The book ‘A Rebel and Her Cause: The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan’ has emerged out of the research by Rakhshanda Jalil, carried out under the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts programme on Confluence of Traditions and Composite Cultures. Dr. Rashid Jahan (1905- 1953) was a multifaceted personality: a doctor, a dedicated member of the Communist Party and one of the founding members of the Progressive Writers Movement. The aim of the project was to revisit Dr. Jahan’s legacy and its contribution to the making of India’s composite cultures. In a remarkably perceptive and richly detailed account of this pioneering woman, Rakhshanda Jalil offers the readers an unusual document: a warm and informed biography based on archival material, extensive interviews and critical commentaries together with fine translations of Rashid Jahan’s best known stories and plays.

• View PhotographsBook Launch and opening of exhibition A Rebel And Her Cause: Life and Work of Rashid Jahan (1st May 2014)

The book launch would be followed by a panel discussion by eminent scholars Prof. Aijaz Ahmad and Dr. Geeta Patel on the life and work of Dr. Rashid Jahan. The discussion will be moderated by Ms. Ritu Menon, publisher, Womens Unlimited.

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Time: 04:00PM – 06:00PM

An exhibition of Children’s works is also being organised on 2nd & 3rd May 2014 in the corridor outside the Lecture Room

Time: 11:00AM – 06:00PM

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By Dr. Y.S. Rawat, Director, Gujarat State Department of Archaeology.

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Odissi dance recital by Ms Madhavi Mudgal and disciples

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25th April 2014 – Project ‘Mausam’ — talk on ‘The Coastal Sites: Possible Port Towns of the Harappan Period in Gujarat’ by Dr. Y.S. Rawat, Director, Gujarat State Department of Archaeology.    Venue: Conference Room I, India International Centre (IIC),New Delhi   at 06:30PM.   For information about future talks and events, please contactmausamproject@gmail.com .

GEETIKA NARANG ABBASI & ANANDANA KAPUR | 52 min | English, Hindi

Born into a society obsessed with marriages, a young girl, a not-so-young man and an NRI couple are compelled by tradition to look for matches via classifieds, matchmaking bureaus and websites. Confronted with innumerable criteria that determine who is acceptable and who isn’t, they question themselves and their choices. As they introspect, the melee of the matchmaking industry continues. At every turn, there are service providers who are ready to snoop, style and solicit potentials on their behalf. The Film is a light-hearted chronicle of this predicament that almost every Indian faces.

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Obsession : The wild one, Wild Pigeons: The heart break free By Ismat Chughtai translated by Tahira Naqvi.

Time:

4.00 p.m. onwards Mini Rongali Mela

6.30 p.m. – Cultural Programme – Manasrobin (Popular Singer from Assam) followed by Bihu dance.

Schedule :-
18.4.2014 (Friday) Dr.S.Sowmya Vocal, Parur M.S.Ananthakrishnan Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam – Mridangam

19.4.2014 (Saturday) Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna- Vocal, Parur M.S.Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam – Mridangam

20.4.2014 (Sunday) Priya Venkataraman – Bharatanatyam

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Karaga Tradition and Feminism by Dr. M. Sumithra

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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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The five day workshop on Natyasastra was organised by World Dance Alliance –Karnataka Chapter from 9th April to 13th April, 2014. This workshop was conducted by the renowned Scholar, Musicologist, Sanskritist and Dance expert DR. Pappu Venugopala Rao from Chennai.

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‘HASE a traditional folk art reflect the joy of life’ well known historian Prof. S. Settar said at inauguration function of 2 days’ workshop at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts South Regional Centre, Bangalore.

‘Madhubani and Tajore’ art forms have gained popularity world wise, however it is an antrorising fact that HASE art which is native of Karnataka has not received the recognition and popularity. This art work usually made by the rural folk women’s.

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