U.Shrinivas has revived and raised the mandolin, an unknown instrument and given it a respectable status in classical music. Shrinivas is a musical phenomenon to whom perfection of tone and execution come as spontaneously as the free and unfettered flow of his ideas. The acoustic Mandolins are unsuitable for Carnatic music. The electrically modified Mandolin is the one used by U. Shrinivas which is suitable for "gamakas" (sustained notes).The Mandolin is essentially a staccato instrument, totally devoid of gamaka. That makes it almost alien to Carnatic needs. But that is all forgotten once you listen to Mandolin U. Shrinivas. He will perform in collaboration with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban and with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Johannesburg.

Celebrated author and playwright Ronnie Govender was born in Cato Manor, Durban, in 1934. The multi-racial area became a symbol of apartheid manipulation after it was zoned as a whites-only area under the notorious Group Areas Act. The pathos and plight of those forcibly removed from their birthplace became the inspiration for Govender's writings.

Ronnie was recently awarded the Order of Ikmenga by President Motlante. Govender also wrote one of South Africa’s longest running plays, The Lahnee’s Pleasure. His award-winning piece, At the Edge, has played on various stages around the world, and won Vita nominations for Best South African Playwright and Best Actor. In 2000 Govender was honoured with a medal for his contribution to English Literature by the English Academy of South Africa.

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra is the author of four books of poems, the most recent of which is The Transfiguring Places (1998). His edited books include The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992), An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English (2003), The Last Bungalow: Writings on Allahabad (2007), and The Boat ride and Other Poems (2009) by Arun Kolatkar. The Absent Traveller: Prākrit Love Poetry from the Gāthāsaptaśatī of Sātavāhana Hāla (1991), a volume of translations, has recently been reprinted in Penguin Classics. He is currently working on a translation of Kabir to be published by NYRB. He lives in Allahabad and Dehra Dun.

Sunil Khilnani was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in Social and Political Sciences. In 1989 he took up a teaching appointment at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has taught there ever since, and was elected to a chair in politics at the University of London in 2001. Some of his works include The Idea of India, Arguing Revolution: The Intellectual Left in Postwar France, Modern India: A Short History (Universal History), CIVIL SOCIETY. History and Possibilities.

Urvashi Butalia is a writer and publisher. Co-founder of India's first feminist publishing house, Kali for Women, she is now Director of Zubaan, an imprint of Kali. She has written and published widely and her best known work is the award winning oral history of Partition, The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. She is currently working on several different books: a Reader on India's history, culture and politics, a family memoir about Partition and a book on sexuality and citizenship as seen through the life of a eunuch. She lives and works in Delhi.

Dr. Shashi Tharoor is a prize-winning author of various books, fiction and non-fiction; and a widely-published critic, commentator and columnist. In 2006 he was India’s candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General. In 2007 he concluded a nearly 29-year career with the United Nations. His books include the classic The Great Indian Novel (1989), India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997), Nehru: The Invention of India (2003), and most recently, The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell phone: Reflections on 21st Century India (Fall 2007).

Reba Som is a doctoral graduate from Calcutta University and currently the Director of ICCR Kolkata. Her publications include Gandhi, Nehru and Bose: The Making of the Modern Indian Mind, (Penguin, New Delhi, 2004) and Rabindranath Tagore: The Singer and his Song (Penguin, New Delhi 2009). A trained singer of Rabindrasangeet, Reba Som’s compact disc, Selected Songs of Rabindranath Tagore (Saregama) includes her English translations of Tagore’s lyrics.

U.Shrinivas has revived and raised the mandolin, an unknown instrument and given it a respectable status in classical music. Shrinivas is a musical phenomenon to whom perfection of tone and execution come as spontaneously as the free and unfettered flow of his ideas. The acoustic Mandolins are unsuitable for Carnatic music. The electrically modified Mandolin is the one used by U. Shrinivas which is suitable for "gamakas" (sustained notes).The Mandolin is essentially a staccato instrument, totally devoid of gamaka. That makes it almost alien to Carnatic needs. But that is all forgotten once you listen to Mandolin U. Shrinivas. He will perform in collaboration with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban and with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Johannesburg.

