. Collab: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies, a unit of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation & Friedrich Naumann Stiftung. | ||
| 11th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Dance -To celebrate Ramnavami Bharatanatyam danseuse Pratibha Prahlad presents a thematic concert. Collab: Prasiddha Foundation. | ||
| 11th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Hindi Pustak Goshti - Features renowned author Kranti Trivedi. |
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| 12th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Music - To celebrate Baisakhi - Indo-Bangladesh Musical presentation: Popular songs of Bengal by Srikanto Acharya of Kolkata. Collab: Impresario India. |
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| 12th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Documentary Film - PSBT- Doordarshan presents two documentary films: “All Roads Lead to Cinema“ (30’) by Sumit Khanna offers glimpses into the lives of Assistant Directors in the Indian Film Industry. “Oye Taxi” (30’) by Karan Singh looks at Mumbai’s urban life through the eyes of its taxi drivers, migrants from different parts of India. The screening will be followed by a discussion which will be moderated by Shuddhabrata Sengupta of Sarai: The New Media Initiative. | ||
| 12th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Children’s Play - Literacy India presents in their programme “SHIKSHARTH” (Theatre in Education) “Charandas Chor”, a Rajasthani folk tale. Dir: Shrivardhan Trivedi & Ish Amitoj. | ||
| 12th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Poetry - Poetry Club of India presents an evening of poetry with release of their new Anthology-“Continuum 2003”. | ||
| 13th
April Time: 8:00 am |
IHC Walk - Historian and fellow walker Swapna Liddle walks us through a selection of monuments in South Extension including the “Moth ki Masjid”. We meet outside Ebony in South Extension-II. |
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| 13th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Music- Popular Songs of Bangladesh By Sultana Chaudhuri of Dhaka as part of the Baisakhi Celebrations. Collab: Impresario India. | ||
| 13th
April Time: 6:30 pm |
Children’s Play - Literacy India in their programme “SHIKSHARTH” (Theatre in Education) presents “Alibaba Aur Chaalis Chor”. Dir: Shrivardhan Trivedi & Ish Amitoj. | ||
| 13th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Documentary Film - Benoy K. Behl presents the 7th in the Doordarshan series on Paintings of India – ‘Murals of Rajasthan’. This film covers the rich panorama of murals in Rajasthan, including in Dungarpur, Udaipur, Kotah, Bundi, Amer, Nagaur and Shekhawati. | ||
| 14th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Dance - Meenakshi Chittaranjan, an exponent of the Pandanallur style of Bharatanatyam , trained under Gurus Chokalingam Pillai and Subbaraya Pillai presents a Bharatanatyam recital. HCL Concert Series. |
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| 15th
April Time: 7:00 pm |
Music - An evening of semi-classical and light classical songs by the Brother & sister duo Mahmudur Rahman (Beno) and Samina De (Urmi) from Bangladesh. Collab: High Commission of Bangladesh in India & Impresario India. |
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