Book Discussion Group
The Routledge Companion to Indian Ethics: Women, Justice, Bioethics and Ecology
Edited by Purushottama Bilimoria & Amy Rayner (Routledge India: 2024)
Discussants: Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Canada; Hon’ble Justice Ms Nagma Khan, Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Firozabad; Prof. Shashiprabha Kumar, Chairperson, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla; Dr. Manindra Nath Thakur, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Prof. Purushottama Bilimoria, Distinguished Professor of Law and International Philosophy, O. P. Jindal Global University, Visiting Professor, Ashoka University, Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne and Co-Editor of the book
Moderator: Prof. Savita Singh, School of Gender and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University
Bangladesh at the Precipice
Panelists: Amb. Riva Ganguly Das, former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh and Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India; Dr. Constantino Xavier, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy and Security Studies, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) and non-resident Fellow, Foreign Policy program, Brookings Institution, Washington DC; Prof. Sreeradha Datta, Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University, and non-resident Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore; and Shri Dipanjan R. Chaudhury, Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Economic Times
Chair: Amb. Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh
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Internet services at the Centre
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NOT WITH WORDS - REMEMBERING KUNWAR NARAIN
An exhibition of paintings, ceramics and collages
By Siraj Saxena
Curated by Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon
Inauguration by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Shri Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Shri Aman Nath on Tuesday, 3 September 2024 at 18:30
Curated walk on 9 September 2024 at 11:30 hrs; and 10 September 2024 at 11:00 hrs
The walks will include an introduction to Kunwar Narain’s poetry
On 10 September 2024 at 11:00
Curated Walk and Collage Making Workshop
A special curated walk and collage making workshop for NOIDA Deaf Society
Conducted by Siraj Saxena and Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon
On 10 September 2024 at 17:30
Poetry Reading
By Shubhashish Chakrabarty and Irshad Khan Sikander
Talk on Kunwar Narain and his connection to art by Dinesh Srinet
The closing of the exhibition will include a Curator’s Address by Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon
Talat Mahmood
A ‘stage documentary’ based on the award-winning biography by Sahar Zaman, grand-niece of Talat Mahmood, well-known playback singer and considered the ‘Ghazal King’. The production is a mix of narration, performance, film projection and choreography
Conceptualised and Directed by Sohaila Kapur
Produced by Three Arts Club and Katyayani Production
The author, Sahar Zaman will speak briefly about her experiences writing the biography and share personal anecdotes about her great-uncle.
Heirloom Sarees: The Glory of India’s Woven Heritage
An exhibition of heirloom sarees from private collections that pays homage to the magnificent woven traditions of India. Many of the heirloom sarees are no longer being woven today as present day sensibilities, raw material unavailability and diminishing weaving skills have played a part in the gradual decline of production of these special weaves. The exhibition highlights and exemplifies the wide variety of weaving skills, different types of yarns and the astonishingly beautiful aesthetics which were prevalent and popular a few decades ago. The collection also highlights sarees woven in the important weaving clusters of the time including Kanchipuram, Benares and Paithan among others
Inauguration on Saturday, 31 August 2024 at 18:30 with
Bharatanatyam performance composed for the occasion
By Justin McCarthy
Guided Walkthrough on 1 September 2024 at 16:00 hrs respectively
Kindly please register in advance on 9910666457
On 7 September 2024 at 17:00 hrs
A Conversation
With Ms Malvika Singh, Publisher, author, revivalist of traditional textiles skills
(Collaboration: Delhi Crafts Council)
ALMOST ISLAND DIALOGUES: READINGS
Readings
By Sharmistha Mohanty, writer and poet; and Najwan Darwish, poet from Palestine
ALMOST ISLAND DIALOGUES: READINGS
Organised in collaboration with Almost Island Dialogues
Readings
By Anitha Thampi, critically acclaimed poet, essayist and translator; and David Herd, poet, critic and teacher from UK
AGRICULTURE POLICY SERIES
Is the Legal Guarantee of MSP the Next Big Idea in Agriculture?
Panelists: Prof. Himanshu, Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri Ajay Vir Jakhar, Chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj; Shri Harish Damodaran, National Editor (Rural Affairs and Agriculture Editor), The Indian Express; and Shri Kiran Kumar Vissa, National co-convener, Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA)
Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Union Agriculture Secretary
Moderator: Shri Pravesh Sharma, IAS (Retd.), former MD, SFAC (Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium)
