This is a multilingual (English/Urdu/Hindi) reading of personal letters written to/from Lucknow that provides glimpses of the living experience of the city since the `ghadar’ of 1857 to present times. The major themes in the reading include the national movement, inter-community marriage, partition, progressive writers, social change and aspirational Lucknow of recent times. Text selection, script and reading by :
Saman Habib and Sanjay Muttoo Music by : Amit Misra. Duration : 1 hour, 15 min

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हिन्‍दी पखवाड़ा – भारत सरकार के संस्कृति मंत्रालय द्वारा 14 सितम्बर को हिन्दी दिवस घोषित किया जाता गया है। प्रतिवर्ष इसी उपलक्ष्य में देश भर में हिंदी दिवस, सप्ताह, पक्ष, मास इत्यादि मनाए जाते हैं । हमारे केन्द्र में भी इसे प्रतिवर्ष अत्यन्त उल्लास एवं उत्साह के साथ मनाया जाता रहा है । संघ की राजभाषा नीति के अनुसरण में राजभाषा विभाग, गृह मंत्रालय तथा संस्‍कृति मंत्रालय द्वारा समय-समय पर जारी दिशा-निर्देशों के अनुसार सरकारी कामकाज में हिन्‍दी के प्रयोग के प्रति अधिकारियों/ कर्मचारियों में जागरूकता उत्‍पन्‍न करने और इसके उत्‍तरोत्‍तर प्रयोग में तेजी लाने के उद्देश्‍य से पिछले वर्ष की तरह इस वर्ष भी इ.गा.रा.क.केन्‍द्र में सितम्‍बर माह में हिन्‍दी पखवाड़ा मनाए जाने का प्रस्‍ताव किया जाता है। हिन्‍दी पखवाड़े के दौरान आयोजित की जाने वाली हिन्‍दी प्रतियोगिताओं में (हिन्‍दी श्रुत लेखन प्रतियोगिता को छोड़कर) केन्‍द्र के सभी अधिकारी/कर्मचारी भाग ले सकते हैं । हिन्‍दी श्रुतलेखन प्रतियोगिता केवल एमटीएस कर्मचारियों के लिए होगी । जिन अधिकारियों/कर्मचारियों की मातृभाषा तमिल, तेलगु, मलयालम, कन्‍नड, असमिया, उडिया, मणिपुरी, कोंकणी है उन्‍हें प्रत्‍येक प्रतियोगिता में 20% अतिरिक्‍त अंक का लाभ दिया जाएगा।
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The film is a visually rich and detailed observation of the education, religious art, rituals, ceremonies and festivals at Sikkim’s most revered Buddhist monastery, home to the Niyangampa order.

(Union Internationale de la Marionette), Janapada Sampada Conference Hall, IGNCA, 11 Mansingh Road (For UNIMA EC Members only).
13-14 September 2015: Puppet Presentations on World of Puppets: Legends, Ballads, Traditions and Contemporary Practices (Open to public), Lecture Hall, IGNCA, 11 Mansingh Road.

10-30 September 2015: World of Puppets: Exhibition of IGNCA Collection of Puppets (Open to public). Exhibition Hall, 11, Mansingh Road, IGNCA, New Delhi from 10.30am to 5.30pm (Mondays closed)

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Director : R.Sarath
Duration : 58 minutes

Sound emitted by temple musical instruments for various ritualistic and ceremonial purposes is explored in this film. It touches upon the lesser known temple instruments of Kerala like Maddalam, Tayambaka Kompu, Kuzhal and Panca Vadyam like Sudha Maddalam, Edakka, Kompu, Elathalam. It traces the Guruvayur tradition and examines the Travancore School in which traditional instruments are played and taught. The sound bytes explore the age-old tradition of playing these instruments.

IGNCA Book Circle @ Reference Library. This month, Nitoo Das will read from her book titled Boki (Virtual Artists Collective, Chicago, 2008). Nitoo Das is a birder, caricaturist and poet. Her first collection of poetry, Boki, was published in 2008. Das’s PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University dealt with constructions of the Assamese Identity under the British. Das teaches literature at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi.

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Picturing a Century: On the occasion of World Photography Day, IGNCA is presenting an exhibition on rare and historic photographs from the archives of Mahatta & Co
Exhibition will be inaugurated on 19th August, 2015 at 5.00pm by Dr. Karan Singh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

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Open to Public (20 August to 8 September, 2015)
Visiting Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m.

Speaker:

Prof. Viswanath Prasad Tiwari, renowned scholar of Hindi literature and President , Sahitya Akademi.

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Contact No. : 9711055441

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Curated by: Virendra Bangroo

Lecture: Ajanta-a narrative art
Speaker: Virendra Bangroo
Date: 19th August,2015
Time: 11.00 A.M.

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18 – 31 August 2015: EXHIBITION on the life, music & legacy of Begum Akhtar

22 August 2015
11:30 a.m.: AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATION. Begum Akhtar (45 mins), introduced by & with a Q&A session with Shri Avinash Pasricha.
6:00 p.m. onwards: PERFORMANCES Vidushi Shubhra Guha (Thumri-Dadra), followed by Janab Majid Ikhlas Hussain Qawwal & Group (Qawwali)

23 August 2015
11:30 a.m.: FILM SCREENING. ‘Roti’ (1942) (128 mins), directed by Mehboob & starring Akhtaribai Faizabadi
6:00 p.m. onwards: PERFORMANCES. Vidushi Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar (Thumri-Dadra), followed by Ustad Aslam Khan (Ghazal) Accompanying Musicians Ustad Ghulam Sabir (Sarangi), Janab Nawab Ali (Tabla), Janab Salamat Ali (Harmonium)
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The documentary is on the role of Press in the freedom struggle of India. It highlights the significance of the vernacular Press in spreading the message of the freedom movement among the masses and the humiliations suffered by the editors of those times. The rare archival newspapers and magazines of that era have been shown in the documentary.

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