In Conversation

Susan Visvanathan, Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Geeti Sen, art historian and writer; and Ratna Raman, Associate Professor at Venkateswara College and columnist, The Tribune Chandigarh  

Chair: Ms. Omita Goyal, Chief Editor, IIC 

 

They will discuss Susan Vivanathan’s new book, Adi Sankara and other Stories (pub: Papyrus Scrolls Publications, 2017), which engages with the plural religious traditions of India and the questions of freedom of faith

 

(Collaboration: Papyrus Scrolls Publications)

 

 

Unqualified Medical Practice - The Legal, Medical and Social Dimension of Their Practice

Introduction by Shailaja Chandra, Former Secretary Government of Indian and author of a recent book on the subject

 

Panelists: Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, Princeton University; Dr Amit Shovan Ray, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Anand Krishnan Professor, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS New Delhi

 

Chair: Dr. Dipankar Gupta, former Professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

 

 

 

Gharat (43 min; 2005; dvd; English sub-titles)

Director: Pankaj Rishi Kumar

 

A film on decentralised sustainable development. Focusing on the traditional “gharats” or watermills of Garhwal for tapping low cost power in the mountains without the ecological hazards that are associated with large dams, the film aims to increase awareness of the potential of these watermills 

 

Healers for All Reasons (30 min; 2005; dvd; English)

Director: Vijay S. Jodha

 

The film looks at two traditional Indian village healers whose lives and work embody altruism, tolerance and sustainability. Focusing on the work of two Muslim healers who live and work among predominantly Hindu communities - Karimbhai Sumra of Virampur village, Gujarat, uses traditional medicine to heal humans, animals, and even plants. Rehmat Khan Solanki of Chur Village, Gujarat, on the other hand, specializes in treating animals using traditional medicine and environmentally friendly methods to heal them. The two healers work in places that lack hospitals and modern veterinary services

 

Films produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

Andaman and Nicobar – An Island Journey

Illustrated lecture by Pankaj Sekhsaria, researcher writer, photographer and academic who has worked in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for the last two decades

 

 

 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

De-classifying the Classical: The Woman’s Gharana

A presentation by Amrit Srinivasan

 

Amrit Srinivasan is a former professor of sociology/social anthropology at IIT Delhi, whose early work on the devadasis and the politics of the dance at Cambridge University has been extended by her recently to cover woman’s' performance in general, under the aegis of The Ministry of Culture's, Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research Award (2015-2017)

 

Discussant: Dr Urmila Bhirdikar, Associate Professor, SNU, NOIDA,  UP

Chair: Prof Sanjay Srivastava, Intitute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi

 

The talk examines women performers in life and in art to critique the intrusion of morality into the formation of aesthetic sensibility and 'classical' musical taste in modern India 

 

 

MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION

 

De-classifying the Classical: The Woman’s Gharana

A presentation by Amrit Srinivasan

 

Amrit Srinivasan is a former professor of sociology/social anthropology at IIT Delhi, whose early work on the devadasis and the politics of the dance at Cambridge University has been extended by her recently to cover woman’s' performance in general, under the aegis of The Ministry of Culture's, Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research Award (2015-2017)

 

Discussant: Dr Urmila Bhirdikar, Associate Professor, SNU, NOIDA,  UP

Chair: Prof Sanjay Srivastava, Intitute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi

 

The talk examines women performers in life and in art to critique the intrusion of morality into the formation of aesthetic sensibility and 'classical' musical taste in modern India