FRIDAY, MARCH 11
GARDENING WORKSHOP Intro to Urban Farming at PADMA
This workshop organised by gardening consultancy Edible Routes will show participants how to grow vegetables, fruits and herbs at home. Tickets priced at Rs 850 per person are being sold on Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 at 9.30 am.
Where: PADMA – Centre for Soul Realisation X-29, Hauz Khas. Tel: 011 4265 7783.
SHOPPING & STYLE The Fourth Holy Cow Festival at Select Citywalk
The fourth edition of this bazaar of handcrafted, organic lifestyle and luxury products will include stalls by vegetarian bakers Bakeart, beauty label BioBloom and vegan wellness products brand Beautiful Garden. See the Facebook event page for more details.
When: Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12, from 10 am to 10 pm.
Where: Select Citywalk, A-3, District Centre, Saket. Tel: 011 4211 4211.
PHOTOGRAPHY Chitvan Gill at India International Centre
Filmmaker and photographer Chitvan Gill, whose work centres on the social and developmental fallout of rapid urbanisation, will present an exhibition of images titled Buland Masjid: No Grass in the Ghetto.
When: Until Thursday, March 17. Open daily from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Art Gallery, Annexe Building, India International Center, 40 Max Mueller Marg. Tel: 011 2461 9431.
ART TALKS Indian Art: History and Appreciation at Zorba the Buddha
Art historian Benoy Behl will conduct a course on Indian art through the ages that will include lectures illustrated by his photographs and a selection of his documentary films on the subject. Register here. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11, from 2 pm until Sunday, March 13.
Where: Zorba The Buddha, No. 7, Tropical Drive, Mehrauli - Gurgaon Road, Ghitorni. Tel: 93120 80941.
FILM TALKS Palestine in India: A Writers’ Colloquium at India International Centre
Palestinian writers Laila El-Haddad and Tamim Al-Barghouti and Palestinian-American author Susan Abulhawa will be among those who will speak at this event that will feature a screening of filmmaker Elias Suleiman’s 2009 movie The Time That Remains, a memoir of his family life under Israeli occupation. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13, from 4.30 pm.
Where: C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate. Tel: 011 2461 9431.
MUSIC Nations For Peace at DLF Cyber Hub
The second day of this two-day festival, put together by city-based classic rock band Parikrama and Seagrams 100 Pipers, will feature performances by acts from six countries, including Bangladesh’s LRB, Bhutan’s Druk Revival, Nepal’s Abhaya and the Steam Injuns, Noori from Pakistan, Paranoid Earthling from Sri Lanka and Hari and Sukhmani and Parikrama from India. There is no entry fee. Each of the bands will also perform at venues across the city after the show. See here for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 at 5 pm.
Where: DLF CyberHub, DLF Cyber City, Phase 2, NH 8, Gurgaon.
DOCUMENTARY FILM Remembering The Great East Japan Earthquake at the Japan Foundation
Yohei Hatakeyama’s 2015 Japanese documentary Tracing the Future, Naoya Hatakeyama, will be screened with subtitles in English. The film is about Naoya Hatakeyama, an internationally acclaimed Japanese photographer who lost his mother in the tsunami and earthquake in Japan in 2011. Since the tsunami, Hatakeyama has visited and photographed the impacted area every month. The screening will be preceded by talks by commandant Alok Avasthy, who led the Indian National Disaster Response Force’s first overseas operation in Japan, and a discussion titled ‘Onagawa Story: Warmth of Indian Curry’, about the relief work carried out by a small group of Indians living in Onagawa. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, March 11, at 6.30 pm.
Where: The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV. Tel: 011 2644 2967.
THEATRE Bhartendu Natya Utsav at Shri Ram Centre
The Sahitya Kala Parishad has put together this festival of plays that were performed at the venue last year. This weekend, Dinesh Khanna will direct Vijay Tendulkar’s Ek Ziddi Ladki, about a strong-willed daughter-in-law who attempts to reform the household into which she marries, on Friday, and M. K. Raina will helm theatre group Three Arts Club’s performance of Hiroshima, about the terrible devastation caused by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, on Saturday. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Shri Ram Centre, 4 Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House. Tel: 011 2373 1112.
DOCUMENTARY FILM The Other Song at Habitat World
Filmmaker Saba Dewan’s 2009 documentary in Urdu, Hindi and English tells the story of forgotten tawaifs or courtesans, who were among the most educated and privileged women in India until the early twentieth-century. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, March 11 at 7 pm.
