Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action & the Life of Martin Luther King Jr (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968) & Commemoration of the 53rd Anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

10:30 to 11:00 at Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Commemoration Service 
Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR

11:15 to 12:15 at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Interactive Session 
Theme of the Interactive Session:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
- Martin Luther King, Jr., (Letter from Birmingham Jail, 16 April 1963)

During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King's Life shall be screened 
Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
Shri Ramesh Sharma, Gandhi Yuva Biradari

Students from Schools of Delhi NCR to participate 

This programme is part of the Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development

Gandhi-King Memorial Plazawas inaugurated on 21 January 1970 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and commemorates two iconic figures of our times: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
 
(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Biradari and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

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

Whither Afghanistan?

Panelists: Amb. Gautam Mukhopadhyay, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan; Lt. Gen. Ravi Sawhney, Senior Fellow, Vivekananda Foundation; Ms Maya Mirchandani, Counter Terrorism Specialist, Observer Research Foundation; Shri Kabir Taneja, Fellow, Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation; and Mr. David Loyn, former BBC correspondent and author of The Long War: The Inside Story of America and Afghanistan since 9/11

Chair: Maj. Gen. Ashok K. Mehta

It is 18 months since the Taliban re-conquered Afghanistan and rolled back the two-decade old experiment with democracy. Unlike 1996, not a single country has recognized the Emirate. The humanitarian crisis has worsened as ISIS and the National Resistance Front led by Ahmed Massoud continue to challenge the Taliban. The panel will discussed the charmed future of the Taliban government
 

Concert presented by Pt. Shubhendra Rao on sitar; Saskia Rao-de Haas on Indian cello; and Ishaan Leonard Rao on piano

A concert presenting the music of one of Brazil’s greatest composers, Villa-Lobos in a unique improvisation on sitar, Indian cello and piano. This concert brings together two distinctive traditions of music – Indian and Western music. While many European composers like Mozart and Beethoven are well-known in India, this concert will familiarize audiences to the most famous and prolific composer from Brazil, Heitor Villa-Lobos. Known to be deeply inspired by the folk traditions of his land and classical music, interestingly, his classical work is also freely interpreted by folk and jazz musicians in the Americas

(Collaboration: Embassy of Brazil)

The Cultural Collapse II

A discussion with Sadanand Menon

Moderator: Ashok Vajpeyi

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

(Non-fiction film; 52 min; 2021; India; English )

Directed by Joe Thomas K

The Nilgiris have gained the distinction of being a geographic indication for tea, today. Somewhere behind the present glory is a remote connection with the Chinese which remains forgotten. "Those 4 Years" is an amazing journey into the lives of those Chinese who came to India around the middle of the 19th century… speaking a language unknown to their neighbours when they first arrived. The film journeys across three countries and reams of colonial office records to retrace the places those people came from, the means and mode of their arrival, and how many of them ended up making India their home. It is a history of people, plants and places - as it catalogues their contributions to plantations, locates places and sites associated with their earliest arrival and stay and, more remarkably, manages to locate some of the descendants of those Chinese who arrived in India over 150 years ago.  

Dr. Joe Thomas Karackattu is an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. This is his second film 
 

Parenting in the Age of Anxiety: Raising Children in India in the 21st Century

By Abha Adams (Aleph Book Company: 2022)

Ms Abha Adams, Innovative educationist, former Director, The Shri Ram Schools and author of the book In Conversation with Dr. Shelja Sen, Narrative Therapist and Co-Founder, Children First; and Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, author and Secretary, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH The Dalai Lama

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH The Dalai Lama)
 

Safe and Unsafe: how design choices help women online 

Speakers: Sabina Dewan, President and ED, JustJobs Network; Rwitwika Bhattacharya, CEO of Swaniti Initiative; Supriya Paul, Founder, Josh Talks; Tarunima Prabhakar, Co-Founder, Tattle; and Saranya Gopinath, Head, Public Policy, Razorpay

Moderator: Ms Mahima Kaul, Head Public Policy, Bumble APAC and former Public Policy Director, Twitter India

A well designed platform, with progressive policies and product features, can help offer ‘safe spaces’ for women online. Conversely, it is often found that points of vulnerability – be it harassment, fraud, even a confusing interface – can negatively impact women’s participation. How are women leaders across different sectors – employment, skilling, content, financial services – thinking about these issues?

An exhibition of photography and poetry that documents and reflects the daily reality of dementia through the eyes of those that have it, and those that care for them

The exhibition presents photographs by Andy Malhan and poems by Astri Ghosh focusing on the life of patients and their caregivers

Preview on Tuesday, 17 January 2023 at 18:30

Talk on the new book by Muzaffar Ali (Vintage Books: 2022)

Chief Guest: Dr. Karan Singh
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Panelists: Amb. Navtej Sarna, author and former Indian Ambassador to USA and UK; Dr. Nonica Datta, author and Associate Professor, Centre of Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Shri Muzaffar Ali,  filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, and author of the book
 

At 18:00
 

Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Shiv Prasad Rao from Delhi,  son and disciple of Shri Maheshwar Rao and Pt. Vikas Kashalkar
Accompanied by Jitendra Swain on tabla and Vinay Mishra on harmonium

At 19:00
 

Mohiniattam Recital
By  Rohini Satheesh Poduval from Delhi, disciple of Guru Jayaprabha Menon
Accompanied by Kottakkal Jayan on vocal; Tanjavore Kesavan on mridangam; G. Raghuraman on flute and Satheesh Poduval on edakka