Henry David Thoreau: A Transcendentalist

16 March 2018, 05:30 am
Henry David Thoreau: A Transcendentalist
Programme Type
Seminars
FRIDAY 16 TO 17 
 
Henry David Thoreau: A Transcendentalist
The year 2017 marks the bi-centenary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau (12 July 1817) whose writings ? especially his essay on civil disobedience ? changed the course of history through its powerful advocacy of passive resistance, a form of nonviolent protest later adopted in India by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, in the USA by Martin Luther King, and in South Africa by Nelson Mandela, among other national leaders.  
 
Thus, quite apart from Thoreau’s international reputation as a writer, India is indebted to him for his profound influence on Gandhi, resulting in the freedom movement led by him.
 
To commemorate the bi-centenary, India International Centre in collaboration with Bharti College, University of Delhi is organising the three day event on “ Thoreau and the Transcendentalists: Their  Philosophy and Related Concerns” from 15th to 17th March 2018. The programme will be launched on 15th March 2018 at Bharti College with a series of discussions by eminent experts. The following programmes will be presented at the Centre.
 
16 March 2018 at 18:30 in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex
Plenary Session 
Speakers: Prof. Robert Brady Cochran II, Department of English, University of Arkansas; and Dr. Subarno Chattarji, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Delhi

DELHI MATTERS

14 March 2018, 05:30 am
DELHI MATTERS
Programme Type
Discussions
DELHI MATTERS
 
Managing Delhi’ s Solid Waste – A Public Health Imperative
 
Chair: Sameer Sharma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India who will also give an overview of Smart Cities and Waste Management
 
 
 
Speakers: Swati Singh Sambyal, Centre for Science & Environment - Tracking Trash: Delhi’s Garbage – A Closer Look
 
 
 
Deepak  Agarwal, Senior Vice-President,  IL & FS Environmental Infrastructure & Services Ltd., New Delhi -  Turning Trash into Power, Roads and Manure
 
 
 
Puneet  Goel, Municipal Commissioner (South), Delhi – Waste Removal & Recycling Initiatives
 
 
 
Chitra Mukherjee, CHINTAN – “Ragpickers”: Friends Indeed
 
 
 
Coordinator: Smt. Shailaja Chandra

CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

14 March 2018, 05:30 am
CREEDS OF OUR TIMES
CREEDS OF OUR TIMES
Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra
 
The Music Instinct – Science & Song (120 min; 2009; dvd; English)
Director: Elena Mannes
 
Anyone who has been mesmerised by a Bach melody, stirred to dance by a rock rhythm, or taken back in time by the notes of a pop tune from their past, knows the power of music. The film provides ground-breaking explorations into how and why the human organism is moved by the undeniable effect of music, and the deep connection between music and our bodies and brains
 
(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 

Dancers All…Dimensions Beyond the Performative – Gimpses. Conversations. Interactions

14 March 2018, 05:30 am
Dancers All…Dimensions Beyond the Performative – Gimpses. Conversations. Interactions
Programme Type
Discussions
Dancers All…Dimensions Beyond the Performative – Gimpses. Conversations. Interactions
With Dr. Sunil Kothari – There is Dance. Therefore I AM
Smt Leela Venkataraman – Dancing in the Word
Shri Avinash Pasricha – The Rapture of Rasa in 2D
 
Celebrating Dr. Sunil Kothari, Smt Leela Venkataraman and Shri Avinash Pasricha and the vastness of their lives in dance
 
(Collaboration: Sudhaaya Dance Foundation; and Interface Media)
 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

13 March 2018, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
 
Technology and International Relations
By Bhaskar Balakrishnan (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017)
 
Panelists: Ambassador Balakrishnan, former Ambassador of India to Greece, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic; and Ambassador Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC and former Foreign Secretary
 
Chair: Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India 
 

Transformed by Travel: Historical Journeys in High Asia

12 March 2018, 05:30 am
Transformed by Travel: Historical Journeys in High Asia
Programme Type
Talks
Transformed by Travel: Historical Journeys in High Asia
Illustrated lecture by Shri Ravi Bhoothalingam
 
Chair: Dr. Manosi Lahiri
 
Strong convictions or emotional attachments are rarely altered through logical argument. But intense experiences – such as travel in remote and forbiddingly enchanting terrain – can change mind-sets and even personality. The illustrated presentation shows how the journeys of Kumarajiva, Xuan Zang, Francis Younghusband and Nicholas Roerich in Tibet, Central Asia, Mongolia and India, transformed them and influences their legacy for future generations
 

The Journey of Japan – India Relations Since the Meiji Era (1868-1912)

12 March 2018, 05:30 am
The Journey of Japan – India Relations Since the Meiji Era (1868-1912)
The Journey of Japan – India Relations Since the Meiji Era (1868-1912)
 
An exhibition of photographs on the enduring bonds between India and Japan from ancient times through historical bonds of culture and religion, especially Buddhism. Even in modern times, the two countries have maintained friendly relations that have lasted more than a hundred years since the Meiji era
 
 
 
Inauguration on Monday, 12 March 2018 at 17:30 by Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC and former Foreign Secretary and H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India 
 
 
 
 
(Collaboration: Embassy of Japan)
 

PURANDARDASA TYAGRAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL

11 March 2018, 05:30 am
PURANDARDASA TYAGRAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Programme Type
Cultural
PURANDARDASA TYAGRAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL                    
 
Vandey Sathguru Purandaradasa
An illustrated lecture by Dr. K. Vageesh
 
Followed by 
Vocal Recital
By D. Vamsi Krishna
Accompanist: Delhi R. Sridhar on vilolin and  Elanthoor Jayan P Das on mridangam
 
(Collaboration: Ramakrishnapuram South Indian Society)
 

PURANDARDASA TYAGRAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL

10 March 2018, 05:30 am
PURANDARDASA TYAGRAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Programme Type
Cultural
PURANDARDASA TYAGRAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL                    
 
Vocal Recital
By  Anjana Thirumalai 
Accompanists: G. Raghavendra Prasath  on violin and Kumbakonam  N. Padmanaban on mridangam
 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

09 March 2018, 05:30 am
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
Programme Type
Talks
MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION
 
Mysore as a Seat of Music: 1850-1947
A quick run through of the history of Indian classical music, dance, theatre and the contribution of the royal kingdom of Mysore
 
Illustrated lecture by Veejay Sai, award-winning writer, editor and culture critic