Jungwa- The Broken Balance (52 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)
21 September 2017, 05:30 am
Jungwa- The Broken Balance (52 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)
Jungwa- The Broken Balance (52 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)
Directed by Stanzin Dorjai Gya, award winning film maker from Ladakh who will introduce the film
Co-Directed by Christine Mordelet
Screening will be followed by a discussion
Screened at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP 21), this critically acclaimed film explores the relationship between Buddhism and the environment. Jungwa draws upon unique footage from the 2010 flash floods, one of the worst natural disasters to befall Ladakh in living memory. Concerned about the increasing disruption of balance between human beings and their environment exacerbated by climate change, Stanzin Gya, explores the spiritual link that always connected people with nature. Through the film, Stanzin leads us to meet Ladakhis from all walks of life, from shepherds and villagers to experts in climatology or solar energy
Chetna - An Insight into Consciousness
21 September 2017, 05:30 am
Chetna - An Insight into Consciousness
Programme Type
Cultural
Chetna - An Insight into Consciousness
Presentation of two dance choreographies in Bharatanatyam and contemporary styles: Mrigtrishna choreographed by Aparajita Sarma and Pritpal Singh and Jai Ganesh concept and choreography by Guru Smt Kanaka Sudhakar
Mrigtrishna probes into the endless chase of mirages in life and Jai Ganesh will present mythological stories of animals to promote prevention of cruelty towards them
Artists: Aparajita Sarma, Rashmi Mohan, Sandhya Hari, Arti Raman, Upasana Gagneja, Tanya Gambhir and Anusha Ramachandran
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
20 September 2017, 05:30 am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Programme Type
Discussions
Europe’s India: Words, People, