"Jashn-e-Khusrau 2013" Multi-venue festival of peerless Concerts, Exhibitions, Films, Seminars, & Heritage Walks > 15th February-27th March 2013

Entry : Free
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Venues (Full Addresses) : 
1. Habitat World, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1 to 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 ( Bikes & Bicycles )
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2. Nizamuddin Basti, New Delhi
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3. National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi
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4. National Archives, Janpath, New Delhi

Event Description : 'Jashn-e-Khusrau 2013' Multi-venue festival of peerless Concerts, Exhibitions, Films, Seminars, and Heritage Walks celebrating the life and works of Amir Khusrau Dehlvi in the pluralistic milieu of India’s diverse histories, cultures, and arts.

Schedule (15 FEBRUARY TO 27 MARCH) :-

Friday, 15 February

Festival Inauguration by Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch
Hon’ble Minister of Culture
6:00 PM - Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre

Exhibition - Amir Khusrau: Poet, Historian & A Mystic
Visual Art Gallery Atrium, India Habitat Centre

Classical Vocal - Ustad Nasiruddin Saami (Pakistan)*
6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre

Saturday, 16 February

Symposium - Wazifa-e-Khusrau (Aalam-e-Khusrau Research Fellows)
10:30 AM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre

Film - The Lamp in the Niche (Girish Karnad, 1989)
Introduction by Shama Zehra Zaidi
3:30 PM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre

Talk - Amir Khusrau's Hindavi Kalaam
Speaker: Prof. Gopi Chand Narang
5:00 PM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre

Folk & Classical Vocal - Sawan, Basant & Mandha
Rehana & Parween Mirza (Jaipur)
Saira Begum (Benaras) and Gulshan Ara (Hazaribagh)
7:00 PM, Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre

Sunday, 17 February

Heritage Walk - Chishtiya Dargahs of Delhi
Led by: Sohail Hashmi - 8 AM to 11 AM
Pre-registration required

Talk - Amir Khusrau’s Experiments with Persian Maqams
Speaker: Dr. Dilorom Karomat
11:30 AM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre

Film - Heritage of Amir Khusrau (Yousuf Saeed, 2012)
Introduction by Yousuf Saeed
3:30 PM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre

Classical Vocal - Vidushi Kankana Banerjee (Mumbai)
7:00 PM - Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre

Monday, 18 February

Kashmiri Sufiana - Ustad Ghulam Muhammad Saaznawaz (Srinagar)
6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre

Tuesday, 19 February

Classical Vocal - Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan (Kolkata)
6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre

Wednesday, 20 February

Heritage Walk - Sufism: Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
Introduction and Walk by Pirzada Farid Ahmed Nizami
3 PM to 4 PM – Pre-registration required

Contemporary Fusion - Mekaal Hasan Band (Pakistan)*
6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, Sunder Nursery, Opp. Humayun’s Tomb

Thursday, 21 February

Heritage Walk - Chishtiya Dargahs of Delhi
Led by: Sohail Hashmi - 8 AM to 11 AM
Pre-registration required

Ghazal Recital - Tahira Syed (Pakistan)*
6:30 PM - Amphitheatre, Sunder Nursery, Opp. Humayun’s Tomb

Friday, 22 February

Sitar Recital - Ustad Shahid Pervez Khan (Pune)
6:30 PM - Chaunsath Khamba, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti

Saturday, 23 February

Symposium - Amir Khusrau, Amir Hasan Sijzi, Nizami Ganjavi
& Abdul-Qadir Bedil: Comparative Perspectives
Speakers: Dr. Sunil Sharma, Prof. Sharif Hussain Qasemi
& Prof. Akhlaq Ahmad
10:30 AM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre

Talk - The Masnavis of Amir Khusrau
Speaker: Prof. Chander Shekhar
2:30 PM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre

Heritage Walk - Sufism: Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
Introduction and Walk by Pirzada Farid Ahmed Nizami
5 PM to 6 PM - Pre-registration required

Classical Vocal - Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan (Kolkata)
6:30 PM - Chaunsath Khamba, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti

Sunday, 24 February

Heritage Walk - Chishtiya Dargahs of Delhi
Led by: Sohail Hashmi - 8 AM to 11 AM
Pre-registration required

Symposium – Cultural Pluralism in the Works of Amir Khusrau
Speakers: Prof. Amlan Das Gupta, S. Kalidas Iyer,
Prof. Najma Perveen Ahmad & Prof. Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui
10:30 AM - Casurina, India Habitat Centre

Sitar & Vocal - Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan
6:30 PM - Chaunsath Khamba, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti

Other Events

National Museum

22 February to 24 March

Exhibition - The World of Khusrau: From the Collection of the National Museum
Ajanta Gallery, National Museum, Janpath

Friday, 8 March

Masnavi Recital & Qawwali - Ustad Jameel Ahmad
6:30 PM - Auditorium, National Museum, Janpath

The National Archives of India

1 March to 27 March

Exhibition – Life & Works of Amir Khusrau: From the Collections of National Archives,
Khuda Bakhsh Library, Rampur Raza Library, and Aligarh Muslim University
Exhibition Hall, National Archives, Janpath

* Subject to Change

Sponsor: FORD FOUNDATION

In Collaboration with ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA,
MINISTRY OF CULTURE, INDIA HABITAT CENTRE
CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL MUSEUM,
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA

Media Partner: DD BHARATI
Publicity Partner: DELHI TOURISM AND TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION

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