To Mark Mandela International  Centenary Day 2018

Commemoration of Nelson Mandela’s 100th Birthday

 

At Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza: 10:30 to 11:00

 

Commemoration Service

 

Songs by School Choirs from Delhi NCR

 

 

 

At  C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium: 11:00 to 12:15

 

Mandela Katha Mala

 

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart that its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela from his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, published in 1994

 

 

 

Message from the UN Secretary General to be read by Mr. Derk Segaar, Director, United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan

 

 

 

Speakers: H.E. Dr. Hlamalani Nelly Manzini, High Commissioner of South Africa; Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian High Commissioner to South Africa and United Kingdom, and Honorary Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, London; and Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

 

 

 

Interactive session with students of schools from Delhi NCR

 

 

 

Foyer  outside the Auditorium

 

Madiba and His Struggle

 

An exhibition of paintings by students of Bluebells School International

 

 

 

Organised as part of Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Baradari; United Nations Information Centre; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

 

 

 

The Monks who Won the Grammy (53 min; 2018; dvd; English & with subtitles)

 

Directed by Aparna Sanyal who will introduce the film

 

Supported by Films Division of India and the Charles Wallace India Trust

 

 

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Aparna Sanyal and Khenpo Pema Negi, senior teacher at the Palpung University for the Buddhist Sciences

 

 

 

The monks of Palpung Sherabling Monastic seat in Himachal Pradesh won a Grammy in 2003 for their ritual chants. The film looks at the history, mythology and philosophy of Vajrayana Buddhism through the prism of the monastery exploring the story of Buddhism’s move towards Tantricism in the 7th century and the refuge it received in Tibet over a period of time. Interwoven with tales of Palpung; the master translator of the 10th century, Marpa Lotsawa; Siddhas from India such as Tilopa, Naropa and Guru Padmasambhava; Tai Situ lineage; and finally the monks who received a Grammy for an art practice that has existed for centuries