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  16th May
Time:
6.30 p.m.

VIVAAD MASTERPLAN - We continue this series with Asesh K. Maitra, Director SPA, Head Environment Planning.  Series Moderator: EFN Ribeiro Former Chief Town Planner, Govt. of India.

 
       
  16th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Film Club Screening - To be announced later.  
       
  16th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Music - Supriya Srivastava, disciple of Shri Mohinder Sarin presents an evening of Ghazals and Geet.  
       
  17th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Cross Talk in Design - In collaboration with the National Institute of Design, celebrated personages from the field of Design hold forth on the various issues and aspects of design.  
       
  17th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Dance - Kaveri Behra & Nehi Chaudhury  presents a shared evening of  – Odissi & Bharatnatyam  
       
  17th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Panel Discussion on “Volunteerism in the Arts, organised by Asia Pacific Performing Arts Network followed by a 30 mins documentary on “Into the Sacred Waters”, on APPAN’s Art Retreats in the Himalayas in 2001.(Panelists to be announced)  
       
  18th May
Time:
6.30 p.m.
Talk - “Enriching Rural India: Success Stories from People, who made it possible”.  In this new series initiated by CAPART and IHC.  Dr. Anil P. Joshi, Secretary Himalayan Env. Studies & Cons.  Organiser  speaks on…”Strategy for Mountain Development: A Voluntary Initiative”  
       
  18th May
Time:
4.00 - 7.00 p.m.

Play - USB Theatre production presents a comic satire “Swapna Sundaram” Dir: Uday SinghBaghel  Tkts, priced Rs. 100/- & 50 avl. from

 
       
  18th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.

Dance - Kuchipudi Recital by Rashmi Vaidialingam, disciple of Gurus Raja & Radha Reddy presents “Divya  Rasantih” a programme invoking different Rasas through different Gods.  HCL Concert Series.

 
       
  19th May
Time:
4.00 p.m.

“War Or Peace: Reflections on Secularism, Religion & Advaita” – workshop by Prof. Ramachandra Gandhi, spread over16 Sundays which must be committed to.  Please contact the Programme Desk for further details.

 
       
  19th May
Time:
4.00 - 7.00 p.m.
Play - USB Theatre production repeats “Swapna Sundaram”  
       
  19th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.

Dance - Bharatnatyam Dancer Nanditha Mazumdar trained initially with Gurus Saroja Vaidyanathan, Padmini Ravi and presently a disciple of Guru Smt. S. Kanaka, presents a Bharatnatyam Recital.

 
       
  20th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Raag Ranjini presents Hindustani Light Classical Music Vocal by Lata Khetri, disciple of Smt. Sumitra Guha, Sitar by Supriya Sen, disciple of Pt. Vinay Kumar & Vocal by Smt. Uttara Dutt, disciple of Late Naina Devi and Pt. Rajan & Sajan Mishra.  
       
  20th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Film Club Screening - "Megh Mathar" (The Mansoon). DIR: Kamal.  
       
  21th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Film Club Screening - "Shesham" (Thereafter). DIR: T.K. Rajiv Kumar  
       
  21st May
Time:
7.15 p.m.
INSPIRATIONAL TALK - Janaki Chopra of Vedanta Institute continues with the series of talk on “Vedanta in English Literature” based on selections commented upon by Swami A. Parthasarathy.
 
       
  22nd May
Time:
6.30 p.m.
Agenda Delhi - The series focusses on the issue of communal harmony in a panel discussion on “Bonding Communities - The Role of The Police, Press and People”. Participants: Amod Kant, Jt. Comm. Police North Range, Media Person Saeed Naqvi & Dr. Ravinder Kaur, Prof. Sociology, IIT Delhi. Moderator: Justice (Retd.) Leila Seth
 
       
  22nd May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Dramatised Reading - “Aadha Ateet: A Journey with Nirmal Verma’s written word”. Narration and interpretation: Kanika Arora. Entry by invitations.
 
