Hindustani Classical Vocal

By Pt. Vinayak Torvi from Bangalore, recipient of the Sanskriti-Pt. Vasant Thakar Memorial Fellowship 2019

 

Accompanists: Vinod Lele (tabla); and Pt. Vyasmurti Katti (harmonium)

 

(Collaboration: Sanskriti Pratishthan)

 

Dance Music for Piano

 

Four-hand piano pieces by Debussy, Stravinsky, Moszkowski and Barber

 

 

 

With a special segment of dance and piano

 

Dance choreographed by Justin McCarthy

 

Dance: veena Kumar\Abhinaya Penneswaran

 

 

 

Piano: Nadine Crasto and Justin McCarthy

Challenges Facing Healthcare in India

Speaker: Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Founder Chairman, Narayana Health

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal

By Parvati Sharma (New Delhi: Juggernaut, 2018)

 

Discussants: Dr. Anubhuti Maurya, Assistant Professor, History, Bharati College, University of Delhi; Dr. Swpna Liddle, historian and author; Dr. Vijay Tankha, former Professor of Philosophy, St. Stephen’s College

 

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, former Diplomat & Foreign Policy Analyst

 

Understanding Personality Disorders

Speakers: Dr. Kushal Jain, Psychiatrist; Dr. Rajesh Sagar, Consultant Psychiatrist, AIIMS; and Shri Muzammil Karim, Clinical Psychologist

 

Moderator: Shubha Menon

 

(Collaboration: You, Me and Mental Health)

 

Insider Outsider – Belonging and Unbelonging in North-East India

 

Edited by Preeti Gill and Samrat Choudhury (Amaryliss: 2019)

 

 

 

Release of the book followed by a discussion

 

Speakers: Mahua Sen, visual artist, musician and writer; Paramjit Bakhshi, entrepreneur and columnist; Sanjoy Hazarika, human rights activist, scholar, author, journalist and filmmaker, presently International Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi; and Suhas Chakma, human rights activist,  in a discussion with Preeti Gill, independent editor and literary agent with over two decades of publishing experience; Samrat Choudhury, also known as Samrat X, co-editor of this anthology, author and journalist; and others

 

 

 

Writers for this anthology include Sanjoy Hazarika, Mitra Phukan, Anjum Hasan, Ankush Saikia, Mona Zote, Jahnavi Barua, Shalim Hussain, Prof. Binayak Dutta, Prof. Anindita Dasgupta and others. The book tries to delve into the differing narratives and experiences on the contentious topic of insiders and outsiders in the region, with the hope that viewing matters from different sides of divides will improve mutual understanding. The anthology is aimed at promoting understanding and amity between communities in Northeast India