Where: Gulmohar, Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.
MUSIC Grand Reopening Weekend at Tabula Beach Café
The venue will reopen its doors with gigs by two city-residing acts. Electro-folk fusion duo Midival Punditz will play a DJ set on Friday and pop-rock group Monalisa and the Band will perform on Saturday. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12, from 7 pm on both days.
Where: Tabula Beach Café, Asiad Village, Khel Gaon Marg, near Siri Fort Auditorium. Tel: 99101 69745.
MUSIC Kabir Festival at Aravali Biodiversity Park
This festival of music in honour of the fifteenth-century Indian mystic poet will have performances by Rajashtani folk singer Mukhtiyar Ali on Friday, Hindustani classical and Hindi pop vocalist Shubha Mudgal on Saturday, and Punjabi composer Madan Gopal Singh and his ensemble Chaar Yaar on Sunday. Free passes are being distributed at Galleria Book Shop (Galleria Mall, Gurgaon), Binge (Qutub Plaza and Bestech Business Park), The Full Circle Book Shop (Khan Market) and Wishing Chair (Golf Course Road); call to check for availability. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13, from 7 pm each day.
Where: The Amphitheatre, Aravali Biodiversity Park, DLF Phase III, Sector 24, Gurgaon Mehrauli Road, Gurgaon.
MUSIC 5volts at Informal
Kolkata electronic music producer and synthesizer player 5volts, also known as Varun Desai, will perform. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 at 8 pm.
Where: Informal, 52, Tolstoy Lane, Janpath. Tel: 011 4351 8685.
MUSIC Jive Can at The Piano Man Jazz Club
The new Delhi blues-rock band will play a set. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 at 8.30 pm.
Where: The Piano Man Jazz Club, 7/22, Ground Floor, B-6, opposite Deer Park, Safdarjung Enclave Market, Safdarjung. Tel: 011 3310 6260.
MUSIC Vasuda Sharma at Depot 29
The Mumbai-residing Hindi pop-rock singer-songwriter will perform. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 at 8.45 pm.
Where: Depot 29, Levels 2 and 3, B6/2 Commercial Complex, Humayunpur, Safdarjung Enclave. Tel: 97174 50029.
MUSIC Anu$hka & Agent at Raasta HKV
The city-based genre-hopping DJ duo of Anushka Menon and Smita Singh, whose repertoire includes everything from funk and disco to hip-hop and house, will take over the console. Couples and single women enter free. There is an entry fee of Rs 500 per head for single men after 9 pm. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 at 9 pm.
Where: Raasta, 30-A, First Floor, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 011 4062 3028.
MUSIC Cian Finn + Sickflip + Reggae Rajahs at Summer House Café
Irish reggae singer Cian Finn and Mumbai bass music DJ-producer Sickflip aka Sarvesh Shrivastava will perform at Digital Mela, the gig series organised by Delhi act Reggae Rajahs, who will also stage a set. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 at 9 pm.
Where: Summer House Café, First Floor, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place Market, Hauz Khas. Tel: 93509 27000.
MUSIC Kenzani at FIO Cookhouse and Bar
The house music DJ and producer, born Kedar Santwani, will man the decks. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 at 9 pm.
Where: FIO Cookhouse and Bar, Epicuria, Nehru Place. Tel: 011 2628 1026.
MUSIC The Ska Vengers at BandStand
The Delhi-based ska band formed by British keyboardist Stefan Kaye will perform. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, March 11 at 9 pm.
Where: BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.
MUSIC Zaeden at Kitty Su
The house music DJ and producer from Gurgaon known as Sahil Sharma will play the CP venue. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per head for women and Rs 750 per couple are being sold on Kittysu.com.
When: Friday, March 11 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Barakhamba Lane, Connaught Place. Tel: 1800 11 6777.
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
FOOD & DRINK SHOPPING & STYLE Jannat-e-Kashmir at Dilli Haat
The festival organised by Jammu and Kashmir Tourism will showcase the food, crafts and culture of the state. Entry tickets priced at Rs 20 per person for adults and Rs 10 per person for children above the age of 12 will be sold at the gate.
When: Until Tuesday, March 15, from 10 am to 9 pm.
Where: Dilli Haat, INA, Aurobindo Marg. Tel: 011 2611 9055.