Celebrated author and playwright Ronnie Govender was born in Cato Manor, Durban, in 1934. The multi-racial area became a symbol of apartheid manipulation after it was zoned as a whites-only area under the notorious Group Areas Act. The pathos and plight of those forcibly removed from their birthplace became the inspiration for Govender's writings.

Ronnie was recently awarded the Order of Ikmenga by President Motlante. Govender also wrote one of South Africa’s longest running plays, The Lahnee’s Pleasure. His award-winning piece, At the Edge, has played on various stages around the world, and won Vita nominations for Best South African Playwright and Best Actor. In 2000 Govender was honoured with a medal for his contribution to English Literature by the English Academy of South Africa.

In Swan Lake, inspired by the celebrated composition of the great Russian composer Tchaikovsky, Vijayalakshmi explores the idiom of Mohiniyattam-the feminine classical dance form of Kerala through a completely different genre of music. Mohiniyattam literally means the Dance of the Enchantress; it is deeply rooted in femininity: Grace (Lasya) and Beauty (Sringara) forming the quintessence of this dance form.

Making her acting debut with Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1997), Rani Mukerji had her first commercial success with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and won a Filmfare Supporting Actress Award for her performance. She re-invented her image with the commercially and critically successful Saathiya . In 2004, her performances in the hit Hum Tum and the critically acclaimed Yuva earned her the Best Actress and the Best Supporting Actress awards at the Filmfare. She received unanimous praise for her role as a deaf, dumb and blind girl in the film Black (2005), as well as many awards for her performance establishing herself as a leading actress in Bollywood.

Kerala, known as the "land of spices" is a host to cuisines defined by spicy and hot foods. Traditionally in Kerala food is served on a banana leaf and almost every dish prepared in Kerala has coconut and spices giving it a sharp pungency that is heightened with the use of tamarind. Coconut gives the cuisine its richness, absorbing some of the tongue-teasing, pepper-hot flavours. Kerala cuisine is a combination of Vegetables, meats and seafood.

The concept of the ‘Street’ arose from the special bond that the residents of ‘Salaam Balak Trust’ have with the street. The street was their home before they entered ‘Salaam Balak Trust’. A muse for many a photographer and thus the genre of street photography, the street is thus a canvas for creativity. Geographies can vary, but dynamic challenges of the street remain a constant source of vibrancy.

This is a dynamic collaboration between 21 artists and the children of the Trust, attempting to use art as a vehicle of artistic expression which would empower the young residents of Salaam Baalak Trust to discover their own singular language.

Where The Streets Have No Name project curated by Dr. Alka Pande will bring together artists and children to create twin canvases. The first will be the artistes’ impression of the street and street children, the second the child’s impression of his/her world which will be a collaborative effort between the child and the artist.

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra is the author of four books of poems, the most recent of which is The Transfiguring Places (1998). His edited books include The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992), An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English (2003), The Last Bungalow: Writings on Allahabad (2007), and The Boat ride and Other Poems (2009) by Arun Kolatkar. The Absent Traveller: Prākrit Love Poetry from the Gāthāsaptaśatī of Sātavāhana Hāla (1991), a volume of translations, has recently been reprinted in Penguin Classics. He is currently working on a translation of Kabir to be published by NYRB. He lives in Allahabad and Dehra Dun.

Sunil Khilnani was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in Social and Political Sciences. In 1989 he took up a teaching appointment at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has taught there ever since, and was elected to a chair in politics at the University of London in 2001. Some of his works include The Idea of India, Arguing Revolution: The Intellectual Left in Postwar France, Modern India: A Short History (Universal History), CIVIL SOCIETY. History and Possibilities.

Urvashi Butalia is a writer and publisher. Co-founder of India's first feminist publishing house, Kali for Women, she is now Director of Zubaan, an imprint of Kali. She has written and published widely and her best known work is the award winning oral history of Partition, The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. She is currently working on several different books: a Reader on India's history, culture and politics, a family memoir about Partition and a book on sexuality and citizenship as seen through the life of a eunuch. She lives and works in Delhi.

