Symposium on “Hindi Navjagran and Shivpoojan Sahay” on the occasion of 125th Birth Anniversary of Shivpoojan Sahay.
“है कहाँ तमन्ना का दूसरा क़दम या रब!
हमने दश्त-ए-इम्कां को एक नक़्श-ए-पा पाया”
ہے کہاں تمنا کا دوسرا قدم یا رب
ہمنے دشت امکاں کو ایک نقش پا پایا
**मिर्ज़ा असदुल्लाह बेग़ खां ‘ग़ालिब’~ 27/12/1797- 15/02/1869**
बिला शिक़वा मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब उर्दू अदब की तारीख़ के सबसे अच्छे शाइर हुए हैं। इसका अंदाज़ा इसी बात से लगाया जा सकता है कि जो क़लाम वो 150 बरस पहले लिख गए हैं, वो आज भी ताज़ा है। ग़ालिब को जितनी बार पढ़ा जाए, लगता है पहली दफ़ा पढ़ रहे हैं।
आइए कूचा-ए-शेर-ओ-सुख़न के सरताज मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब की एक महफ़िल में शिरक़त कीजिए, ग़ालिब से जुड़िये, महसूस कीजिए।
इस इवेंट में आपके लिए पेश होंगी ये चीज़ें:-
* ग़ालिब की ज़िन्दगी जो कि काफ़ी हद तक misinterpreted रही, पर उनकी शायरी के हवाले से एक बातचीत का दौर।
* ग़ालिब के क़लाम: उनकी ग़ज़लें, उनके लिखे सहरा, मर्सिया का recitation
* ग़ालिब के ख़ुतूत(letters) की reading और उसके साथ उनकी ग़ज़लों का एक musical session
* अंत में एक सेशन सामईन के लिए कि वो ग़ालिब का कोई क़लाम, उनसे जुड़ी कोई बात, कोई अनुभव साझा करें सबके साथ।
इस एक छोटी सी कोशिश में शामिल हो कर शायरी के सबसे अलग अंदाज से रू-ब-रू होइए कि
“हैं और भी दुनिया में सुख़नवर बहुत अच्छे,
कहते हैं के ‘ग़ालिब’ का है अंदाज़-ए-बयां और!”
In order to have better understanding of common Cultural linkage, Cultural and academic relations between India and Iran, one has to know Persian language and literature due to its significant role in strengthening it. Top ranking Sufis conveyed their message of love for humanity through the Persian language.
Iran Culture House, New Delhi has arranged the Persian classes for the beginners as well as for the advance level with modern technique and Iranian teachers. These courses have been carefully designed for those who are keenly interested in developing the skill of reading, writing and speaking.
Aagaaz Theatre Trust wants to invite you to be a part of this series of events ‘kisse’ at Khirki Village, in collaboration with Khoj International Artists Organisation who will be celebrating 20 years of existence. We strongly believe that it will be a ‘one-of-a-kind’ experience.
Do you have a story to tell?
An anecdote from long ago?
Or an incident from last week?
There is variety of stories that we want to hear. Stories around food, sexuality, injustice, discrimination, migration, alienation, school life, relationship with arts and some that don’t fit into categories so perfectly.
You’ll be a book! You’ll have tales to tell!
People will come and read you as well.
Just recall that memory with all of your heart!
Leave the rest to us, just be there to start.
And don’t be scared,
If you’re not prepared,
To tell your story nice and loud.
We have for you,
Something else to do,
You can be in the reader crowd!
किस्से (Kisse) Connection has helped create kinship in its own strange ways.
MATI ( Management of Art Treasures of India) in collaboration with Art Konsult Gallery invite you to our lecture: Tribal Art and Culture for a Sustainable Society, featuring renowned speaker Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty.
Tribal art, as we have seen, is not art for the sake of art, but a very important part of tribal life. It is a reflection of their cultural environment, and is thus closely related to its other constituents like dance, drama, music, etc. It does not have a separate identity. In fact, none of these constituents exists alone in tribal life. Tribal art is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous people. Also known as ethnographic art, or, controversially, primitive art, tribal arts have historically been collected by Western anthropologists, private collectors, and museums, particularly ethnographic and natural history museums.
The objectives of this lecture are:-
1- To discuss the need to preserve our tribal art and culture.
