BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:VEVENT UID:367@afdelhi.org DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260322T000000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260325T000000 DTSTAMP:20260327T142037Z URL:https://afdelhi.org/events/paani-ki-kahani/ SUMMARY:Paani Ki Kahani DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nPaani ki Kahaani\n Innovative Perspectives on India ’s Water Heritage and Climate Resilience\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition\nThe exhibition represents the culmination of a three-year research project con ducted across Jaipur\, Udaipur\, and Jaisalmer\, exploring Rajasthan’s r emarkable traditional water systems and their relevance to contemporary cl imate resilience. The research now comes together in a comprehensive exhib ition presented as part of the celebration of International Water Day at A lliance Française de Delhi on 22 March 2026.\nThe exhibition will remain open to the public from 23 to 25 March 2026.\nThis collaborative initiativ e has been developed by Dr. Ritu Deshmukh\, architect and researcher at BV COA College\, Navi Mumbai\, in partnership with Alliance Française de Jai pur\, The Leewardists\, D’Un Autre Œil\, Aayojan School of Architecture \, ENSA Paris La Villette\, ENSA Toulouse\, and the Jaipur Virasat Foundat ion.\nThrough research documentation\, visual storytelling\, films\, and e ducational initiatives\, the project highlights the enduring wisdom of Ind ia’s traditional water heritage and its relevance to present-day environ mental challenges.\nThe exhibition has been made possible with the support of the Embassy of France in India\, Alliance Française Jaipur\, Allianc e Française de Delhi\, and the Fondation des Alliances Françaises (Paris )\, alongside the French Development Agency\, the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)\, and The Kindness Meal.\nThe initiative has also been recognised under the France–India Year of Inno vation 2026.\nVisitors are warmly invited to engage with the works on disp lay and take part in the conversations\, screenings\, and activities that accompany the exhibition programme.\n\nDates\nOpening: 22 March 2026 (By i nvitation)\n22 March\, 7 PM: Concert by Nila Pahad\, a collective of music ians from the four directions of the country.\n23–25 March 2026 (Exhibit ion open to the public)11:00 AM – 7:00 PM\nVenue:Galerie Romain Rolland\ , Alliance Française de Delhi\n\n\nPanel Discussions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n “From Space to Cities: Indo-French Innovations on Water\,” will bring together experts from SUEZ\, Veolia\, the CEEW Think Tank\, and Agence Fra nçaise de Développement (AFD) to discuss emerging technologies\, researc h\, and collaborative solutions addressing water management and climate re silience.\n\nMarch 23 | 11:30 am - 12:30 PM\n\nGalerie Romain Rolland\, Al liance Française de Delhi\n\n“Paani Ki Kahaani: Documenting Rajasthan ’s water heritage and grassroots action for conservation"  will be mode rated by Prof. Ar. Ritu G. Deshmukh and will reflect on the collaborative process behind the project and its engagement with communities across Raja sthan. Panelists include Akanksha Modi\, Célia Lebarbey\, Marylène Negro \, Tanya Chaturvedi\, and Rakshat Hooja\, who will share insights on story telling\, heritage documentation\, and creative approaches to water awaren ess.\n\nMarch 23 | 5 :00 PM  - 6:00 PM\n\nGalerie Romain Rolland\, Allian ce Française de Delhi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshops\nA key component of the ex hibition is a series of interactive workshops designed for students\, youn g practitioners\, and emerging researchers.\n\nRegistration link: https:// forms.gle/nUR8A5MtfgjA8yuz9\n\nWorkshop 1: Water Photo Scenario with archi tect and filmmaker duo from France - Marylène Negro and Célia Lebarbey.\ nInnovative smartphone film making on water stories from Delhi\, learning to shoot interesting montages\, editing them simply and using music to bui ld visual and auditory narratives.\n\n📅 23 March\n⌚ 9.30 am - 11.30 a m\n📍 Agrasen ki Baoli and surrounding areas\n🎟️ Open to all ages a bove 18\n\nWorkshop 2: Participatory comics workshop: Thinking and drawing stories of water with the Leewardists duo Anuj Kale and Shreya Khandekar. Reflecting on the importance of water through storytelling and graphic ar t\, sharing personal memories\, observations and ideas about how water sha pes our lives in cities. These creative expressions will form a growing pa rticiaptoty wall of water stories and comics.\n\n📅 23 March\n⌚ 2.00 p m - 3.00 pm\n📍 Romain Rolland Gallery\, Alliance Française de Delhi\n\ nWorkshop 3: Tell me What you Eat\nFood\, memory\, identify and self: refl ections and interactive workshop with Dipali Khandelwal\, founder of The K indness Meal. Conversation will centre around what we eat\, food we hide\, and how food defines who we are. The idea is to build a good identity rec ord that becomes a part of a growing living archive in India.\n\n📅 23 M arch\n⌚ 3.15 pm - 4.15 pm\n📍 Alliance Française Delhi Caféteria\n\n \nWorkshop 4: The Hidden Life of Urban Water: how cities drink\, breathe a nd live with water\, through research\, reflections and personal stories. A conversation with Reena Mahajan\, urban planner\, architect and co-leade r of Water and Metropolitanisation in Hyderabad.\n\n\n📅 23 March\n⌚ 9 .00 am - 11.00 am\n📍 Romain Rolland Gallery\, Alliance Française de De lhi\n🎟️ Open to everyone above 18\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://afdelhi.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/B lack-Minimal-Art-Museum-Sculpture-Exhibition-Modern-Art-Poster-Instagram-P ost-45.png CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibition END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20250322T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR