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DATE & DAY

EVENT DETAILS

1st Wed

 

2nd Thurs

7:30pm|THEATRE|In support of Helpage India for Leh Relief Fund, 
Hungry Heart Festival presents 45’- 35’- 55’ (Hinglish/110mins) 
Dir. Smita Bharti. Cast. Sohaila Kapur, Smita Bharti, Aparajita Basu 
Three Women, Three Lives, One House. Two aging sisters steeped in their
 routines come into property and decide to live together, under one roof… 
Tickets at Rs.300, Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from 
Aug 25 for IHC members only. Open to all from Aug 28

3rd Fri

7:00pm|DANCE|The Park’s New Festival 2010. Sweet Sorrow Solo Contemporary recital by Preethi Athreya. Collab: Prakriti Foundation

7:00pm|PANEL DISCUSSION|Tax Haven Money Must Come Back For Development Of India Panelists: Prof. Arun Kumar, JNU, Economist, NNFI; Sanjay Parikh, Legal Counsel; Kamal Sharma, IIMA & Pramod Chawla, NNFI

4th Sat

7:00pm|MUSIC|Shaam - e - Ghazal by Vinod Saxena, disciple of Prof. S. D. Battu

7:30pm|THEATRE|In aid of Servants of the People Society Ghalib Ke Khat (Urdu/90mins) Dir. Dr. Sayeed Alam Cast: Tom Alter A Pierrot's Troupe Production. A dramatic presentation of personal letters that the great poet wrote to his friends, disciples, relatives and even government authorities. Tickets at Rs.300 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Aug 24 for IHC members only. Open to all from Aug 27


 

5th Sun

7:00pm|DOC FILM|Women Aloud Videoblogging for Empowerment (WaveIndia.org) presents a screening of their diverse web videos on social change, created by women participants from Aizawl to Trivandrum

7:30pm|THEATRE|In aid of Servants of the People Society. Michael Frayn's Noises Off. (Eng/100mins) Presented by Slap on the Grease Paint. A side splitting comedy, the play takes the audience on a rare voyeuristic journey into the lives of actors through the most hilarious twists and turns. Come what may "the show must go on." Tickets at Rs.300 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Aug 24 for IHC members only. Open to all from Aug 27

6th Mon

 

7th Tues

7:00pm|BOOK LAUNCH|Never A Disconnect by Sadhna Shanker. Pub. Niyogi Books

8th Wed

6:30pm|TALK|Student First! Dialogue Series - Open Forum Discussion on National Curriculum: Does One Size Fit All? by School Choice Campaign Collab: Centre for Civil Society       

9th Thurs

7:00pm|MUSIC|In celebration of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, Rabi Manjusha presents Rabindra Sangeet: Premer Anubhabe

10th Fri

PSBT OPEN FRAME 2010

10:00am|Film Appreciation by Prof. Suresh Chabria, FTII

2:00pm|Cinema City (India/56mins)

5:00pm|Flow Dir. Irena Salina (USA/84mins)

6:45pm|Crude Dir. Joe Berlinger (Ecuador/104mins)

6:30pm|TALK|Old Age: A Boon or A Curse Under the series of Symposiums on Needs & Rights of Older Persons Collab: Agewell Foundation

7:00pm|MUSIC|Santoor recital by Sandip Chatterjee, disciple of Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya & Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty HCL Concert Series


 

11th Sat

PSBT OPEN FRAME 2010

12:15pm|The Last Truck: Closing of A GM Plant Dirs. Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert (USA/40mins)

4:00pm|Nero’s Guests Dir. Deepa Bhatia (India/56mins)

6:15pm|Rabbits A La Berlin Dir. Bartek Konopka (Poland-Germany/39mins)

7:00pm|In Camera Dir. Ranjan Palit (India/83mins) 

7:00pm|PANEL DISCUSSION|Architects For Public Space: Global Vs Local Designers Check with the Programme Desk for details

12th Sun

PSBT OPEN FRAME 2010

10:30am|New Media Session by Ossi Urchs, Germany

2:45pm|Mugabe And The White African Dirs. Andrew Thompson & Lucy Bailey (UK, Zimbabwe/90mins)

6:30pm|Songlines Dir. Vasudha Joshi (India/45mins)

7:30pm|Pray The Devil Back To Hell Dirs. Abigail E. Disney & Gini Reticker (USA, Liberia/72mins)

13th Mon

PSBT OPEN FRAME 2010

10:00am|The Art of Documentary Filmmaking by Prof. Shohini Ghosh

4:00pm|Iraq In Fragments Dir. James Longley (Iraq/94mins)

5:45pm|AFSPA, 1958 Dir. Haobam Paban Kumar (India/77mins)

7:00pm|The State And Human Rights, Discussion

7:30pm|Burma VJ - Reporting From A Closed Country Dir. Anders Østergaard (Denmark/85mins)

