HAPPENINGS AT HABITAT WORLD IN April2012 6:00pm|PANEL DISCUSSION| 6:30am|IHC WALK|Walk through the 11:30am|IHC WALK|Art, Technology 7:15am|IHC WALK|Sair-o-Safar 1 Importance Of Blood Donation And The 8 flowering trees of Samadhi Gardens, 15 And New Media Akansha Rastogi, 6:30pm|DOC FILM|Divine Marriage 29 Safdarjang Madrasa: A Mid Summer Date Associate Curator at the Kiran Nadar 22 Second in a tetralogy of seasonal walks TALKS Role Of Youth by BloodConnect, IIT- WALK starting at Raj Ghat and going northwards WALK FILMS (English/2012/25mins) Dir.Benoy K. Museum of Art leads a walk exploring WALK that weaves in the warp and weft of Dilli's S Delhi & DU. Followed by street play- to Shanti Vana with Naturalist Pradip Behl The documentary is about the Krishen. Please contact the Programme select significant works from the new tarikh and tehzeeb, led by historian, Blood Donation: Karke Dekho, Achha Lagta Desk for registration and details. exhibition Crossings that plays on the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai pedagogue and 'Delhi'ologist Beeba Hai Dir.Snehil Basoya. Concludes with paradox of permanence and transience. Prod. Doordarshan WORKSHOP 10:30am- 5:00pm|WORKSHOP|Rare Sobti. Please contact the Programme Desk a musical performance by IIT Delhi Please contact the Programme Desk for 7:00pm|Raag Rang Santoor recital by for registration and details. Ragaas- Masterclass on Hindustani registration and details. MUSIC Students Collab: Green Shakti Classical music by Sarod Maestro Pt. Bipul Kumar Ray, disciple of Pt. 7:00pm|Bhajan by Gopa Bhattacharya. 7:00pm|Schools By Design A presentation MUSIC Foundation Buddhadev Dasgupta concludes. TALKS Bhajan Sopori Collab: SPANDAN Hindustani Vocal recital by Upama Roy on the Bala Programme- Creating a new THEATRE 7:30pm|Family Jewels- A One-Hour MUSIC 7:00pm|Sarod recital by Abir Hossain, learning environment by architect Kabir Communications Sharma. Sitar recital by Ustad Saeed One-Man Show-Off. Dir.Vivek disciple of Pt.Buddhadev Das Gupta Zafar Khan. Collab: Classic Kolkata Bajpeyi. Collab: Civil Society Magazine THEATRE 7:30pm|Repeat of Khoya Khoya Chand Mansukhani Wri. & Performed by: HCL Concert Series DANCE 7:45pm|IHC World Dance Day- TALKS 7:00pm|Parampara Parichay Lec-Dem (Hindi/English/90mins) Dir.Feisal Rasik Chopra The protagonist THEATRE 7:30pm|Repeat of Arsenic And Old Lace continues. Session 2: Guru Saroja Alkazi. Prod.Ruchika Theatre Group. Celebrating Emerging Voices In The City Screening of films from The Yellow Line entertains the audience with amusing (Eng/100mins with interval) Dir.Prabha Vaidyanathan speaks on Growth Of Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 & Rs.100 Tonk. Wri.Joseph Kesserling Technique In Bharatanatyam Moderator: Project bringing together dance, film and and embarrassing stories from his life. available at the Programme desk from Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 & Rs.100 Prod: Class Apart Productions. Tickets at Madhumita Raut the city of Delhi. Followed by a showcase Rs.350, Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Apr.11 for IHC members only. Open to of exciting new works by emerging artists. available at the Programme desk. An MUSIC 7:15pm|Rendition of Dr. Bhupen Programme desk. An Old World Culture all from Apr.14 onwards. An Old Curated in collaboration with The Gati Old World Culture