7:00pm | DOC FILM | Children's Day 10.30am | IHC MORNING RAGA. Initiative. Select films from CHINH Hindustani classical vocal recital by Ashwini INDIA KIDS FESTIVAL 2013. A collection Bhide Deshpande. Accompanists: Vinod Lele of exceptional children's films. on Tabla, Paromita Mukherjee on harmonium. Collab: SPIC MACAY 7.30pm | Hai Mera Dil (Hindi/120mins with 10 mins interval) Dir. Dinesh 7:00pm|Opera at Habitat Series. Donizetti's Thakur. Cast: Aman Gupta, Preeta Mathur Maria Stuarda (Italian/English Thakur, Ajit Sawant, Atul Mathur, subtitles/140mins.) Sunit Tandon introduces a Shanker Iyer, Ashish Saleem, Kamal, live video recording from the Metropolitan Raouf & Shilpa Chakravarthy. The play Opera House of Donizetti's re-telling of the dramatic and ultimately tragic relationship 8am | IHC WALK | Sair-i-Bagh-i-Judh: takes a hilarious look on a well-meaning between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen hypochondriac who turns his life upside Mumtazi kisse, Sabke hisse. Celebrating down with his irrational fears. Tickets at of Scots. Lodhi Garden and its eternal dastaan with Rs.500, Rs.350 & Rs.200 available Nov 1 7:00pm|FUR Annual Discourse- Practice of historian, pedagogue and Delhi aficionado 10.30am onwards | ILF Samanvay 2016. onwards at the Programmes Desk, Habitat Patience continues. Entry by registration only Beeba Sobti. Contact the Programme Desk Colliding Thought Bubbles: Speaking One's World, IHC, for IHC members only and 7:00pm | Life Force 2: India's Western Ghats for details and registration, Mind ILF Samanvay Programme Curator open to all Nov 4 onwards. An Old World (English/2014/48mins) Dir: Lorne Townend [email protected] The film showcases the rare & incredible Apoorvanand Culture presentation in conversation with . Collab: 7:00pm | Music | A Tribute to Legendary Pancha Kobir Gaan biodiversity of India's Western Ghats broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar, NDTV 7:00pm | Vocalist Women Ghazal singers Pamela Singh Samik Pal performs the songs of five CMS Vatavaran performs the compositions of Begum 7.30pm |ILF Samanvay 2016. Dreams of an legendary poets - Tagore, Nazrul, Atul 7:00 | Raag Pradhan Melodies of Tagore Music Indian Youth Gorati Venkanna and Akhtar, Mallika Pukhraj, Farida Khanum, Prosad, D.L.Roy & Rajanikant. Collab: recital by vocalist Saunak Chatterjee. Collab: Accompanying Musicians Impresario India Impresario India among others. 7:00pm | Divya Vahana. Participating 7:00pm | LILA PRISM Series 2016. Toxics Artistes: T. Reddilakshmi, Priya 10.30am onwards | ILF Samanvay 2016. Can Link and Beyond: Environmentalism at the 7:00pm | FILM CLUB SCREENING | Venkataraman, Ragini Chandrashekhar, We Run From Big Media Panelists: Aditya Intersection of Nature and Culture. Speaker: Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2016. and Arupa Lahiry. Vahana means that Ravi Agarwal Chair: Jeebesh Bagchi (Raqs Nigam, Seema Chishti, Shailaja Bajpai Faraon (Pharaoh) (Poland/1966/153mins) which carries or bears. Each Hindu deity Media Collective) Collab: LILA Foundation 11am-2pm |ILF Samanvay Workshops- Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz The new How to Experience the Arts Critically: Art has a Vahana, which is usually an animal, 7:00pm | Desolate - The Voices of Trapped by bird, or a mythical creature. The Vahanas pharaoh Ramesses XIII plans to reform the Appreciation Workshop by Sadanand Menon Sengupta Dance Company (Contemporary state and consolidate its power at the The workshop attempts to sharpen our being presented are: Nandi, Garuda, Gaja, Kathak) followed by Kathak dance recital by expense of priests such as the powerful critical engagement seeking a way to Hamsa and Mayura. Collab: Divya Astha Dixit. Collab: Delhi International Arts Herhor who gained enormous influence amplifying our response to the arts. Trilogy Festival during the previous ruler's reign. But his Registration Fee Rs.200 payable at the 7:00pm | Architecture and Society Series. 