Dr. Shashi Tharoor is a prize-winning author of various books, fiction and non-fiction; and a widely-published critic, commentator and columnist. In 2006 he was India’s candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General. In 2007 he concluded a nearly 29-year career with the United Nations. His books include the classic The Great Indian Novel (1989), India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997), Nehru: The Invention of India (2003), and most recently, The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell phone: Reflections on 21st Century India (Fall 2007).

Reba Som is a doctoral graduate from Calcutta University and currently the Director of ICCR Kolkata. Her publications include Gandhi, Nehru and Bose: The Making of the Modern Indian Mind, (Penguin, New Delhi, 2004) and Rabindranath Tagore: The Singer and his Song (Penguin, New Delhi 2009). A trained singer of Rabindrasangeet, Reba Som’s compact disc, Selected Songs of Rabindranath Tagore (Saregama) includes her English translations of Tagore’s lyrics.

Who am I? Do I operate out of love or fear? Do I give myself the respect that I seek outside? What defines my self-worth? “BEING HUMAN” are a series of workshops through which young people discover and express self determining issues like: qualities and core Values that define a “Hu-Man”, responses of a human in situations of conflict, discrimination and violence, possible solutions to the greed and hatred so prevalent in the world today.

They express themselves through different mediums – writing, painting, music, dance, drama, exploring who a “Hu-Man Being” truly is, and what parameters of success he should base his life on. Does it have to be a competitive “dog-eat-dog” scenario where might is right? Is a good bank balance the answer to a human’s sense of well being? Is there a magic formula for a life full of joy and peace?

The workshops touch upon issues of Universal Human Rights and seek solutions to resolve the violence men inflict upon one another. The intent is to make young people pause, reflect upon their essential being and construct a new paradigm of success by which they can co-exist peacefully with all fellow humans.

U.Shrinivas has revived and raised the mandolin, an unknown instrument and given it a respectable status in classical music. Shrinivas is a musical phenomenon to whom perfection of tone and execution come as spontaneously as the free and unfettered flow of his ideas. The acoustic Mandolins are unsuitable for Carnatic music. The electrically modified Mandolin is the one used by U. Shrinivas which is suitable for "gamakas" (sustained notes).The Mandolin is essentially a staccato instrument, totally devoid of gamaka. That makes it almost alien to Carnatic needs. But that is all forgotten once you listen to Mandolin U. Shrinivas. He will perform in collaboration with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban and with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Johannesburg.

Celebrated author and playwright Ronnie Govender was born in Cato Manor, Durban, in 1934. The multi-racial area became a symbol of apartheid manipulation after it was zoned as a whites-only area under the notorious Group Areas Act. The pathos and plight of those forcibly removed from their birthplace became the inspiration for Govender's writings.

Ronnie was recently awarded the Order of Ikmenga by President Motlante. Govender also wrote one of South Africa’s longest running plays, The Lahnee’s Pleasure. His award-winning piece, At the Edge, has played on various stages around the world, and won Vita nominations for Best South African Playwright and Best Actor. In 2000 Govender was honoured with a medal for his contribution to English Literature by the English Academy of South Africa.

In Swan Lake, inspired by the celebrated composition of the great Russian composer Tchaikovsky, Vijayalakshmi explores the idiom of Mohiniyattam-the feminine classical dance form of Kerala through a completely different genre of music. Mohiniyattam literally means the Dance of the Enchantress; it is deeply rooted in femininity: Grace (Lasya) and Beauty (Sringara) forming the quintessence of this dance form.

Kerala, known as the "land of spices" is a host to cuisines defined by spicy and hot foods. Traditionally in Kerala food is served on a banana leaf and almost every dish prepared in Kerala has coconut and spices giving it a sharp pungency that is heightened with the use of tamarind. Coconut gives the cuisine its richness, absorbing some of the tongue-teasing, pepper-hot flavours. Kerala cuisine is a combination of Vegetables, meats and seafood.

The concept of the ‘Street’ arose from the special bond that the residents of ‘Salaam Balak Trust’ have with the street. The street was their home before they entered ‘Salaam Balak Trust’. A muse for many a photographer and thus the genre of street photography, the street is thus a canvas for creativity. Geographies can vary, but dynamic challenges of the street remain a constant source of vibrancy.

