Tibet Festival

Spirit of Tibet: Celebrating Culture and Compassion: 3 to 5 September 2026

Inaugural Ceremony

At Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza at 10:00

Prayer for World Peace

By Tibetan Buddhist Monks; His Excellency Sikyong Penpa Tsering, Central Tibetan Administration,  Honorable Pema Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

Tibetan Traditional Namthar

By Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts

For more details of the 3-day Festival,   Click here:-           

(Collaboration: Central Tibetan Administration; US State Department and The Tibet Fund)

250 years of American Independence: Shifting Global Challenges and US Public Opinion                  

In Conversation

Prof Stephen J. Farnsworth with Shyam Saran and Arun K.Singh

Prof Stephen J. Farnsworth, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, University of Mary Washington. Recipient of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; Shyam Saran, President, IIC, former Ambassador to Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal, Mauritius, appointed as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Indo–US civil nuclear issues and Special Envoy & Chief Negotiator on Climate change; Arun K. Singh, former Ambassador of India to the United States.

Welcome Address: Prof Kanika K. Ahuja, Principal, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi

Moderator:  Prof. Rina Kashyap, Professor, Department of Political Science, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi

(Collaboration: Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi)
 

State of the Indian Media
Has social media fundamentally transformed India's media landscape?

Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor, The Wire; Rajdeep Sardesai, Consulting Editor, India Today TV; Vinod Sharma, former political editor of the Hindustan Times; Saba Naqvi, columnist and author of Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook; Sugata Srinivasaraju, senior journalist and author based in Bengaluru (online) and Navin Kumar, founding editor of Article 19 India In Conversation with Suhas Borker, Convenor, Jan Prasar.

This conversation marks the 36th Anniversary of the Presidential Assent to the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990 and is the 33rd discussion in the annual series that began in 1994.

(Collaboration: Jan Prasar)
 

Book Discussion Group

Law of Sexual Harassment at Workplace: Practice and Procedure

By Amish Tandon (‎Niyogi Books, 2025)
 

Moderator: Mohua Chatterjee, Veteran Journalist, formerly of Times of India

Discussants: Sunieta Ojha, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India; N Venkatraman, Additional Solicitor General & Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Amish Tandon, Advocate, Delhi High Court & Author of the book

POSTPONED!
Paswaar (Caress Me)
(2025; 39 mins.; Gujarati/Hindi with English subtitles)

Director: Shayar Gandhi

Producer: Kinjal Gajera
With Arvind Vaidya, Mamta Bhavsar

Official Selection at the Tasveer Film Festival and the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2026

A poignant yet hopeful story about Dr Homi, an elderly, wealthy and childless Zoroastrian, and Lali, his devoted caregiver and cook. As Homi considers whether to leave his inheritance to his estranged nephew Jamshed or to Lali, the film explores an unlikely bond shaped by loneliness, affection, belonging and the human need for care.

This film-screening has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances, the inconvenience is regretted

The director will be present for the post screening discussion
 

CANCELLED

ART MATTERS
Austrian Art Historian Simone Wille in conversation with Ashutosh Bharadwaj

The session has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, the inconvenience is regretted 
 

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP 

Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents
By Amy Yee (University of North Carolina Press, 2023)

Author will be in conversation with Dr. Apa Lhamo, Former Research Fellow, Centre for China Analysis and Strategy

Dance with Space
An evening of dance appreciation inviting viewers to look “into dance” rather than look “at dance”.
Presented by Malavika Sarukkai, eminent Bharatanatyam artist

Accompanying Artists: Neela Sukhanya, Nattuvangam; Krithika Aravind, Vocal; Nellai Balaji, Mridangam; Venkat Subramaniam, Violin

Light Designer: Sharad Kulshreshta

The lecture-demonstration 'Dance with Space' by senior artist Malavika Sarukkai will investigate the artistic and creative choices while envisioning dance. The evening will explore her technique of "DanceSpeak", a personal language of dance nurtured through her intense deliberations in Bharatanatyam over decades. Dance with Space will explore the intellectual rigour that goes into Malavika Sarukkai's dance, the creative choice in movements, the quality of intent that embodies the moment, manodharma (imagination), which becomes a critical element to sustain dance afresh and her close artistic interaction with her team of musicians. The evening will be both a celebration and cerebration.
 

Book Discussion Group  

Meet the Author:  Dr Vikas Swarup, writer and retired diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service

Chair: K. N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Moderator: Prof. Malashri Lal, Convener, English Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi 

(Collaboration: Ministry of Culture, Govt of India and Sahitya Akademi)
 

POSTPONED

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP 

From Manuscript to Memory, Safeguarding Living Heritage; Tangible and Natural Heritage Sites of Incredible India 
By Ramesh C. Gaur; Mayank Shekhar; Archana Lochan, Ashna Kumar and Mayank Singh; Sadhish Sharma

Discussants: Dr. Arvind Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, GoI; Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA); Yadubir Singh Rawat, Director General, Archaeological Survey of India; Dr. Sandhya Purecha, Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi; Tim Curtis, Director and Representative, UNESCO Regional Office for South Asia