The IHC Free Book X'Change - A ‘book flea market’ where the books are free. A book lovers’ 'adda'. Meet fellow bookworms and exchange books and recommendations. Browse and pick up a read of your choice, or drop off books that you may no longer have space for and let others enjoy them.
Timings: 11:00am - 4:00pm

Venue : Near The IHC Information Centre

11:00 am

THEATRE - IHC Theatre Festival 2023 Namak (Hindi/30mins). Dir. Srinivas Beesetty. Prod. Kahe Vidushak Foundation. A Hindi adaptation of the English play Salt, written by Abhishek Majumdar, Namak revolves around a family of three women — a mother and two daughters — who are coping with the pandemic and its resulting shortcomings by telling each other stories and faking the food on their plate.
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Venue : The Theatre

04:00 pm

THEATRE - IHC Theatre Festival 2023 Maas (Hindi/English/100 mins). Wri. Dir. & Performed by Jyoti Dogra. You are putting a few packets of chips in the overloaded shopping cart as the lean, muscular, androgynous man stares back at you, from the hoarding in front. Another hoarding has only a pair of lips, perfectly shaped, full, red, smiling at you as you stare hypnotically.The social media is full of bodies that are almost always unlike yours.Funny because we recognise it spot on! Funny because it is ours collectively, even when it is intensely private. Funny because we don't talk about it and yet It’s funny, until it’s not.Tickets at Rs.500, Rs.350 & Rs.200 are available online on bookmyshow.com and at the Habitat Programmes desk.

Venue : Stein Auditorium

07:00 pm

FILM - Life Flows On (2016/English/106 mins) Dir. Vishaal Nityanand. The film revolves around three Dementia patients and how their stories get connected. It follows the psychological and emotional process of a young woman’s life whose mother is suffering from Alzheimer's.The screening marks World Elderly Day.

Venue : Gulmohar

07:00 pm

Sixteen - III - A group exhibition of paintings, drawings, ceramics, graphics and sculptures by Raiyyaz Rashid Khan, Pankaj Saroj, Hem Jyotika, Dr Deepak Kumar Ambuj, Rajesh Kumar Tanwar, Maitreyi Nandi, Ashwani Kumar, Arup Kumar Biswas, Ram Jeewan, Sanjeev Kumar, Lalit Bhartiya, Lalit Pant, Indu Tripathi, Angelica Basak, Alpana Mahajan.

Venue : Visual Arts Gallery

29th September - 03rd October, 2023 

Hues of Rritu - A solo painting exhibition by Rritu Goel.

Venue : Convention Centre Foyer

01st October - 05th October, 2023

Sixteen - III - A group exhibition of paintings, drawings, ceramics, graphics and sculptures by Raiyyaz Rashid Khan, Pankaj Saroj, Hem Jyotika, Dr Deepak Kumar Ambuj, Rajesh Kumar Tanwar, Maitreyi Nandi, Ashwani Kumar, Arup Kumar Biswas, Ram Jeewan, Sanjeev Kumar, Lalit Bhartiya, Lalit Pant, Indu Tripathi, Angelica Basak, Alpana Mahajan.

Venue : Visual Arts Gallery

29th September - 03rd October, 2023 

Nirbhaya (निर्भय) A group painting exhibition by various artists.

Venue : Open Palm Court Gallery

02nd October - 05th October, 2023

Hues of Rritu - A solo painting exhibition by Rritu Goel.

Venue : Convention Centre Foyer

01st October - 05th October, 2023

FILM - Premiere Khufiya (2023/Hindi/157 mins) Dir. Vishal Bhardwaj. Krishna Mehra is an operative at an Indian spy agency known as R&AW. She is assigned to track down the mole selling India's defence secrets while grappling with her dual identity as a spy and a lover. Collab. MAMI Year Round Programme. Screening followed by Q&A with the filmmaker and lead actors. Open To IHC Members Only through prior online registration.
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Venue : Stein Auditorium

07:00 pm

MUSIC - Tarannum Choir Concert Classic melodies old and new, folk, patriotic, inspirational and semi-classical group songs. Conductor: Ravi Raj Sagar.

Venue : The Theatre

07:00 pm

Sixteen - III - A group exhibition of paintings, drawings, ceramics, graphics and sculptures by Raiyyaz Rashid Khan, Pankaj Saroj, Hem Jyotika, Dr Deepak Kumar Ambuj, Rajesh Kumar Tanwar, Maitreyi Nandi, Ashwani Kumar, Arup Kumar Biswas, Ram Jeewan, Sanjeev Kumar, Lalit Bhartiya, Lalit Pant, Indu Tripathi, Angelica Basak, Alpana Mahajan.

