BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Buddha in My Backyard
By Emani Rani Sarma (Hyderabad Book Trust: 2023)
Discussants: Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, former Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi, poet and literary-cultural critic; Dr. Uma Chakravarti, historian and author; Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV) and Trustee, IIC; and Ms Emani Rani Sarma, author of the book
Two Year Review of War in Ukraine: Nuclear Amber Lights Flashing?
Panel discussion led by Amb. Shyam Saran, President IIC, former Foreign Secretary of India; Prof. Madhavan K. Palat, well-known historian and expert on European and Russian history; and Amb. Rakesh Sood, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan and Nepal
Moderator: Cmde C. Uday Bhaskar
IIC Diary (December 2023-January 2024)
Addressing Earthquake Risk in India (OP 115)
“Time is on my side”: Vivan Sundaram (28 May 1943-29 March 2023)
“Time is on my side”: Vivan Sundaram (28 May 1943-29 March 2023)
Talks by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, cultural theorist and curator; and Sabih Ahmed, curator
(Collaboration: Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation)
An Evening of Mindfulness
Including teachings and practices led by senior monastics from the order of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Chair: Dharmacharya Shantum Seth
The programme will include launch of the book by Thich Nhat Hanh, “Good Citizens Creating An Enlightened Society”
(Collaboration: Ahimsa Trust; and Aleph Book Company)
AAJ KAVITA
Singing Poetry
The Poetry of Dharamveer Bharti, Sarveshvar Dayal Saxena, Vijadeo Narayan Sahi, Kamlesh, Ajit Kumar, Dhoomil, Rajkamal Chowdhry, Raghuveer Sahay, and Shrikant Verma
By Chinmayi Tripathi, Mumbai
(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
Forthcoming American Presidential Election & India-US Relations
Panelists: Amb. Arun Kumar Singh, former Ambassador to Israel, France & USA; Gen. (Retd.) Deepak Kapoor, former Chief of the Army Staff; Dr. Surjit Bhalla, former Executive Director of India, International Monetary Fund, Independent Researcher; and Dr. Zorawar Daulet Singh, Adjunct Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies
Moderator: Amb. Surendra Kumar, Founder President, IAFA
(Collaboration: Indo-American Friendship Association, New Delhi)
Histories of Indian Perfume
Panelists: James McHugh, Professor of South Asian Religions, University of Southern California in Los Angeles; Malayka Shirazi, researcher, writer and Filmmaker who has worked extensively on the attar and the attar sellers of Old Delhi s a researcher for Smells Assembly; Projit Bihari Mukharji, Head, Dept. of History, Ashoka University in conversation with Naman Ahuja, Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Jawaharlal Nehru University and General Editor of Marg
The conversation marks the publication of MARG’s latest volume that explores the histories of perfumes in India, the people who make them, their use in traditional medicine, the genealogy of their recipes, their visual representation through Indian art history and more
(Collaboration: MARG)
THE IIC DOUBLE BILL: MUSIC AND DANCE RECITALS
Sitar Recital
By Aniket Ghivalikar from Mumbai, disciple of Pandit Shankarrao Abhyankar
At 19:00
Kathak Recital
By Richa Jain from Delhi, daughter and disciple of Guru Ravi Jain and Nalini Malhotra Jain