Asli Azaadi (45 min; 1997; dvd; Hindi/Gujarati with English subtitles)

09 March 2020, 05:30 am
Asli Azaadi (45 min; 1997; dvd; Hindi/Gujarati with English subtitles)
Asli Azaadi (45 min; 1997; dvd; Hindi/Gujarati with English subtitles)
Produced & Directed by Sagari Chhabra, award-winning author and film director who will introduce the film
 
A landmark film with interviews of women freedom fighters – known and unknown women who were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subash Chandra Bose
 
Followed by
‘Hamaara Itihaas Archives’
Discussion and introduction to India’s first multimedia archive of surviving freedom fighters and witnesses of Partition across India and South-East Asia  
 

Indian Nationalism and Economic Development

07 March 2020, 05:30 am
Indian Nationalism and Economic Development
Programme Type
Talks
Indian Nationalism and Economic Development
 
Speaker: Dr. Amit Bhaduri, well-known Economist
 
Introduction: Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
 
Indian nationalism, never a unified stream, assumed greater coherence through the anti-colonial struggle. Independence required redefining it as a ‘nation-building’ state-led project of economic development through industrialization which started changing course gradually as the anti-colonial nationalism began losing steam. A distinct break came with economic liberalization and globalization. The private corporations became increasingly important in this process. Output growth increased dramatically and then slowed, while employment growth went down equally dramatically. Indian democracy began shifting its centre of gravity.  The way out is being sought increasingly in the attempt at redefining nationalism in majoritarian cultural terms. While the control of the corporations over the economy continues to increase and there is rising economic, political and social inequality, popular resistance is also getting greater coherence. The jury is still out, but early signs indicate that cultural majoritarianism itself is undergoing mutation
 
The talk marks the 28th Anniversary of the Working on Alternative Strategies
 
(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)
 

30th Padmapani Lecture 2020

07 March 2020, 05:30 am
30th Padmapani Lecture 2020
Programme Type
Talks
30th Padmapani Lecture 2020

Body, Mind and Purification: Reflections on the Body Factor in the Path
 
To be delivered by Prof. Asanga Tilakaratne, formerly Senior Chair Professor of Pali and Buddhist Studies and Founder Head, Department of Buddhist Studies, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. His recent publications include Theravada Buddhism: The view of the Elders (2012, University of Hawaii Press) and co-edited with Prof, Oliver Abenayaka 2500 Years of Sambuddhatva: Global Journey of Awakening (2012)
 
(Collaboration: Tibet House)
 

To Mark International Women’s Day 2020

05 March 2020, 05:30 am
To Mark International Women’s Day 2020
Programme Type
Festivals
To Mark International Women’s Day 2020
 
The 16th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival: 5 to 7 March 2020
The 16th edition of the festival brings together a collection of 52 films from 15 countries, directed by women filmmakers of Asian origin. This edition of the festival seeks to reflect on the idea of claiming democracy and the many claims on democracy. Women use multiple strategies to claim democratic spaces while being painfully aware of the many ways in which they are made invisible by majoritarian claims. The festival brings together women artists working in films and photographs to both document and intervene in these processes. The festival includes animation, short fiction, documentary and feature films as well as a section on Her Upside Down Gaze – the myriad ways in which women filmmakers are re-imagining the craft of filmmaking; and a special focus on films from the UAE. Women and Photography brings together the work of women photographers and collectives with a photographer/curator speaking about their project and an exhibition of photographs. Filmmakers from Bangladesh, India, Turkey and UAE will be present to introduce their work 
 
Organised in collaboration with International Association of Women in Radio &Television, India Chapter; UN Women; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; Sangat; Marwah; and with the support of Jamia Bank; and Canon
 
Screenings will be held in the Auditorium on 5, 6 and 7 March 2020 from 09:00 onwards. Filmmakers from India, 
 
For detail screening schedule, kindly please log onto www.iawrtindia.blogspot.in and www.iicdelhi.in
 

DERAKHT-E-DOOSTI – TREE OF FRIENDSHIP

03 March 2020, 05:30 am
DERAKHT-E-DOOSTI – TREE OF FRIENDSHIP
Programme Type
Talks
DERAKHT-E-DOOSTI – TREE OF FRIENDSHIP

Celebrating 70 Years of Indo-Iran Friendship
 
Mirza Ghalib: The Simorgh of Indo Persian Literature
Speaker: Prof. Syed Akhtar Husain, Professor, Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies, School of Languages, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
 
(Collaboration: Parzor; and Institute of IndoPersian Studies)
 

Towards An Ethical Refugee Policy in India

05 February 2020, 05:30 am
Towards An Ethical Refugee Policy in India
Programme Type
Discussions
A Consultation with Prashant Bhushan, Roshni Shanker, K.P. Fabian, Navsharan Singh and  Harsh Mander

Roundtable on Contribution of Parsis in the Development of India

18 February 2020, 05:30 am
Roundtable on Contribution of Parsis in the Development of India
Programme Type
Discussions
 
Roundtable on Contribution of Parsis in the Development of India
 
Speakers include: Mobed Pedram Suroosh, Iranian Zoroastrian Member of Mobed (Priest Society); Dr. Mojtabie, Indologist; H.E. Dr. Ali Chegeni, Ambassador of Iran; and others
 

Hindustani Classical Vocal Recital

17 February 2020, 05:30 am
Hindustani Classical Vocal Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
Hindustani  Classical Vocal Recital
By Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan from Ahmadabad of the Agra-Atrauli gharana,  recipient of the Sanskriti – Pt. Vasant Thakar Memorial Fellowship 2019
 
Accompanists: Shri Vinod Lele on the tabla and Shri Vinay Mishra on Harmonium 
 
(Collaboration: Sanskriti Pratishthan)

Project Bapu Geetika

16 February 2020, 05:30 am
Project Bapu Geetika
Programme Type
Talks

In Conversation
 
With Ms Kalpana Palkhiwala: Project Bapu Geetika
An audio compilation of 108 songs/poems on Mahatma Gandhi
 
Bapu Geetika – Songs for the Mahatma is a platform for disseminating songs of and for Mahatma Gandhi. A compendium of 108 songs that celebrate Gandhiji, its intention is to take this music and connect people with Gandhiji’s life and message across India and beyond. It comprises the work of 100 luminary poets in 14 Indian languages set to music, spanning 70 years from Gandhiji’s life time to the present.
 
 
Ms Kalpana Palkhiwala will be in conversation about this project
 
Ms Kalpana Ben Palkhiwala, is a Gandhian who retired as Deputy Director, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. She has translated many books, written a number of articles and is a Guest Lecturer at Gujarat Vidyapeeth and is also associated with the L.J. Institute of Media and Communication, Ahmedabad
 
(Collaboration: Gujarati Club, New Delhi)

GANDHI MATTERS

13 February 2020, 05:30 am
GANDHI MATTERS
Programme Type
Talks
GANDHI MATTERS
 
Ahinsak Bhasha ki Talash
By Prof Apoorvanand, Delhi University 
 
(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)