Baithak Foundation believes that music exposure and education are as important as mainstream education.

Since 2016, we are working towards creating a society with equitable music access and learning opportunities for children from the most marginalised communities.

Talking With Tradition

Schedule and Sessions

DAY 1 – Shastra, Pramana and Prayoga – 27 May

Sr.No.SessionTimeResource Person
1Dhārana and Prārthanā7.00 am Sushruti Santhanam
2Tea and kadha7.25
3Spinning / Bamboo7.30 – 8.30Madhav Sahasrabudhe + Sachin Sachar + Kailash Verma
4Breakfast8.30 – 8.45
5Spinning/ Bamboo8.45 – 10.00Sachin Sachar + Kailash Verma
6Introduction to Theme and Segments 10.00 – 10.20Sushruti Santhanam
7Kapas ki Kahani – The journey from material to repertoire10.20 –
12.20
Sachin Sachar
8Lunch and Informal Introductions12.30 – 2.00
9Interplay between shāstra, pramāna and prayoga2.30 – 3.00Sushruti
10Shāstra – The grammar of curation3.00 – 3.45Srijan Deshpande
11Pramāna – measures, proportions and the birth of a Rudraveena4.00 – 5.00Kunal Joshi with Dakshayani Athalye
12Coffee and Snack Break5.00 – 5.30
13Prayoga – The experimental tradition of Odissi5.30 – 7.00Parwati Dutta and students

DAY 2 – Samajikata – 28 May

Sr.NoSessionTimePerson
1Dhārana and Prārthanā7.00 am Sushruti Santhanam
2Tea + Kadha7.25
3Spinning/ Bamboo/Kartaal7.30 – 8.30Madhav Sahasrabudhe + Sachin Sachar + Kailash Verma + Jaipu Langa
4Breakfast8.30 – 8.45
5Spinning/ Bamboo/ Kartaal8.45 – 9.30Madhav Sahasrabudhe + Sachin Sachar + Kailash Verma + Jaipu Langa
6Kalā, samāja and dhvani9.30 – 9.45Sushruti Santhanam
7Kala as a social ideal – a discussion on Sāmājikta and Kārigari9.45 – 10.30Ashish Gupta
8Jāti Paramparā aur Sangita – Interaction with Mānganiyar musicians10.30 – 12.15Langas and Kunal, Sushruti, Ashish Gupta
9Lunch and Rest12.30 – 2.00
10Playing with History2.00 – 2.15Sushruti Santhanam
11Transitions in Indian music-making
A discussion on the performing idiom and scholastic outlook in Hindustani classical music
2.15 – 3.15Chaitanya Kunte
12Looking at cultural spaces beyond History – Ecology as the basis of imagination in the ‘Ayntinai’ of The Tamizh country3.30 – 4.30Radhika Seshan
13Coffee and Snack Break4.30 – 5.00
13Bandhej 5.30 – 7.00Performance by Langas

DAY 3 – Sahridaya – 29 May

Sr.NoSessionTimePerson
1Dhārana and Prārthanā7.00 am Sushruti Santhanam
2Tea + Kadha7.25
3Spinning/ Bamboo7.30 – 8.30Madhav Sahasrabudhe+ Sachin Sachar + Kailash Verma
4Breakfast8.30 – 8.45
5Spinning/ Bamboo/ Kartaal8.45 – 9.45Sachin Sachar + Kailash Verma
6Sahrhidaya – 
Jajmani Vyavastha – Sahrdayatva in practise
10.00 – 10.30 

10.30 – 11.30
Sushruti/Ashish  

Harsh Satya
7Review and the way forward11.30 – 12.00Sushruti Santhanam
8Reflection12.00 – 12.30Participants and Facilitators
9Lunch and Reflections12.30 – 2.30
10No Paddhati No Shāstra – A screaming crisis in Art Education today2.30 – 3.30Amit Shirole and Mandar Karanjkar
11Markets, Museums and Audiences – A panel discussion on consumption of Art3.30 – 4.30Rashmi Ranade, Gouri Dange, Dakshayani Athalye, Parimal Phadke, Suhasini Shah
12Coffee and Snack Break4.30 – 5.00
13Paddhati5.30 – 7.00Bahauddin Dagar

Workshop Venue: TMTC, Mangaldas Road, Pune

For any questions email us at: dakshayani@baithak.org

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Meet the team of curators, facilitators, panelists, artists, craftsmen…

We request you to join us for all three days as the sessions are thematically connected. The concepts, ideas and conversations will be gently guided along by our curator Sushruti Santhanam of the Dakshina Dvaraka Foundation, our collaborator on this project.

Sharing some videos from the 1st edition of TWT.

The immersive focussed on expanding views on Kalā and Kārigari using tradition itself as a framework of empathy.
Transitions in Indian music-making: A discussion on the performing idiom and scholastic outlook in Hindustani Classical Music.
Snippet from Sachin Sachhar’s fabulous three hour session on cotton. The origins, the value and the many stories of how this plant is India’s life-line and more.