MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

Music in/of Kathak

 

Kathak is the only form of dance which is immediately associated with nritta. Music in Kathak has rarely been a subject of serious discourse. The noted Kathak exponent, Smt Prerana Shrimali in her presentation will elucidate according to her understanding, application, and experience of music in/of kathak.

 

 

INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

 

Harappans in the Ganga Valley: New Discoveries

Speaker: Dr. Bhuvan Vikrama, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

 

The Harappan presence in the east of Yamuna has been attested at Alamgirpur (Baghpat) and at Hulas (Saharanpur), however, with an admixture of local or regional cultural elements, it represents a diluted form of the Harappans or its rural manifestation with no urban signatures. Recent, discovery of a large collection of copper objects from Harinagar (Bijnor) and a small scale excavation at Sakatpur (Saharanpur) yielding the copper hoard implements with Harappan artefacts has brought us to a point where a rethink of the Harappan presence in Yamuna-Ganga doab and beyond becomes imperative. The present talk will focus on the Harappan evidences found in this region and will discuss their significance and relevance

 

Speaker: H.E. Mr. Nikolay Kudashev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation

 

Chair: Ambassador S.K. Lambah, Chairman, Ananta Aspen Centre and former Special Envoy to the Prime Minister of India

 

India and Russia have a special relationship which is rooted in history, trust and mutually beneficial cooperation. War, India-Russia relations has been a key pillar of India’s foreign policy. Since the signing of “Declaration on the India-Russia Strategic Partnership” in October 2000, India-Russia ties have acquired a qualitatively new character with enhanced levels of cooperation in almost most areas of the bilateral relationship including politics, security, economics, defence, energy, science and technology. Over the years, the strategic partnership between India and Russia has withstood the test of time, and both the countries enjoy a growing convergence in their political, economic and strategic interests.

 

The diplomatic relations between India and Russia completed 70 years in 2017. Last year, the bilateral trade between Moscow and New Delhi experienced an impressive 22% growth, although it is much below the potential.  India and Russia also boosted cooperation in a number of spheres ranging from agriculture to energy to pharmaceuticals. The two countries also seek stronger ties in the military sector. India participated as Guest Country in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum-2017. The session will provide an insight to the current trends of bilateral ties between India and Russia and a glimpse at how relations can be improved in the future. 

 

(Collaboration: Ananta Aspen Centre)

 

 WE CARE FESTIVAL OF FILMS ON DISABILITY ISSUES: 16 & 17 APRIL 2018

Screening of 27 award-winning short films and documentaries from 11 countries on issues of disability. Organised in collaboration with Brotherhood; UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan; UNESCO; and Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi 

 

Screenings on both 16 and 17 April 2018 will be held from 09:30 to 16:30 hours. The festival includes discussions and question/answer sessions with some of the filmmakers present.

 

Details of screening schedule will be sent by email, and will also be uploaded on the  IIC website, www.iicdelhi.in 

 

(Collaboration: We Care)

 

Stella (Poland) 

(55 min; 2015; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Maciej Pawlicki

 

The film tells the true story of a Holocaust survivor, Stella Zylbersztajn-Tzur (born 1925 at ?ód?, Poland) who was hidden during the course of the Second World War by the residents of ?osice, a town in eastern Poland. After the war, 23 of the 65 people responsible for hiding her from the Nazis were awarded the “Righteous Among the Nations” medal by Yad Vashem

 

(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi)

 

Economic Theory and Policy amidst Global Discontent

Essays in Honour of Deepak Nayyar

Edited by Ananya Ghosh Dastidar, Rajeev Malhotra and Vivek Suneja (Routledge, India)

 

Launch of the South Asian Edition of ‘Economic Theory and Policy amidst Global Discontent’

By Prof. Romila Thapar, Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Remarks by Prof. Deepak Nayyar

 

Panel discussion with 

Panelists: Dr. Bimal Jalan, former Governor, The Reserve Bank of India; Dr. Dipankar Gupta, former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Shri T.N. Ninan, eminent journalist; and Prof. Arunava Sen, Professor, ISI, Delhi

 

Poems of Dream and Light

Readings from the latest collection of poems by Keki N. Daruwalla; followed by readings by poets from Mumbai, C.P. Surendran and Anand Thakore

 

Keki  N. Daruwalla will read from Naishapur and Babylon: Poems: 2005 – 2017

C.P. Sureendran will read from Available Light: New and Collected Poems

Anand Thakur will read from Selected Poems and Seven Deaths and Four Scrolls

 

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

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

 

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Brazil)

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement: 50 Years Later

 

09:30 to 10:00 – Inaugural Address

Air Marshal (Retd.) Naresh Verma, Director IIC

Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University

 

Panel I: 10:00 to 11:30 – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Democratic Leadership

Speakers: Prof. Sudarshan Ramaswamy, Dean, School of Government and Public Policy, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Constitutionalism; Prof. Dipankar Gupta, sociologist and former Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gandhi and the Liberal Democratic Leadership; and Prof. Kathleen Modrowski, Dean, School of Liberal Arts & Humanities, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Labour and Civil Rights at the Highlander Centre  

 

Moderator: Harsh Sethi, Seminar Magazine

 

Panel II: 12:00 to 13:30 – Martin Luther King and India

Speakers: Prof. Vinod Vyasulu, Professor, Vice-Dean, Jindal Global University – The Relevance of Martin Luther King, Jr. to India; Dr. Nicholas de Zamaroczy, Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean, Jindal Global University – The Impact of King and Gandhi on Contemporary Protest Movements; and Prof. Gowhar Fazili, University of Delhi – Martin Luther King and Kashmir

 

Moderator: Sachin Dhawan, Assistant Professor, Jindal Law School

 

Panel III: 14:30 to 16:30 – Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Ambedkar

Speakers: Prof. Ajay Verma, Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University – Religion as Refuge: Some Reflections on Political Trajectories of Malcolm X and Ambedkar; and Prof. John Robert Clammer, Schools of Liberal Arts & Humanities and Law, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ambedkar: Linkages Across Time and Space; and Prof. Ramin Jahanbegloo, Director MGCP, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and a Re-evaluation of Our Values

 

Moderator: Dr. Mujibur Rehman, Jamia Millia Islamia

 

From 16:30 to 18:00 – Martin Luther King: From Spirituality to Revolution of Values

Speakers: Dr. Tom Cook, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Concept of Evil; Dr. Sean P. Bala, Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Christian Theological Perspective; and Dr. Hana Umezawa, Associate Professor, Jindal Global University – Washington DC 1963 – Detroit 1943 

 

(Collaboration: Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University)

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

Sidney, Spenser ad the Royal Reader

By Shormishtha Panja (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017)

 

Discussants: Prof. R.W. Desai, formerly Professor of English, University of Delhi; Prof. Denys P. Leighton, Professor of History, Ambedkar University; and Dr. Davinder Mohini Ahuja, retd. Associate Professor, Ramjas College 

Chair: Prof. Christel R. Devadawson, Professor & Head, Dept. of English, University of Delhi