7:00pm | FILM CLUB SCREENING | youth, ever-idealistic and impatient, is Programmes Desk, Habitat World, IHC. The Delhi Neighbourhood Museum Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2016. Obce doomed to failure when confronted with Contact 011-43663080/85 for enquiries and Programme - a Community-based Niebo (Strange Heaven) (Poland/2015/ registration. Museographic Practice Speaker: Surajit the sceptical wisdom of his opponent who 106mins) Dir. Dariusz Gajewski The story of possesses, besides material wealth, the 7:00pm | IHC-SPS Changing Asia Series. Sarkar, Associate Professor and Basia and Marek - a young immigrant Polish weapon of knowledge. Collab: Polish Challenges in Indian Education: Lessons from Coordinator, Centre for Community couple living in Sweden. One innocent lie Institute in Delhi Asia by Dr.Rukmini Banerji, CEO, Pratham Knowledge, Ambedkar University Delhi. triggers a family drama; their daughter is Education Foundation. Chair: Rakesh Collab: Greha Delhi taken away by social services. The couple 7:00pm | Gunijan Sabha verse 17. An Kacker, Director, India Habitat Centre 7:00pm |3 day Documentary film can't agree on how to fight the ruthless interaction with Indian Classical Vocalist 7:30pm |ILF Samanvay 2016. Toye screening on tribal groups followed by procedures of a modern state. Feeling Pandit Vidyadhar Vyas of Gwalior (Hindi/100mins) Based on Girish Karnad's discussion. 1st day: Sámi Tribe from powerless and desperate, they decide to act Gharana Collab: Ustad Imamuddin Khan work, Agni and Varsha Dir.Jyoti Dogra. Scandinavia in focus Collab: Delhi beyond the law. Collab: Polish Institute in Dagar Indian Music Art and Culture Entry Free. International Arts Festival Delhi Society & The Dagar Archives Jaipur
7:00pm| IHC Music Club – Listen, Share, Discuss. Musician Murad Ali Khan from the Moradabad Gharana takes us on a journey exploring the Sarangi, one of the oldest instruments in Indian classical music. 7:00pm | FILM CLUB SCREENING | 7:00pm | FILM CLUB SCREENING | Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2016. Zyc nie Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2016. Bracia umierac (Life Must Go On) (Poland/ (Brothers) (Poland/2015/70mins) Dir. 2015/100mins) Dir. Maciej Migas Bartek Wojciech Staron After 80 years of exile, Bartek is a fifty-yearold one-time actor and two brothers come back to Poland from 7:00pm | Nazrana: A Tribute to Hazrat Amir former alcoholic, who now entertains Kazakhstan to rebuild their lives. One of Khusro. Day 1. Vocal-sitar duet by Fareed audiences in TV shows - always in the them is a painter and a dreamer, the other Hasan & Adnan Khan, followed by flute- shadow of his famous colleagues. And he one – a pragmatic engineer. They face sarangi duet Ajay Prasanna and Murad has already come to terms with defeat. many obstacles while adapting to the new However, one day God and the oncologist Ali Khan Collab: Sur Adhar Society environs and people. Will they survive it? 7:00pm | Shakti Odissi dance recital by both wake him up: he has only three Collab: Polish Institute in Delhi 7:00pm| Book Reading. Writer-journalist 7:00pm | V. S. Gaitonde Memorial Gaurie Dwivedi, disciple of Guru Sujata months left to live... Collab: Polish Institute Avijit Ghosh will read extracts from his Lecture. The Gravity of Line and Mass: Mohapatra and Ipsita Behoora in Delhi 7:00pm | Hindustani Classical Music Recital by Anisha Ray (Vocal) Pandit new book, Up Campus, Down Campus, a Nasreen Mohamedi and Jeram Patel 7:00pm | Documentary film screening on 7:00pm | Participating Artistes: Judit funny and wistful novel set in late 1980s (Expeditions into Abstraction in Modern tribal groups followed by discussion. 