India International Centre

The Situation in Afghanistan and Prospects for International Cooperation: Perspectives from India, China and the USA

23 October 2018, 05:30 am

The Situation in Afghanistan and Prospects for International Cooperation: Perspectives from India, China and the USA

Programme Type

Discussions

The Situation in Afghanistan and Prospects for International Cooperation: Perspectives from India, China and the USA

Speakers: Ambassador Amar Sinha, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan; Dr. Bernett Rubin, Senior Fellow, Center for International Cooperation, NYU; Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan; and

Dr. Wang Shida, Deputy Director, Institute of South & Southeast Asian Oceania Studies, CICIR

Discussants: Ms Li Qingyan, Associate Research Fellow, Department for Developing Countries Studies, CIIS; and Mr. Lin Yiming, Researcher, Institute of South & Southeast Asian and Oceania Studies, CICIR

Chair: Ambassador Ashok K. Kantha, Director, Institute of Chinese Studies

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies; and Center on International Cooperation, New York University)

Concert

22 October 2018, 05:30 am

Concert

Programme Type

Cultural

Concert

By Anete Graudina on the violin

Accompanied by Niklas Oldemeier on the piano

The artists will present a concert of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Darzins and Krisler

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

Round Table on Karl Marx

20 October 2018, 05:30 am

Round Table on Karl Marx

Programme Type

Discussions

Round Table on Karl Marx

Speakers: Professor Ashis Nandy, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Professor Dhruv Raina, Philosopher and Historian of Science, JNU; Professor Ajay Verma, Philosopher, JNU; Professor Irfan Habib, historian of science and modern political history

Organized and moderated by Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor-Vice Dean at O.P. Jindal Global University

For over a century the fate of Marx’s thought was tied to that of Marxism. Even today, three decades after the fall of the Soviet empire, many still blame Marx for the cruel atrocities that happened around the world in the name of Marxism. But despite what happened in the past hundred years in the communist countries, Marx remains an important thinker and a central figure of the modern canon around the world. In other words, he should be read closely, with precision and patience. But now that the statues of Marx were torn down bitterly and indistinctively as those of Lenin and Stalin, what really remains of him for future generations of readers? This is a critical question that will be discussed by a panel of distinguished scholars gathered at the India International Centre. This round-table is organized with the participation of Jindal Global University

(Collaboration: O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat)

20,000 Miles Across Arunachal Pradesh

17 October 2018, 05:30 am

20,000 Miles Across Arunachal Pradesh

Programme Type

Talks

20,000 Miles Across Arunachal Pradesh

Speakers: Ajai Shukla, former military officer and columnist for the Business Standard on strategic affairs; and Sonia Shukla, former journalist and presently with the Institute of Chinese Studies

In a talk illustrated with photographs, Ajai and Sonia Shukla will share their experience of a yearlong research stay in Arunachal Pradesh, and of several subsequent visits to that border state. It began in 2008 with a research project that required 20,000 miles of driving up and down the five major river valleys that comprise the state. From the 15,000-foot high Bumla Pass on the Sino-Indian border, to the implausibly beautiful Mechuka and Ziro, to Kibithu – the eastern tip of India where the sun rises on the cub-continent – they talked to locals to reconstruct an oral account of how the British-era “excluded area” of the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) evolved into an Indian state

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

17 October 2018, 05:30 am

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Programme Type

Discussions

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Kama: The Riddle of Desire

By Gurcharan Das (Gurgaon: Penguin Random House, 2018)

Discussants: Prof. Malashri Lal, Professor of English, University of Delhi; Prof. Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Professor Emeritus (Literature), IIT Delhi; and Ms Poonam Saxena, The Hindustan Times

Chair: Dr. Karan Singh

ICS-IIC Roundtable on China in the Indian Ocean: Evolving Doctrine, Presence and Prospects

17 October 2018, 05:30 am

ICS-IIC Roundtable on China in the Indian Ocean: Evolving Doctrine, Presence and Prospects

Programme Type

Discussions

ICS-IIC Roundtable on China in the Indian Ocean: Evolving Doctrine, Presence and Prospects

Speakers: Cmde. Gopal Suri; Vice-Admiral Pradeep Chauhan; Vice-Admiral Anil Chopra; and Ambassador Ashok K. Kantha

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)

CULTURE AND HERITAGE

16 October 2018, 05:30 am

CULTURE AND HERITAGE

Programme Type

Discussions

ulture and Heritage

Coordinated by Ms Amita Baig

People, Heritage & The Future: The Chandernagore Initiative

Speaker: Ms. AishwaryaTipnis, Architect and recipient of the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettre (Knight of the Arts and Letters); recipient of the UNESCO Award for Heritage Conservation in the Asia-Pacific Region; and recipient of the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship 2011. Her work is largely centred on shared built heritage

Chair D r. Bertrand de Hartingh, Ph.D., Counsellorfor Education, Science and Culture, French Embassy and Country Director, French Institute in India.

An erstwhile French settlement of Chandernagore, 40 kms north of Calcutta with a unique history of its own, lies in neglect, threatened to disappearance by the pressures of modern development. How do we preserve this important slice of Indo-French history? In a scenario where cultural value is embodied in layered histories and narratives, and while built heritage is defined by non-monumental buildings, the challenges of urban conservation become far more complex. While experts at conferences and seminars romanticise about the glory of the past, ordinary citizens have to deal with the everyday issues of health, sanitation, property disputes and economics making heritage conservation an elitist dream. The fundamental question that one needs to answer is whose heritage is it anyway? The talk will outline almost a decade of work on experimenting with new methodologies for conservation of this unique heritage as part of the Chandernagore Initiative