CULTURE AND HERITAGE

Coordinated by Amita Beig, Representative, India, World Monuments Fund

 

Traditions of Jain Cloth Paintings

Speaker: Professor Neeru Misra, Visiting Professor, Manipur Culture University, Imphal;
Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society, London and former Director, ICCR

Chair: Professor Jitendra B. Shah, Academic Director, LD Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad 

 

 

The Iranian Revolution

Speaker: Prof. Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor- Vice Dean, Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University
Chair: Ambassador Sanjay Singh

 

The Iranian revolution of 1979 represents one of the major events of the 20th century. Defying all the myths of secular modernization and shattering all the political ideologies of modernity, the Islamic Republic became the first theocratic state in the modern world to have institutionalized the "rule of the Shi'ite jurist". During the past 40 years, the Iranian revolution has attracted a great deal of attention from scholars and intellectuals around the world, as well as policy makers and journalists. For the past 40 years post-revolutionary Iran has been a sociological laboratory where women’s groups, youth, intellectuals and workers have represented a wide spectrum of ideas and actions. Moreover, the presence of these two incompatible and conflicting conceptions of sovereignty, authority and legitimacy have always been a bone of contention in Iranian politics, often defining the ideological contours of political power struggle among the contending forces. Today, once again, a great many versions of the future Iran are being explored, but truly much that matters deeply to millions of Iranians depends on the results of future political constructions.

 

 

Hindustani Classical Vocal

By Pt. Vinayak Torvi from Bangalore, recipient of the Sanskriti-Pt. Vasant Thakar Memorial Fellowship 2019

 

Accompanists: Vinod Lele (tabla); and Pt. Vyasmurti Katti (harmonium)

 

(Collaboration: Sanskriti Pratishthan)

 

Dance Music for Piano

 

Four-hand piano pieces by Debussy, Stravinsky, Moszkowski and Barber

 

 

 

With a special segment of dance and piano

 

Dance choreographed by Justin McCarthy

 

Dance: veena Kumar\Abhinaya Penneswaran

 

 

 

Piano: Nadine Crasto and Justin McCarthy

Challenges Facing Healthcare in India

Speaker: Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Founder Chairman, Narayana Health

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal

By Parvati Sharma (New Delhi: Juggernaut, 2018)

 

Discussants: Dr. Anubhuti Maurya, Assistant Professor, History, Bharati College, University of Delhi; Dr. Swpna Liddle, historian and author; Dr. Vijay Tankha, former Professor of Philosophy, St. Stephen’s College

 

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, former Diplomat & Foreign Policy Analyst

 

Understanding Personality Disorders

Speakers: Dr. Kushal Jain, Psychiatrist; Dr. Rajesh Sagar, Consultant Psychiatrist, AIIMS; and Shri Muzammil Karim, Clinical Psychologist

 

Moderator: Shubha Menon

 

(Collaboration: You, Me and Mental Health)