The Ambassador Series

 

 

 

India-Saudi Arabia Relations: Celebrating 70 Years of Friendship

 

Keynote Address by H.E. Dr. Saud Bin Mohammed Alsati, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia

 

 

 

Introduction and Welcome: Ambassador Sanjay Singh, former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Ananta Aspen Centre)

A Musical Offering

Students of Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar will offer a musical tribute to their Guru

 

AT 17:15

Film – A Montage of Reflections

Film on Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar

 

AT 18:00

Dhrupad Recital

By Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar

 

To celebrate the 50th birth anniversary of Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar

 

(Collaboration: Dagar Brothers Memorial Trust)

The Vanishing Lines

The changing and merging urban spaces

An exhibition of photographs by Amruta Dhavale, Arindam Thokder, Lokesh Dang, Siddharth Behl, Surabi Janardhanan, and Syed  Adnan Ahmed

 

Curators: Aditya  Arya & Parthiv  Shah

 

Inauguration on Friday, 4 May 2018 at 18:30

 

(Collaboration: Neel Dongre Awards/Grants for Excellence in Photography; and India Photo Archive Foundation)

 

Discussion on Dalit Anger: Ground Realities – From Bhima Koregaon to Court Ruling

Speakers: Prof. Sonajharia Minz, School of Computer and Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Y.S. Alone, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Raj Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi; Shri Nitin Meshram, Advocate, Supreme Court of India; and Shri Ashok Bharati, Chairman, National Confederation of Dalit Organisations

 

Discussant: Dr. Devyani Khopragade, Director, Central Europe, Ministry of External Affairs

 

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker, Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV)

 

(Collaboration: Maharashtra Sanskritikani Annaniti Adhyayan Samiti; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

A Tide in the Affairs of Men: A Public Servant Remembers

 

Release of the new book by Prateep K. Lahiri (New Delhi: Roli Books, 2018)

 

 

 

The book will be released by the Chief Guest: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 

 

 

Followed by a discussion

 

Panelists: Shri H.K. Dua, senior journalist; Prof. Ajay K. Mehra, Director (Honorary), Centre for Public Affairs; and

 

Shri Prateep K. Lahiri

 

 

 

Chair: Shri Najeeb Jung, former Lt. Governor of Delhi

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Roli Books)

Roundtable discussion on Recent Developments in the Korean Peninsula

 

Speakers: Ambassador Rakesh Sood, Distinguished Fellow, ORF & Former Diplomat; and Ambassador Vishnu Prakash, Former Ambassador to South Korea

 

 

 

Chair: Ambassador Ashok. K. Kantha, Director, ICS

 

 

 

Extraordinary developments at an unprecedented pace are taking place in the Korean Peninsula (KP), that have left the observers gasping. In a span of mere three months the protagonists have gone from hurling abuses and threats to talking peace and dialogue. The sister of Kim Jong-un (KJU), visited South Korea, becoming the first ever member of the Kim clan to do so. KJU travelled to Beijing, leaving the hermit kingdom for the first time since coming to power in 2011, for his maiden meeting with Xi Jinping. He is scheduled to meet his southern counterpart on 27 April, at the Peace Village on the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). And upon receiving KJU’s message promising denuclearization, President Trump has agreed unconditionally to meet him in late May. Yet, it is proving difficult to shake-off a sense of déjà vu. North Korea trusts no one and least of all the US. It sees Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) as an insurance for survival of the regime. Trump meanwhile is stacking his team with hawks who want to see the end of Kim dynasty. The coming weeks promise riveting political theater, the likes of which have rarely been seen in recent times.

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)

 

 

Thursday 29 March to Friday 6 April

 

 

 

Exhibition  ■ Annexe Art Gallery, 11:00 to 19:00

 

 

 

An exhibition of posters that seeks to Remember the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The exhibition honours 23 notable personalities of various backgrounds, eras, regions and disciplines, who paved the way for civil rights, recognition and justice for people of African descent and the diaspora

 

 

 

(Collaboration: United National Information Centre for India and Bhutan)

Film: Cheenee Kum (140 min; 2007; dvd; Hindi)

Director: R. Balki

 

With Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu & Zohra Segal

 

At 18:30

Play – Habib Tanvir’s Charandas Chor

Presented by Naya Theatre from Bhopal

 

(Collaboration: Pallavi – Odissi Nritya Sangeet Vidyalaya; with the support of North Central Zone Cultural Centre; Sangeet Natak Akademi; and YMCA)