Keynote Speaker: Shri Deepak Gupta, Former Chairman UPSC 

 

Chair: Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary to the President of India 

 

(Collaboration: IC Centre for Governance)

 

 

 

Hegel’s India: A Reinterpretation, with Texts

By Aakash Singh Rathore and Rimina Mohapatra (New Delhi: OUP, 2017)

 

Panelists: Prof. Makarand R. Paranjape, Professor of English, Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Swagato Ganguly, Editorial Page Editor, The Times of India; and Prof. Babu Thaliath, Professor & Chairperson, Centre for German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Chair: Dr. Bharat Wariavwalla, Honorary Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

 

Sitar Recital

By Ayan Sengupta from Kolkata, disciple of Pt Manilal Nag and Pt Kushal Das and at present receiving talim from           Pt Partha Chatterjee and Pt Ajoy Chakraborty under the Sanskriti-Madhobi Chatterji Memorial Fellowship 2017

 

Accompanist: Zuheb Ahmed Khan of Delhi on the tabla

 

(Collaboration: Sanskriti – Madhobi Chatterji Fellowship)

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker: Shri A.G.K. Menon, architect and Convener, INTACH Delhi Chapter

 

Chair: Shri K. T. Ravindran

 

The term ‘architectural heritage of India’ generally refers to buildings over a hundred years old. This overlooks many significant buildings built during the last century, particularly the extraordinary architecture of post - independence. This lacuna was highlighted recently during the failed attempts to conserve the Hall of Nations at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The talk will focus on the need to conserve exemplary examples of modern architecture along with ancient ones and discuss the issues involved

 

(Collaboration: INTACH, Delhi Chapter)

 

 

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

The Long Search V

Presented by Ronald Eyre

 

Buddhism: The Land of the Disappearing Buddha – Japan (52 min; English; dvd)

If the Buddha of India met the Buddha of Japan, would they recognize each other? To find out, this film talks to the staff in a Tokyo restaurant who keep regular Zen meditation schedules as part of their job, then on to the classical Zen calligraphy, sword fighting, archery and tea ceremony

 

African Religions: Zulu Lion (51 min; English; dvd)

Film on the Zulu Independent Churches in South Africa. When Christian missionaries took the Gospel to Africa they also tried to suppress African religion and subvert African culture with their own. But since World War I, and with increasing vigour in the last 20 years, Africans have been rediscovering their lost religious identity and have been forming independent churches with their own festivals, prophets and rituals and greater or lesser devotion to Christ

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

 

 

Speaker: Dr. Yaaminey Mubayi, Historian and Social Development Professional with research and field experience in the sector of Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development.  Author of “Altar of Power - The Temple and the State in the Land of Jagannatha” (2005)

 

Chair: Dr. Jutta Jain Neubauer

 

 

By Preeti Banerjee from Bangalore, disciple of Guru Sharmila Mukherjee and Smt Arpita Venkatesh 

 

 

 

A Quiz programme on Indian Culture and Heritage for students from schools in Delhi and the NCR

 

(Collaboration: INTACH)

 

 

SYMPOSIUM ?ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II FROM 14:00 TO 18:00

International Symposium on Ties That Bind – Ikat: Past, Present, Future

 

Session I – Ikat Usage, Tradition and Beyond

Iban Textiles of Sarawak - Edric Ong, Advisor, WCC-APR

Legacy of Narda Capuyan in Reviving Cordillera Ikat of Philippines - Lucia Catanes, Ikat Master Weaver

Calligraphic Ikats of Odisha - Sarat Chandra Patra, Master Weaver in conversation with Gunjan Jain, Designer

 

Chair: Khun Surapee Rojanavongse, Advisor, WCC-APR

 

Session II – Innovating Within Traditions

The Warp Zone – Contemporary Ikats of Española - Amanda Speer & Dain Daller, Weavers, New Mexico, USA

Indian Ikats in Fashion - Dr. Vandana Bhandari, Professor, NIFT, New Delhi

Telia Rumal and Beyond - Gajam Govardhan, Padmashree and Master Weaver in conversation with Ritu Sethi, Chairperson, CRT

 

Chair: Dr. Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi, President, WCC-APR

 

Wrap-up – Jasleen Dhamija, Textile Art Historian and Edric Ong

 

(Collaboration: World Crafts Council; World Crafts Council: Asia-Pacific Region [WCC-APR]; and Craft Revival Trust)