Thursday 29

 

 

 

Talk ■ Conference Room I at 18:00

 

 

 

Speaker: Dr. Martin Kaempchen, renowned Tagore scholar

Chair: Dr. Rimli Bhattacharya

 

 

(Collaboration: Social Science Press)

 

 

(Collaboration: Society for Indian Ocean Studies)

 

 

By Mohsen Mirza Ali and Ali Nari

 

Naqqali - professional storytellers who perform the Iranian epic, Shahnama (Book of Kings) written by Ferdowsi (900 AD – 1020 AD). Traditionally performed in the Qahvekhane or coffee house or on special occasions such as during Ramazan, Noruz or during the winter months. It is the oldest form of dramatic performance in Iran and the stories are narrated in verse or prose accompanied by gestures and movements, sometimes instrumental music and painted scrolls. Naqqali is on the Intangible Heritage list of UNESCO

 

In keeping with the Iranian tradition, the performance of Naqqali is being held on the Winter Solstice

 

(Collaboration: Iran House of Culture)

 

 

 

 

At 6:00 pm

Kuchipudi Recital

Bhavana Reddy from Delhi, daughter and disciple of Gurus Raja and Radha Reddy

 

At 7:00 pm

Bharatanatyam Recital

By  Arupa Lahiry from Delhi, disciple of Smt Chitra Visveswaran

 

 

 

 

Winter Festival of Hindustani Music

 

At 6:00 pm

Sitar Recital

By Debojyoti Mukherjee from Delhi, disciple of Pt Barun Kumar Pal

 

At 7:00 pm

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By  Amrita Dutta Mazumdar from Delhi, disciple of  Pt Dinanath Mishra and Pt Bholanath Mishra

 

Speaker: Mr. Michael de Saint-Cheron, specialist on Jewish theology; has taught at the University of Sorbonne and the Elie Wiesel University, Paris; and author of several books, including Gandhi: Anti-Biography of a Great Soul

 

(Collaboration: Social Science Press and French Institute, Embassy of France)

 

 

 

Ideology of Mahatma Gandhi on Peace, Compassion and Nonviolence

Speaker: Smt Shobhana Radhakrishnan, Gandhian Forum for Good Corporate Governance

 

There are few among the 20th century leaders who can measure up to the standards set by Mahatma Gandhi in the practice of ethical leadership. Mahatma Gandhi proved that moral and ethical behavior is inexorably linked to the sincere understanding and practice of the philosophy of truth, nonviolence, compassion and purity of means. The value based leadership espoused by Mahatma Gandhi in public life is a perfect model to be emulated in all spheres of life. Mahatma Gandhi was the conscience keeper of our country and he can inspire us all at all times and in every age through is ethical leadership practices

 

(Collaboration: Tibet House)

CANCELLED

 

Kavita Nayar in dialogue with Geeti Sen

 

 

 

Speakers: Sadanand Menon, Meera Nanda and Sundar Sarrukai 

The aim of the panel discussion is to bring the focus upon the “material” body, examine the body-dismissive idealisms that are culturally abound and which in turn not only influence our embodied practices of yoga and dance but also the making of our body-unfriendly cities 

 

(Collaboration: Studio Abhyas)

 

 

Tibet: Theocracy to Democracy

Edited by Dagmar Bernstorff (New Delhi: Har-Anand, 2016)

 

 

Chair: Prof. Partha S. Ghosh, ICSSR National Fellow and formerly Professor of South Asian Studies, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University