IIC Annual Day 2020

 

Haveli Sangeet

Presented by Pt. Chandra Prakash from Ajmer, well-known exponent of Haveli sangeet

From Pain to Paint

An exhibition of paintings from the Bindu Art School founded by Werner Dornik, Austrian artist and Padma Venkataraman. Bindu Art School uses art to change the lives of people affected by leprosy

 

Inauguration by H.E. Ms Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer, Ambassador of Austria on Tuesday, 21st January 2020 at 18:30

Guest of Honour: Anjolie Ela Menon and Suresh Jindal

MAPPING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

 

Limits of Direct Income Support – The Case of Tenant Farmers

Illustrated lecture by Shri Kiran Kumar Vissa, social activist working at the grassroots level to resolve the issues faced by Indian farmers; his dedicated work over the years in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has resulted in significantly improving the livelihoods of farmers in the region

 

Chair: Dr. Siraj Hussain, Visiting Senior Fellow, ICRIER

 

To Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza which was inaugurated on 21 January 1970

 

Celebration of the Power of Nin-violent Action and the Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

(15 January 1929-4 April 1968)

 

From 10:30 to 11:00

91st Birthday Commemoration Service of Dr. Marin Luther King Jr.

Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR

 

From 11:15 to 12:15

Interactive Session

Theme: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” – Martin Luther King Jr. (Letter from Birmingham Jail, 16 April 1963)

 

During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King Jr. will be screened

 

Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker, Working Group on Alternative Strategies; and Shri Ramesh Sharma, Gandhi Yuva Biradari

 

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

 

(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Biradari and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

We are Still Alive: Strategies in Surviving the Anthropocene

Site-specific exhibition that engages with the impact of the human footprint on earth systems that has become irreversible and poses the greatest challenge to mankind. Presenting Asif Waqif; Arun Kumar H.G.; Priyanka Chowdhary; and Ravi Agarwal 

 

Preview on Monday, 20th January 2020 at 16:30

 

(Collaboration: Shalini Passi Foundation; MASH)

 

The Wonder of Wonder – The Aesthetics of Adbhuta-Rasa: From the Bhagvadgita to Abhinavagupta’s Abhinavabharati

Speaker: Prof. Arindam Chakraborti, eminent philosopher, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii and Nirmal and Augustina Mattoo Chair of Indic Humanities, New York Philosophy Department, Stony Brook University

Chair: Prof. R.N. Misra, Professor of Ancient Indian history, arts and aesthetics

 

(Collaboration: Tantra Foundation)

 

DISCUSSION  ? ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 18:30

 

Details to be announced later

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Equity Studies)

Celebrating Annapurna

The majestic mountain rage in Nepal

Poetry reading by Yuyutsu Sharma, well-known Himalayan poet and translator

 

Chair: Shri Amarendra Khatua, former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs and former Director General, ICCR

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)