2- To explain the types of tribal art.
3- Understanding the significance or importance of tribal art and cultural.
4- Contribution of tribal art and culture for a sustainable society.
About the speaker:
Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty, IAS (retired in the rank of Secretary, Govt. of India),M.A (Kolkata), A.M and M.P.A ( Harvard),PhD, Fine Arts (Harvard), is President , Bhasha Trust, Baroda, People’s Council of Education, Allahabad , Distinguished Professor, Center for Knowledge Societies, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Orissa ;Member, Tourism Boards , Govts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh ;Advisor, Ujjayanta Palace Museum , Govt of Tripura.
Dr Chakravarty has been Chairman ,Lalit Kala Akademi ,National Screening and Evaluation Committee, A.S.I, DG ,National Museum , Vice Chancellor, National Museum Institute , Member Secretary ,National Centre for Arts (IGNCA),in Delhi , National Museum of Mankind ( IGRMS), at Bhopal, in the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India ; and ,Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) , Member, Governing Councils, National, Open and Tribal Universities in the Ministry of Human Resources Development , Govt of India. He has headed the Delhi Institute of Heritage Research and Management( DIHRM) as Vice Chairman ; sectors of Archaeology in Madhya Pradesh And Chattisgarh .
His publications include exhibition catalogues on Contemporary and Ancient art, edited journals on Art , books and articles on Family, Tribal Identity, Indigeneity ,Education, Rock Art, Folk and Tribal Art ,Khajuraho, Gwalior Fort, Orccha, Bodhgaya , Ujjayini, Vidisha, New Museology, Archaeology, Indology and Sanskritic traditions. Has been Chair, Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology (ABIA) , Kern Institute, Netherlands ;Member, ICOM/ICME International Board; Editorial Boards, IFRAO Rock Art Journal, Melbourne; UNESCO Journal for Intangible Heritage, Seoul; Continuum Advances in Semiotics Series, London and New York ; Humankind, IGRMS ,Bhopal ;Boards of French Institutes and Italian Cultural Centre, India.
Dr Chakravarty has reinvented cognitive categories ; nurtured relations among cultures, disciplines and arts, strategized culture specific governance and diplomacy; restored vanishing links of cultural, linguistic, biological diversity; regenerated community habitats as living museums; and rebuilt crumbling bridges between culture and development. He is known for fusing theory and practice in promoting cultural survival, environmental self determination and sustainable knowledge systems of marginalized communities.
“Harappans in the Ganga Valley: New Discoveries”
As part of Indian Archaeology Series.
Speaker: Dr. Bhuvan Vikrama, Archaeological Survey of India
The Harappan presence in the east of Yamuna has been attested at Alamgirpur (Baghpat) and at Hulas (Saharanpur), however, with an admixture of local or regional cultural elements, it represents a diluted form of the Harappans or its rural manifestation with no urban signatures. Recent, discovery of a large collection of copper objects from Harinagar (Bijnor) and a small scale excavation at Sakatpur (Saharanpur) yielding the copper hoard implements with Harappan artefacts has brought us to a point where a rethink of the Harappan presence in Yamuna-Ganga doab and beyond becomes imperative. The present talk will focus on the Harappan evidences found in this region and will discuss their significance and relevance.
Rembrandt and the Mughals is the subject of a new book and forthcoming exhibition at the Getty Center curated by Stephanie Schrader. Rembrandt made 23 drawings late in his career based on Indian paintings imported to Amsterdam from Surat. These portraits of rulers, princes and courtiers reveal how the contact with Indian art inspired him to start drawing in a different, more refined style, and on Asian paper. Schrader argues that the Mughal compositions Rembrandt copied were not merely curiosities, but carried with them specific associations of empire, trade, luxury and exceptional artifice.
Raza Foundation and Civil Services Officers’ Institute are holding a discussion on “Pleasure of Reading”, as part of series of ‘Art Dialogues’.
A rumour that ends in calamity; A girl who is demonised because of her ‘evil’ horoscope; A man who preys upon young girls; A train journey that forces a woman to look at her marriage anew; The gorgeous inner life of a shop girl; A child overwhelmed by the wonder and terror of his world…
Set in Kolkata and Delhi, the stories in this collection deal with love and betrayal, dogma and superstition, sexuality and thwarted desires. The characters belong to the world of urban, aspirational India where snobbery and rat race go hand in hand with class and religious conflicts.
