Aaj Kavita: Poetry Readings in Hindi 

Prabhat Tripathi, Leeladhar Mandloi, Arunabh Saurabh, Aasteek Vajpeyi

 

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)

 

 

A War Without Winners: Rethinking the 1962 War

Speaker: Dr. Bérénice Guyot-Réchard, King’s College, London and author of Shadow States: India, China and the Himalayas, 1910-62

Chair: Shri Bharat Bhushan

 

Almost 55 years have passed since the War of 1962. To this day, the conflict is remembered as a traumatic defeat for India. But is this all there was to the war? Were the roles of winner and loser so clearly divided between China and India?

 

In her new book, Shadow States, historian Bérénice Guyot-Réchard argues there is another way to understand 1962, as the outcome of a protracted struggle between China and India for the hearts and minds of Himalayan people. On that count, military victory did not give China what it wanted. Beijing might have won the war, but it also lost the peace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Conversation

Susan Visvanathan, Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Geeti Sen, art historian and writer; and Ratna Raman, Associate Professor at Venkateswara College and columnist, The Tribune Chandigarh  

Chair: Ms. Omita Goyal, Chief Editor, IIC 

 

They will discuss Susan Vivanathan’s new book, Adi Sankara and other Stories (pub: Papyrus Scrolls Publications, 2017), which engages with the plural religious traditions of India and the questions of freedom of faith

 

(Collaboration: Papyrus Scrolls Publications)

 

 

Unqualified Medical Practice - The Legal, Medical and Social Dimension of Their Practice

Introduction by Shailaja Chandra, Former Secretary Government of Indian and author of a recent book on the subject

 

Panelists: Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, Princeton University; Dr Amit Shovan Ray, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Anand Krishnan Professor, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS New Delhi

 

Chair: Dr. Dipankar Gupta, former Professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

 

 

 

Gharat (43 min; 2005; dvd; English sub-titles)

Director: Pankaj Rishi Kumar

 

A film on decentralised sustainable development. Focusing on the traditional “gharats” or watermills of Garhwal for tapping low cost power in the mountains without the ecological hazards that are associated with large dams, the film aims to increase awareness of the potential of these watermills 

 

Healers for All Reasons (30 min; 2005; dvd; English)

Director: Vijay S. Jodha

 

The film looks at two traditional Indian village healers whose lives and work embody altruism, tolerance and sustainability. Focusing on the work of two Muslim healers who live and work among predominantly Hindu communities - Karimbhai Sumra of Virampur village, Gujarat, uses traditional medicine to heal humans, animals, and even plants. Rehmat Khan Solanki of Chur Village, Gujarat, on the other hand, specializes in treating animals using traditional medicine and environmentally friendly methods to heal them. The two healers work in places that lack hospitals and modern veterinary services

 

Films produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

Andaman and Nicobar – An Island Journey

Illustrated lecture by Pankaj Sekhsaria, researcher writer, photographer and academic who has worked in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for the last two decades