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| 1st
December Time: 9:00 am |
IHC Walk- Historian and Author Beeba Sobti walks us through the World Heritage monument “The Qutub Complex” . We meet at the ticket counter. Please carry money for the entry ticket. | ||
| 1st
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Documentary Film- Film maker Benoy Behl presents “The Verdant Hill” a film on the paintings of the Himalayan region, including Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim and Arunachal, fourth in the Doordarshan series` on ‘Paintings of India’ | ||
| 1st
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Play- Swabak Group presents “Teen Paisar Pala” – musical play in Bengali. Collab: Impressario India. | ||
| 1st
December Time: 7:00 & 8:45 pm |
Dramatized Reading- “Cyrano on the Moon” (dur:50 mins) based on the writings of Cyrano de Bergerec. Adapted by actor, director, scholar and author Donald Cameron McManus. | ||
| 2nd
December Time: 6:30 pm |
Talk- Talk on “Role of Religion in Social Development”. Panel: Swami Prabuddhananda, Ramana Kendra,New Delhi, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, President, Islamic Centre, New Delhi, Rev.Valson Thampu, Member Delhi Minorities Commission. On the occasion, the book entitled “For God’s Sake: Religious Charity and Social Development in India” will be released by Swami Gokulananda, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi. Collab: Sampradaan. |
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| 2nd
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Health Talk- Dr. R. K. Khazanchi, Sr. Consultant & Head Plastic Surgery, Sir Gangaram Hospital and formerly Head Plastic Surgery at AIIMS speaks on “Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Myths and Facts”. | ||
| 2nd
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Inlaks Classical Music Programme features young artists Biswajit Sarkar (Sitar) & Ritesh and Rajnish Mishra (Vocal) Collab INLAKS. | ||
| 2nd
December Time: 9:00 pm |
Film Club Screening- No Mans Land Dir: Dani Tanovic. This debut film is about the futility of the Bosnian War. The film picked up an Oscar (2002) and a Golden Globe (2001) for Best Foreign Language film. Limited Passes. | ||
| 3rd
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Dance - Meneka P. P. Bora, daughter and disciple of Indira P. P. Bora presents Bharatnatyam Recital. |
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| 3rd
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Illustrated Talk- “Divine Dishes” by Prof. Olivier Assouly, author of “Nostalgic Food: an Essay on the Myth of the Origin of Foods” as described in the religious texts. Collab: Embassy of France in India. | ||
| 3rd
December Time: 7:15 pm |
Inspirational Talk-Janki Chopra speaks on “Vedanta Treatise”, a book writtenby Swami A. Parthasarathy on Vedanta Philosophy. | ||
| 4th
December Time: 6:30 pm |
Habitat Talk- Mr. Lester Coutinho, Fellow McArthur Foundation and Anthropologist, speaks on “HIV Aids: The experience so far and looking ahead”. | ||
| 4th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Documentary Film & Discussion- “Dance Me To a Song” (98 mins) As part of the 16 days of activism protesting violence against women, we present this Cannes Film Festival award winner that focuses on disability and sexuality. Dir: Rolf de Heer . Co-scripted by Heather Rose, a disabled women, who plays the lead character. Collab: CREA | ||
| 4th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Dance- Meneka P. P. Bora , daughter and disciple of Indira P. P. Bora presents a recital of Assam’s Sattriya dance acknowledged as a major dance tradition of India, at par with the other classical dances of India | ||
| 4th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Film Club Screening - “KARNAVAL” (French) Dir: Thomas Vincent. | ||
| 5th
December Time: 6:30 pm |
Open Forum - “Can Elections Bring an End to the Tragedy of Gujarat” Panelists: Eminent Jurist Fali Nariman, Rajdeep Sardesai, Political Editor, NDTV Farah Naqvi, Journalist and Siddarth Varadarajan, Deputy Chief, Times of India. Chair: Senior Journalist B. G. Verghese. The book “Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy” Edited by Siddarth Varadarajan Pub: Penguin Books, will be released. |
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| 5th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Film Club Screening- to be announced later. | ||
| 6th
December Time: 6:30 pm |
Agenda Delhi- We revisit the issue of ‘Begging on the Streets of Delhi’. Participants Subhash Goyal, CMD, Stic Travels, Maxwell Pereira, Jt. Commissioner Delhi Police & Indu Prakash Singh Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan. Moderator: Sona Jha. Rajiv Talwar, Chairman DTTDC shall make a presentation before the panel begins the Discussion. | ||
| 6th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Music- Raag presents Saaz Aur Awaaz - Ghazals and Bhajans by Kanchan Dewan followed by Jugalbandi by Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan of Muradabad Gharana on Sarangi and Ustad Sayeed Khan of Delhi Gharana on Sitar. | ||