Dark or funny, satirical or poignant, these stories are as much a snapshot of modern India as they are an intense crystallisation of the unpredictable chaos of life.
Come to the book launch and meet the likes of Mrinal Pande (Writer, Former Chairperson of Prasar Bharati, Senior Group Editorial Advisor to the National Herald Group),
Anita Agnihotri (Writer and Former Civil Servant), Poonam Saxena (Writer, Translator and National Weekend Editor, Hindustan Times).
BOOK DISCUSSION : Hindustani Awaaz presents “Andhera Pag” a novel by Dr. Sarwat Khan
Event Description : BOOK DISCUSSION : Hindustani Awaaz presents “Andhera Pag” a novel by Dr. Sarwat Khan.
New Urdu Writings Series
Discussion with the author, Prof. Anwar Pasha, Professor, Dept. of Urdu, JNU and Dr. Nigar Azim, poet-writer
Moderated by Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil, Founder, Hindustani Awaaz.
Latin America Festival
Today inauguration of the Latin America Festival at Kamani Auditorium at 6.30 pm. Dances from Colombia and music from Bolivia
VIBHOR- Noida International Literature Festival
VIBHOR- Noida International Literature Festival is a Literary Festival like no other! It’s a celebration of literature, art, music, poetry and freedom of expression.
The festival will take place against the stunning backdrop of Noida city, which is a beautiful amalgamation of modern architecture and carefully crafted green landscape.
Over the span of 2-days, we will have 24 events and activities. We will feature workshops, book readings, talks, panel sessions, debates, book launches and performances from top Indian and international writers. This Literature Festival will draw over 80 writers, artists, academics, scholars, publishers from India and abroad each year.
This festival will bring together the best minds in the world of Hindi, English and Regional literature from within and outside India. The festival will initiate the conversation between authors, readers, literary agents, publishers, self-pub stars, humanitarians, politicians, sports personalities, and entrepreneurs on varied topics ranging from literature to the changing dynamics of the publishing industry.
This year the theme of the festival is “The World of Dreams and Imagination”.
Times LitFest 2019
Rajnigandha presents the 5th edition of Times Litfest Delhi, an initiative by The Times of India. Times Litfest is a celebration of books and ideas, where we shall be hosting panel discussions, keynote addresses, talks and performances.
Come and rekindle your love for the written word, at Habitat World, IHC on the 30th Nov & 1st of Dec 2019. Mark your calendars!
Entry – Free
Serendipity Arts Festival
Serendipity Arts Foundation returns to Panaji, Goa with their flagship arts initiative – the Serendipity Arts Festival from the 15 – 22 December 2019. The annual, multi-disciplinary Festival is open to all, and this year will host over 90 dynamic projects with over 1200 artists highlighting India’s rich traditions of music, dance and theatre, alongside photography, culinary arts, craft, and visual arts exhibitions.
Register online at www.serendipityartsfestival.com to attend the Serendipity Arts Festival from the 15th to the 22nd of December 2019 in Panaji, Goa. Entry is free and open for all.
NORTH EAST FESTIVAL 2021
Experiance High Definition Streaming Like Never Before
North East Festival ‘connecting People celebrating life’ is the largest initiative of North East India. It’s a festival that celebrates the beautiful diversity and integrity of the northeast. North East Festival has become global, inclusive, and the most colorful location to celebrate in the heart of the country.
Northeast festival is all set to roll on the 10th 11th and 12th of December this year. There will be an extravagant presentation of music, dance, fashion, cuisines, crafts and a large Exhibition of Organic products. A series of discussion sessions will take place on connectivity tourism river networks B2B meet on Agri- Horti. Chief ministers of all the North-Eastern states Union cabinet ministers top policymakers and their grades media extra will grace the session. North East Festival will focus primarily on promoting the region as an ideal destination for tourism and investment. Apart from that, we will focus on grand folk display, more than 350 folk bands will be performing. We will let you experience the eccentric cuisines of NE, Stalls with unique delicacies will be there showcasing the ethnic culinary culture of NE India.North East Festival has been one of India’s biggest musical stages and is an enticing gateway for the exceptional talents of NE. Artist line is yet to be announces. Stay tuned.
