Concert – Lute Recital

By Emilio Bezzi from Italy 

 

(Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre; and Delhi Music Society)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

A Memoir of Pre-Partition Punjab: Ruchi Ram Sahani, 1863-1948

Edited by Neera Burra (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017)

 

Panelists: Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, former Director Nehru Memorial Museum & Library; Prof. Salil Misra, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Ambedkar University; and Prof. Gursharan Kaur Aurora, formerly Professor at Sikkim Manipal University

 

Chair: Ambassador T.C. A. Raghavan, former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan

 

ART MATTERS

Pandit Rajan Mishra and Pandit Sajan Mishra in conversation with Sunita Budhiraja

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

People’s Movements In Pakistan

A book by Aslam Khwaja on the Workers Movements, Peasant movements, Women’s Movements, Students struggles, Freedom of Press, Balochistan, Movement for the Restoration of Democracy during the dictatorship and Movements for the preservation of Art, Culture and literature

 

Speakers: Mr. Aslam Khwaja; Shri Siddharth Varadarajan, The Wire; Shri D. Raja; and Dr. Syeda Hameed

 

Chair: Smt Noor Zaheer

 

Sketches, Scribbles and Drawings

By Aalap Shah, artist from Ahmedabad; and Uchiyama Takayoshi, lacquer artist from Quoto, Japan. Both the artists have lived and worked with senior artist, Jatin Das for a number of years in the tradition of Guru Shishya Parampara

 

Preview on Wednesday, 7 February 2018 at 18:30

 

Challenge of Statelessness: India’s Response

Speaker: Prof. V. Suryanarayan, former Director, Centre for South and South East Asian Studies, University of Madras, Chennai

 

Chair: Shri K.P. Fabian

 

Stateless people are spread across the world. Denied a nationality, from cradle to grave, they undergo suffering and humiliation. Right to education, health care, political participation, even retention of cultural identity are denied to them. The talk will focus on the evolution of India’s policy towards stateless people, refugee phenomenon in India, proposed amendment to the Citizenship Act and the hopes and aspirations of the Rohingya and Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who live in the country

 

ANNUAL LIBRARIANS’ MEET 
 

Light in the Library (60 min)

A play scripted by Kevin Stone and produced by Pioneer Drama Service, USA 

Play will be presented by the teachers and students of Miranda House, Delhi 

 

Talk about literature coming to life! Two friends, Gabby and Paige suspect something is going on in the library at night, so together they hide in the library after it closes and discover that it’s haunted by a silent ghost who leads them to a book containing a cryptic poem. As Paige and Gabby decipher the poem, they find clues that enable them to bring fictional characters to life…

 

Xinjiang and the Chinese State

Release and discussion around the book by Debasish Chaudhuri (New Delhi: Routledge, 2018)

 

Speakers: Ambassador Rajiv Sikri; Prof. Siddiq Wahid; Prof. K. Warikoo; and Dr. T. G. Suresh

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies; and Routledge)

 

Concert – Guitar Recital

By Thomas Csaba, award winning classical guitarist from France

 

The artist will present a concert of works by Erik Satie, Philip Glass and Arvo Part

 

(Collaboration: Delhi Music Society)

Life is as is: Teachings from the Mahabharata

Launch and Discussion of the book by Kavita A. Sharma and Indu Ramchandani

 

Speakers: Professor Malashri Lal,  Professor Molly Kaushal and Professor Alok Bhalla

 

Chair: Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, President ICCR, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

 

(Collaboration: Wisdom Tree)