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Director : Dr. G.S. Raina Duration : 55 minutes

The film is based on Archival footage underlines the importance of non-violence in Gandhiji’s life and in the Gandhian philosophy. The film was screened at United Nations to commemorate the first International Day of non-violence. News Update
16/10/2014 FILM SCREENING – Asian Age

Manipuri martial art is called Thang-Ta (sword and spear). It is dedicated to fighting skill and worship. The Meitei creation of Thang-Ta goes back to antiquity. Ashiba was asked to create the Universe by his father Atngkok Shitaba. The movement and pattern of creation, ritualistically known as Thengou, was revealed in human movement patterns of Thang-Ta. Today Thang-Ta has passed into oblivion, and survives in isolation. The film traces elements of this art against the blend of martial and spiritual elements in the psyche of the Manipuri people.

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A group of traditional dancers from Indonesia will present Ramayan. The group is being sponsored by the Indonesian Embassy in India in collaboration with IGNCA.

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To understand a monument in its totality i.e its architecture, its iconography and its living tradition a project was undertaken by IGNCA about two decades ago. The film highlights the challenges faced by the IGNCA researchers, scholars, documentation teams and collaborators in achieving the dream-project.

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Director: Saurabh Kishore Duration : 90 minutes

Tana Bhagat was a tribal community leader of Chota Nagpur. As a social reformer, he fought against the superstitions and drunkenness prevalent among tribals and preached non-violence.

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IGNCA is hosting an exhibition ‘Africans in India: A Rediscovery’. This exhibition of photographs retracing the life and achievements of prominent Afro-Indians comes from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York and includes photographic reproductions of paintings from private collections and museums as well as contemporary photographs. This is the first time these photographs are being shown in India. The exhibition will be inaugurated at 5.30pm on 8th October, 2014 at IGNCA Amphitheatre. The inauguration will be followed by a performance by Siddi Goma Troupe, the Black Sufis of Gujarat at IGNCA Auditorium.
9th October, 2014 Curatorial Talk by Sylvianne A. Dioufe
Venue : IGNCA Matighar, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi Time : 5.00pm

15th October, 2014 Conference on “ Africans in India : A Rediscovery”
IGNCA Conference Room, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi Time: 10.00 a.m. onwards

The exhibition will be open from 9th October to 4th November, 2014 at Matighar, C.V. Mess, Janpath from 10.00am – 6.00pm (Monday closed).

News Update

• ANI news: Rediscovering Africans in India
• The Hindu: Tracing the African legacy in India
• Times of India: When black was no bar: How Africans shaped India’s history
• Business Standard: Spotlight on Africans in India, a journey through history
• Indian Express: Tracing Africa’s association with India, back to the 1300s
• Hindu Business Line: A passage to India
• Big news network: Attacks on Africans painful in multi-ethnic India
• Shades of Africa in India’s social fabric

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Director : Renuka George Duration : 70 minutes followed by Question and Answer session with Director.

This is a documentary film on Asad Ali Khan Khan (1937-2011), the eminent instrumentalist of Jaipur Beenkar gharana. Asad Ali was privileged to have a great family heritage, which boasted of legendary instrumentalists like Rajab Ali Khan, Musharraf Khan and Sadiq Ali Khan. He was one of the very few musicians to practice rudravina, an instrument now almost extinct.

The documentary takes us from Rampur, where his father was a court musician, to New Delhi where he lived until his death in June 2011. He shares with us the complexities of practicing this rare instrument. We get a glimpse of what life must have been like in the court days, and how the artistes of that generation dedicated themselves to their art. The artist plays at home for us, sharing his music generously and intimately.

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