METAMORPHOSES TALKING TECHNOLOGY

 

Solutions to Technology Pessimism

Speakers: Ms. Amba Kak, Public Policy Advisor, Mozilla Corporation; Dr. Avdesh Sharma, Senior Psychiatrist; and Dr. Nand Kumar, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS    

 

Our modern age is characterised by the pervasive use of digital technologies, which may spawn the internet and the World Wide Web. We now have the widespread use of social media, such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram among others. These are instrumental of democratising the political and social space of vastly improving access to knowledge and enabling quick and efficient communications. Along the benefits, however, come a number of serious concerns, both social and psychological, including phenomena such as trolling the use of bots and internet-addiction. Our challenge lies in using digital technologies for the benefit and welfare of mankind, while mitigating, if not eliminating the negative consequences

 

(Collaboration: NITI Aayog & Centre for Policy Research)

Why is our youth depressed and what can we do to help?

Panelists: Shabri Prasad Singh, Author; Zain Khan, creatively inclined bipolar seeker; Siya Jangir, Student Counselor, Bluebells School; and Syed Munawwar Azim Naqvi, Consultant/Trainer at Hindustan Zinc Ltd.

 

Moderator: Pattie Gonsalves, Project Director, It's OK To Talk, Sangath

 

(Collaboration: You, Me and Mental Health)

 INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

 

The Cult of Devaraja in South India and Southeast Asia
 

Speaker : Dr. P. Venkatesan, Archaeolgocial Survey of India

Chair: Dr. R.C. Agrawal

One Humanity (110 min; 2014; dvd; English)

Music, politics and the fight to end apartheid

Director: Mickey Madoda Dube

 

The film will be introduced by Tony Hollingsworth, producer of the film

 

Featuring Nelson Mandela, One Humanity tells the story of how the world came to focus on the ending of the Apartheid regime in South Africa through two star-studded concerts that were broadcast around the world. The film explores how they added to the pressure on South Africa already battered from uprising within the country and the erosion of the western support and the ending of the Cold War

 

The Rehabilitation of the Sacred

Welcome Remarks: Professor Kapil Kapoor, Chairman, IIAS
 

Speaker: Professor Ramesh Chandra Shah, Sahitya Akademi award winner and prominent writer-intellectual

 

Moderator: Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul

 

 

(Collaboration: The Institute of Advanced Studies)

CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Cancer – The Emperor of all Maladies (Part II; 120 min)

A film presented by Barak Goodman

 

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, tells the complete story of cancer, from its first description in an ancient Egyptian scroll to the gleaming laboratories of modern research institutions. At six hours, the film interweaves a sweeping historical narrative; with intimate stories about contemporary patients; and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs that may have brought us, at long last, to the brink of lasting cures.

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)

India in My Dreams

An exhibition of paintings in mixed media and oil on canvas

By Miguel Barros from Portugal

 

Preview on Tuesday, 13 November 2018 at 18:30

 

(Collaboration: Portuguese Embassy Cultural Centre)

ART MATTERS
 

Shanno Khurana in conversation with Naman  P. Ahuja

 

(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)

THE IIC  DOUBLE BILL MUSIC CONCERT 

 

Sitar Recital 

By Ramprapanna Bhattacharya from Hyderabad, disciple of Shri Soumitra Lahiri & Pt Arvind Parikh

 

Followed by

 

At 19:00

Hindustani Vocal Recital 

By Mayuri Saha from Kolkata, disciple of Shri Deboshree Bhattacharya