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  16th August
Time:
7:00 pm

Film Club Screening-

 
       
  16th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Music - “Sawan Ayo” a musical concert by Madhu Dayal, disciple of Pt. Chotey Lal ji of Jaipur gharana.  
       
  16th August Film Appreciation Course-  
       
  17th August Film Appreciation Course-  
       
  17th August
Time:
6:30 pm
Cross Talks in Design  
       
  17th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Play- Yatrik Theatre presents Sahitya Kala Parishad award winning comedy play “Ballabhpur ki Roop Katha”. Directed by Prakash Bhatia.Tkts priced atRs.200/- 100/- &50/- avl from 12th Onwds.  
       
  17th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Play- Act One presents “Bara Bhand To Bara Bhand” , a musical about the commitment of an artist who impersonates various characters, and his journey towards the finale of a life full of fun & tragedy.   Mus. Lyrics & Dir: Ajay Kumar.  Tkts. Priced at Rs. 100/- & Rs. 50/-.  
       
  18th August
Time:
4:00 pm &
7:00 pm

Play- Yatrik Theatre repeats “Ballabhpur ki Roop Katha”.

 
       
  18th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Play- Act One repeats their play “Bara Bhand to Bara Bhand”.  
       
  19th August
Time:
10:00 am

Agenda Delhi - A seminar on "Tracking Delhi's Transport Choices" Details from the Programme Office,Advance registration essential.

 
       
  19th August
Time:
6:30 pm
Know Your City - Delhi & its Electric Supply: Who is Responsible? Participants : Mr. Subhash R. Sethi, Director Technical Delhi Power Supply Co. Ltd.  
       
  19th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Dance-  noted danseuse Urmila Sathyanarayanan disciple of K. N. Dandayuthapani Pillai and Guru Kalaimanini Smt. K. J. Sarasa, presents a Bharatnatyam Recital.  
       
  19th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Play- “Mahasweta Devi Se Darta Hai Kaun”  (60mins) a play based on Jnanpeeth and Magsaysay award winning author Mahasweta Devi’s writings on tribals.  The play uses street theatre, stylized acting, puppetry and Sariakella  Chhau,  to make an unique theatre collage.  Conceived and Directed by Pranab Mukherjee. Prod. by Dr. Manaswini Yogi and enacted by students of Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi .  Entry free on a first come first serve basis.  Collab: International Melody Foundation.  
       
  20th August
Time:
10:00 am

Agenda Delhi - The seminar  continues.

 
       
  20th August
Time:
6:00 pm
Vivaad Masterplan - The debate on the masterplan for Delhi Continues with the focus this time being on “Planning Delhi’s Metro Region”. Speaker : Sayeed S. Shafi, Senior Planner, former Member Planning DDA & Chief Planner Town & Country Planning Organization. Series moderator : Mr. E.F.N Ribiero.  
       
  20th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Play-  repeat performance of “Mahasweta Devi Se Darta Hai Kaun”.  
       
  20th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Film Club Screening-  
       
  20th August
Time:
7:15 pm
Inspirational Talk-  Janki Chopra speaks on “Vedanta Treatise”.A book written by Swami. A Parthasarathy on Vedanta Philosophy.  
       
  21st August
Time:
6:30 pm
Open Forum - Following the success of our series on “India & her Neighbours” we initiate this month a detailed look at “India’s Security Challenges”. Panelistes : Prf. Kanti Bajpai, JNU, & Mr. Achin Vinaik, visiting Prof, School of 3rd World Studies, Jamia Milia  speak on “ India’s Security in a globalising World ”. Moderator : Cdr. Uday Bhaskar, Deputy Director IDSA.  
       
  21st August
Time:
6:30 pm
Workshop- Aum – an exploration of the Mandukya Upanishad a workshop with Prof. Ramachandra Gandhi.  Collab: First City Magazine. Please register at the Programme Desk.  
       
  21st August
Time:
7:00 pm
Music - Dalia Rahut of the Benaras Gharana, received her early musical training from Pt. A. T. Kanan and later as a scholar of the Sangeet R4esearch Academy, Kolkata,   she received intensive training from Smt. Girija Devi.  She presents a concert of Hindustani Light Classical Music in the HCL Concert Series.  
       
  22nd August
Time:
7:00 pm

Samiullah Khan Kiranvi, son and disciple of Ustad Hafizullah Khan and grandson of late Ustad Bahre Abdul Wahid Khan of the  Kirana gharana.  He presents a Hindustani Classical Vocal Recital.

 
       
  23rd August
Time:
10:00 am

Documentary Film- Forum on Public Broadcasting & Cultural Diversity in Television organized by The Public Broadcasting Trust & UNESCO with Prasar Bharti and India Habitat Centre.  All day and evening screenings of independent public service documentary films in the auditorium form August 23rd to 26th.  For details contact the programme office.

 
       
  24th August
Time:
10:00 am

PSBT,PRASAR BHARTI & UNESCO Festival of Independent Public Service Documentary films. For details please contact the programme desk.

 
       
  24th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Illustrated Talk- Naturalist, Koustubh Sharma, avid wildlifer and ornithologist, speaks on “The Avi Fauna of Bhopal” Collab: Delhibird  
       
  24th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Shaurya  Theatre presents “ Sultan”a satire Playwright : Mahesh Elkunchwar & Directed by Nav Ratan Gautam. Entry by invitations avl from 19th onwards.  
       