THEATRE 3 Facets at Café Red
Writer-director Prakhar Gautam will stage a suite of three plays in Hindi and English. Trigger focuses on the interrogation of a terrorist; Alfaaz is about a patient who has slipped into a coma and Aaina deals with a person trying to establish a new system of ideas. Tickets priced at Rs 300 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 5.15 pm.
Where: Café Red Garden Kitchen, Supermart 2, near Galleria Market, DLF Phase 4, Sector 43, Gurgaon. Tel: 011 3310 7591.
FILM Night Train to the Star at the Japan Foundation
Omori Kazuki’s 1996 Japanese film is a biography of beloved writer Kenji Miyazawa whose work remained unknown during his lifetime but whose novel Night on the Galactic Railroad became one of the most important literary works of his country. The film, which will be screened with English subtitles, dwells on the life of Miyazawa, his rift with his wealthy family and his effort to educate Japanese farmers. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Japan Foundation, 5A, Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV. Tel: 011 2644 2967.
DOCUMENTARY FILM Women’s Reels at Habitat World
Two women-centric documentary films will be screened. Malayalam director Asha Achy Joseph’s 2015 film Ore Udal (One Body) examines the culture of rape in the country. Reflecting Her: Women & Reproductive Health, also from 2015, by directors Anna Pawlowska from Poland, Atieno Otieno Careen from Kenya, Priya Goswami from India and Sarah Chitambo from South Africa, is about issues related to reproductive rights. There is no entry fee. The screenings will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 7 pm.
Where: Casuarina, Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.
BOOKS TALKS Arunava Sinha at Habitat World
Arunava Sinha, the books editor at Scroll and translator of Bengali fiction, non-fiction and poetry into English, will deliver a talk titled ‘Why Translations of Regional Indian Literature are the Best Reads’. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 7 pm.
Where: Gulmohar, Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.
MUSIC Deep Brown at Informal
The house music DJ and producer from Kolkata also known as Ankur Kedia will perform. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 8 pm.
Where: Informal, 52, Tolstoy Lane, Janpath. Tel: 011 43518685.
MUSIC The Latin Strum + Nathalie Ramírez at Bohème
The Latin Strum, made up of Mexican guitarist Ravi Daniel Rangel and Argentine percussionist Eduardo Lastra, will perform a gig of Latin music with Mexican flautist Nathalie Ramírez. Check the Facebook event page for details of the entry fee, if any.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 8.30 pm.
Where: Boheme, D-8, Second Floor, D Block Market, Vasant Vihar. Tel: 011 4905 3292.
MUSIC Rana Ghose at Depot 29
The Delhi-based music promoter will play a DJ set of tracks he loves from all over the world, which will span Thai disco, Hungarian acid rock and Pakistani synth-pop among several other genres. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 8.45 pm.
Where: Depot 29, Levels 2 & 3, B6/2 Commercial Complex, Humayunpur, Safdarjung Enclave. Tel: 97174 50029.
MUSIC The Jass B’stards at The Piano Man Jazz Club
The psychedelic jazz band from the capital, led by British keyboardist Stefan Kaye, will perform. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 8.45 pm.
Where: The Piano Man Jazz Club, 7/22, Ground Floor, B-6, opposite Deer Park, Safdarjung Enclave Market, Safdarjung. Tel: 011 3310 6260.
MUSIC Man.Goes Human at BandStand
The rock band from Delhi will celebrate its hundredth gig with this performance. There is no entry fee. Only couples and single women are allowed. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 9 pm.
Where: BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.
MUSIC Paula Temple at I-Kandy
Berlin-based British techno producer Paula Temple will play a set. There is an entry fee of Rs 500 per person. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, March 12 at 10 pm.
Where: I-Kandy, Le Meridien, M. G. Road, Sector 26, Delhi Gurgaon Border, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 499 2000.
SUNDAY, MARCH 13
SHOPPING & STYLE MUSIC The Hopper Shop at BandStand
The Hopper Shop, a pop-up shopping bazaar that will have stalls by clothing labels like UFF and The Yellow Hanger among others, will end with performances by two city-based jazz bands Kitchensink and Sylvia, which will start at 9 pm. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, March 13, from 10 am.
Where: BandStand, 7, DDA Shopping Complex, Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas Village. Tel: 90132 08104.
MUSIC Madhup Mudgal at Habitat World
The Hindustani classical music vocalist will sing morning ragas. There is no entry fee.
When: Sunday, March 13 at 10.30 am.
