In Search of Mr and Mrs Jinnah in Five Cities of the Sub-Continent

17 April 2017, 05:30 am
In Search of Mr and Mrs Jinnah in Five Cities of the Sub-Continent
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
Illustrated lecture by Ms Sheela Reddy, well-known journalist, former books editor of Outlook magazine and author of the book Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India (Penguin Random House, 2017)


Chair: Dr. M.S.Gill

Leela in Kheriya (53 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)

17 April 2017, 05:30 am
Leela in Kheriya (53 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)
 
 
Directed by Molly Kaushal who will introduce the film
Produced by IGNCA
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
Speakers: Prof. Pushpesh Pant; Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar; and Dr. Molly Kaushal
 
Chair: Dr. Sadanand Joshi, Member-Secretary, IGNCA
 
The film looks at the unique Hindu-Muslim tradition of Ramlila in Kheriya, a small village in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district which is famous for making glass bangles
 

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SERIES

15 April 2017, 05:30 am
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SERIES
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
Water, Water to drink – What can go Wrong? 
Series Moderator and Keynote Speaker: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
 
Panelists: Shri R.S. Tyagi, Member (WS), Delhi Jal Board; Dr. Nandita Moitra, Senior  Scientist, Delhi Pollution Control Board; and Dr. Vivek Dixit, Research Scientist – II, AIIMS
 
(Collaboration: Health Environment Foundation in association with Consumers India)

Commemorating Champaran: Remembering Gandhi

15 April 2017, 05:30 am
Commemorating Champaran: Remembering Gandhi
Programme Type
Seminars
 
 
 
Speakers to include Professor Mridula Mukherjee
Chair: Dr. Aparna Basu
A film on Chamaparan will be screened and there will be a display of photographs and books
 
(Collaboration: National Gandhi Museum)
 

Sambandh ke liye Samvaas

13 April 2017, 05:30 am
Sambandh ke liye Samvaas
Programme Type
Talks
Due to unavoidable reasons, the talk scheduled for 13th April 2017
 
Sambandh ke Liye Samvaas
Talk by Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi
  
Stands Cancelled
  
 We apologise for any inconvenience caused

FRONTIERS OF HISTORY

13 April 2017, 05:30 am
FRONTIERS OF HISTORY
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
Building Histories: The Archival And Affective Lives Of Five Monuments In Modern Delhi
Speaker: Dr. Mrinalini Rajagopalan, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
 
The talk looks at innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi - the Red Fort, Rasul Numa Dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and the Qutb complex – tracing their modern lives from the nineteenth century into the twentieth
 

Concert

13 April 2017, 05:30 am
Concert
Programme Type
Cultural
 
 
By the Duo Attademo Gramaglia – Luigi Attademo (guitar) and Simone Gramaglia (viola)
 
The artist will present a concert of works by Franz Schubert and Niccolo Paganini
 
 (Collaboration: Italian Embassy Cultural Centre)

ART MATTERS

12 April 2017, 05:30 am
ART MATTERS
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
 
Sudarshan Shetty in conversation with Sharmistha Mohanty 
 
(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

12 April 2017, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
 
 
 
 
India’s Wars: A Military History, 1947-1971
By Arjun Subramaniam (Noida: HarperCollins, 2016)
 
Discussants: Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM and Bar; Shri Sandeep Unnithan, Executive Editor, India Today;  and Mr. Dhruva Jaishankar, Fellow, Brookings India
 

Mehnaaz – The Moon

12 April 2017, 05:30 am
Mehnaaz – The Moon
 
 
A collection of photographs by Madhu Pandit from Chandigarh
 
Inauguration by Sanjay Bhattacharya on Tuesday, 11th April 2017 at 18:30