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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.

 
       
  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.

 
       
  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’s9/11” and “Hysterical Blindness”. Limited Passes. Habitat Film Club members are requested to pick them up from the Prog Desk.

 
       
  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.

 
       
  5th April
Time:
7:00 pm

Dance - Resonating Drums, Frolicking puppets – An evening of music and theatre by URMUL Trust of Bikaner.

 
       
  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.

 
       
  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.

 
       
  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.

 
       
  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.

 
       
  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.

 
       
  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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