People on the Run, People on the Move: Displacement, Security and Gender in South Asia

Panelists: Prof. Paula Banerjee (Vice Chancellor, Sanskrit University, Kolkata); Prof. Ranabir Samaddar (Director, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group); and Dr. Sanjoy Hazarika (Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi) (tbc) 

 

Chair: Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath

 

(Collaboration: WISCOMP)

Kabir Sandhya  

Pt. Madhup Mudgal renders 'Kabir Bani' in his own unique style. The rendition includes his recently composed new compositions of Kabir Sahib  

 

Accompanists: Gurbhej Singh and Gurpreet Singh on  tabla; Manish Sharma on harmonium; Ganesh Singh  on manjira;  Sawani Mudgal on vocal support; Vivek Bhola and  Khushal Sharma on tanpura and vocal support

 

Poetry of Benevolence and Compassion

Discussion and launch of The Eight-eyed Lord of Kathmandu

By Abhay K., poet and diplomat (Bloomsbury India)

 

Discussant: Prof. Pushpesh Pant, former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Chair: Dr. H.K.  Kaul, President, The Poetry Society, India

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

She Goes to War: Women Militants of India

By Rashmi Saksena (New Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2018)

 

Discussants: Dr. Ajai Sahni, Executive Director, Institute of Conflict Management; Dr. Sanjoy Hazarika, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative; and Ms Maya Mirchandani, Ashok University

 

Chair: Shri M. Maroof Raza, Defence Analyst, Consultant & Strategic Affairs Expert for Times Now Television

Odissi Recital

By Shashwati Garai Ghosh from Kolkata, disciple of Smt Sharmila Biswas under the Sanskriti–Madhobi Chatterji Memorial Fellowship 2018

 

(Collaboration: Sanskriti – Madhobi Chatterji Fellowship)

 

Unscripted Lives

Photo-stories by Shiju Basheer

 

Inauguration by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi on Wednesday, 5 September 2018 at 18:00

 

A collection of candid shots by the artist from his travels in across India and elsewhere

Speakers:Pankaj Mishra, Editor-in-Chief, Co-Founder and CEO, Factor Daily; Rama Lakshmi, The Print; Ashish Malhotra, India Correspondent, Deutsche Welle and freelance multimedia journalist; and Zakka Jacob, Deputy Executive Editor, CNN-News 18

 

 

 

Moderator: Richa Bansal, Director Communications, CPR 

 

 

 

During the past decade, with advances in digital technologies and rapid increase in the penetration of the internet, media has undergone a dramatic change in the manner in which news is gathered, disseminated and interpreted. There is an emphasis on speed, a premium on immediacy and virtually instant interpretation such as through Twitter. Traditional media, both print and electronic, are struggling to stay relevant and are themselves, adapting to and adopting the new technologies to create web-based news portals, mixing text and images to survive in this new environment, which is still in the throes of rapid change. The panel on “Unpacking Media – Digital & Traditional” will seek to explore and understand these changes and look to what the future may hold. We have outstanding journalists who have lived through this transition and those who have achieved success in the new media. They will share their rich and varied experiences with us

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Niti Aayog; and Centre for Policy Research)

THE IIC  DOUBLE BILL DANCE CONCERT 

 

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Geeta Shirisha from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Shri K.R.S. Prasanna, Shri Kiran Subramanyam and Smt Sandhya Kiran

 

Followed by

AT 19:00

Kathak Recital

By Varsha Dasgupta from Delhi, disciple of Gurus Abhimanyu Lal and Vidha Lal

 

The Ambassador Series

 

Building a Common Future in Central Asia: The Way Forward for India-Uzbekistan Relations

 

Keynote Address by H.E. Mr. Farhad Arziev, Ambassador of Uzbekistan

 

 

 

Chair: Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar, Adviser Central Asia, Ananta Aspen Centre, President, Institute of Global Studies & former Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia

 

 

 

Central Asia is a strategically and economically important region for India.  Among the five countries of the region, India enjoys a strategic partnership and shares a crucial relationship with Uzbekistan, the most populous Central Asian country.  The existing bilateral engagement has flowed naturally from long standing historical, cultural and civilizational ties. Bilateral cooperation runs the gamut from trade and investment, education and civil aviation all the way to tourism, science and technology, telecommunications, agriculture and IT. Alongside this exists a deepening military relationship, partly driven by a common concern about terrorism and regional stability. Uzbekistan was instrumental in India acceding to the Ashgabat Agreement in early 2018. Uzbekistan, itself a source of uranium, has supported India’s candidature for Nuclear Suppliers Group. Fresh elements have emerged in the partnership with the assumption of power by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in late 2016. 

 

Prime Minister Modi visited Tashkent twice over the last 3 years and also met President Mirziyoyev at the SCO Summit in Qingdao, China in June, 2018. With the first state visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to India in October, 2018 serving as a backdrop, the two governments can be expected to provide a strong impetus to the existing bilateral and multilateral partnership between the two countries

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Ananta Aspen Centre)

 

 

Radhe – Govind

In Kathak and Brij-Raas Style

Dance Choreography by Uma Sharma

Music Direction: Pt. Jwala Prasad

Accompanists: Madho Prasad (gayan); Vinay Prasanna (flute); Mubarak Khan (tabla); Khalid Mustafa (sitar); and Yograj Panwar (padhant)

 

Compere: Sadhna Shrivastav

 

 (Collaboration: Uma Sharma School of Dance and Music –  Bharatiya Sangeet Sadan)