2nd Gabos (Hungary) followed by Excelicia Durjay Bhawmik (Tabla) Vijay Mishra JNU. Chair: Nalini Ranjan Mohanty, India) by Art Critic and Curator Roobina day: Maori Tribe from New Zealand Cunville (India) Collab: Delhi International (Harmonium) followed by Neel Ranjan former JNUSU president Karode. Collab: Raza Foundation Collab: Delhi International Arts Festival Arts Festival Mukherjee on the Hawaiian Guitar 7:00pm |HCL Concerts #TrueToOurRoots. Varanasi – A Gateway to Moksha, a Contemporary Bharatanatyam production 7:00pm|FUR Annual Discourse- Practice by Jyotsna Shourie's Dance Centre 7:00pm|DOC FILM |Kids For Kids. Select of Patience based on Chapter VI of 7:00pm | Unconditional Love. Poetry films from CHINH Early Education Web Shantideva's Bodhisattvacaryavatara by Readings in various Indian languages. 7:00pm | Habitat Concert Series. THE Channel's films that explore children's Geshe Lhakdor, author, former translator Participating poets: Dr.Anand Kumar BANYAN TREE: Roots of Tradition - Duet expressions through media literacy. These and interpreter of HH the Dalai Lama & (English), Pran G. Basak (Bangla), Bharatanatyam Margam in Kalakshetra 7:00pm | Nazrana: A Tribute to Hazrat Amir films are made by children between 4-15 Director, Library of Tibetan Works and Dr.Vidya Sharma (Hindi), Tarannum Khusro. Day 2. Sitar-Violin duet by Azeem years as part of the global media literacy Archives, Dharamsala. Entry by Riyaz (Urdu) Collab. Poetry Club of India Bani by Neha Mondal Chakravarty & registration only. Collab: Foundation for Aishwarya Aravind Ahmed & Danish Ali, followed by initiative carried out by Chinh India 7:00pm | FILM CLUB SCREENING | Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai kathak-tabla duet Pt. Rajendra Gangani 7:00pm | Book Launch, Readings, and Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2016. Pociag 7:00pm | FILM CLUB SCREENING | Lama and Ustad Akram Khan Collab: Sur Panel Discussion. The World of Intizar (Night Train) (Poland/1959/99mins) Dir. Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2016. Adhar Society Husain An evening to celebrate the life and 7:00pm | SRIJAN Kathak Choreography Jerzy Kawalerowicz From dusk to dawn, Ostatnia Rodzina (The Last Family) by Geetanjali Lal, Kathak exponent and (Poland/2016/123mins) Dir. Jan P. 7:00pm | The Call of Denali Mountaineer prose of Intizar Husain, with a discussion a crowded sleeping car travels from guru Matuszynski As painter Beksinski tapes Prerna Dangi recounts her unguided around Mahmood Farooqui's literary Warsaw to the Baltic coast. Besides their everything with his beloved camcorder, a ascent of Mt. McKinley (6194m) in the biography of the writer. Panelists: Shamsur 7:00pm |DOC FILM | Documentary film luggage, the passengers are carrying 28-year family saga unfolds through Alaska Range, North America, and shares Rahman Faruqi, Syeda Hameed and screening on tribal groups followed by various life experiences that affect how rd disturbing dystopian paintings, near-death her ambition to participate in Alpine style Natasha Badhwar. Readings by Ambarish discussion. 3 day: Incas Tribe from South they relate not just to each other but also experiences, dance music trends and climbs across the Himalaya. Collab: The Satwik, Ankit Chadha and Darain America Collab: Delhi International Arts the news that a murderer may be among funerals. Collab: Polish Institute in Delhi Himalayan Club Shahidi. Collab: Yoda Press Festival them... Collab: Polish Institute in Delhi
