A Civilisation Speaks
Talks | Performances
Aug 5, 2023 | Hyderabad
Curated by Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant
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Speakers
Talks on Bharata by Illustrious speakers
Monika Halan
Talk
Monika Halan is a trusted personal finance writer, speaker, and author who helps families get their money decisions right. She is the author of the bestselling book Let's Talk Money.
Gautam Chikermane
Talk
Gautam Chikermane is a writer and the vice president at Observer Research Foundation (ORF). His areas of research are economics, politics and foreign affairs. His last book was 70 Policies that Shaped India.
J Sai Deepak
Talk
J. Sai Deepak is an engineer turned litigator, practising as an arguing counsel primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi.
Muneet Dhiman
Talk
Founder and Managing Trustee at VidyaKshetra
Shantanu Gupta
Talk
Shantanu Gupta is an Indian author and political analyst. He is also the founder of The Ramayana School.
Shefali Vaidya
Talk
Shefali Vaidya is an independent writer, newspaper columnist and media personality.
Anand Narasimhan
Talk
Anand Narasimhan is Managing Editor, Special Projects and senior anchor at CNN-News18. He writes extensively on Indian politics and sports.
Anuraag Saxena
Talk
Anuraag Saxena is an Indian activist, author and commentator. He is a founder of the India Pride Project, a volunteer effort to return to India archaeological artifacts taken out during the colonial period.
Chitra Madhavan
Talk
Chithra Madhavan is an Indian historian. Her area of study and expertise is Indian temple history, architecture, sculpture and iconography. She is the author of eight books on these subjects. She is a guest lecturer at many universities in India.
Kalpana Ramesh
Talk
Also known as the Water Warrior, Kalpana Ramesh is a designer turned environmentalist. She is the founder of The Rainwater Project, a social enterprise to provide complete water management solutions.
Prashant Lahoti
Talk
Avid art and map lover and collector. Co-Founder of Kalakriti, India. Passionately runs the Krishnakriti foundation.
Performances
Stellar performers at Bharata Uvaca
Shankarananda Kalakshetra Ensemble
Tales from the Bull and the Tiger
Bharatanatyam Performance
Anupama Kylash
Performance - Talk
Aarabhi Group
Violin Choir Concert
Meet the Curator
Ananda Shankar Jayant
Festival Curator
Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant, is celebrated as one of India’s leading classical dancers, choreographers and dance scholars.
With an acclaimed and intense body of work that spans rich mythologies, historical chronicles, searing commentaries on topical issues, philosophical enquiry, poetry, story telling, and humour, Ananda, constantly stretches the boundaries of artistic endeavour, using the grammar and idiom of the classical dance format, making her presentations at once contemporary and evocative.Engaging in every aspect of dance, Ananda, is a prolific solo and ensemble performer, a much loved teacher and Guru, a critically acclaimed and brilliant choreographer, and is a sought after motivational and leadership speaker and writer.
Endowed with a natural flair for team playing and organisational acumen for collaborative work, Ananda has presented some of India’s signature festivals and conferences.
A TED speaker in 2009, Ananda actively lectures on breast cancer support and advocacy issues, having successfully battled the illness herself.
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About Us
Board of Advisors
Jayant Dwarkanath, President, Shankarananda Kalakshetra
Raghava Krishna, Founder, Brhat Cultural Creatives
Viveck Verma, Curator & Licensee – TEDxHyderabad
Anuraag Saxena, Public Policy Expert, Cultural Activist
Dr Anupama Kylash, Classical Dancer, Scholar
Sneha Magapu, Co Founder, Natyarambha
Shankarananda Kalakshetra
Shankarananda Kalakshetra a premier institution for Bharatanatyam is a recognized national institution, that is empaneled with the Ministry of Culture. The institution helmed by dancer Guru Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant, has been at the forefront of arts training, innovation, curation and presenting of many unique art and scholarship related festivals over the years. The most recent festival ‘Ramayana Kalpavrksam’ – a 3 day festival in March- April of 2023, that was inaugurated by Hon Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman ji and saw full houses and standing ovations, throughout the festival.
Natyarambha
Natyarambha, created by Shankarananda Kalakshetra, is a pioneering digital arts initiative, a first of its kind Bharatanatyam practice app, that intersects at the crossroads of tradition and technology; was launched in January 2017, and is now followed across the world. The Natyarambha digital platform enables cultural outreach, through performance, workshops, talks, festivals and cultural products. The latest product Kutty Kahani – a video embedded e book was also mentioned by Hon PM in his Man ki Baat of 18 June 2023.
Brhat
Bṛhat Culture Creative powers creatives, research and design rooted in the Indian civilizational consciousness in 3 domains - Cultural Story Telling, Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) rooted Education and Indic Leadership. Bṛhat is engaged in creating literary and visual content, IKS rooted curriculum and experiential cultural learning, besides providing strategic consultancy support for cultural initiatives. A creative, cross functional team of cultural anthropologists, artists, educationists, product strategists and even an MBBS doctor; Bṛhat envisions a future where no Indian child goes through education without being acquainted with our civilizational knowledge and heritage.
SAHE
Enabling Sustainable Social Impact Through Communities, through the core values of Innovation, Integrity, Empowerment and Sustainability, with work primarily in civic responsibility (water), education, healthcare, technology and Art and Music areas.
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