       
  22nd May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Film Club Screening - Neythukaran (The Weaver). DIR: Priyanandanan.  
       
  23rd May
Time:
6.30 p.m.
Film Discussion Group - Meets for the screening of Ravier Werner Fassbinder’s “The Marriage of Maria Braun” (1978) followed by a discussion facilitated by Film Scholar Dr. Ravi Vasudevan  
       
  23rd May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Film Club Screening - Danny, DIR: Chandran.  
       
  24th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Illustrated Talk - Bill Harvey & Nikhil Devasar of Delhi Bird speak on “Birds About Delhi”.
 
       
  24th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Film Club Screening  
       
  25th May
Time:
4.00 - 7.00 p.m.
PLAY - Little Prithvi Players present "Takadoom Takadish”, a parody of famous old children’s tales. Written & Directed by Joy Fernandes. Tkts priced at 150, 100 & 50.
 
       
  25th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
PLAY - Artistes Forum presents “Tees Saal Baad”, based on the life of Senior citizens, written and directed by Raj Saxena. Entry by invitations.
 
       
  25th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Documentary Film - “Pather Chujaeri - The Play is On”. This documentary film in Hindi and Kashmiri (subtitled in english-50 mins.) deals with the question of ‘How does art survive in a regime of fear?’ and takes up the case of Kashmir.
 
       
  26th May
Time:
4.00 p.m.
“War Or Peace: Reflections on Secularism, Religion & Advaita” - workshop by Prof. Ramachandra Gandhi, spread over16 Sundays which must be committed to. Please contact the Programme Desk for further details.
 
       
  26th May
Time:
4.00 - 7.00 p.m.
PLAY - Little Prithvi Players repeat ‘Takadoom Takadish  
       
  26th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
PLAY - Artistes Forum repeats “Tees Saal Baad”. Entry by invitations.  
       
  27th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Frederique Apffel-Marglin, author of “Given to Dance: India’s Odissi Tradition” and Prof. of Anthropology at Smith College in Massachusetts speaks on “Rythms of Life: Woman’s Blood and inclusivity in Temple and Village” which draws on her 20 year research on the Devdasi tradition on the Jagannath Temple.
 
       
  28th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Dance - Jessica Maya Marglin, disciple of Smt. Ranjaana Devi & Guru Durgacharan Ranbir, presents a solo Odissi recital.
 
       
  28th May
Time:
7.15 p.m.
INSPIRATIONAL TALK - Janaki Chopra of Vedanta Institute continues with the series of talk on “Vedanta in English Literature” based on selections commented upon by Swami A. Parthasarathy.
 
       
  29th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Dance - Guru Jayashankar Menon, Director, Nritya - Institution of Classical Dances presents and evening of Bharatnatyam along with his disciples to reflect the guru-shishya parampara.
 
       
  29th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Dramatised Reading - Actors’ Company presents “Musings with Hamlet” , an exploration in movement and words, using an improvised text, adapted from and inspired by Shakespeare’s hamlet and Heiner Muller’s Hamlet Machine. Dir: Rashid Ansari
 
       
  30th May
Time:
6.30 p.m.
Health Talk - “Bones and Your Health” an illustrated talk on problems around bones-osteoporosis, tennis elbow, cervical pain management, back problems etc. Panel will consist of eminent Doctors from Orthonova Hospital.
     
  31th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Music - “Birah Tu Sultan” an evening of Shiv Kumar Balatvis poetry to music. Singers include Pushpa Hans, Madan Bala Sindhu, Manu Kohli. Collab: Impresario Asia. Entry strictly by invitations available from 15th May from Programme Desk.
 
       
  31th May
Time:
7.00 p.m.
Documentary Film - Colours Black (30 mins.) winner of the Grand Prix at 9th Biennale of Moving Images conducted by the reputed Saint Gervais Centre for Contemporary Images, Geneva. A film about sentiments which fall outside the accepted framing of a picture perfect Indian family. Dir: Mamta Murthy. The director will be present for a discussion.