By Ashvini Modak from Pune, disciple of Dr. Prabha Atre

 

 

 

 

Age of Anger: A History of the Present

By Pankaj Mishra (New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2017)

 

Panelists: Dr. Niraja Gopal Jayal, Centre for Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Ananya Vajpeyi, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies;  Professor Zoya Hasan, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Prof. Peter DeSouza,CSDS

 

Chair: Dr. Ashis Nandy, Sociologist and Fellow, CSDS

 

 

A collage of monologues based on three stories by Satyajit Ray: Bijuka, Anukul & Kleptomania and Weekend, a monologue by Nirmal Verma

 

Designed and directed by R’jesh Bali

Presented by Drastha India

 

 

Speaker: Shri Arun Goyal, IAS, presently Additional Secretary, GST Council and head of the Project Monitoring Group, PMO

 

Chair: Air Marshal Naresh Verma, AVSM, VSM (Retd.)

 

 

 

An Evening of Rabindra Sangeet

Presented under Guru-Shishya Parampara by Guru Prabuddha Raha and his disciple Arkapriya Bannerjee from Kolkata

 

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

 

 

Mere Desh ki Dharti (52 min; 2006; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Sumit Khanna

 

Recipient of the Award for Best Investigative Film, 54th National Film Awards 2006

 

In our effort to achieve food security, have we compromised on food safety? The film investigates the impact of pesticides as it enters the food chain

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

 

Paintings and watercolours

By Ashish Khushwaha

 

Curated by Uma Nair

 

Preview on Friday, 19 May 2017 at 18:30

 

 

 

Release of the two volume DVDs by Shri Lalit Mansingh, former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to USA

 

Followed by screening of excerpts introduced by Smt Madhavi Mudgal

 

The set of two DVDs, filmed by cinematographer, Divakar Mani, archives fifteen of her choreographies, reflecting fresh dimensions of the form through solo and group format

 

(Collaboration: Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi)

 

 

 

A Feel for Flamenco!

A presentation by Punita Singh

An emotive blend of song, rhythm and dance, Flamenco has evolved from being an expression of existential angst in the crucible of southern Spain to becoming a major genre of art and entertainment performed across the world. Declared an ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ by the United Nations, Flamenco has antecedents in India through the Gypsy trail. The journey of Flamenco through space and time will be explored in this presentation by Punita and its syncopated rhythms, modal melodies, soulful songs and evocative dances illustrated via audio and video media 

Punita Singh is a musicologist, linguist, acoustician, editor and educator based in New Delhi

 

 

Discussion on Indian Diplomacy @ 2020 – India on the Global Stage
 Chief Guest: Shri M.J. Akbar, Minister of External Affairs
 
Panelists: Amb. Jayant Prasad, Director-General, IDSA; Amb. Meera Shankar, former Indian Ambassador to the U.S. and Germany; Shri Jayadev Ranade, President Centre for China Analysis and Study; Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector, JNU; Dr. Sreeram Chaulia, author of The Modi Doctrine; and Shri Ashok Malik, Distinguished Fellow, ORF
 
Moderator: Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar
 
India and the World a pioneering quarterly magazine-journal on international affairs will be launched during the discussion

 

(Collaboration: India Writes Network/TGII Media)