Speaker: Prof. Parul Dave Mukherji, Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Unseen Enemy (97 min; 2017; dvd; English & with Subtitles)

Written/Directed by Janet Tobias who will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Unseen Enemy is an essential exploration of why in the 21st century, we are experiencing a rash of diseases that were once only outbreaks but have now become full-blown epidemics. Moving across the globe, we meet our characters: doctors, disease detectives, everyday men and women. Everyone of them has stepped into the horror of an epidemic and emerged deeply changed

 

(Collaboration: Ikana Health)

 

Maati Ek: Moulded from the Same Clay

An evening in celebration of Oneness

Poetry by Inni Kaur, well-known poet and author 

 

Shabad by Bhai Kultar Singh, 12th generation Keertaniya

 

Followed by

Film – Dhun Mein Dhyan: Meditations in Music, in the Guru Granth Sahib

(51 min; 2017; dvd; English)

A film by Meera Dewan for PSBT

 

The film attempts to unravel the birth, lineage, ancestors and life message of this Living Guru

FILMS ON WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT

 

Let’s Talk About Food (26 min; 2011; dvd; English)

Director: Mallika Sarabhai

 

The film is a journey into India’s food heritage and the biodiversity of its crops. It delves into the reasons for the shrinking of this diversity and the homogenisation of our food preferences 

 

Monsoons – A Tale of Cultural Interpretation (26 min; 2015; dvd; English)

Director: Moumita Das

 

The film captures the unique elements of festivals that fall in monsoon and highlights their essence and importance

 

Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

G.P. : 1912-1995

Release of the book (New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2018) followed by a discussion

 

Prof. Romila Thapar, eminent historian will release the book

 

Panelists: Shri N. Ram, Editor-in Chief, The Hindu; Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development; 

Shri K. Natwar Singh, former Union Cabinet Minister and writer; Shri H.K. Dua, senior journalist; Prof. Ashok Parthasarathi; and Shri Kapila, Academic Institute

 

Moderator: Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)

 

 

Narendra Mohan: A Life Time with Poetry

(Kavita-Samagrah: Complete Poems: Two Volumes)

 

Chief Guest: Shri Mukesh Bharadwaj

Chair: Dr. Ram Darsh Mishra

 

Screening of documentary clips

Readings of Poems by Ritu Mehra and Narendra Mohan

 

Launch of the book followed by a discussion

Keynote Speaker: Partap Sehgal

Paper presented by Rekha Sethi

Speakers: Dr. Harsh Naval; Shri Brajendra Tripathi; and Dr. Pawan Mathur

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India

Technology and Society: Educating Future Leaders and Creating an Informed Citizenry

Speaker: Dr. Venkatesh Narayanmurthi, eminent scientist and acclaimed public policy expert, who is currently Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard

 

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary

 

For both future leaders and citizens, there is need to bridge the growing gap between rapid and pervasive advance of technology which is transforming societies we live in and our understanding of this process in all its dimensions. This will be key to addressing the grand challenges confronting humanity in the 21st century

 

Aaj Kavita

Anirudh Umat (Jaipur); Sujata, Rashmi Bhardwaj (Delhi); and Monica Kumar (Chandigarh)

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

Conference: Trauma and Reconciliation – To Remember or to Forget?

A three-day conference to be held from 22 to 24 March 2018

 

Trauma can be described as a paradoxical phenomenon: A recollection that makes itself heard as something that wants to be forgotten, a constant reminder of something that should have sunk into oblivion, but pushes itself to the fore. Curated by Prof. Sudhir Kakar, this conference brings together a series of presentations and lectures by experts from different fields from psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology and medicine. These experts will provide information about current research on the topic and will present case studies from across the world to be able to understand how different societies have sought to deal with the problem of justice and/ or reconciliation. The conference is initiated by Farah Batool and Leonhard Emmerling and organized in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi.

 

ON THURSDAY 22 MARCH 2018 AT 18:00 IN C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM 

Film: Anatomy of Violence (Canada/India)

(93 min; 2016; dvd; English/Hindi)

Directed by Deepa Mehta

 

ON FRIDAY, 23 AND SATURDAY, 24 MARCH 2018 FROM 10:00 ONWARDS IN SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX

Two days of panel discussions with leading experts

 

For details of the conference schedule, kindly please visit https://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/ver.cfm.

 

The Communist Party of China in the Post-Mao Era: From Mass to Elite Party

Speaker: Prof. Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Professor, Department of International Economics and Management and Director of the China Studies Programme, Copenhagen Business School

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies; and Centre for the Study of Developing Societies)