Kazi Nazrul Islam: Selected essays
Translated by Radha Chakravarty (Penguin Modern Classics: 2024)

Discussants: Dr. Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, translator, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books, New Delhi; Prof. Amitava Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Modern Indian Languages & Literary Studies, University of Delhi; Dr. Gautam Choubey, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi, writer and translator; and Prof. Radha Chakravarty, writer, critic, translator, Professor of Comparative Literature & Translation, Ambedkar University and Translator of the book

Chair: Dr. Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee, translator, Editorial Director, Niyogi Books, New Delhi

Aikyam: The idea of oneness in the songs of five women Bhakti saints of India from five different states

An illustrated lecture along with a live recital by Rama Sundar Ranganathan

Using archival recordings and live performance, the lecture will focus on the alluring poetries of Andal, Akka Mahadevi, Soyarabai, Mirabai and Lalleshwari from a musician’s perspective.

Rama Sundar Ranganathan is a Delhi based artist. An exponent of the Indore Gharana gayaki, Rama is pursuing her doctorate under the guidance of world renowned musician, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Padma Bhushan awardee
 

Beyond Binaries: The World of India and China (2008-2022)

By Shastri Ramachandaran (Genuine Publications & Media Pvt. : 2024)

 Chair: Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, Dept. of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances & Dept. of Pension & Pensioners Welfare, Govt. of India

Discussants: Shri Jayadeva Ranade, President, Centre for China Analysis and Strategy and Member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB); Shri Ravi Bhoothalingam, Founder Chairman, Manas Advisory & former President, Oberoi Group of Hotels; and Shri Shastri Ramachandaran, journalist and author of the book

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Swati Tiwari from Delhi, disciple of Guru Shashwati Mandal
Accompanists: Ujith Uday Kumar (tabla); and Dr. Mausam (harmonium)

At 19:00
 

Bharatanatyam Recital
By Ramya Suresh from Bengaluru, disciple and daughter-in-law of Smt Indira Kadambi
 

Speaker: Prof. Shanta Sinha, formerly Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad. Prof. Sinha is a recipient of the Padma Shri Award in 1998 by the Government of India, Albert Shanker International Educational Award, presented by Educational International in recognition of outstanding personal contribution for education in 1998; and Ramon Magsaysay Award, 2003 for community leadership

Chair: Prof. Sucheta Mahajan, formerly Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

An intergenerational narrative on the social transformation of women across a century. Constructed from the forgotten memories about the lives of three generations of women in the speaker’s own family from the early twentieth century, and taking it beyond.

The lecture is based on the paper prepared by Prof. Shanta Sinha as part of the IIC Sectoral Policy Group on History

Speaker: Prof. Charles Esche, Director, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven and Professor of Contemporary Art and Curator, University of the Arts, London; Adviro, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht and board member, ZKM Stutgart

Chair: Dr. Geeta Kapur

(Collaboration: Sher-gil Sundaram Arts Foundation)

Hindustani Classical Music
 

Vocal Recital
By Shashwati Mandal
Accompanied by Ustad Akram Khan (tabla); and Dr. Mausam (harmonium)

Followed by
Vocal Recital
By Bhagyesh Marathe, grandson of Pt. Ram Marathe
Accompanied by Pt. Vinod Lele (tabla); and Paromita Mukherjee (harmonium)

(Collaboration: Shanti Agrawal Association for Music, Arts & Literature)
 

An exhibition of paintings – watercolour and acrylic on paper
By Pavan Kumar D. from Hyderabad

Inauguratin on Friday, 17 May 2024 at 18:00 by Shri. Dharmendra Rathore, eminent visual artist: Chief Guest, Shri. Johny M L, art historian, curator and cultural critic 

Court (India)
(116 min; 2014; with English subtitles)

Director: Chaitanya Tamhane

Multiple award winner including Golden Lotus Award for Best Feature Film, National Film Awards, India 2015; Luigi de Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film & Venice Horizons Award for Best Film, Venice Film Festival 2014; Best Film Award – International Competition, Best Actor Award, FIPRESCI Prize (Competition) & Signis Award, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, 2015; Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Feature Film & Silver Screen Award for Best Director-Asian Feature Film, Singapore International Film Festival 2014; among others

The film will be introduced by Apar Gupta, lawyer and writer on democracy and technology

Narayan Kamble, an ageing folk singer is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited a sewage worker to commit suicide. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.

Surviving Annapurna – The Dangerous 8000 meter Mountain of the World

Illustrated lecture by Anurag Maloo, young Indian mountaineer who has successfully participated in mountaineering Expeditions to Mt. Nun (7135 m) in India and Mt. Ama Dablam (6812 m) in Nepal. An economic development consultant, startup mentor, social activist, engineer, and a global advocate for UN Sustainable Development Goals

Chair: Brig. Ashok Abbey (retd.)

An intriguing talk which recounts Anurag Maloo’s fall into a deep crevasse, during his Expedition to Mount Annapurna (8091 m). His experience of being in a frozen tomb for three days and three nights, his difficult rescue by his saviours especially by the two strong Polish climbers after a tedious and demanding rescue operation…