| 6th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Poetry Club of India presents An Evening of Bengali Poetry. | ||
| 7th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Documentary Film- Two PSBT Documentary films on Kashmir ‘Paradise on a River of Hell’ ( 30 mins.) Dir: Abir Bazaz and Meenu Gaur and “Women in Conflict” ( 30 mins.) Dir: Radhika Kaul Batra. A poetry reading session on Kashmiri Poetry by the film makers and a discussion by the film makers moderated by Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Honorary Director, Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP). | ||
| 7th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Film Club Screening- “The Bride’s Son” (Argentine) . Dir: Juan Jose Campamella. | ||
| 8th
December Time: 8.30 am |
IHC Walk- We identify and learn about migratory birds at the Yamuna with Nikhil Devasar and other members of the Delhibird Group. | ||
| 8th
December Time: 10.45 am |
Illustrated Talk- On Wildlife and Tourism – A Proposal for Saryu Van Vihar National Park by Prof. D. B. Mathur, Retd. Head of Geography Department, Saket P. G. Collage, Faizabad. Collab: WWF-India. | ||
| 8th
December Time: 7.00 pm |
Illustrated Talk- Inveterate traveller and amateur photographer Nripjit Singh speaks about “The splendours of Ladhakh” in the course of a recent trip to this mountain land. |
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| 9th
December Time: 6.30 pm |
Know Your City- Architects and Designers Pradeep Sachdeva & Vidya Tongbram introduce us to the soon to be opened landmark in Delhi ‘The Garden of Five Senses’. | ||
| 10th
December Time: 9:00 am |
Discerning the Spirit in Sound: Chanting Please contact Programme office for details Collab: Foundation of Universal Responsibility. |
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| 10th December | “Festival of Compassion & Non Violence”. Please see details enclosed. | ||
| 10th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
"Down Memory Lane" - An audio-visual presentation old film songs. COLLAB: Gujarati Club. | ||
| 10th
December Time: 7:15 pm |
Inspirational Talk-Janki Chopra speaks on “Vedanta Treatise”, a book writtenby Swami A. Parthasarathy on Vedanta Philosophy. | ||
| 11th
December Time: 9:00 am |
Discerning the Spirit in Sound: Chanting. Collab: Foundation of Universal Responsibility. Please contact Programme office for details. | ||
| 11th
December Time: 6:30 pm |
Vivaad Masterplan- Manu Bhatnagar, Advisor Natural Heritage Division, INTACH speaks on “The Natural Heritage of Delhi & The Mast er Plan 2021” Mr. EFN Ribeiro continues to be the series moderator. |
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| 12th December | “Festival of Compassion & Non Violence”. Please see details enclosed. | ||
| 12th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Lecture Demonstration- Sandhya Purecha , Bharatnatyam dancer and disciple of Acharya Parvati Kumar, who has recently completed her doctoral research on “Shastra & Sampradaya” reveals interesting linkages between text practices, and raises pertinent questions about what we as practitioners and audiences take for granted. “Abhinaya Darpana and Natya Shastra”. | ||
| 13th December | “Festival of Compassion & Non Violence”. Please see details enclosed. | ||
| 13th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Illustrated Talk - French Academic Alexandre Defay speaks on “Identity, Nation & Borders . Collab: Embassy of France. | ||
| 14th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
“Festival of Compassion & Non Violence”. Please see details enclosed. |
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| 14th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
PRAVAH presents “Akkarmashi” – glimpses from the autobiographical work by Sharan Kumar Limbale, a distinguished Maratha Dalit writer. Conceived and performed by Lokesh Jain, the play is a touching story of a child born out of wedlock. Entry free. | ||
| 14th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Film Club Screening- “Wild Stawberries”. Dir: Ingmar Bergman | ||
| 14th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Hindi Book Club - Author Chitra Mudgal speaks on her novel “Aanwaan” (Potter’s kiln). | ||
| 15th December |
“Festival of Compassion & Non Violence”. Please see details enclosed. |
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| 15th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Talk- “From Icebergs to Bananas – an illustrated talk on what climate change is doing to the Arctic” by Dr. Tony Gaston, a member of the Canadian Wildlife Service who has been studying Canadian Arctic Ecology for the past 30 years. | ||
| 15th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Play- Repeat show of “Akkarmashi” | ||
| 15th
December Time: 7:00 pm |
Film Club Screening- “The Devil’s Eye” Dir: Ingmar Bergman | ||
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