6:30pm|TALK|Caste, Love And Honour Killings: Religion Or Vote Politics? by Prof. Bharat Gupt


 

14th Tues

PSBT OPEN FRAME 2010

2:00pm|The Reckoning Dir. Pamela Yates (USA/100mins)

4:00pm|Incurable India Dir. Umesh Aggarwal (India/56mins)

5:45pm|Complaints Of A Dutiful Daughter Dir. Deborah Hoffman (USA/44mins)

7:15pm|Encounter Point Dirs. Ronit Avni & Julia Bacha (Palestine/89mins)

7:00pm|TALK|Strokes: Know The Signs, Act In Time by Dr. P. N. Renjen & Dr. (Prof.) Ramesh Tripathi, senior consultants with Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals

15th Wed

 

PSBT OPEN FRAME 2010

2:00pm|The Judge And The General Dirs. Elizabeth Farnsworth & Patricio Lanfranco Leverton (Chile/84mins)

5:45pm|Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy Dir. Alice Elliott (USA/40mins)

6:30pm|Locating Affirmation In The Disability Discourse, Discussion

7:30pm|Boy Interrupted Dir. Dana Perry (USA/92mins)

7:00pm|PANEL DISCUSSION|Indapryal & Mapryal (Russia) present India And Russia In The Third Millennium: Dialogue Of Cultures Collab: Russian Centre for Science and Culture

16th Thurs

PSBT OPEN FRAME 2010

10:00am|Jerusalem Is Proud To Present Dir. Nitzan Gilady (Israel/82mins)

6:15pm|Through Our Viewfinder Dirs. Jasmine K. Roy & Avinash Roy (India/26mins)

6:45pm|Sexualities, Love And Human Rights, Discussion

7:45pm|Suddenly, Last Winter Dirs. Gustav Hofer & Luca Ragazzi (Italy/80mins)

7:00pm|TALK|Holy Daughters Sculptor and visual artist Prune Nourry, presents her latest work, literally, a cow-girl, which comments on Asia’s trend of terminating pregnancies after diagnosing the fetus’s gender. Speaker: Ravinder Kaur, sociologist and professor, IIT Delhi

17th Fri

7:00pm|DANCE|Nayeeka Based on Ravindra Nath's poetry, Odissi recital by Jyoti Shrivastava & disciples

7:00pm|CANVAS ASKEW|Dr. Harish Shetty, psychiatrist, speaks on Twenty-First Century Parenting. Chair: Santosh Desai, social commentator and author

7:00pm|TALK|Growing Up With Teens Series Teen- Trials, Troubles & Tribulations: Understanding Transitional Issues, Concerns & Changes Session on how to effectively connect, communicate and collaborate with young adults Collab: Vimhans

7:00pm|TALK|Kisse Kahaniyan - Stories From Literature Series Three stories by R. K. Narayan Collab: ASSITEJ India

18th Sat

 

9:30am – 11:30am|HABITAT CHILDREN'S BOOK FORUM|Two classic picture books by K. Shankar Pillai: Life With Grandfather and Mahagiri Pub. Children's Book Trust. Storytelling and activities conducted by Deepa and Devika. Age group 6-8.

6:00pm|IHC MEMBERS’ MEET|Approaches To The Naxalite Issue by S. P. Jakhanwal, IAS (Retd.), former Secretary to the Govt. of India, currently Director General, Amity School of Urban Management

7:00pm|ILLUSTRATED TALK|Hidden Lakes of Western Garhwal Maninder Kohli, avid adventurer, talks about his treks in the picturesque region of Western Garhwal, exploring various high altitude Lakes including the recent visit to Kanasar Lake, the first by any trekking group Collab: The Himalayan Club

7:00pm|TALK|New Resonance An evening of Indian poetry Collab: Poetry Club Of India

7:30pm|THEATRE|Sangam - Where The 3 Rivers Meet (English/120mins) Dir. & Wri. Divya Chandra. BooGio11 Productions. The story of 3 women, exploring perceptions of what is success and how much of our notions of power & self-worth are determined by the society and the families we live in. Set in three different contexts, each character struggles to find a communion between what is socially acceptable and what satisfies her own inner calling. Tickets at Rs.300, Rs.200, Rs.100 & Rs.50 available at the Programme desk from Sept. 11 for IHC members only. Open to all from Sept. 14


 

19th Sun

7:00pm|THEATRE|Weirdass Comedy presents The Cardinal Bengans- A Night Of Improvisational Comedy Cast: Vir Das, Kavi Shastri, Ashwin Mushran & Rohan Joshi A quick fire brand of comedy, which is insanely funny, uniquely Indian and absolutely unscripted. Structured in the form of many short improvisational comedy games and the only directions for the performers being provided by the audience. Tickets at Rs.350, Rs.250 & Rs.100 available at the Programme desk from Sept. 11 for IHC members only. Open to all from Sept. 14. An Old World Culture presentation

