Mr. Girish Karnad & Mr. Nandan Nilekani with the Ubhayakers






A Children's weekend workshop in progress

Every month Smriti-Nandan conducts a diverse range of cultural programs that caters to the interests of different members. Our cultural programs focus mainly on, though are not restricted to, the following areas:

• Philosophy / Spirituality
• Theater / Folk Theater
• Poetry Reading / Literary Event
• Design
• Film / Film Appreciation
• Music / Music Appreciation
• Craft
• Art / Art Appreciation
• Dance / Dance Appreciation

Cultural programs we have conducted in the past, include the following:

• Dhrupad Workshop by the Gundecha Brothers
• Rudra Veena by Baha'ud-din Dagar
• Q &A with Raghava KK and Vidya Veerkar
• A recital of the Gurubani by Shriman Chiranjiv Singh, IAS
• An Evening with Poets
• Zac O' Heay from Sweden
• Sitar recital by Ustad Usman Khan
• Shakespeare Festival : Women in Shakespeare presented by Malini & Ted White and by Deepti Sudhindra & Ruchika, Shakespeare's Tragedies by Prof. Ramaswamy, Prof. G.K. Govind Rao, Prof. Saumitra Chakravarty; Madrigals & more by Dr. Wendy Dickson & Choir; Romeo & Juliet by Summer Workshop Strudents & A Midsummer Nights Dream by students from Frank Anthony School
• Satsang Evening By Shri "M"; Kalamkari Craft evening by Anitha Reddy of "Dwarka"; Tal- Tarang by 24 young students of Tabla Guru Prabhakar Bettrebet
• Hindustani Classical Music by Padma Bhushan Pandit Dinkar Kaikini
• "Search for Krishna" Bharat Natyan Dance by Susheela Mehta
• Karnatak Tarangini Veena recital by Vidhushi Dr. Suma Sudhindra & Party
• Presentation by Shri Balan Nambiar of Mother Goddess in ritual performances in Kerala Region illustrated by slides
• Presentation of the history of Kinhal Craft with demonstration and exhibition of samples from the revival project
• Universality of Rabindranath Tagore through Poetry, Song & Dance
• Jaya Deva's Geet Govind presented by Vidushi Dr. T.S. Satyavati
• Bhakti in Baul tradition in Bengal
• An Exhibition-Cum-Sale of exquisitely hand-crafted Art objects in the Original Tiffany stained Glass, mosaic & Decoupage styles by Mrs. Chitra Viswanathan
• Kanyadhan – A powerful family drama by Vijay Tendulkar and Bhakti-Nrittya-Tarang (a Kathak performance) by Hari & Chethana.
• Sitar Recital by T. Radhakrishna, disciple of Pandit Ravishankar
• Morning Ragas Vocal Recital by Pandit Parameshwar Hegde
• Vocal Recital by Tulika Gosh
• Literary Evening with Shashi Deshpande