The Auroville Festival: City for Transformation at Main Building, IIC, Lodhi Estate > 14th-21st September 2012

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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Place : Multipurpose Hall, Seminar Hall - 1 & Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Block, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Details : The Auroville Festival: City for Transformation
Schedule : 
Friday 14
MULTIPURPOSE HALL AT 17:00
Opening of the Festival
Welcome Address by Dr Karan Singh; Chief Guest’s Address by Smt Kumari Selja; talk on “India and Auroville” by Dr Aster Patel and on “Transformative Power of Art” by Dr Vishakha Desai
ART GALLERY AT 18:30
Inauguration of Transformation, exhibition curated by Sebastian Cortes
Special Guest: Smt Kumari Selja
On view till Friday 21, 11:00–19:00
MULTIPURPOSE HALL AT 19:00
Screening of City of the Dawn
Saturday 15
MULTIPURPOSE HALL, 10:00–17:00
Seminar on Auroville: City for Transformation
Inaugural address by Dr Karan Singh; Guest Speaker Smt Ambika Soni; Keynote Address by Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Shri Soli Sorabjee and Mr Shigeru Aoyagi
Followed by a round table and sessions on “World in Transition and Auroville” and “Sustainable and Ecological Living”
To participate e-mail auroville.iicevent@auroville.org.in
Sunday 16
MULTIPURPOSE HALL, 10:00–13:30
Auroville Talks
Talks on “City of the Future”; “Remembering the Future Gardens”; “Is there an Economy beyond Money?”; “A Site of Material and Spiritual Researches;” “An Education for Self-finding”; “Towards Integral Healing” and “Garbology 101”
MULTIPURPOSE HALL AT 17:30
Auroville Film Festival; Creative Expressions; Writing in Colour presented by Dr Mallika Sarabhai, with Marco
Feira, Vimal Bhojraj and Pierre Legrand
MULTIPURPOSE HALL AT 19:00
The Written Word in Auroville moderated by Shantum Seth and Vikram Kapur
Monday 17 – Friday 21
SEMINAR HALL – I, 10:00–19:00
Film screenings
Friday 21
SEMINAR HALL – I AT 16:00
Closing of the Festival

Collaboration : Auroville Foundation

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