VERY ALIVE MINDS: 23 & 24 JANUARY 2020
23 January 2020, 05:30 am
VERY ALIVE MINDS: 23 & 24 JANUARY 2020
Programme Type
Cultural
VERY ALIVE MINDS: 23 & 24 JANUARY 2020
West meets East through Culture and Music
Songs of Love and Destiny
Transcription for voice and piano of select works of Rabindranath Tagore by Alain Daniélou
Presented by Francesca Cassio (voice) and Gloria Campaner (piano)
(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)
From Pain to Paint
22 January 2020, 05:30 am
From Pain to Paint
From Pain to Paint
An exhibition of paintings from the Bindu Art School founded by Werner Dornik, Austrian artist and Padma Venkataraman. Bindu Art School uses art to change the lives of people affected by leprosy
Inauguration by H.E. Ms Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer, Ambassador of Austria on Tuesday, 21st January 2020 at 18:30
Guest of Honour: Anjolie Ela Menon and Suresh Jindal
MAPPING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: Limits of Direct Income Support – The Case of Tenant Farmers
21 January 2020, 05:30 am
MAPPING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: Limits of Direct Income Support – The Case of Tenant Farmers
Programme Type
Talks,
Webcasts
MAPPING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Limits of Direct Income Support – The Case of Tenant Farmers
Illustrated lecture by Shri Kiran Kumar Vissa, social activist working at the grassroots level to resolve the issues faced by Indian farmers; his dedicated work over the years in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has resulted in significantly improving the livelihoods of farmers in the region
Chair: Dr. Siraj Hussain, Visiting Senior Fellow, ICRIER
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the inauguration of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
21 January 2020, 05:30 am
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the inauguration of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Programme Type
Talks
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the inauguration of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
In Conversation: A Reminder which Hurts
Participants include Pamela Philipose; H.S. Phoolka; Gautam Vohra; Kamal Mitra Chenoy; John dayal; Tapan Bose; Achin Vanaik; and Suhas Borker
" I have great pleasure in dedicating this plaza and I hope it will always not only
be a reminder but a reminder which hurts...a reminder which hurts us for our
own weaknesses, which hurts and reminds us of the gaps in our work and our
effort, and if in that way, it can inspire us to greater effort and to greater work,
I think you will have achieved a very great deal."
- Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, at the inauguration of the Gandhi-King
Memorial Plaza, 21 January 1970.
(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)
To Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza which was inaugurated on 21 January 1970
21 January 2020, 05:30 am
To Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza which was inaugurated on 21 January 1970
Programme Type
Cultural
To Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza which was inaugurated on 21 January 1970
Celebration of the Power of Nin-violent Action and the Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
(15 January 1929-4 April 1968)
From 10:30 to 11:00
91st Birthday Commemoration Service of Dr. Marin Luther King Jr.
Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR
From 11:15 to 12:15
Interactive Session
Theme: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” – Martin Luther King Jr. (Letter from Birmingham Jail, 16 April 1963)
During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King Jr. will be screened
Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker, Working Group on Alternative Strategies; and Shri Ramesh Sharma, Gandhi Yuva Biradari
This programme is part of the Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development
(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Biradari and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)
We are Still Alive: Strategies in Surviving the Anthropocene
21 January 2020, 05:30 am
We are Still Alive: Strategies in Surviving the Anthropocene
We are Still Alive: Strategies in Surviving the Anthropocene
Site-specific exhibition that engages with the impact of the human footprint on earth systems that has become irreversible and poses the greatest challenge to mankind. Presenting Asif Waqif; Arun Kumar H.G.; Priyanka Chowdhary; and Ravi Agarwal
Preview on Monday, 20th January 2020 at 16:30
(Collaboration: Shalini Passi Foundation; MASH)
The Wonder of Wonder – The Aesthetics of Adbhuta-Rasa: From the Bhagvadgita to Abhinavagupta’s Abhinavabharati
18 January 2020, 05:30 am
The Wonder of Wonder – The Aesthetics of Adbhuta-Rasa: From the Bhagvadgita to Abhinavagupta’s Abhinavabharati
Programme Type
Talks
The Wonder of Wonder – The Aesthetics of Adbhuta-Rasa: From the Bhagvadgita to Abhinavagupta’s Abhinavabharati
Speaker: Prof. Arindam Chakraborti, eminent philosopher, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii and Nirmal and Augustina Mattoo Chair of Indic Humanities, New York Philosophy Department, Stony Brook University
Chair: Prof. R.N. Misra, Professor of Ancient Indian history, arts and aesthetics
Chair: Prof. R.N. Misra, Professor of Ancient Indian history, arts and aesthetics
(Collaboration: Tantra Foundation)
