Creeds of Our Times

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

The Buddha: The Story of Siddhartha (120 min; 2010; dvd; English)

Director: David Grubin

Narrated by Richard Gere

 

Recipient of the ASIFA/East Award for Excellence in Design, ASIFA/East Animation Festival 2011

 

Two-thousand-five-hundred years ago in northern India, Prince Siddhartha left his palace where he had spent twenty-nine years indulging in pleasures. He was determined to comprehend the nature of human suffering. After a grueling spiritual quest that lasted six years, he at last attained enlightenment meditating under a fig tree. He became the Buddha, the “awakened one,” and devoted the rest of his life to teaching the way to enlightenment that he himself had found, giving birth to one of the world’s great religions

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

 

The Military in Pakistan

Speaker: Shri Maroof Raza, Defence Analyst, Consultant & Strategic Affairs Expert for Times Now television. He is a regular commentator on news debates and anchors a weekend TV show on World Affairs – “Latitude”

 

Chair: Air Marshal Naresh Verma, Director, IIC

Concert of Classical Camerata

Presented by The Lyric Ensemble of Delhi founded by Situ Singh Buehler

Conductor: Madhav Rainer-Thapan

Piano and flute accompaniment 

 

Narrated by Sunit Tandon

 

A concert of soloists and chorus, presenting opera and lieder by Mozart, Schubert, Donizetti , Puccini and Verdi

 

Twelve Great Short Stories from Bengal: Rabindranath to Samaresh Basu

A discussion on the book translated by Phalguni Matilal 

 

Panelists: Dr. Aruna Chakravarty, Author and Educationist; Shri Santosh Kumar, retired Ambassador

 

Chair: Shri Hiranmay Karlekar 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Sarodists of Shahjahanpur Gharana

Her presentation will trace the origins of the gharana, its distinctive features of playing and the eminent maestros who have kept the unique style of this gharana alive 

 

Dr Chandrima Majumdar is a noted sarod player as well as a keen researcher belonging to the Shahjahanpur Gharana