Sri Lanka after Rajapaksas: Recovery or Standstill

Coordinated by Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta

Panelists: Amb. Yash Sinha, Chief Information Commissioners and former High Commissioner to Sri Lanka; Shri S. Venkat Narayan, veteran journalist on Sri Lanka; Dr. Gulbin Sultana, Research Fellow, M.P. Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis; Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor, Dept. of Economics, Shiv Nadar University; and Rear Vice Admiral (retd.) Anup Singh, former C-in-C Eastern Naval Command

Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

Nether Sri Lanka’s first sovereign default nor the people’s revolt (aragalya) which forced the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksha last year could transform Sri Lanka’s politics. How New Delhi helped Colombo secure an IMF bailout and other issues will be discussed by the panel.

Santoor Recital

By Ninad Daithankar from Pune, son and disciple of Dr. Dhananjay Daithankar

AT 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Rupak Midya from Delhi, disciple of Smt Gopa Biswas and Pt. Aniruddha Bhattacharya

Speaker: Sonam Wangchuk, engineer, teacher and environmentalist. Recipient of the Magsaysay Award in 2018, The Terra Award 2016 for the World’s Best Earth Buildings, Lyon, France; and UNESCO Chair for Earth Architecture for India, 2014 among others

22nd BCF Annual lecture

(Collaboration: Business and Community Foundation)
 

Rajkamal Chowdhry ki Kavita

Panel discussion with Gopeshwar Singh; Deo Shankar Naveen; and Amitabh Ray

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Discussion based on the book The 2019 Parliamentary Elections in India: Democracy at the Crossroads (Taylor & Francis Ltd. : 2022)

co-edited by Rekha Saxena, Subrata Mitra and Pampa Mukherjee

Speakers: Prof. Ashutosh Kumar, Panjab University, Chandigarh and T.N. Seshan Chair, International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, New Delhi; Prof. Manisha Priyam, Professor of Education Policy, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi; and Dr. Rahul Verma, Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and Visiting Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Ashoka University

Introductory Remarks by the Editors: Prof. Rekha Saxena, Dept. of Political Science, University of Delhi; and Prof. Pampa Mukherjee, Head, Department of Political Science, Panjab University

Chair: Prof. E. Sridharan, Academic Director and Chief Executive, University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India, New Delhi 
 

Presented by Wings Cultural Society

A collection of unique dastans (stories) narrated by artists as solo performances. Bey is a short story written by Shaukat Thanvi about a protagonist who is informed by an astrologer to beware of the letter ‘B’. Marhoom ki Yaad Mein is the best known essay from Patras Bokhari’s only masterpiece “Patras ke Mazameen”. It is the story of a cycle that Patras purchases from his friend Mirza

Dramatised narration in Urdu and Hindustani by Rajguru Mohan (Bey); and Tarique Hameed (Marhoom ki Yaad Mein)
 

Speaker: Dr. Jaisom Chopra, Senior Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Varicose veins is the most common disease worldwide involving roughly 50 percent of the world’s population. One in every two persons suffer from venous problems at some point in their lives. The talk will present the latest advances practised worldwide
 

 Art collector, patron, philanthropist and the founder of Sanskriti Pratishthan, O.P Jain
 and designer, scenographer, multi-faceted artiste and Sanskriti Awardee, Sumant Jayakrishnan 
—in conversation with Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das

Third programme in a new series of monthly conversations staged in collaboration with Ahad Anhad

An exhibition by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture presenting the conservation of Baolis at the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park, Golconda, Hyderabad; and in Delhi at Nizamuddin Baoli, Arab Serai Baoli, Humayun’s Tomb, and Mughal era wells and rainwater harvesting at Sunder Nursery

Inauguration on Friday, 21 July 2023 at 6.30 pm

As part of this exhibition, there will be a talk on Monday 24 July 2023 at 6.30 pm in the Art Gallery:

Baolis: Restoring Stepwells, Providing Life

Talk by Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

 (Collaboration: Aga Khan Trust for Culture)   
 

Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux

Edited by Sujan Chinoy, Vijay Chauthaiwala and Uttam Kumar Sinha (Wisdom Tree: 2023)

Chair: Amb Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Chief Coordinator for India's G20 Presidency 2023 

Speakers: Prof Santosh Mehrotra, Senior Fellow Nehru Memorial Museum and Library; Amb Sujan Chinoy, DG,  Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses & Editor of the Book; Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale, In-Charge Department of Foreign Affairs, BJP & Editor of the Book; Dr Uttam Sinha, Senior Fellow MPIDSA & Editor of the Book