Sovereignty and the Sacred: Secularism and the Political Economy of Religion
 

Speaker: Prof. Robert Yelle, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

Chair: Dr. Madhavan Palat

To Commemorate Martyrs Day

 

Hatya Ek Aakar Ki (Hindi/80 min)

Design & Direction: M.K. Raina

Presented by Three Arts Club

 

Lalit Sehgal’s portrayal of a stunning mock-trial of Mahtma Gandhi before his assassination

 

(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International Trust, New Delhi Chapter)

Life and Legacy of Guru Padmasambhava
 

An exhibition of rare thangkhas, statues and photographs 

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Escalation of Peace; and Sahapedia)

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

Bob Dylan: Both Sides Now

A conversation on/in the music of Bob Dylan with Prithviswar Sen and Pradip Datta 

 

The presenters promise an evening of music, talk and visuals that could even open a window or two into the enigmatic world of Bob Dylan and his changing times

 

Prithviswar is an art enthusiast with a background of various corporate profiles - and a lifelong amateur musician. Pradip is an academic and a lifelong consumer of music

 

THE IIC  DOUBLE BILL DANCE CONCERT 

 

Kathak Recital 

By Aditi Thaplial from Lucknow, disciple of Dr Kumkum Dhar  

Followed by

 

At 19:00

Odissi Recital

By Madhyama Segal from Delhi, daughter and disciple of Smt Kiran Segal

PERFORMANCE  ? C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 10:00 TO 13:00

Prabhati: A Morning of Indian Classical Music

 

Tabla Solo Recital

By Arunangshu Chaudhury  from Delhi, disciple of Acharya Shankar Ghosh

Accompanist: Sujay Chakrabarty on harmonium  

 

Followed by

Sitar Recital  

By Yoshida Daikiti from Japan, disciple of Ustad Shujaat Khan

Accompanist:Takuya Iida on  Tabla (Japan) 

Understanding Mood Disorders

 

Panelists: Dr. Alok Sarin, psychiatrist and Ruchika Kanwal, clinical psychologist 

Moderator: Shubha Menon

Organised by You, Me & Mental Health and IIC

 

Whimsical Glazes

An exhibition of contemporary ceramics with Chinese and Japanese glazes and lustres

By Nandita Jain Mahajan

 

Preview on Wednesday, 23 January 2019 at 18:30

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

Poverty, Chronic Poverty and Poverty Dynamics: Policy Imperatives

Edited by Aasha Kapur Mehta, Shashanka Bhide,  Anand Kumar and Amita Shah (Springer, 2018)

 

Discussants: Prof. Abhijit Sen, former Member, Planning Commission; Prof. Ravi Srivastava, Professor, Institute for Human Development; and Dr. Rinku Murgai, The World Bank

 

Chair: Prof. S.R. Hashim, Chairman, Institute for Human Development

Yeh Freedom Life/This Freedom Life (70 min; 2018; dvd; Hindi with English subtitles)

Direction & Editing: Priya Sen who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Yeh Freedom Life/This Freedom Life tries to keep up with its protagonists, as they manoeuvre erratic and unpredictable love. One of them works at a local beauty parlour, the other runs the family’s small cigarette counter at a crowded intersection. They are surrounded by a cacophonous city; they are both in love with other women. The film accompanies them through their desire to live according to them, their ‘freedom life’, outside society and the family’s constant scrutiny and sanction. But this ‘freedom life’ also leaves them vulnerable to the precariousness of love, when it refuses such constraints