20th Mon

7:00pm|DANCE|Embassy of Israel presents India Premiere of Swan Lake by Idan Cohen & Company, Israel. Music: Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky Choreography Idan Cohen. Based on Swan Lake, the monumental musical piece of Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky, considered one of the foundation stones of Western culture, music and dance Collab: Sapphire Creations

21st Tues

 

7:00pm|TALK|An Evening with Shiv Khera, author of You Can Win Pub. Macmillan India Ltd. Limited passes available at the Programme Desk from Sept. 17 onwards

7:00pm|HEALTH TALK|Stigma And Society- What Do We Learn From Epilepsy? by Dr. Manjari Tripathi, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, AIIMS

7:00pm|MUSIC|Sitar recital by Shashwati Mandal Paul, disciple of Pt. Bala Saheb Poochwale & Kamal Mandal. HCL Concert Series   

22nd Wed

7:00pm|MUIC|An evening of Qawwali by Nizami Brothers

23rd Thurs

7:00pm|MUSIC|Ustad Ashique Ali Khan Memorial Concert. Hindustani Vocal recital by Arshad Khan, disciple of Mashkoor Ali Khan. Followed by Sitar recital by Sayeed Zafar. Kathak duet by Pt. Kishan Mohan & Pt. Ram Mohan


 

24th Fri

6:30pm|FILM CLUB DISCUSSION Group meets to discuss El Lugar Sin Límites (The Place Without Limits) (Mexican/1978/110mins) Dir. Arturo Ripstein. Adapted from a novel by noted Chilean writer José Donoso Yáñez with the same name, the film explores homophobia and machismo in the Latin American society. The story revolves around a dilapidating whore house in a destitute town El Olivo where the transvestite father Manuelita and her sex worker daughter are divided over the issue of sale of house.  True to the cinematic style of Arturo Ripstein, The Sky Without Limits is a tragedy with doses of melodrama, dark humour, rich red brown tones and poignant cinematography. Shankhajeet De, film teacher, Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts & Communication will introduce the film and facilitate the discussion

7:00pm|DANCE|Bharatanatyam recital by Aranyani Bhargav, disciple of Leela Samson

25th Sat

7:00pm|MUSIC|On the occasion of Mallikarjun Mansur's birth centenary. Hindustani Vocal Recital by Priyadarshini Kulkarni, disciple of Pt. Rajashekhar Mansur. Followed by Hindustani Vocal Recital by Ulhas Kashalkar, disciple of Lt. Gajanan Rao Joshi

7:00pm|TALK|IIM Kolkata Lecture Series. Vikram Achanta, Co-founder & CEO, Tulleeho, speaks on Beverage Marketing In India – New Levels Of Innovation

26th Sun

7:00pm|MUSIC|On the occasion of Mallikarjun Mansur's birth centenary. Sarod recital by Biswajit Roy Chowdhury, disciple of Lt. Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur. Followed by Hindustani Vocal recital by Rajshekhar Mansur, disciple of Lt. Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur

7:00pm|MUSIC|Hindustani Classical Vocal recital by Pravat De, disciple of Pt. Amiya Ranjan Bandopadhya & Probal Bhattacharya, disciple of Pt. Samaresh Choudhary Collab: Raag Ranjani

27th Mon

 

28th Tues

7:00pm|MUSIC|Ghazal recital by Krishnanand. Collab: Sur Sarita


 

29th Wed

7:00pm|DANCE|Bharatanatyam recital by Priyadarsini Govind with music by Bombay Jayashri. Limited passes available at the Programme Desk from Sept. 25 onwards Collab: Trisaraa, the MGL Foundation for the Arts

30th Thurs

7:00pm|DANCE|Omkaara Bharatanatyam recital by Pallavi Saran Mathur, disciple of Dr. Sonal Mansingh HCL Concert Series

7:00pm|MUSIC|Raag Rang Sitar recital by Lakshay Mohan Gupta followed by Sarod recital by Aayush Mohan Gupta, disciple of Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar Collab: SPANDAN Communications

 

 


EXHIBITIONS

 

DATE

DETAILS

DELHI ‘O’ DELHI

Sep 12 – Oct 2

Krishnendu Chatterjee Photo Academy presents Beyond Contrast Group photography exhibition by Prachi Jain, Vidit Tyagi, Arnab Ghosh, Snehaish Pal.