Where: Amaltas, Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.
SPOKEN WORD Kartoos at Akshara Theatre
Organised as part of the Cri de Femme International Poetry and Arts Festival 2016, Kartoos is a spoken word poetry festival that will bring to the stage poets such as Shakil Ahmed and Samira Sadeque from Bangladesh, Sam Reichman from the US and Grace Wickremasinghe from Sri Lanka. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per person are being sold on Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, March 13 at 5 pm.
Where: Akshara Theatre, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, near Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Tel: 011 2374 2083.
THEATRE 7/7/07 at Habitat World
Directed by Faezeh Jalali, this performance is based on the letters of Rayhaneh Jabbari, an Iranian woman convicted of killing a man who allegedly attempted to rape her. Jabbari was hanged in 2014. Tickets at Rs 250, Rs 350 and Rs 500 per head are being sold at the programmes desk; call to check for availability.
When: Sunday, March 13 at 7 pm.
Where: The Stein Auditorium, Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, near Air Force Bal Bharati School. Tel: 011 2468 2002.
ONGOING
ART Aboutturn at Alliance Francaise de Delhi, Gurgaon
The concluding show of a year-long arts project on gender issues initiated by artists Nilanjana Nandy and Anni K. Sharan. See here for more information.
When: Until Thursday, March 31. Open daily, from 9 am to 6 pm.
Where: Alliance Francaise de Delhi, 24/8 DLF Phase 3, Gurgaon. Tel: 0124 406 1032.
ART Péter Márkus at the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre
Award-winning Hungarian sculptor Péter Márkus will present Sacral Signs, an exhibition of works in brass, stone and wood. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Thursday, March 31. Open Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 4 pm; Saturday and Sunday, closed.
Where: Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, 1 - A, Janpath, near the Claridges Hotel. Tel: 011 2301 4992.
ART Himmat Shah at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
Hammer on the Square is a retrospective of 300 works by sculptor Himmat Shah made between 1957 and 2015. See here for more information.
When: Until Thursday, June 30. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.30 am to 6.30 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, 145, DLF South Court Mall, Saket. Tel: 011 4916 0000.
ART Rohini Devasher at Vis a Vis Experience Centre
Archaeologies of the Future: Chaos and Coincidence, Delhi artist Rohini Devasher’s new solo show organised by Mumbai gallery Project 88, comprises drawings, photographs and videos “constructed by observing, recording, fictionalising, and imagining objects and spaces that exist at the interface between remote past and possible future, utopia and dystopia, the human and non-human.” See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Saturday, March 19. Open Monday to Saturday, from 10.30 am to 7.30 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Vis a Vis Experience Centre, 2 North Drive, DLF Chattarpur Farms, Chattarpur. Tel: 011 2680 9377.
ART Krishen Khanna at Vadehra Art Gallery
An exhibition of the artist’s figurative and narrative works on canvas, many of which were inspired by his early childhood experiences in Lahore before Partition.
When: Until Tuesday, April 12. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Vadehra Art Gallery, D-40 Defence Colony. Tel: 011 4610 3550.
ART K. S. Radhakrishnan at Ojas Art
KS Radhakrishnan’s show In the Open is a series of 30 large bronze sculptures he has created over the last three decades. See here for more information.
When: Until Friday, March 25. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: Ojas Art, 1AQ, Qutab Minar roundabout, Mehrauli Road. Tel: 011 2664 4145.
ART Rekha Rodwittiya at Vadehra Art Gallery
An exhibition of paintings titled Love Done Right Can Change the World on the ideas of body, identity, gender and self-representation by the Baroda-based artist. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Friday, March 18. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Vadehra Art Gallery, D-53 Defence Colony. Tel: 011 4610 3550.
PHOTOGRAPHY Graciela Iturbide at Instituto Cervantes
The institute is displaying two sets of works by the renowned Mexican photographer: Naturatta and El Baño de Frida Kahlo (Frida’s Bathroom). The first is a series of images taken at the Botanical Garden of Oaxaca in 1998 and 1999; the second is on the bathroom of the artist Frida Kahlo. Iturbide was one of the first people to enter the bathroom when it was unsealed 50 years after the death of Kahlo in 1954. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Saturday, March 26. Open Tuesday to Friday, from 6 pm to 8 pm and Saturday and Sunday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: Instituto Cervantes, 48 Hanuman Road, Connaught Place. Tel: 011 4368 1907.