Bandung Day Celebrations 2018

24 April 2018, 05:30 am
Bandung Day Celebrations 2018
Programme Type
Cultural
 
Bandung Day Celebrations 2018
 
 
 
At 17:30
 
Bandung Legacy Songs
 
By Pratidhwani
 
 
 
Followed by
 
Bandung Day Symposium: Bandung Vision and Contemporary Global Challenge
 
The programme will include release of a book by Darwis Khudori, Indonesian scholar on Bandung Legacy and Global Future
 
The book will be released by Dr. Syeda Hameed
 
 
 
Opening remarks by the Chair: Prof. Muchkund Dubey
 
 
 
Speakers: Dr. Syeda Hameed, former Member, Planning Commission; Prof. Darwis Khudori, Le Havre University & Convener, Bandung Spirit Network; Prof. Praveen Singh, Ambedkar University; Prof. Rashmi Doraiswamy, Director, Institute of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty
 
 
 
(Collaboration: Council for Social Development; and Jamia Millia Islamia)

Born to be Hanged: Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

23 April 2018, 05:30 am
Born to be Hanged: Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Programme Type
Discussions
Born to be Hanged: Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
By Syeda Saiyidain Hameed (New Delhi, Rupa: 2018)
 
Release of the book followed by a discussion
 
(Collaboration: Rupa Publishers)
 

CHITHIRAI MUSIC FESTIVAL

21 April 2018, 05:30 am
CHITHIRAI MUSIC FESTIVAL
Programme Type
Festivals
CHITHIRAI  MUSIC FESTIVAL
 
Vocal Recital
By G. Ravi Kiran from Bangaluru, disciple of  Sangita Kalanidhi Shri R.K. Srikantan and Vidwan Shri T.M. Krishna
Accompanists : Delhi R Sridhar on violin & Kumbakonam N Padmanaban on mridangam
 
(Collaboration: Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha)
 

CHITHIRAI MUSIC FESTIVAL

20 April 2018, 05:30 am
CHITHIRAI MUSIC FESTIVAL
Programme Type
Festivals
FRIDAY 20 AND SATURDAY 21
CHITHIRAI  MUSIC FESTIVAL
 
Flute Recital
By G. Raghuraman from Delhi, disciple of Dr. N. Ramani
 
Accompanist: Delhi R Sridhar on violin & M.V. Chander Shekar on mridangam
 

Rroma – The Forgotten Children of India

20 April 2018, 05:30 am
Rroma – The Forgotten Children of India
Programme Type
Talks
Rroma – The Forgotten Children of India
Speaker: Prof. Marcel Courthiade, Professor and Head of the Rromani Studies Section, Department of South Asian Languages, INALCO, Paris-City Sorbonne and Commissioner for Language and Linguistic Rights, International Rromani Union
 
Chair: Ms Punita Singh
 
The talk will present the discovery/rediscovery of the Indian origin, ideological negation of this origin and of any Rromani identity, heritage, culture: the welfare syndrome; and perspectives of Indo-Rromani relationship
 
(Collaboration: Centre of Indology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan) 
 

Post Independence Architecture of Delhi – World Monuments Fund Watch Day

20 April 2018, 05:30 am
Post Independence Architecture of Delhi – World Monuments Fund Watch Day
Programme Type
Cultural
Post Independence Architecture of Delhi – World Monuments Fund Watch Day
 
Post Independence Architecture of Delhi
Illustrated lecture by Kaiwan Mehta
 
Followed by a panel discussion
 
(Collaboration: World Monuments Fund; and INTACH, Delhi Chapter)
 

Our Lives

20 April 2018, 05:30 am
Our Lives
Our Lives
An exhibition of photographs by NatsukoTominaga
 
Leprosy is one of the world’s oldest diseases. Although completely curable today, the age-old stigma attached to leprosy continues to have an impact on people’s lives. India accounts for over 60 percent of annual new cases of the disease and is home to around 800 self-settled leprosy colonies. Our Lives introduces residents of four such colonies and their experience of leprosy. It also features photographs of persons affected by leprosy in 40 other countries and invites viewers to pause and dwell on what it means to live
 
(Collaboration: The Nippon Foundation; and Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation)
 

Breaking the Break-in of Indian Banks

18 April 2018, 05:30 am
Breaking the Break-in of Indian Banks
Programme Type
Discussions
Breaking the Break-in of Indian Banks
 
Speakers: Shri M. Damodaran former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI); Shri Hardayal Singh, former Chief Commissioner & Ombudsman, Income Tax, Mumbai and Columnist; Shri T.K. Arun, Editor Opinion, The Economic Times; and Dr. Usha Ramanathan, Independent Law Researcher
 
 
 
Discussant: Shri Chaitanya Kalbag, Columnist, writer, former Editor-in-Chief, Hindustan Times  
 
 
 
Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, CFTV News
 
 
 
The recent scams in Indian Banks exposed the deep malaise in the country's financial system. Offline LOUs were used for defrauding banks of thousands of crores. Private players used state-owned banks to enrich themselves; when discovered they fled abroad. Going by past experience investigative agencies will take their own time in preparing a legal case. Can this happen without political patronage? Who ultimately pays for this? Is privatisation of PSU banks the answer? What stringent regulatory interventions can be put in place to stop repeat frauds?
 
 
 
(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)
 
 

CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

19 April 2018, 05:30 am
CREEDS OF OUR TIMES
Creeds of Our Times
 
Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra
 
 
 
How Smart Can We Get?
 
(60 min; 2012; dvd; English)
 
Directors: Terri Randall, Joshua Seftel
 
 
 
How do you get a genius brain? Is it all in your genes? Or is it hard work? Is it possible that everyone's brain has untapped genius–just waiting for the right circumstances so it can be unleashed? From a man who can immediately name the day of the week of any date in history to a "memory athlete" who can remember strings of hundreds of random numbers, David Pogue meets people stretching the boundaries of what the human mind can do. Then, Pogue puts himself to the test: after high-resolution scanning, he finds out how the anatomy of his brain measures up against the greatest mind of the century: Albert Einstein

 
 
(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 

ART MATTERS

19 April 2018, 05:30 am
ART MATTERS
Programme Type
Discussions
ART MATTERS
Mrinal Pande, Geetanjali Shree and Geetashree on the Hindi Novel Today
 
(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)