Commemoration ■ Quadrangle Garden, Conference Room II & C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Centenary Celebration of Tagore’s Visit to China
Exhibition, international conference and cultural programme
“A Memorable Encounter: Significance for Civilizational Dialogue in the Contemporary World”
Organised in collaboration with Institute of Chinese Studies; Intercivilizational Dialogue Project; Gandhi Global Family; Cheena Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University; and Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies, SLL & CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Exhibition in the Quadrangle Garden
Rabindranath Tagore: The Spirit of Asia and Our Human Future
An exhibition of photographs from Rabindranath Tagore’s trip to China and cultural contact between India and China. The exhibition attempts to look at some of the deep literary, artistic, political and spiritual exchange that took place in the 1920s. And to examine his ideas of peace and unity in Pan Asia
Inauguration by K.N. Shrivastava, Alka Acharya, Avijit Banerjee and Nandita Chaturvedi on Tuesday, 24 September 2024 at 10:00 hrs
The exhibition is on view from 24 to 30 September 2024
At 10:30 hrs in Conference Room II
Inaugural Session of the International Conference
Welcome Remarks: Sabaree Mitra, Convenor and Professor, Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies, School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies
Inaugural Remarks: K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
Special Remarks: Manoranjan Mohanty, Distinguished Professor, Centre for Social Development, Emeritus Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies; and Archishman Raju, Founding Member, Intercivilizational Dialogue Project, Member, Gandhi Global Family, Bengaluru
The Quest for Knowledge in the East: Some Remarks
Keynote Address: Udaya Narayana Singh, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Amity University, Haryana, Tagore Scholar and former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Visva Bharati
For details of the Conference sessions, please visit the IIC website www.iicdelhi.in
At 18:30 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Rabindra Sangeet
Presented by students and faculty of Jawaharlal Nehru University
Led and directed by Shri Kajal Ghosh
Accompanists: Anirudh Chowdhury (synthesizer/keyboard); and Dipankar Biswas (tabla)
Singers: Ananya Chowdhury; Ankit Bera; Ankit Kumar; Anuprabha Gupta; Barsha Mandal; Moomal Majee; Shirshava Indu; Souraj Das; Souvick Chakraborty; Supradip Das; Swaralipi Dan; and Sabaree Mitra
Followed by
Chinese play based on Rabindranath Tagore’s short story Postmaster
Presented by students of Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Script adaptation and Direction: Smt Dayawanti
Rabindra Sangeet and Rabindra Nritya
Presented in Bengali, English and Chinese
By Students of Cheena-Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan – Abhisa Roy; Ananya Mondal; Gairika Duta; Isika Roy; Ongme Lepcha; and Srija Adhikari
This year marks 100 years since Rabindranath Tagore’s historic trip to China in 1924. This visit is of great historical significance and is a landmark in India-China relations. Tagore reached China on April 12, 1924 on the invitation of the Beijing Lecture Association and was received warmly by Liang Qichao, one of China’s foremost intellectuals of the time, as well as his young hosts and interpreters, Lin Huiyin and Xu Zhimo. He was received there as a messenger of peace and a prophet for the future. As the world undergoes profound changes and intense turmoil, the vision of Rabindranath Tagore takes on a renewed importance today. For the building of a just and peaceful future, we look to Tagore and his idea of a united Pan-Asia. It is imperative that the people of Asia know and understand each other, and particularly the people of India and China, as the two largest civilizations in Asia.
