1. IIC

Archaeology of Zangskar Valley

07 February 2019, 05:30 am
Archaeology of Zangskar Valley
Programme Type
Discussions

Archaeology of Zangskar Valley & Conservation of Buddhist Monuments in Central India

Release of Prof. R.C. Agrawal’s books by Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

Guest of Honour: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-International Research Division

 

Followed by a discussion

Speakers: Dr. B.M. Pande, formerly Director, Institute of Archaeology; Dr. Salim Beg, Convenor, INTACH Jammu & Kashmir Chapter; and Prof. Anuradha Chaturvedi, Associate Professor of Architectural Conservation & Head of Department, Dept. of Architectural Conservation, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi

 

(Collaboration: Sharada Publishing House)

 

The Print Chamber

Old Programmes
Old Programmes  
06 February 2019, 05:30 am
The Print Chamber
The Print Chamber
An exhibition of prints by Shivangi Ladha
 
Preview on Tuesday, 5th February 2019 at 18:30
 
Based on three different projects, Shivangi challenges the convention of drawing, creating a tension between the hand drawn and mechanically re-produced states of experience in the image
 

Amar Nath Sehgal – A Portrait

05 February 2019, 05:30 am
Amar Nath Sehgal – A Portrait
Amar Nath Sehgal – A Portrait
(22 min; 2018; dvd; English)
Directed by Rajiv Mehrotra who will introduce the film
 
Followed by A Glimpse of the Museum
Illustrated walk through of the Amar Nath Sehgal Museum
 
Opening Address by Rajan Sehgal
 
(Collaboration: The Amar Nath Sehgal Private Collection)
 

International Symposium on Creativity and Freedom: 5 and 6 February 2019

05 February 2019, 05:30 am
International Symposium on Creativity and Freedom: 5 and 6 February 2019
Programme Type
Seminars

International Symposium on Creativity and Freedom: 5 and 6 February 2019
A two day symposium organised in collaboration with Ashoka University; and Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
 
The symposium will discuss and address concerns in Art History, Fine Art Practice, Music, Theatre, Design, Literature, and Cultural Studies, including popular culture, Architecture, Film and the increasing concern with ‘wellness’, both physical and mental. Speakers include Nicholas Coleridge; Gopalkrishna Gandhi; T.N. Ninan; William Dalrymple; Suman Mukherjee; Deborah Swallow; Dr. Wang Chunchen; Sabyasachi Mukherjee; Prof. Amareswar Galla; Catherine David; Patrizia Asproni; Shahid Amin; Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri; Shubhra Gupta; Anna Vetticad; Sergio Scapagnini and others.
 
As part of this symposium, on 6th February, there will be an exhibition and a cultural programme
6 FEBRUARY 2019 
GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA
Project Varanasi
IIT Kharagpur interrogates the multifarious cultural and plural components of the ancient living city of Varanasi through its mumtivocal and contemporary scientific lens
 
FOUNTAIN LAWNS AT 19:00
Qawwali
By Jameel Ahmed and party from Rampur
Organised by the Agha Khan Foundation
 
For details of the symposium, kindly please log onto www.cimaartindia.com

Ritmus vándorok – Rhythm Travellers

04 February 2019, 05:30 am
Ritmus vándorok – Rhythm Travellers
Programme Type
Cultural
Ritmus vándorok – Rhythm Travellers
 
Presented by 4 for Dance from Hungary – Gál Sándor Áron, Bárány Kristóf, Cserés Máté and Enyedi Péter
 
Founded in 2004 by a group of professional dancers, 4 for Dance has created a unique style, combining traditional Hungarian folk dance with virtuoso plays of rhythm and a lot of humour
 
(Collaboration: Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre)

Universal Health Services

04 February 2019, 05:30 am
Universal Health Services
Programme Type
Talks
Universal Health Services
 
Speaker: Lt. Gen. Sanjeev Chopra, Director General, Hospital Services
 

Jazz Concert

02 February 2019, 05:30 am
Jazz Concert
Programme Type
Cultural
Jazz concert
 Presented by working title - David Soin Tappeser (drummer& composer); Gustavo Mezo (pianist); and Theo Malka-Wishart (double bassist)
 
Embracing the intimacy and flexibility of the traditional piano trio format, the group’s game is highly interactive, collaborative and improvisation driven. Interweaving hip-hop-grooves with Ethiopian harmonies, folk tunes with reggaeton and the Beatles with bhangra, the trio’s sounds emanate beyond genre or cultural specificity, infinite, indefinite and open to interpretation
 
(Collaboration: Embassy of Mexico)

FRONTIERS OF HISTORY

01 February 2019, 05:30 am
FRONTIERS OF HISTORY
Programme Type
Talks
FRONTIERS OF HISTORY
 
Pastoralisms and Civilizations
Speaker: Prof. Thomas R. Trautmann, well-known scholar of Ancient India and Professor Emeritus of History and Anthropology, University of Michigan; and considered one of the world's leading experts on the Arthashastra, the ancient Hindu text on kinship
 
Chair: Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri
 
This lecture will show how the pastoralisms of the ancient civilizations differ from one another, especially the role of animals in armies. The distinctive ideal of Indian “fourfold” armies added elephants to threefold armies of cavalry, chariotry and infantry. This configuration helps explain why the first unification of India by the Nandas and Mauryas came from the eastern region, with its abundance of wild elephants, and not its western region, exposed to the Persian Empire
 

Baba Farid: Poet of the Soul

01 February 2019, 05:30 am
Baba Farid: Poet of the Soul
Baba Farid: Poet of the Soul 
(61 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)
Directed by Meera Dewan who will introduce the film
Produced by Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
A documentary celebrating 12th century mystic poet, Farid al-Din Mas’ud Ganj-i-Shakar
 
(Collaboration: Guild of Service; Indo-Persian Studies Institute; and Chishthy Foundation)

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