Venue : Visual Arts Gallery

29th September - 03rd October, 2023 

Nirbhaya (निर्भय) A group painting exhibition by various artists.

Venue : Open Palm Court Gallery

02nd October - 05th October, 2023

Hues of Rritu - A solo painting exhibition by Rritu Goel.

Venue : Convention Centre Foyer

01st October - 05th October, 2023

MUSIC & DANCE - 22nd Lalitarpan Festival 2023 A two-day festival of music and dance. Conceived and curated by Guru Shovana Narayan. Dviparna centres on the two complementary principles of life, seen through the male-female, yin-yang, positive-negative, virility-grace perspectives. Artistes: Dr. Pallavi Lohani (Kathak) and Suhail Bhan (Bharatanatyam).

Venue : Stein Auditorium

07:00 pm

Nirbhaya (निर्भय) A group painting exhibition by various artists.

Venue : Open Palm Court Gallery

02nd October - 05th October, 2023

Hues of Rritu - A solo painting exhibition by Rritu Goel.

Venue : Convention Centre Foyer

01st October - 05th October, 2023

MUSIC & DANCE - 22nd Lalitarpan Festival 2023 A two-day festival of music and dance. Conceived and curated by Guru Shovana Narayan. Dviparna centres on the two complementary principles of life, seen through the male-female, yin-yang, positive-negative, virility-grace perspectives. Artistes: Megha Nair (Mohiniattam) and Vishwanath Mangaraj (Odissi).

Venue : Stein Auditorium

07:00 pm

Nirbhaya (निर्भय) A group painting exhibition by various artists.

Venue : Open Palm Court Gallery

02nd October - 05th October, 2023

Hues of Rritu - A solo painting exhibition by Rritu Goel.

Venue : Convention Centre Foyer

01st October - 05th October, 2023

TALK - Inaugural Shamsur Rahman Faruqi Memorial Lecture Like the Date Palm: In Search of Rahim Speaker: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, poet, translator, and critic.

Venue : Stein Auditorium

07:00 pm

MUSIC - A Hindustani Classical vocal recital by Malabika Bhattacharya, accompanied by Uday Shankar Mishra (Tabla); Damodar Lal Ghosh (Harmonium) and Akram Hussain (Sarangi).

Venue : The Theatre

07:00 pm

Something Else - A solo painting exhibition by Kishore Roy.

Venue : Convention Centre Foyer

06th October - 10th October, 2023

Lutf-e-Lucknow: Khana aur Gana - A two-day festival of music and culinary delights of Lucknow. Day 1 Mehfil-e-Tarannum (Hindustani/90 Mins) a romp through the cultural journey of Awadh & Lucknow. Woven through couplets, songs and commentary based on different ragas and written in various Hindustani languages, featuring a musical & vocal performance by Askari Naqvi, accompanied by Zeeshan Abbas (Sarangi) and Niteesh Kumar (Tabla). Collab. Sanatkada & Naimat Khana. Tickets at Rs.500, Rs.350 and Rs.200 available online on bookmyshow.com and at the Programmes desk, IHC. Accompanied by an ‘Awadhi Home Cooked Food Festival’.

Venue : Stein Auditorium

07:00 pm

TALK - CONSUMER SERIES Celebrity Endorsements - Are We Still Being Duped? Chair: Nidhi Khare, Special Secretary, Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Govt. of India, and Chairperson, Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA). Panelists: Prof Sri Ram Khanna, Chief Editor, Consumer Voice Magazine, Former Prof, Head and Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; Shivangi Dwivedi, MBA student, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi & Dr. Jayashree Gupta, President, Consumers India. Collab. SUM, NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.

Venue : Gulmohar

07:00 pm

FILM - NMIC Chronicles of Timeless Treasures. A series of restored classics showcasing contributions by women in Indian cinema. Meera (1945/Hindi dubbed/136 mins.) Dir. Ellis R Dungan. Meera, a zealous devotee of Lord Krishna, considers him to be her husband. She gets married to Rana Bhojraj but follows her own way of living which is not acceptable to her husband and the society. Collab. National Museum of Indian Cinema and National Film Archive of India. Renowned Carnatic singer MS Subbalakshmi starred and sang in this film. She is the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna.

Venue : The Theatre

07:00 pm

Pehchaan - A Solo Painting Exhibition by Remi Poddar.

Venue : Open Palm Court Gallery

07th October - 10th October, 2023

Something Else - A solo painting exhibition by Kishore Roy.

Venue : Convention Centre Foyer

06th October - 10th October, 2023