Events Archives
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Lecture on ‘Traditional Indian Residential Architecture – Form, Design, Social Spaces and Relevance’ by Mr. Tejinder Singh Randhawa
Date: 31st October 2017
Time: 4.30pm
Location: Multipurpose Hall, INTACH, New DelhiIt gives us great pleasure to invite you to the lecture on ‘Traditional Indian Residential Architecture’ by Mr. Randhawa. – India’s diversity of people is equally matched by a great range in its traditional residential architecture – urban, rural, tribal huts, dwellings and other shelters – influenced by different religious, social and climatic requirements, utilizing locally available building material. Sadly, this vast residential architecture design resource is slowly disappearing. The need to study and analyze traditional architecture is not only based on nostalgia but an attempt to preserve architectural heritage, including technical details. INTACH in collaboration with Human Settlements Management Institute of HUDCO has started a project for documenting vernacular residential structures.
Mr. Randhawa, a retired IAS officer from the Gujarat cadre, is an engineer by education from IIT/K and has been passionately studying various dimensions of Indian heritage for several decades. His administrative postings exposed him to a multitude of social issues – tradition-modernity conflicts, policy issues that bridge applied sociology, anthropology and public administration and heritage issues, urgently requiring conservation and restoration. Mr. Randhawa, while on a five year sabbatical from the service travelled extensively across the country studying monuments, traditional architecture, crafts etc, photographing and documenting his explorations. His experience led him to author books on heritage subjects – Indian Courtyard Houses, Nomadic Tribes (The Last Wanderers), Sikh Arts (Images of a Heritage) Kachchh (The Last Frontier). He publishes papers on the use of appropriate technology in water conservation.
Currently, he advises INTACH on developing the INTACH Knowledge Center (IKC) in the capacity of Director IKC. -
World Heritage Week Celebrations
(i) Lec-Dem on Hindustani Classical Music by Pandit Chhannulal Lal Mishra
Date: 20th November 2017
Time: 6.30pm
Location: INTACH, New DelhiIt gives us great pleasure to invite you to the inauguration of World Heritage Week celebrations with a performance by Pandit Chhannulal Mishra is considered to be one of the greatest and most gifted exponents of the Banaras Gharana. He is known for his renditions of the Kheyal, Dadra, Thumri, Chaiti, Kajri, Sawani, Hori,Tappa, Sadra and Bhajan. He has brought into his singing an element of spirituality and devotion. His creativity is distinguished by his aesthetic approach, and his rich knowledge of the sahitya of music, of which he has perhaps the widest repertoire. He has received wide critical appreciation and recognition including the Padma Bhushan and the Sangeet Natak Academy Awards.
The passes for the event can be collected from the reception at the INTACH office on 16th and 17th November from 11am – 4.00pm.The passes will need to be presented at the entrance on the day of the event. Each pass admits two. Limited passes and will be issued on a first come basis.
(ii) Screening of ‘The Sky Below’ by Sarah Singh
Date: 24th November 2017
Time: 4.30pm
Location: Multipurpose Hall, INTACH, New DelhiIt gives us great pleasure to invite you to the film screening of ‘The Sky Below’ by Sarah Singh during Heritage Week celebration. This 75 minutes courageous and moving award-winning film on the Partition of India evokes both painful memories and raises powerful issues which continue to trouble the sub-continent. Lyrically shot on both sides of the Indo-Pak border, with a strong local ethos communicated through the music, the language and the people–the film should be watched both by those who care about the legacy of the Partition as well those trying to understand the complexities of fighting wars in those lands.
To create the documentary The Sky Below, Sarah Singh traveled across one of the world’s most volatile regions tracing culture, history, society, and the politics of divide and rule. The film is a contemporary exploration of the creation of Pakistan and the 1947 Partition of the Indian Subcontinent, weaving together 5000 years of culture while investigating the lingering after-effects of this political divide.