CONVENTION FOYER

1 – 3

The Spiti Rendezvous- Multiple Reflections Group photography show by 14 participating photographers in the Landscape Photography workshop organized by Photosensitive

9 – 12

3S Group exhibition of recent paintings by Sanjay Punekar, Shikha & Swatantra

13 – 17

Exhibition of paintings by artists from Tanzania and Kenya, curated by Muzu Sulemanjee from Dar Es Salaam

18 – 22

Group show by Soument Dutta & students

25 – 28

The Green God Solo art exhibition by Dhananjay

For details on the above exhibition, please call 43663080 / 90.

VISUAL ARTS GALLERY

1 – 3

Surviving Sagas Group show of five Indian contemporary artists telling the stories of an age, politically turbulent, economically vibrant and culturally eclectic. Presented by Ashna Gallery

4 – 12

Duality Solo show of black & white photographs capturing the myriad moods of life by Madhavi Swarup

13 – 16

Rang Manch Solo show of paintings by Niladri Paul depicting the third most important part of the tripartite of performing arts i.e. the Theatre, the other two being music & rhythm/dance

17 – 21

Leap Group exhibition organized by Gallery Joie in which each participating artist has been carefully selected as one who has established a niche for himself in the art world, and yet continues to evolve and grow in a relentless pursuit of excellence and perfection

22 – 26

Tenth Anniversary Exhibition: Indian Art Circle To mark the 10th Anniversary of Indian Art Circle, the exhibition brings together some of the best and most celebrated contemporary artists of India.

27 – 30

Shwet Solo exhibition of paintings by Vilas Kulkarni depicting the quest for a colour which holds within itself myriad colours & at the same time symbolizes peace, truth, serenity and purity

PLAZA STEPS

Sep 24 – Oct 10

Pathmakers - The Epitome of Development Photography exhibition by Ajit Bhadoria, on the making of the Commonwealth Games from the standpoint of the people who build the stadia. Supported by National Foundation for India

OPEN PALM COURT

Aug 30 – Sep 5

The Point of Touch Solo exhibition of paintings by Ludmilla Chakrabarty showcasing her attempt to explore, with the help of color, shape and texture, the depth of the conveyed message, as also to trace the point where the outer world and the inner world become one

6 – 12

Eternal Duet – II Solo exhibition of paintings by Rohit Sharma depicting Delhi on road. This series focuses on the Cow that are in a state of question, answer, dilemma and sometimes in deep meditative contemplation.

13 – 19

Innocent Voice Group exhibition of paintings

20 – 25

Life Stay Journey Solo exhibition by Meghansh Thapa that is an autobiographical expression, inspired by the happenings in his life. A spiritual journey & a stay to travel within, following the path of faith

26 – 30

Down To Earth Group exhibition by six potters depicting different compositions of glazes & different methods of firing

EXPERIMENTAL ARTS GALLERY

1 - 30

Peace - Piece By Piece   Solo show presented by Samira Chopra depicting peace, tranquility & serenity. Representations of Lord Buddha conspicuously showcase the deeply rooted belief in achieving peace of body, mind and soul

LOBBIES - 5A, 4A & 4B

Aug 20 – Nov 20

India - Abode of the Gods Selected photographs by Tarun Chhabra showcasing the different realms and faces of our country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORKSHOPS

 

 

 

Art Workshop by Rohit Kumar Sharma

 

The workshop’s new session has started from 20th Aug 2010 - 20th Nov 2010

Classes every Saturday & Sunday

 

Venue: Palm Court Conference room

Timings: Saturdays – 2:30pm – 5:00pm; Sundays – 11:30am – 2:00pm

Fees: Rs. 3500 for three months

 

The workshop is only for adult participants.

 

 

 

 

Paint your Canvas by Kavita Jaiswal

 

Every Friday the workshop aims to give a unique creative experience in
oil painting to the participants.

 

Timings: 9.30 am – 1.00 pm

 

Fees: IHC Members – Rs 1500; Non Members: Rs 2000

 

                                                                                                             


 

INDIA HABITAT CENTRE FELLOWSHIP FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 2010

 

 

The India Habitat Centre is pleased to announce the Fellowship for Photography 2010. As we enter our 8th Fellowship year, the competition is now open to all photographers. The winner will be awarded an amount of 1.20 lakhs. The winning artists’ work will be exhibited at the Palm Court Gallery in shows opening in the summer of 2011. Entries must be postmarked or delivered on or before Saturday, 30th October, 2010 by 8 p.m.

 

Last date of Submission: 30th October 2010

 

Eligibility:

 

1)      For Indian Nationals only.

2)      For individual photographers only. Collaborative applications are not acceptable.

3)      Applicant must be between 21 – 40 years of age.

4)      Applicant must not hold any other fellowship/scholarship for the submitted project.

 

Please mail or deliver to:

 

Visual Arts Gallery

India Habitat Centre

Gate No: 2 Lodhi Road

New Delhi - 110003

Phone: 43662024/25

visualartsgallery11@gmail.com, www.indiahabitatcentre.org