BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Vaigyanik Vichar Dweepon ke Beech Samajik Kavya pulon Ka Nirman
By Purnendu Ghosh (Bodhi Publishers: 2023)
Discussants: Dr Manoj Patairiya, Former Head and Adviser, NCSTC, Department of Science and Technology, GoI & President Indian Science Writer's Association ; Ms Swati Meherishi, Executive Director, Springer Nature ; Prof Indranil Manna, President, India National Academy of Engineering & Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra,Ranchi; Prof Purnendu Ghosh, Executive Director, Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur & Author of the Book
PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE SERIES
The Morality of India’s Constitution: The Path Still to be Traversed
Panelists: Dr. Syeda Hameed, social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer and a former member of the Planning Commission of India; Prof. Ashis Nandy, public intellectual, political psychologist and social theorist; Dr. Neera Chandoke, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Equity Studies, Delhi and former Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi; Shri Kapil Sibal, MP, former Union Minister and senior Advocate; and Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, poet, essayist, literary-cultural critic, cultural and arts administrator
Chair: Shri Harsh Mander
First discussion in a new series organised in collaboration with Centre for Equity Studies
MAPPING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Data Debates: CMIE’s Consumer Pyramids Household Survey
Speaker: Shri Mahesh Vyas, CEO/Managing Director, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy
Discussants: Shri N.K. Sharma, Retd Director General, Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI); and Shri Sanjay Kumar, Retd. Additional Director General, MoSPI
Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Union Agriculture Secretary
IIC MONSOON FESTIVAL OF DANCE
Kathak Recital
By Nayanika Ghosh, disciple of late Pt. Birju Maharaj.
At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Duet Recital
By Bhadra Sinha and Gayathri Sharma from Delhi, disciple of Dr. Ratheesh Babu
IIC MONSOON FESTIVAL OF DANCE
Manipuri Recital
By Sudip Kumar Ghosh from Kolkata, disciple of Guru Th.Chourajeet Singh & Smt N Amusana Devi
At 19:00
Odissi Recital
By Arunima Ghosh, disciple of Guru Sharon Lowen
FILM
Premier of
Bay of Blood (India; 90 min; 2023; English)
A feature documentary on the Bangladesh Genocide
Director: Krishnendu Bose who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
March 25th 1971, a horrific ‘Genocide’ was unleashed on the unarmed civilians of East Pakistan. Bay of Blood draws upon rare archival footage from agencies around the world to investigate why and how it was executed. By piecing together eyewitness accounts interspersed with analysis of the events, by those who have closely studied the genocide, the film is constructed as a deposition to unravel the truth
MEET THE ARTIST
WEBINAR
Historian of Indian Jewellery, Usha Balakrishnan will present an illustrated lecture on
Inheritance of Brilliance: India’s Romance with Gems and Adornment
Gathering gems and jewels of great beauty from the kharkhanas of the Mughals, the toshakhanas of maharajas, and the tijoris of families, this talk will present the art of Indian jewellery. It will decode the deep symbolism of forms, discuss the connections between jewellery as personal and societal statements that are manifest in material and motifs, and tell the captivating stories of love and passion, and trade and war that are enshrined in Indian jewels.
Dr. Usha R Balakrishnan is a highly regarded independent scholar of Indian art & culture and the pre-eminent historian of Indian jewellery. Some of her publications include: Dance of the Peacock: Jewellery Traditions of India, Jewels of the Nizams, Treasures of the Deccan, India: Jewels that Enchanted the World, Enduring Splendor: Jewelry of India’s Thar Desert and Splendours of the Orient: Gold Jewels from Old Goa. She has curated exhibitions of Indian jewellery around the world and the jewellery galleries at the CSMVS Museum, Mumbai and the National Museum, New Delhi. She is currently curating a museum space in Jaipur dedicated to the History & Art of Minakari enamel.
Zoom Registration: https://zoom.us/j/85873753057
Meeting ID: 858 7375 3057
(Collaboration: J.D. Centre of Art)
Enver Ahmed: The Cartoonist who Belonged to all
In the galaxy of Indian cartoonists, Enver Ahmed’s remarkable career stands out. Spanning nearly three decades across three prominent newspapers – The Pioneer, Dawn and the Hindustan Times – his tenure extends from the colonial era under British rule to the post-independence years. Within his political cartoons lies a significant testament to the history of the subcontinent.
Curated and presented by Dr. Ritu Gairola Khanduri
Inauguration by Sandeep Adhwaryu, Editorial Cartoonist, The Times of India on Friday, 11 August 2023 at 18:30