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Jashn-E-Khusrau A GA K HAN T RUST FOR C ULTURE Jashn-e-Khusra u A multi-venue festival of peerless Concerts, Exhibitions, Films, Seminars, and Heritage Walks celebrating the life 2013 and works of Amir Khusrau Dehlvi in the pluralistic milieu of 15 FEB - India’s diverse histories, cultures, and arts. 27 MAR 15 February 21 February Festival Inauguration by Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch Heritage Walk - Chishtiya Dargahs of Delhi Hon’ble Minister of Culture Led by: Sohail Hashmi - 8 AM to 11 AM Pre-registration required Exhibition - Amir Khusrau: Poet, Historian & A Mystic Visual Art Gallery Atrium, India Habitat Centre Ghazal Recital - Tahira Syed (Pakistan)* 6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, Sunder Nursery, Opp. Humayun’s Tomb Classical Vocal - Ustad Nasiruddin Saami (Pakistan)* 6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre 22 February Sitar Recital - Ustad Shahid Pervez Khan (Pune) 16 February 6:30 PM - Chaunsath Khamba, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti Symposium - Wazifa-e-Khusrau (Aalam-e-Khusrau Research Fellows) 23 February 10:30 AM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre Symposium - Amir Khusrau, Amir Hasan Sijzi, Nizami Ganjavi Film - The Lamp in the Niche (Girish Karnad , 1989) & Abdul-Qadir Bedil: Comparative Perspectives Introduction by Shama Zehra Zaidi Speakers: Dr. Sunil Sharma, Prof. Sharif Hussain Qasemi 3:30 PM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre & Prof. Akhlaq Ahmad 10:30 AM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre Talk - Amir Khusrau's Hindavi Kalaam Speaker: Prof. Gopi Chand Narang Talk - The Masnavis of Amir Khusrau 5:00 PM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre Speaker: Prof. Chander Shekhar 2:30 PM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre Folk & Classical Vocal - Sawan, Basant & Mandha Rehana & Parween Mirza (Jaipur) Heritage Walk - Sufism: Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Saira Begum (Banaras) and Gulshan Ara (Hazaribagh) Introduction and Walk by Pirzada Farid Ahmed Nizami 7:00 PM, Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre 5 PM to 6 PM - Pre-registration required 17 February Classical Vocal - Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan (Kolkata) 6:30 PM - Chaunsath Khamba, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti Heritage Walk - Chishtiya Dargahs of Delhi Led by: Sohail Hashmi - 8 AM to 11 AM February Pre-registration required 24 Heritage Walk - Chishtiya Dargahs of Delhi Talk - Amir Khusrau’s Experiments with Persian Maqams Led by: Sohail Hashmi - 8 AM to 11 AM Speaker: Dr. Dilorom Karomat Pre-registration required 11:30 AM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre Symposium – Cultural Pluralism in the Works of Amir Khusrau Film - Heritage of Amir Khusrau (Yousuf Saeed , 2012) Speakers: Prof. Amlan Das Gupta, S. Kalidas Iyer, Prof. Najma Introduction by Yousuf Saeed Perveen Ahmad & Prof. Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui 3:30 PM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre 10:30 AM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre Classical Vocal - Vidushi Kankana Banerjee (Mumbai) Sitar & Vocal - Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan 7:00 PM - Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre 6:30 PM - Chaunsath Khamba, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti 18 February Kashmiri Sufiana - Ustad Ghulam Muhammad Saaznawaz (Srinagar) Other Events 6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre National Museum 19 February 22 February to 24 March Exhibition - The World of Khusrau: From the Collection Classical Vocal - Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan (Kolkata) of the National Museum 6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre Ajanta Gallery, National Museum, Janpath 20 February 8 March Heritage Walk - Sufism: Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Masnavi Recital & Qawwali - Ustad Jameel Ahmad Introduction and Walk by Pirzada Farid Ahmed Nizami 6:30 PM - Auditorium, National Museum, Janpath 3 PM to 4 PM - Pre-regirstration required The National Archives of India Contemporary Fusion - Mekaal Hasan Band (Pakistan)* 6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, Sunder Nursery, Opp. Humayun’s Tomb 01 March to 27 March Exhibition - Life & The Works of Khusrau: From the Collections of National Archives, Khuda Bakhsh Library, Rampur Raza Library and Aligarh Muslim University * Subject to Change Exhibition Hall, National Archives, Janpath Sponsor: FORD FOUNDATION Further Information: www.nizamuddinrenewal.org In Collaboration with ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF CULTURE, INDIA HABITAT CENTRE www.facebook.com/nizamuddinrenewal CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL MUSEUM, THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA Inquiry: [email protected] Media Partner: DD BHARATI Publicity Partner: DELHI TOURISM AND TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
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