7:00pm | DOC FILM | VAAK programme- 7:00pm|FUR Annual Discourse-Practice of Cinema Aur Sahitya Ke Antar Sambandh – 5:30pm | ILF Samanvay 2016. Opening of Patience continues. Entry by registration only Kuch Sawal (Hindi/15mins/2012) Dir. 7:30pm | Mada's Marvels An Evening of Oneness: Art Articulations, the art segment . Suchint Chair: Sharad Dutt Collab: 7:00pm | FILM CLUB SCREENING | magic, illusion and cardistry by leading of the festival, curated by Deeksha Nath, will Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2016. 1 –30 Solo photography exhibition by Krishnendu Artist Krishen Khanna Bharatiya Jnanpith Australian magician, Adam Mada be inaugurated by . Enlightened Soul: The Three Names of Uma Chatterjee Participating artistes: Atul Bhalla, 7:00pm | NTLive - A Broadcast. National Devi (India & Poland/2015/52mins) Dir. 7:00pm | FILM CLUB SCREENING | . Gulammohammed Sheikh, Malik Sajad, Theatre's groundbreaking project to Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2016. broadcast the best of British theatre to Tonmoy Das Check Film Club Panel for 1 –3 Spring Group show of painting by Chinmoy Parvez Imam, Priya Ravish Mehra, Rohini Czlowiek z zelaza (Man of Iron) (Poland/ cinemas across the UK and around the details. Collab: Polish Institute in Delhi Sarkar, Uttam Sarkar,Moinuddin Mullick, Devasher, Sanket Jadia, Suchitra Gahlot, 1981/154mins) Dir. Andrzej Wajda The Tushar Joag, Vasudha Tozhur, Vidhi world. Encore of War Horse (English/2007 7:00pm | Hindustani Classical Instrumental journalist Winkel is sent to Gdansk to 4-6 Solo show of painting by Swapan Maity Sharma, Udita Upadhyaya /165mins) Writ. Nick Stafford Dir. Music Evening Participating Artistes: research a documentary about one of the 7 –10 Solo show of painting by Laishram Meena 7:00pm | FILM CLUB SCREENING | Chauthi Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris. The play Anoushka Majumdar (Santoor), Shubham takes audiences on an extraordinary journey labour leaders, Maciej Tomczyk. When he Devi Koot (Punjabi/2015/115mins) Dir. Gurvinder Sarkar (Violin), Abhik Kumar Sarkar from the fields of rural Devon to the cannot access the closed-down shipyard, Singh The film is based on Punjabi author (Sarod), Sunil Choudhury (Tabla), Pradip 16 –20 Solo show of photography by Sanjay Marathe trenches of First World War France. Waryam Singh Sandhu's collection of Short Chatterjee (Tabla), Shankarjyoti Saikia he meets Tomczyk's family and friends. 21 –24 Solo painting exhibition by Gaurav Chawla Astonishing life-size puppets by South (Tabla) Their stories reveal a family history stories “The Fourth Direction” and “I Am Africa's Handspring Puppet Company, who 25 –29 Wonder Nama Painting exhibition by Nalini 7:00pm |Consumer Lecture Series. Perfumes intertwined with people's movements Fine Now”. Shot in Amritsar and Ferozepur bring breathing, galloping, charging horses Tyabji cities of Punjab, the film captures the dark – How they affect our Health & Pocket? spanning two generations. Instead of to thrilling life on stage. Tickets at Rs.500, 30 –5 December Enigma: A Ballad of the Street Solo days of 1980's about how operation Blue Star Rs.350 & Rs.250 available November 1 at the Panelists: Roopa Vajpeyi, Naresh Gupta, helping to discredit Tomczyk, he supports and Sikh separatist movement impacted life Programme Desk, Habitat World, IHC, and Surabhi Sinha, Sunil Kumar, Rishika Jain, the striking workers who end up signing of common people and how they were caught tickets open to