The U.S. Midterms: Implications and Complications  

Chair: K P Fabian, Distinguished Fellow, Symbiosis University

Speakers: Ranjan Mathai, former Foreign Secretary and High Commissioner to U.K. and Ambassador to France; Manish Chand, CEO, Centre for Global India Insights, Editor, India and the World

The blue tsunami has given the Democrats a majority in the Congress. Will President Trump accept his lame- duck status, cooperate with the Congress to focus on leaving a legacy? If so, what sort of legacy? On the contrary, will he be an 'angry bird' as indicated by his appointing Stephen Miller as the White House Chief of Staff? Trump has conceded that the war with Iran might have taken away votes. Will he resume the war even if his Secretary of war might be impeached? What are the likely consequences to Indo- U.S. relations?

Annual Spiritual Ecology Lecture

Spiritual Ecology in the Himalayas: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Conservation Traditions & the Environmental Crisis on the Plateau

Speaker: Dr. Lobsang Yangtso, Senior Environmental Researcher & Interim Co-Director at the International Tibet Network in Dharamshala, India

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(Collaboration: Tibet House, New Delhi)

Reading Latin America: Weaving words into poems", celebrating the work of Aida Cartagena

Speaker: Ambassador of Dominican Republic to India, H.E. Francisco Comprés H

Discussants: Rosa Silverio, Eminent Dominican Republic poet, Minu Bakshi, esteemed Urdu poet, former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Moderator:  Prof. Noorin Khan, Professor and In-Charge, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia

Aída Cartagena Portalatín was a Dominican poet, novelist, literary critic, and educator. She was an important member of Poesía Sorprendida, an influential literary movement that emerged in the Dominican Republic during the 1940s. Writers associated with the movement expressed political dissent and challenged the oppressive dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, employing complex systems of symbolism to evade state censorship and persecution. Her poetry reflects this surrealist tendency, while also encompassing philosophical, historical, political, and feminist perspectives, reflecting a universalist worldview. Her notable works include Una mujer está sola, Yania Tierra, and Escalera para Electra.

(Collaboration: Embassy of Dominican Republic)

The Quiet Storm  
Taneyev · Chopin · Schumann - Struggle, resilience and the beauty that rises through music.

By British-Indian pianist Rhys Concessao, graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory tours India with The Quiet Storm. 
The recital travels through Russian, Polish and German Romanticism. The evening opens in Moscow with Sergei Taneyev, teacher of Rachmaninov and Scriabin. His Prelude and Fugue written in memory of his lifelong nurse moves from grief to fierce resolve. From Russia we travel to Poland and to Chopin where the storm grows still. A Nocturne of quiet beauty then a Scherzo full of wit, play and sudden flashes of fire. The journey ends in Germany with Robert Schumann whose music never rests. His moods change from moment to moment torn between passion and dream, struggle and tenderness. It is a reminder that the human spirit endures its storms and that beauty is often born within them.
 

European Union Film Festival -India (EUFF)
The 31st edition of the European Union Film Festival brings a diverse selection of European cinema. Screening of 4 films offering audiences an opportunity to explore Europe’s rich cultural landscape, varied perspectives and storytelling traditions.

More details to be announced soon!

(Collaboration: Delegation of the European Union to India)