Dr. Prakash Amte – The Real Hero

(137 min; 2014; Marathi with English subtitles)

Director: Samruddhi Porey

With Nana Patekar, Sonali Kulkarni, Mohan Agashe

Young Prakash graduates as a Bachelorette in Medicine. Instead of settling down to a comfortable city life along with his wife Manda, they both moved to a most backward area of Maharashtra. From government apathy to Naxal threats, from US Visa refusal on account of financial issues relating to civilian honour Padmashree…the film is an incredible true story of hope, courage and compassion

(Collaboration: Maharashtra Sanskritik ani Rannaniti Adhyayan Samiti)

Coordinator: Shri Siraj Hussain

Employment Situation in India in Post-Covid Times: Will Agriculture Continue to be the largest Employer?
Speaker: Dr. Santosh Mehrotra, Professor of Economics, Centre for Labour, Jawaharlal Nehru University and author and editor of several books including the recently published Reviving Jobs: An Agenda for Growth (Vintage Books)

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, Promoter Director, Arcus Policy Research Private Ltd.

Hindustani Violin Recital

By Shubham Sarkar from Delhi, disciple of Dr. Santosh Nahar and Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya

At 19:00
 

Hindustani Vocal Recital 
By Arindam Mukhopadhyay from Delhi, disciple of Pt Madhup Mudgal
 

By Sabina Mumtaz Islam from Kolkata, disciple of Janab Jainul Abedin and later the later Pt. Sunil Bose and recipient of the Sanskriti-Madhobi Chatterji Memorial Fellowship

Accompanists: Pt. Vinod Lele (tabla); and Dr. Vinay Mishra (harmonium)

(Collaboration: Sanskriti Foundation)
 

Lifestyle and Liver

Speaker: Dr. Ajay Kumar, Chairman and Head of Department, BLK-Max Institute of Digestive & Liver Diseases, Chairman – Pan Max – Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Liver like the heart, kidney, and lungs is a vital organ of the human body. Thus to keep the body healthy, it is important to also keep the liver healthy. For this, it is important to be aware of and practice what is good for the body. Liver diseases are on the rise in India and across the world. A large number of these diseases can be prevented, if we practice the right lifestyle, consume clean water, nutritious food & practice selective prevention by immunization.

Dr. Ajay Kumar has wide knowledge and experience in this field. He will reflect upon the importance of all the issues which impact our liver and thus impact our body's health and well-being.
 

Three books will be discussed

Journey of a Nation: 75 years of Indian Economy – Re-emerge, Reinvest, Re-engage 
By Sanjaya Baru (Rupa Publications India: 2022)

Journey of a Nation: 75 Years of Foreign Policy - War, Peace and a World Realigned 
By Madhav Das Nalapat (Rupa Publications India: 2022)

Journey of a Nation: 75 Years of Indian Sports – Game, Guts, Glory
By Chandresh Narayanan (Rupa Publications India: 2022)

Authors of the three volumes will speak: Dr. Sanjaya Baru, formerly Editor, The Financial Express and Business Standard, and former media advisor to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh; Prof. Madhav Das Nalapat, India’s first Professor of Geopolitics and subsequently the UNESCO Peace Chair, Manipal University, and formerly Editor, The Times of India; Shri Chandresh Narayanan, independent cricket author, writer and broadcaster who currently writes for Dainik Bhaskar and is the author of World Cup Heroes

Discussants: Shri Vikrant Gupta, journalist and Managing Editor, Sport Aajtak; and Dr. Radhicka Kapoor, Senior Visiting Fellow, ICRIER

Chair: Prof. S.D. Muni, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University and former Ambassador and Special Envoy