This is a dynamic collaboration between 21 artists and the children of the Trust, attempting to use art as a vehicle of artistic expression which would empower the young residents of Salaam Baalak Trust to discover their own singular language.

Where The Streets Have No Name project curated by Dr. Alka Pande will bring together artists and children to create twin canvases. The first will be the artistes’ impression of the street and street children, the second the child’s impression of his/her world which will be a collaborative effort between the child and the artist.

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra is the author of four books of poems, the most recent of which is The Transfiguring Places (1998). His edited books include The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992), An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English (2003), The Last Bungalow: Writings on Allahabad (2007), and The Boat ride and Other Poems (2009) by Arun Kolatkar. The Absent Traveller: Prākrit Love Poetry from the Gāthāsaptaśatī of Sātavāhana Hāla (1991), a volume of translations, has recently been reprinted in Penguin Classics. He is currently working on a translation of Kabir to be published by NYRB. He lives in Allahabad and Dehra Dun.

Sunil Khilnani was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in Social and Political Sciences. In 1989 he took up a teaching appointment at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has taught there ever since, and was elected to a chair in politics at the University of London in 2001. Some of his works include The Idea of India, Arguing Revolution: The Intellectual Left in Postwar France, Modern India: A Short History (Universal History), CIVIL SOCIETY. History and Possibilities.

Urvashi Butalia is a writer and publisher. Co-founder of India's first feminist publishing house, Kali for Women, she is now Director of Zubaan, an imprint of Kali. She has written and published widely and her best known work is the award winning oral history of Partition, The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. She is currently working on several different books: a Reader on India's history, culture and politics, a family memoir about Partition and a book on sexuality and citizenship as seen through the life of a eunuch. She lives and works in Delhi.

Dr. Shashi Tharoor is a prize-winning author of various books, fiction and non-fiction; and a widely-published critic, commentator and columnist. In 2006 he was India’s candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General. In 2007 he concluded a nearly 29-year career with the United Nations. His books include the classic The Great Indian Novel (1989), India: From Midnight to the Millennium (1997), Nehru: The Invention of India (2003), and most recently, The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell phone: Reflections on 21st Century India (Fall 2007).

Reba Som is a doctoral graduate from Calcutta University and currently the Director of ICCR Kolkata. Her publications include Gandhi, Nehru and Bose: The Making of the Modern Indian Mind, (Penguin, New Delhi, 2004) and Rabindranath Tagore: The Singer and his Song (Penguin, New Delhi 2009). A trained singer of Rabindrasangeet, Reba Som’s compact disc, Selected Songs of Rabindranath Tagore (Saregama) includes her English translations of Tagore’s lyrics.

From sunrise until sunset choose from various yoga disciplines and guided meditation taught by certificated practitioners, and experience mind, body and soul purification. Seize the opportunity to step away from day to day anxieties, the Wellbeing Experience provides an opportunity to engage in the holistic practice of yoga and Ayurveda as well as one to one health consultations with Ayurvedic professionals.

• Lectures on Indian Ayurvedic Practices
• Organic & Ayurvedic Food Stalls
• Yoga Workshops & Guided Meditations
• Music Performances

Who am I? Do I operate out of love or fear? Do I give myself the respect that I seek outside? What defines my self-worth? “BEING HUMAN” are a series of workshops through which young people discover and express self determining issues like: qualities and core Values that define a “Hu-Man”, responses of a human in situations of conflict, discrimination and violence, possible solutions to the greed and hatred so prevalent in the world today.

They express themselves through different mediums – writing, painting, music, dance, drama, exploring who a “Hu-Man Being” truly is, and what parameters of success he should base his life on. Does it have to be a competitive “dog-eat-dog” scenario where might is right? Is a good bank balance the answer to a human’s sense of well being? Is there a magic formula for a life full of joy and peace?

The workshops touch upon issues of Universal Human Rights and seek solutions to resolve the violence men inflict upon one another. The intent is to make young people pause, reflect upon their essential being and construct a new paradigm of success by which they can co-exist peacefully with all fellow humans.