Presentation Hazarika's songs in different languages presentation by artists of Roots World Culture presentation Dance Forum 7:00pm|FILM CLUB SCREENING|Nordic 7:00pm|FILM CLUB SCREENING|Jai 7:00pm|Swathi Smriti 2012 Bi-centenary Vistas- Films exploring the cinematic Bhim Comrade (English/2011/188mins) 2 9 16 Celebrations of H.H. Maha Raja Swathi 23 30 FILMS landscapes of Norway.Upperdog Dir.Sara FILMS Dir.Anand Patwardhan. Collab: MUSIC Johnsen Thirunal. Carnatic Vocal recital by M (Norwegian/2009/100mins) In Navayana. Check panel for details this lively drama-comedy, director Sara Prince Rama Varma. Followed by Johnsen explores issues of class, fate, love, TALKS 7:00pm|BOOK LAUNCH|Faiz Ahmad Hindustani Vocal recital on the and war in modern Norway. Half-brothers Faiz: His Life, His Poems Biography by compositions of H. H. Swathi Thirunal Yanne and Axel were adopted by different grandson Ali Maheed Hashmi. by Mallika Banerjee. Collab: families as children and subsequently Interspersed with translations of Faiz's Rasikapriya raised in vastly dissimilar social circles. poetry by Pakistani writer Shoaib MUSIC 7:00pm|Hindustani Classical Music Axel, son of wealthy, indulgent TALKS 7:00pm|PANEL DISCUSSION|Aging Concert by young artists- Anindita uppercrusters is snobbish, handsome, and a Hashmi. The book is a first ever tribute With Dignity Speakers: Mathew misogynist. Yanne, reserved and earnest, to Faiz Ahmad Faiz by his family. Cherian, CEO, HelpAge India; Prof. Deb (Khayal), Amrita Sarkhel was brought up by a single middle-class Collab: HaperCollins Mahendru, Secretary, Servants of India (Thumri/ Dadra), Soumyajit Paul mother. Both brothers become involved (Sitar) & Shantanu Maye (Tabla) TALKS 7:00pm|BOOK READING|Rhyme and People Society & Dr. A. B. Dey, Prof. & TALKS 7:00pm|Vimhans begins new with Maria who eventually puts the puzzle Collab: Reason Author Suparnaa Chadda reads Head, Geriatric Medicine, AIIMS All India Radio interactive workshop series on together and introduces the long-lost family MUSIC 7:30pm|Sufi Darbar Sufi kalam by members—but which does not go quite as from her works, interspersed with DANCE 7:00pm|Parampara Parichay Lec-Dem Personality Disorders. The first expected. Collab: Film Trust India, music. Vocals & piano– Amit Sharma. concludes. Session 3: Guru Geetanjali Ustad Shorabi Fariyadi & troupe and programme in this series focuses on Norwegian Film Institute & Norwegian Vocals & Acoustic Guitar– Vasav Lal speaks on The Growth Of Techniques Chand Nizame Group. Collab: Psychoanalysis Of Addiction - Substance, Royal Embassy Vashisht In Kathak Moderator: Madhumita Raut Husanara Trust Objects & People 7:00pm|Swathi Smriti 2012 concludes. 7:00pm|Hindustani Classical Music Concert Carnatic Vocal recital by Guruvayoor Dr. EXHIBITIONS 3 10 17 by young artists concludes. Sumit Tiwari T. V. Manikandan. Followed by 24 MUSIC MUSIC (Sarod), Ankita Bramhe (Ghazal), Arnaya Delhi O' Delhi Foyer Kathakali recital by Evoor Rajendran Nag (Bhajan) & Kritika Tanwar (Himachali 1 – 30 Gotipua: God’s Little Dancers Celebrating T DANCE Pillai, International Centre for Kathakali Folk) Collab: All India Radio World Dance Day, presenting photographs of Collab: Rasikapriya TALKS 7:00pm|BOOK DISCUSSION|Scandal Point Gotipua dancers from Odissa by Sunny TALKS 7:00pm|BOOK LAUNCH|How To Fight by Manju Jaidka. Pub. Rupa Publications. Lamba Islamist