all from Nov 4. An Old Dr Jayashree Gupta Collab: Consumers an agreement with the government. in the cross fire. Collab: The Indian Express World Culture presentation India & SUM Collab: Polish Institute in Delhi 7:00pm | Interactive reading and discussion 7:00PM | Panel Discussion. The Growth Path 7:00pm|FUR Annual Discourse- Practice of on Albert Camus' The Stranger (1942). Series. Autism - An Amazing Anomaly Patience continues. Entry by registration Mersault challenges societal norms when he Panelists: Mahalakshmi Rajgopal only does not cry at his mother's funeral. A few 1 – 8 City Solo exhibition of drawings & sculptures (Integrative Psychologist), Merry Barua 7:00pm | 3 hour Banff Mountain Film (Founder & Director, Action for Autism) Aarti 7:00pm | A Hindustani Classical Instrumental days later, he finds himself in the middle of a by Gautam Bhatia Festival World Tour halts in Delhi with Music Evening Participating Artistes: Sarod Khurana (Parent), Moderated by Aditya murder case. Collab: Readers' Break 9 – 13 Samarpan Solo exhibition of paintings & nine acclaimed adventure films. Collab: solo recital by Ustad Amaan Ali Khan, Ahluwalia (Publisher & Managing Trustee of 7:00pm | DOC FILM | Chalo Hamara Des: disciple of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, sculptures by Ramesh Gorjala Life Positive) Collab: Life Positive Himalayan Club Journeys with Kabir and Friends (Hindi, Malwi accompanied by Ustad Akram Khan on 14- 17 Get to know Latvia Photo exhibition featuring Foundation 7:00pm | DOC FILM. Creeds For Our with English Subtitles/98mins/2009) Dir. Tabla. Followed by Tabla solo recital by Pt. 7:00pm | NTLive - A Broadcast. National Times Film Series. THAKUR Shabnam Virmani A journey in search of the images of Latvia and contemporary paintings Kumar Bose accompanied by Dharamnath Theatre's groundbreaking project to broadcast des invoked in the poetry of Kabir, this film from the Art Academy of Latvia (language/Year/112mins) Dir: Rajiv Mishra on Harmonium. Collab: Tabla the best of British theatre to cinemas across interweaves the stories of Indian folk singer Mehrothra This documentary explores the Academy of Ajrada Gharana 18 – 22 A Collaboration of creativity between East & West the UK and around the world.One Man, Two Prahlad Tipanya and North American scholar Guvnors (English/150mins/2011) Dir. challenge and the riddle presented by the Painting exhibition by Leroy Parker and 7:00pm |Where the Elephant Sleeps Linda Hess. Collab: Kriti Film Club Richard Bean Cast: James Corden, David great mystic Sri Ramakrishna (English/2016/99min) Dir. Brigitte Uttar Tarana Singh 7:00pm | Effective communication skills for Benson, Jemima Rooper. Set in swinging-'60s Paramahamsa who brought a new vitality Kornetzky The film is based on the captive new-age challenges faced by parents & 23 – 27 Images Of Time Group exhibition of paintings, England, the raucous comedy breaks the not only to the practices, rituals and elephants used in tourism in Rajasthan, fourth wall with its pratfalls, flying food, adolescents Panelists: Dr. Deepali Rao, Sonia sculptures & drawings by various artists symbols of the Hindu heritage but also to specifically in Amer Fort, Jaipur. The plot mistaken identity, and original rock 'n' roll Bhandari, Dr. Neetu Rana Collab: Vimhans 28 – 30 Genesis Of The Painted World From Two the celebration of divinity in diverse forms revolves around an intriguing conflict that songs by a live band. A runaway hit both in 7:00pm | Hindustani classical concert by London's West End and on Broadway. Tickets emerges in this brutal landscape for the Dimensional To Three Dimensional Group and reinforced the underlying