Russia Versus the West: A New Cold War

Speakers: Ambassador Balakrishna Shetty, former Indian ambassador to Sweden, Latvia, Bahrain, Senegal and Mali; Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh, former Indian Ambassador to USA and Senior Fellow,  Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States; and Prof. K. P. Vijayalakshmi, Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies,

School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Ambassador K.P. Fabian

Balasaraswati and Bharatanatyam – A Birth Centenary Lecture

By Veejay Sai, award-winning writer, editor and culture critic 

 

An illustrated lecture on the life and times of the greatest Bharatanatyam icon of the 20th century, Sangita Kalanidhi Padma VibhushanThanjavur Balasaraswati

Rabindra Jayanti Celebrations

 

Bismillah

A  play in Bengali highlighting the social evils prevailing in the 19th century

 

Presented by Green Room Theatre

Playwright: Sumana Kanjilal

Direction: Anjan Kanjilal

 

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

The History of Pre-Modern Yoga

Speaker: Dr. Jason Birch, Managing Editor, The Journal Of Yoga Studies

 

The programme marks the India launch of the journal

 

The lecture will examine the myth that widely assumes that yogis have been practising innumerable ?sanas since time immemorial. Dr. Birch will present and discuss much of the important textual and material evidence for ?sanas in contexts of yoga and asceticism (tapas). Early references to ?sanas and its role in various religions and systems of yoga will be discussed

 

(Collaboration: Studio Abhyas)

THE IIC  DOUBLE BILL CONCERT 

 

Kathak Recital 

By Sarita Kalele from Thane, Maharashtra, disciple of Pandita Uma Dogra

 

Followed by

 

Mohiniattam Recital 

By Anjali Krishnan from Delhi, disciple of Guru Dr Jayaprabha Menon

Palestine – Israel Issue

 

Speakers: Dr. Fazzur Rahman Siddiqui, Fellow, Indian Council of World Affairs; and Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy, Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU

 

 

 

Chair: Ambassador K.P. Fabian

 

 

Sacred Places: Russia and India

An exhibition of paintings by fifteen contemporary artists from Russia

 

Inauguration on Tuesday, 8 May 2018 at 17:00

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of the Russian Federation)

Azadi’s Daughter: Being a Secular Muslim in India

Discussion on the new book by Seema Mustafa (New Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2018)

 

Speakers: Shri Pavan K. Varma, Author-Diplomat, National General Secretary and National Spokesperson of the Janata Dal (United); Prof.  Zoya Hasan, academic and political scientist; and Ms Seema Mustafa, print and television journalist, Founder-Editor, The Citizen

 

(Collaboration: Speaking Tiger)

Concert – Piano and Cello Recital

By the Ebony Duo from Hungary – Virág Kiss on the piano and Sándor Dezs? on the cello

 

The artists will present compositions by Sándor Dezs?; Miloslav Ko??nek; Ferenc Liszt; Bohuslav Martinu; Béla Bartók; Frédéric Chopin; and Zoltán Kodály

 

(Collaboration: Embassy of Hungary; and Balassi Institute, Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre)

 

Transparency International India – 8th Annual Lecture

To be delivered by Justice Shri Swatanter Kumar, former Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal and former Judge, Supreme Court of India

 

(Collaboration: Transparency International India)