A panel discussion around the book, Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India by Prof. Amrita Basu
17 January 2017, 05:30 am
A panel discussion around the book, Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India by Prof. Amrita Basu
Programme Type
Discussions
Amrita Basu is a Professor in the Political Science at Amherst College, USA
Panelists: Dipankar Gupta, Professor at Shiv Nadar University and Director, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory; Niraja Gopal Jayal, Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Zoya Hasan, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Amrita Basu, Professor of Political Science and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, Amherst College
Panelists: Dipankar Gupta, Professor at Shiv Nadar University and Director, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory; Niraja Gopal Jayal, Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Zoya Hasan, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Amrita Basu, Professor of Political Science and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, Amherst College
Music Appreciation Promotion
20 January 2017, 05:30 am
Music Appreciation Promotion
Programme Type
Talks
Music Appreciation Promotion
Balamurali Krishna – Myriad Facets of the Maverick Genius
Presentation by G. Ravi Kiran
Chair: Usha RK, Arts Consultant
The presentation will focus on the greatest and most prolific Carnatic musician and composer of this century
G Ravi Kiran, a noted Carnatic musician from Chennai is a senior disciple of Shri TM Krishna and Shri RK Srikantan
Balamurali Krishna – Myriad Facets of the Maverick Genius
Presentation by G. Ravi Kiran
Chair: Usha RK, Arts Consultant
The presentation will focus on the greatest and most prolific Carnatic musician and composer of this century
G Ravi Kiran, a noted Carnatic musician from Chennai is a senior disciple of Shri TM Krishna and Shri RK Srikantan
Papa Hemmingway in Cuba
07 January 2017, 05:30 am
Papa Hemmingway in Cuba
Papa Hemmingway in Cuba
(110 min; 2015; dvd; English)
Director: Bob Yari
Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film, Key West Film Festival 2015; and Jury Award for Best World Feature, Sonoma International Film Festival 2016
Based on a true story about the relationship between Miami journalist, Denne Bart Petitclerc and Ernest Hemmingway. Set during the Cuban revolution, the film was shot on location in Havana and inside Hemmingway’s estate, Finca Vigia. It is the first Hollywood film to be shot in Cuba since 1959
Reimagining ‘New Democracy’, Rethinking Radical Politics
31 January 2017, 05:30 am
Reimagining ‘New Democracy’, Rethinking Radical Politics
Programme Type
Talks
Speaker: Bernard D’Mello
Two books by Randhir Singh will also be released on the occasion by Aakar books - Selected writings of Randhir Singh and Rahon ki Dhool Hindi translation of a collection of Punjabi poems by Randhir Singh (First published in 1950)
Introduced by Manager Pandey and Harjinder Singh Laltu
Chair: Uma Chakravarty
(Collaboration: Gursharan Singh Yaadgar Trust)
BEYOND BORDERS: IIC-NFI LECTURE SERIES
31 January 2017, 05:30 am
BEYOND BORDERS: IIC-NFI LECTURE SERIES
Programme Type
Talks
North East and Act East
Speaker: Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan and Myanmar
Moderator: Shri Kishalay Bhattacharjee
South Asia and South East Asia between themselves comprise two of the most populous regions of the world. The region is fractious and studies on it are primarily driven by disasters and conflict. India’s Northeast is one such are until not long back marginal to Indian history, that has been caught in the throes of imperial expansion, nationalism, partition, isolation and dependence in the 20th century. This series of lectures organised in collaboration with the National Foundation of India (NFI) and curated by journalist and author, Kishalay Bhattacharjee, hopes to shed light on the people and places that are caught in these larger forces and bridge at least some gaps in understanding between and within the two regions
