MUSIC - SANGEETAM presents a two day classical music festival.
Vocal recital by Pt.Parameshwar Hegde (Bangalore)
Tabla accompaniment - Prasun Chatterjee (Delhi)
Harmonium accompaniment - Pt.Vinayak Waldurkar(Nagpur)

MUSIC - 2^nd day of classical music festival by SANGEETAM
Vocal recital by Pt.Vidyadhar Vyas (Kolkata)
Tabla accompaniment - Prasun Chatterjee (Delhi)
Harmonium accompaniment - Pt.Vinayak Waldurkar(Nagpur)

THEATRE - Hungry Heart Festival & Class Apart Productions present As The Sun Sets….(100mins)A story of a familiar family in a familiar situation as they learn to how to live well … through death and beyond …Dirs. Smita Bharti & Swaroopa Ghosh.Tkts at Rs.250,Rs.150 and Rs.100 available at the Programme desk.  

THEATRE - The First City Theatre Foundation presents Israel Horovitz's Line Dir.Neel Chaudhuri. One by one a group of unacquainted people come together to form a line for some unnamed, upcoming event. Gradually, the struggle for first place begins, and as they lie, cheat, wrestle and push to gain the lead spot an extraordinary panorama of human frailty is made explosively and hilariously real. As, in the end, are the deviousness, the competitiveness, and the pettiness of the small, wasting battles with which we litter our lives.Israel Horovitz's Line is the longest running play in off-Broadway history. Tkts at Rs.300,Rs.200,Rs.100 and Rs.50 available at the Programme desk

MUSIC - Youthreach Spirit presents Stories Through Sound by Suchet Malhotra.A performance on some of the world's most intriguing musical instruments - lava flutes from Mexico, the Native flute from the North American Ojibway tribe, the fujara from Slovakia and many more.  

THEATRE - Repeat of Israel Horovitz's Line Dir.Neel Chaudhuri. Tkts at Rs.300,Rs.200,Rs.100 and Rs.50 available at the Programme desk

DANCE -  Dreams Without Boundaries  a students workshop production by the National Ballet & Academy Trust of India

DRAMATIZED READING - Yatrik presents a reading of Publish or Perish,a play by Anuvab Pal,directed by Sabina Mehta Jaitly. Read by  Ramesh Thakur, Bhaskar Ghosh & Sabina Mehta Jaitly.Two aging would-be writers (and friends of long standing) have been struggling for years to get their respective works published. Finally, one of them succeeds and (out of a sense of guilt?) concocts a well-meaning but completely harebrained scheme to help out the unsuccessful and destitute friend, financially. The plan surely has to misfire, and it does, with very unexpected consequences.A dark comedy, that will have you thinking very deeply even as you giggle and guffaw through the unfolding of this incredible drama. 

TALK - Book Club reads from Half Of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.  

HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL

A selection of critically acclaimed films, that offer an interesting mix of veteran masters alongside debuting directors ,fresh talent and iconic stars,literature classics and new writings. This year the Festival pays tribute to noted director Sudhir Mishra with a retrospective of his award winning body of work.

Inauguration followed by screening of  Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi Dir.Sudhir Mishra. Screening will be followed by an interaction with the Director. 

MUSIC - An evening of  Khayals ,thumris, dadras and chaitis  by Madhumita Ray.

HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL - Tingya (The Short One) (Marathi/122 mins)Dir. Mangesh Hadawale  

FILM - Daatu (Cross Over)(Kannada/120 mins) Dir. K. Shivarudraiah  

DRAMATIZED READING - Youthreach Spirit presents My Family And Other Animals - by the First city Theatre foundation Selected readings from Gerald Durrell's classic  My Family And Other Animals  

TALK - Siddharth Varadarajan, Strategic Affairs Editor, The Hindu, speaks on Maoist Victory In Nepal: Challenges And Lessons For India  

HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL - Billa (Tamil) Dir.Vishnu Vardhan  

FILM - SUDHIR MISHRA RETROSPECTIVE - Yeh Who Manzil Nahin

Habitat Children's Book Forum|Have fun with a smiling crocodile and a musical crow in The Famous Smile by Geeta Dharmarajan, art by Rashin Kheiriyeh; Kaleh And The Singsong Castle by Rizio Yohannan Raj, art by Anahita Taymourian, Pub. Katha. Storytelling by Deepa Agarwal, followed by activities. Age group 5-8.

MUSIC - Sitar recital by Dr.Vikas Gupta. HCL Concert Series  

To be announced  

FILM - Atayalangan(Malayalam) Dir.R.G.Sasi  

FILM - Kaal (Bengali)Dir. Bappaditya Bandopadhyay  

FILM - Mithya (Hindi)Dir. Rajat Kapoor  

FILM -HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL - Dharm (Religion) (Hindi/103 mins)Dir. Bhavna Talwar 

FILM - Sangram Aur Azadi Dir. Gurvindar Singh  

FILM - Ore Kadal (The Sea Within)(Malayalam/123 mins) Dir. Shyamaprasad  

MUSIC - Carnatic Flute recital by G.S.Rajan accompanying artistes:Annadurai -Violin, Sumod Sridhar -Mridangam and Shyam Rajan - Tanpura.

HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL - Ek Nadir Galpo (Tale of a River) (Bengali/127 mins) Dir. Samir Chanda  

FILM -  RETROSPECTIVE  Main Zinda Hoon Dir. Sudhir Mishra  

DRAMATIZED READING - Class Apart Productions presents a dramatized rendering of Traitors( 90 mins) a play in English, by Tripurari Sharma.Prod. Hungry Heart Festival. Set against the backdrop of 1857, Traitors brings to life British and Indian characters as they come to terms with the repercussions of the event almost seventeen years later.

HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL - Waaris Shah ( Punjabi) Dir. Kanan Dhawan  

TALK - Author – scholar Pran Nevile presents a talk on the life and times of melody queen Noor Jehan with rare recordings and video clippings.

HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL - Kathaparayum (Malayalam)

MUSIC - Sitar recital by Bela Mukherjee of the Ustad Vilayat Khan Gharana,disciple of Kashinand Mukherjee. Tabla accompaniment: Pt.Hasmat Ali Khan

HABITAT FILM FESTIVAL - Kada Beladingalu (Moonlit Forest)(Kannada/113 mins)Dir. B S Lingade

FILM - Kaalchakra (Marathi/113 minutes) Dir.Vishal Bhandari  

PANEL DISCUSSION on Fathers And Families: Responsibilities & Challenges as part of Observance Of International Day Of Families. Moderator: Dr. Mala Kapur Shankardass.

Collab: Development, Welfare & Research Foundation, UNFPA, UNIC and EWCAA