Films of the Spirit

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Siddhartha (89 min; 1972; dvd; Hindi/English)

Director: Conrad Rooks

 

With Shashi Kapoor, Simi Garewal

 

Based on the novel by Hermann Hesse, it tells the story of young Siddhartha and his search for meaning in life. This journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual pleasures, material wealth, self-revulsion and eventually to the oneness and harmony with himself that he seeks. Siddhartha learns that the secret of life cannot be passed from one person to the other, but must be achieved through inner experience.

 

Considered a controversial film, Rook’s Siddhartha is a contemporary take on the timeless tale of Lord Buddha

 

(Collaboration: National Film Archive of India, Pune; and Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

 

Mental Health, Spirituality and Well Being – Connectedness Across Life Span

Speakers: Dr. Raman Kapur, Padma Shri and Chairman, Department of Medical Acupuncture, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; and

Dr. Jitender Nagpal, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Mool Chand Hospital

 

GANDHI 150

International Seminar on Satyagraha in the 21st Century

 

From 11:45 to 13:15 

Plenary Session

Chair: Prof. Ashis Nandy, Honorary Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

 

The Global Gandhi

Speaker: Prof. Mark Juergensmeyer, Professor, Department of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Satyagraha and Movements for Justice, Peace and Self-Determination in Africa and Latin America

Speaker: Prof. Beatriz Bissio, Professor, Federal University, Rio de Janeiro

 

AT 18:30

Satyagraha in Verse

Moderated by Savita Singh and Ashok Vajpayee

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

GANDHI 150

International Seminar on Satyagraha in the 21st Century: 22 to 24 October 2019

Organised in collaboration with Council for Social Development and others

 

FROM 10:00 TO 12:15 IN THE MULTIPURPOSE HALL

Inauguration

By Shri N.N. Vohra, President, India International Centre

 

Chief Guest: Ms Medha Patkar, Narmada Bachao Andolan, National Alliance for People Movement who will speak on

Satyagraha in Contemporary India: Some Reflections

 

Chair: Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development

 

AT 18:30 IN C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM

Gandhi: Warp and Weft

A solo dance-theatre work celebrating different aspects of Gandhi's Satyagraha
by Geetha Chandran

 

31st Wilhelm von Pochhammer Memorial Lecture

 

Nationalism and Interdependence

Speaker: Shri Niti Desai, well-known economist and former Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations 

 

Chair: Ambassador Ronen Sen, President, Federation of Indo-German Societies in India

 

Economic, ecological, social and cultural interaction and interdependence between individuals and enterprises is cutting across national boundaries at an unprecedented rate. Yet a more vocal nationalism is becoming increasingly the preferred option of the political class in many countries. The lecture will explore where we are going and where we should be headed

 

(Collaboration: Federation of Indo-German Societies in India)

 

 

Expressions of Muharram

A cultural presentation by Saeed Naqvi

Introduction: Saba Naqvi

 

Traditional performers from the Qasbah of Mustafabad will present  Marsiya, Soz, Salaam, Nauha in Hindi/Hindustani, Awadhi and Farsi on The Tragedy of Karbala