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Lecture on ‘Ahmedabad: World Heritage City’ by Matthijs van Oostrum
Date: 8th January 2018
Time: 4.30pm
Location: Multipurpose Hall, INTACH, New DelhiIt gives us great pleasure to invite you to the lecture ‘Ahmedabad: World Heritage City’ by Matthijs van Oostrum. In this lecture based on his book, A Walking Tour: Ahmedabad: Sketches of the City’s Architectural Treasures, co–authored, with Dr. Gregory Bracken, he will discuss the magnificent old city and the historic pol houses, focusing on the blend of medieval and modern architecture in Ahmedabad. He will also shed light on the buildings built by modern masters such as Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. From havelis and temples, to mosques, markets, and buildings made possible because of Mahatma Gandhi, the author will present a composite view of the architectural heritage of this city which has seen Mughal, Maratha and British influences in its culture, food and architecture. In discussing the urban planning of the old city of Ahmedabad, he will explore the reasons why the cityso richly deserves the status of World Heritage City conferred by UNESCO. He will also draw upon his knowledge of the built heritage of Ahmedabad to present some of his current research on the urban villages of Delhi.
With masters in Urbanism from TU Delft in the Netherlands, Matthijs van Oostrum worked on several projects at the office of Balkrishna V. Doshi in Ahmedabad. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD at the University of Melbourne.
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Conveners Dinner – ‘Delhi Daawat – II’
Date: 1st February 2018
Location: India International Centre, Max Mueller Marg, New DelhiDuring the INTACH State Conveners ‘Workshop, ‘Dilli Dawaat’ Part II was organized by the Cultural Affairs Division at the India International Centre for all the State Conveners. The event comprised of an illustrated talk by Prof. Pushpesh Pant followed by a curated dinner. The theme centered on the food map of Delhi which evolved after 1911.
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Lecture on ‘The Vanishing Stepwells of India’ by Victoria Lautman
Date: 5th February 2018
Time: 4.30pm
Location: Multipurpose Hall, INTACH, New DelhiIt gives us great pleasure to invite you to the lecture ‘The Vanishing Stepwells of India’ by Victoria Lautman. Victoria travelled extensively across India, documenting and exploring the country’s ancient water-harvesting systems – brilliant examples of ancient Indian engineering, now largely forgotten.
Lautman became fascinated with the ancient – and largely unknown – subterranean stepwells of India after encountering one on her first trip to the country in the early 1980’s. Decades later, the interest became a passion that she pursued in earnest, spending several months each year finding and photographing the dilapidated structures throughout the country. This body of work eventually led to the publication in March 2017 of The Vanishing Stepwells of India.
Victoria Lautman is a journalist, lecturer, and interviewer specializing in arts and culture. After receiving an MA in art history, she worked at the Smithsonian Institution before embarking on a career as a writer and broadcaster. Victoria went on to host long-running radio programs in Chicago, reported on the arts for television, and has contributed to dozens of international publications.
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Hindustani Light Classical Music by Rekha Surya
Date: 15th March 2018
Time: 5.30pm
Location: Multipurpose Hall, INTACH, New DelhiIt gives us great pleasure to invite you to an evening of ‘Hindustani Light Classical Music’ with Rekha Surya. The classical music bridges the gap between pure classical and main stream music. In this musical genre, weaving variations of a word or phrase into a song displays the singer’s range of imagination. This elaboration of a word or phrase is the idiom that defines this genre of music.
A practitioner of the Lucknow Gharana of North Indian Music, Rekha Surya has preserved the legacy of her legendary guru -Begum Akhtar. She also learnt under the tutelage of another legend, Girija Devi of the Benaras Gharana. She integrates both styles of singing into an individualistic style.
Rekha Surya will present medieval mystical poetry of North India from the 13th to 18th century. The ancient literary traditions she draws from have both South Asian Muslim and Hindu cultural references. Her explanation before each song demystifies Hindustani Light Classical Music for the uninitiated audiences.
