House of the People: Parliament and the Making of Indian Democracy

By Ronojoy Sen (Cambridge University Press; New edition, 2022)

Discussants: Dr. M.R. Madhavan, President and Co-Founder, PRS Legislative Research; Ms Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research; Shri Raju Ramachandran, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; and Dr. Ronojoy Sen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and author of the book

Moderator: Mr. Alex Travelli, South Asia Business Correspondent, New York Times, New Delhi

Inner Harmony: Living in Balance

By Jon Kolkin (Teneues: Bilingual edition, 2021)

The author Dr. Jon Kolkin, Medical Volunteer, photographer, musician, Integrative Medicine Coach, accomplished athlete and President, Shades of Compassion Foundation will be in Conversation with Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, author, filmmaker and Managing Trustee, Foundation of HH The Dalai Lama
 

Welcome: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

About the Workshop: Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, and Life Trustee, IIC

Inaugural Address by Dr. P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the PM

Programme Details

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

From 10:00 to 13:00
Workshop on Maintenance of Oral Health
Workshop by subject experts on oral health

Open to IIC members and staff members of IIC

At 16:00
Be Mouth Smart-Keep Your Smile all the While: Smiling the Miles
Speaker: Dr. (Smt) Ritu Duggal, Chief, Centre for Dental Education & Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chair: Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Oral health is seen as a key aspect in sustaining good overall medical health across all age groups. With increasing age, this becomes even more crucial. Poor oral health can be detrimental to nutritional status and systemic health, resulting in a cascade of negative effects such as decreased desire or inability to eat due to loose, painful teeth or ill-fitting dentures. Medical conditions such as Diabetes and periodontal disease are known to have a bi-directional relationship, were the risk of periodontitis adversely affects the glycaemic control

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

The Music Instinct: Science and Song (USA)
(114 min; 2019; English)
Director: Elena Mannes

The power of music: The Music Instinct: Science and Song provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism--and the whole ebb and flow of the cosmos--is moved by the undeniable effect of music. This follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music's deep mysteries.

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai)

The Catalan and Spanish Sanskrit Dictionaries, updating Sanskrit lexicography

Speaker: Dr. Òscar Pujol, Director, Cervantes Institute, New Delhi; Sanskrit scholar who has published several books
and translations from the Sanskrit classics and two Sanskrit dictionaries - Sanskrit-Catalan and Sanskrit-Spanish dictionaries

Chair: Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, IIC-International Research Division

Prof. Michael Coulson, British Indologist and Sanskrit scholar was of the opinion that the existing Sanskrit dictionaries
were grossly out of date. The most important lexicographic activity regarding Sanskrit was done more than a hundred years ago. During this time lexicography has advanced enormously, but this is not reflected in Sanskrit dictionaries. Consequently, updating Sanskrit lexicography is an urgent task. The Catalan and Spanish dictionaries are one small step in this direction. This lecture we will present the new contributions of these two new works

Organised by IIC-International Research Division with the support of Ministry of External Affairs
 

(96 min/2022/Maithili with English subtitles)
Director & Editor: Pratik Sharma who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

The film portrays the story of a mother and child’s bond by using semiotics at large to convey the message. The film has very few dialogues. It has been shot in the interior parts of Bihar.  

(Collaboration: Shining Muskan Foundation)
 

Speakers: Prof. C.R. Babu, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE), University of Delhi; Prof. Yamini Gupt, Professor, Dept. of Finance and Business Economics, University of Delhi; Dr. Faiyaz Khudsar, Scientist-in-Charge, Yamuna Biodiversity Park; and Dr. Shah Hussain, Scientist-in-Charge, Aravali Biodiversity Park

Chair: Suhas Borker, Founder Member, Green Circle of Delhi

This programme marks the 87th anniversary of Lodhi Garden and the 31st anniversary of Green Circle of Delhi (1992-2023)

(Collaboration: Green Circle of Delhi)

Two short comedies by the great Russian playwright, Anton Chekhov – The Proposal and The Bear

Directed by Sohaila Kapur

Cast: The Proposal - Arti Nayar, Sunit Tandon, Tarique Hassan 
Cast: The Bear -  Vishaal Sethia, Sonali Sharma, Sohaila Kapur  

An exhibition of sculptures by Latika Katt, well-known artist

On view are works in bronze, marble, terracotta and stone

Inauguration by Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar on Thursday, 6 April 2023 at 18:30