  25th August
Time:
8:30 am
IHC Walk - Anchal Sondhi, Environment Coordinator Sanskriti Kendra walks us through the 80 species of trees at Sanskriti Kendra, Anandgram. Contact the Programme office for directions.  
       
  25th August
Time:
9:30 am
PSBT,PRASAR BHARTI & UNESCO Festival of Independent Public Service Documentary films. For details please contact the programme desk.  
       
  25th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Play -Shaurya  Theatre repeats “ Sultan”.  
       
  26th August
Time:
9:00 am

PSBT,PRASAR BHARTI & UNESCO Festival of Independent Public Service Documentary films. For details please contact the programme desk.

 
       
  26th August
Time:
6:30 pm
Talk - Enriching Rural India – success stories from people who made it possible. In this ongoing series initiated by CAPART and India Habitat Centre, Mr. D. Raghunandan, director center of Technology & Development speaks on “Technology Transfer through NGOs: Methodologies & Case Studies”.  
       
  26th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Music- an unusual Jugalbandi of vocal and instrumental presented by Pt. Ajay Pohankar and his son Abhijit Pohankar. Abhijit is a disciple of Pt. Shivkumar Sharma & the only classical musician of the keyboard.  An HCL Concert Series.  
       
  27th August
Time:
7:00 pm

Dance- French Danseuse Brigitte Chataignier, studied Mohini Attam under Smt. Leelamma at Kerala Kalamandalam and with Kalavati Kshemavaty.  She presents a recital in the HCL Concert Series.

 
       
  27th August
Time:
7:15 pm
Inspirational Talk-  Janki Chopra speaks on “Vedanta Treatise”. A book written by Swami. A Parthasarathy on Vedanta Philosophy.  
       
  27th August
Time:
7:15 pm
PUPPETRY - Panjarshala, based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore, presented by Kat -Katha. Dir : Anurupa Roy. Puppeteers : I.P Singh & Anurupa Roy.  
       
  28th August
Time:
6:30 Pm

Workshop- Aum – an exploration of the Mandukya Upanishad a workshop with Prof. Ramachandra Gandhi.  Collab: First City Magazine. Please register at the Programme Desk.

 
       
  28th August
Time:
6:30 Pm
TALK - As part of the PSBT,PRASAR BHARTI & UNESCO Festival of Independent Public Service Documentary films,  Parminder Vir, Director Film Council, UK. Speaks on ”Diversity & Television“.  
       
  28th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Talk -”PRACTICES 20:20” IHC MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION GROUP: Inaugural talk by R.C. Bhargava, former Chairman and Managing Director- Maruti Udyog Ltd., and President RCB Consulting on “Key Strategies for Driving World Class Manufacturing Standards” Mr. Sunit Tandon reads from a book on Management recommended by Mr. Bhargava.  
       
  28th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Music & Dance - Keeping in tune with the Indian Independence month, founder of Alapana Trust of Chennai O.S Arun and Bharatnatyam dancer Rama Vaidyanathan presents “ Svashakti”a collaborative concert featuring singing in the first part and dancing in the second.  
       
  29th August
Time:
7:00 pm

Poetry  - “Band Na Karna Dwar” – Geetkar Ramanath Awasthi Ki Smriti Mein. Eminent artists will recite his poems and danseuse Shavana Narayan will present “Bhav”. The evening includes multi media projection of vignettes from the poet’s life.

 
       
  29th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Film Club Screening  
       
  30th August
Time:
6:30 pm

TALK - Science Technology & Public Policy Lecture COLLAB: CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SCIENCE POLICY, JNU.

     
  30th August
Time:
7:00 pm
PLAY - Natkhat Art Group presents its new poetic play “Ek Kanth Vishpayee”, a modern symbolic presentation through mythological characters.Wri : Dr. Dushyant Kumar. Dir : Rajesh Tiwari. Tkts priced at Rs.300/-, 200/- & 100/- avl from 24th onwrds.
     
  30th August
Time:
7:00 pm
Book Club  reads from  Richard Russo’s Pulitzer Prize winner, “Empire Falls”.
     
  30th August
Time:
7:00 pm
MUSIC - Shanti Hiranand, disciple of Begum Akhtar, presents a thematic programme “Barkha Bahar”sings on songs of the rainy season. Collab : Ace Star Management. Entry strictly by invitations to be collected from 20th onwards.
     
  31st August
Time:
7:00 pm
PLAY - Natkhat Art Group repeats “ Ek Kanth Vishpayee”.
     
  31st August
Time:
6:30 pm
Film Club Discussion Group - meets for the screening of “Flowers of Shanghai”. Dir:_ followed by a discussion initiated by film scholar Dr. Madan Gopal Singh.
     
  31st August
Time:
6:00 pm
VSK BAITHAK- Indovax of Keggfarms Group in a significant departure from its conventional format will feature a Sarod Recital by Debashish Bhattacharya of Kolkata in the first half & a Dhrupad recital by Uday Bhawalkar from Pune in the latter half. Both are exceptionally brilliant young Artistes of national acclaim & their renderings are marked by a very high order of melodiousness & deep emotional content.
     
  31st August
Time:
7:00 pm
Children's Parliament - We take this initiative with children and young adults forward.