possibility of graduates of ITC SRA, Kolkata - Deborshee at Rs.500, Rs.350 & Rs.250 available Nov 1 elephants. A story that forces dozens of exhibition of tribal paintings, by various a real harmony between all religions. government officials to congregate around a Bhattacharya, student of Pt. Ajoy onwards at the Programmes Desk, Habitat artists presented by Must Art Gallery World, IHC, for IHC members only and open Collab: Foundation for Universal suffering elephant and finally move Chakraborty & Hindustani classical guitar to all Nov 4 onwards. Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama towards a ground-breaking conclusion. recital by Ratan Bharti
10:30am onwards | Opening of ILF Samanvay, Indian Languages Festival of 6:00pm | IHC Members' Meet. Open to 22 - 24 Art Vivid Solo multimedia painting exhibition IHC, on the theme Language as Public IHC Members only by Sanjay Dhawan Action. Inaugural address by Ila Bhatt, 7:00pm|FUR Annual Discourse- Practice 25 – 30 Eternal Duet III Painting &Sculpture Gandhian and the Founder of Self 7:00pm | Tribute to Geeta Dutt Music of Patience continues. Entry by registration Employed Women's Association (SEWA) exhibition by Sangeeta & Rohit Sharma Director and singer Runki Goswami will only titled Empowerment as Verb: The Power of be paying a tribute to the legendary Voicing. For details, please log on to 7:00pm |Chronicles of Oblivion (Oriya, playback singer on her birth anniversary www.ilfsamanvay.org Bengali & Eng/2012/25mins ) Dir. by performing from Geeta Dutt's rich 1 – 18 Oneness :ArtArticulations curated by Deeksha 7:00pm | Marxism, Liberalism and the Priyanjan Dutta Chronicles of Oblivion repertoire Nath as part of ILF Samanvay,2016. Featuring: Contemporary World by Prabhat Patnaik, the insidious impacts of sea turtle Atul Bhalla, Gulammohammad Sheikh, economist and social commentator. The 7:00pm | DOC FILM | Qissa-E-Parsi (Eng, conservation seen through the eyes of 7:00pm | Book Launch of WILD CARD, Malik Sajad,Pervez Imam,Priya Ravish final lecture in the series will discuss the Hindi/2014/26mins) Dir. Divya Cowasji women fishworkers of Odisha. written by Asfiya Rahman. This is the Mehra,Rohini Devasher,Sanket current world conjuncture and the lessons & Shilpi Gulati The Film explores the Confronting not just an overall scenario of story of a tennis champion who is forced of the October Revolution in this context. It history of the Parsi community, its depleting fish catch and unsustainable to step away from his career when life Jadia,Suchitra Gahlot, Tushar Joag,Vasudha will contrast the liberal and Marxist relationship to the Indian state and throws a wild card at him. Eight years Thozhur,Vidhi Sharma, Udita Upadhayaya approaches to the contemporary capitalist fisheries, women located along association with the city of Mumbai. It is an crisis. biodiversity rich habitats also have to later destiny coyly lays another wild card 19 – 21 SACAC Graduate Photography Exhibition - attempt to understand a community that contend with the fickleness of legal in front of him. Does he finally get another 2015-16 7:30pm | ILF Samanvay 2016 – Mahabharata has always been numerically small, yet, (English/60mins) Dir. Anurupa Roy Writt. conservation restrictions which have dealt chance to fulfill his childhood dream or Inauguration Entry by invitation only culturally and socially formidable. Collab: Anamika Mishra. Performed by Katkatha a severe blow to their livelihoods and way will his fears hold him back? Collab: Half *Subject to change* Puppet Arts Trust. Entry Free. FD Zone of life. Collab: CMS Vatavaran Baked Beans
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