December 18, 7 pm THE FLUTE PLAYER, a documentary film about the life and work of Arn Chorn-Pond Followed by performances by Cambodian artists, Arn Chorn Pond, Ieng Sethul and Sinat Nhok December 1 - 7, 7 pm The Other Festival in association with Arangham Trust November 23, 6.30 pm Sthri: An evening of Bharatanatyam and Poetry in association with "The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras" November 11, 7 pm "My Midriff", a reading of poems by Sivakami Velliangiri November 6, 7 pm A bilingual evening with PANIKKUDAM August 28 FESTIVAL OF FAITH Secular sites of South India, Photographs by V.Vinoth, Yannick Cormier & Srikanth Kolari August 25 A reading of Subashree Krishnaswamy's award-winning short story 'Bright Pink Butterfly Clips' August 22 "Systematize, standardize, classicize, nationalize: the raga lakshana, discussions of the EXPERTS COMMITTEE of the Madras Music Academy, 1930-52" a talk by Mathew Allen August 15 - 20 One Billion Eyes 2006, annual Indian documentary film festival Theme for 2006 - Our Cities: the Real and the Imagined July 31, 6.30pm Snake motifs in myths, legends and folklore, an illustrated lecture by Balan Nambiar June 30, 6.30pm a reading by Sarmistha Mohanty from her novel New Life June 16, 7.00pm The Dot that Went For A Walk... a talk on Indian Art and the Global Challenge by Geeta Doctor June 3 - 17, 5-8 pm Explorations of the familiar........................people, patterns and places Exhibition of Photographs by Romil Sheth May 2, 6.30pm Architecture and Publishing - Converging Practices a talk by Ole Bouman April 22, 6.00 - 7.30pm Mangoes and Bananas, an Indonesian tale illustrated with Kalamkari art April 17, 7.00pm a showing of the film Banni Bai and Harikatha by Soudhamini followed by discussion with the film maker March 3 Java, the Lotus in the Red Ocean, an evening of Dance and Literature with Didik Nini Towok, Eminent Jawanese Dancer & Elizabeth D.Inandiak, writer February 25 Urban folk singing by SUSMIT BOSE from Kolkotta February 16 - 18 Dhrupad Music Festival, Celebrating the oldest form of Hindustani classical music January 18 - 21 Story telling, spinning, puppetry