Pandemic Musings: History, mental health and marginalization

On 21^st August 2020 from 4 pm to 5 pm

Pandemic Musings: History, mental health and marginalization
A conversation with Alok Sarin, Consultant in Clinical Psychiatrist, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi; Sanjeev Jain, Professor in Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bengaluru; Vandana Gopikumar, Founder, The Banyan and BALM, Chennai; Ratnaboli Ray, Founder, Anjali Mental Health Rights Organisation, Kolkata; and Pratima Murthy, Head, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bengaluru

A discussion between mental health professionals, looking at histories of earlier pandemics and disasters, data from the present pandemic and means of societal coping. In this conversation, mental health professionals from across the country bring to the table lenses of mental health and illness, homelessness, care needs and issues of development and disruption. Also explored are possible opportunities for change and the imagining of possible futures keeping in mind the needs of social equity and shared humanity

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Neighbourhood First Series: After 5 August Elections in Sri Lanka

Neighbourhood First Series

After 5 August Elections in Sri Lanka

Panelists: Jehan Perera, National Peace Council of Sir Lanka; Dr. Gulbin Sultana, Research Analyst, M.P. Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses; and Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok K. Mehta, former Commander, IPKF South Sri Lanka

Maj. Gen. Mehta will also moderate the discussion

The discussion will present an analysis of the election, its implications for the country and relations with India and the region

Post Covid-19 Path to Recovery: SADC and India

To Mark the 40th Anniversary of Southern African Development Community (SADC) 1980-2020

Post Covid-19 Path to Recovery: SADC and India

Speakers: H.E. Baraka H. Luvanda, High Commissioner of Tanzania and Chair of the SADC Heads of Mission Group, New Delhi;

Amb. Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian High Commissioner to Namibia and South Africa; Prof. Aparajita Biswas, President, African Studies Association of India and former Professor and Director, Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai; and Prof. Mammo Muchie, Professor, South African Research Chair (SARChi) Innovation Studies, Tshwana University of Technology, Pretoria

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies and Founder Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

India and the 16-nation SADC have had strong and deep ties of cooperation in the past and now there is a strong need to further strengthen these ties to support and assist each other in the Post Covid-19 scenario. The post-Covid – 19 path to recovery calls for out of the box strategies to counter the fallout of the economic downturn and to meet the challenge of emergent priorities

(Collaboration: Southern African Development Community, Heads of Mission Group, New Delhi; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Book Discussion Group How do You know What you Know?

Book Discussion Group

On 17^th August 2020 from 4 pm to 5 pm

How do You know What you Know?
By Janaki Santoke (New Delhi: Janki Santoke, 2019)

Discussants: Shri R. Gopalkrishnan, formerly, Executive Director, Tata Sons and Vice Chairman, Tata Motors (Moderator); and Dr. Janki Santoke, Vedanta scholar and author of the book

Chair: Shri Gurcharan Das

Monsoon Festival of Dance Purushaakaram (140 min)

Bharatanatyam Recitals

By Praveen Kumar from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Smt Narmada and Prof. C.V. Chandrashekar

Followed by

By Renjith Babu from Chennai, disciple of Prof. C.V. Chandrashekhar and the Dhananjayans

Webcast recording of the IIC programme held on 16 July 2016

Himalayan Biodiversity

Illustrated lecture by Dr Ajay Singh Rawat, former Professor of History, Kumaon University, and author of Forestry in Central Himalayas and Forest History of Mountainous Regions of the World

Followed by a dialogue with Shri Vijay Bhushan, Member of the State Wildlife Board of Himachal Pradesh, and Executive Director, Narain Dharamarth Aushdhalaya Trust, highlighting Dr Rawat's work as environmental activist.

Webcast recording of the IIC programme held on 2nd May 2012

Major Schools of Indian Philosophy: An Introduction in Six Monthly Lectures Vedanta Today

Major Schools of Indian Philosophy: An Introduction in Six Monthly Lectures

Vedanta Today (45 min)

Speaker: Dr Karan Singh, M.P.

Chair: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra, Trustee, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

An overview of the six orthodox schools, with special reference to the Vedas

Organised in collaboration with Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Webcast recording of the programme held on 30th January 2013

Expressions of Muharram (108 min)

As they emerged in the Ganga-Jamuni heartland of Awadh

Marsia, Soz, Salaam, Nauha

In Urdu/Hindustani and Awadhi

Concept, Producer & Marsia recitation: Saeed Naqvi

Soz, Salaam, Nauha recitation: Askari Naqvi with Turab Naqvi, Tasneem Kausar, Yusra Naqvi

Production: Aeliya Naqvi with Ghulam Hussain

Scripted and anchored by Farah Naqvi

The month of Muharram commemorates the eternal battle between truth and falsehood, good and evil, fought by a tiny band of 72 men, women and children in the harsh terrain of Karbala over 1400 years ago. Poetry and ragas, transcending boundaries of language, community and religion, accompany this tradition.

Video recording of the IIC programme held on 21st October 2019

Organised in collaboration with The Raza Foundation

Archaeology and Heritage

Ages of Rome – A Walk Through History (45 min)

An illustrated lecture presented by Caterina Brazzi Castracane, historian, author and tour guide

An initiative of the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi and Bell’Italia 88, the talk will present a virtual tour of the city of Rome

Exploring Notions of Bhakti in the Making of Ram in a Hindu-Muslim Ramlila Tradition

Exploring Notions of Bhakti in the Making of Ram in a Hindu-Muslim Ramlila Tradition
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Molly Kaushal, Professor of Performance Studies and Head, Janapada Sampada Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Introduction: Prakash Tripathi

Discussant and Chair: Shri Shrivatsa Goswami

Shamshad Ali has been playing Ram for almost eight years now in the Ramlila of Kheriya, a small village in Uttar Pradesh. What does it mean to play the role of Ram for him, a “devout Muslim” as he describes himself. The presentation is based on interviews with Shamshad about his life’s journey and the process he went through that made him “identify with is role completely”

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