A Tide in the Affairs of Men: A Public Servant Remembers

 

Release of the new book by Prateep K. Lahiri (New Delhi: Roli Books, 2018)

 

 

 

The book will be released by the Chief Guest: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

 

 

Followed by a discussion

 

Panelists: Shri H.K. Dua, senior journalist; Prof. Ajay K. Mehra, Director (Honorary), Centre for Public Affairs; and

 

Shri Prateep K. Lahiri

 

 

 

Chair: Shri Najeeb Jung, former Lt. Governor of Delhi

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Roli Books)

Roundtable discussion on Recent Developments in the Korean Peninsula

 

Speakers: Ambassador Rakesh Sood, Distinguished Fellow, ORF & Former Diplomat; and Ambassador Vishnu Prakash, Former Ambassador to South Korea

 

 

 

Chair: Ambassador Ashok. K. Kantha, Director, ICS

 

 

 

Extraordinary developments at an unprecedented pace are taking place in the Korean Peninsula (KP), that have left the observers gasping. In a span of mere three months the protagonists have gone from hurling abuses and threats to talking peace and dialogue. The sister of Kim Jong-un (KJU), visited South Korea, becoming the first ever member of the Kim clan to do so. KJU travelled to Beijing, leaving the hermit kingdom for the first time since coming to power in 2011, for his maiden meeting with Xi Jinping. He is scheduled to meet his southern counterpart on 27 April, at the Peace Village on the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). And upon receiving KJU’s message promising denuclearization, President Trump has agreed unconditionally to meet him in late May. Yet, it is proving difficult to shake-off a sense of déjà vu. North Korea trusts no one and least of all the US. It sees Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) as an insurance for survival of the regime. Trump meanwhile is stacking his team with hawks who want to see the end of Kim dynasty. The coming weeks promise riveting political theater, the likes of which have rarely been seen in recent times.

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)

 

 

Thursday 29 March to Friday 6 April

 

 

 

Exhibition  ■ Annexe Art Gallery, 11:00 to 19:00

 

 

 

An exhibition of posters that seeks to Remember the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The exhibition honours 23 notable personalities of various backgrounds, eras, regions and disciplines, who paved the way for civil rights, recognition and justice for people of African descent and the diaspora

 

 

 

(Collaboration: United National Information Centre for India and Bhutan)

Film: Cheenee Kum (140 min; 2007; dvd; Hindi)

Director: R. Balki

 

With Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu & Zohra Segal

 

At 18:30

Play – Habib Tanvir’s Charandas Chor

Presented by Naya Theatre from Bhopal

 

(Collaboration: Pallavi – Odissi Nritya Sangeet Vidyalaya; with the support of North Central Zone Cultural Centre; Sangeet Natak Akademi; and YMCA)

THE ZOHRA SEGAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

 

Mazhabi Laddoo (24 min; 2016; dvd; Hindi)

Director: Saurabh Tyagi

 

Mazhabi Laddoo is a simple, thought provoking story of an 8 year-old boy struggling to understand how a simple craving of a laddoo can decide his fate

 

Chattisgarh Folk Music

By Nageen Tanvir

 

Followed by

Laawani Dance of Maharashtra

THE  ZOHRA SEGAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: 3 TO 5 MAY 2018

This festival is dedicated to the memory of Joy Michael

 

EXHIBITION

Ohara School of Ikebana, Delhi

Delhi Blue Pottery Trust

 

On view in the Foyer adjoining the Auditorium

 

Inaugural Address

By Ashish Mohan Khokar, scholar and editor of attendance

 

Tabla Vaadan

By Rimpa Siva from Kolkata

 

Followed by

Odissi

By Aruna Mohanty from Bhubaneswar

 

 

Fast Forward toward Civilisational Greatness: Agenda for India

Speaker: Prof. Pradip Khandwalla, former Director of the Indian Institute of Managements, Ahmedabad; poet and author

 

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President IIC

 

Talk based on the new book by Prof. Khandwalla where he probes the civilizational sickness we seem to be stuck in, reveals the good world, and most importantly, proposes what can be done to reverse the malignancy and restore health