Terror From The Missionary 1892, Colonial India. The handsome young Convention Centre Foyer Position by Tabish Khair. An acerbic ruler of an Indian princely state angers the MUSIC 7:00pm|Tagore & Carnatic Music The commentary on the times, the novel British rulers. His fault? He has fallen in love 1 – 5 Expressions Solo show of paintings by Maya programme highlights the influence of traces three men – the flamboyant Ravi, and eloped with the Viceroy's daughter. Not Karanjkar the fundamentalist Karim and the Carnatic music in Tagore's songs. an ordinary romance, the elopement of 1892 6 – 10 Divinity And Healing Exhibition by Yogi unnamed and pragmatic Pakistani Presentation of the original kritis by Dr. has far-reaching consequences. It results in a Sunando Basu & Arun Kumar Samadder narrator – whose trajectories cross in child who grows up unaware of his lineage exploring emotional & physical healing K. Vageesh. Tagore versions sung by Denmark. When a 'terrorist attack' takes but one day, like Oedipus, he discovers the MUSIC through painting 7:00pm|Golden Greats Of Indian Music Dr. Ashish Ghosh. Research & place in town, all three men find truth and embarks on a journey seeking his 11 – 14 Solo exhibition of paintings by Sanjay Soni Hindustani Vocal recital by Saptak narration: Ruma Ghosh. themselves embroiled in doubt, suspicion roots. There are no records, no documents, Chatterjee. Followed by Pt.Ajay Collab: All India Radio and, perhaps, danger. Collab: no witnesses, and no evidence. Only stray 15 – 19 Indian Temples And Markets Landscape Solo HarperCollins Chakravarty. Collab: Sangeetam bits of information and semi-reliable clues show of paintings by Balu Sadalge DANCE 7:00pm|Kathak recital by Jayant MUSIC 7:00pm|Thumri-Dadra recital by with the help of which he pieces together the TALKS 7:00pm|Book Club meets to discuss Kastuar. Collab: Indramani Durgalal 20 – 23 The Tree Of Life Solo exhibition by Dhananjay Shyamali Mukhopadhyay, disciple of almost incredible tale of his mother's Mukherjee celebrating Earth Day Kathryn Stockett's The Help Foundation Savita Devi elopement and its tragic aftermath. 24 – 27 Mystical Reflections Solo show of oil paintings 6:30pm|Introduction of a new series of on canvas by Yograj Verma, about the 4 writings from West Asia called Arabesque & 11 18 25 aesthetic expression of faith and depiction of TALKS launch of the first three books of the series- divine bonding. The Tiller Of Waters by Hoda Barakat, W Lebanon; Dreaming Of Baghdad by Haifa FOR DETAILS, CALL 4366 3080/90 Zangana, Iraq & Seeking Palestine: New Palestinian Writing On Exile And Home edited EXHIBITIONS by Penny Johnson & Raja Shehadeh, DANCE 7:00pm|Bharatanatyam recital by Palestine. Followed by a panel discussion on Visual Arts Gallery Exile And Home. Panelists: Authors Hoda Dharini Mathur, disciple of Guru S. Barakat, Haifa Zangana & Jean Said Kanaka HCL Concert Series 6 – 10 Group show in oil, mixed media works, Makdisi. Collab: Women Unlimited watercolors and bronze sculptures. Presented 7:00pm|ILLUSTRATED TALK|High TALKS 7:00pm|DRAMATIZED READING|A dream TALKS by Chawla Art Gallery theatre initiative by Yatrik Theatre Group & On Ganja La Group Captain V. K. DANCE 7:00pm|Jhankar Festival 2012- National Joan Marie Old World Culture. Established scripts or 11 – 17 Initial Encounters Solo show by Festival of Indian Classical Dances.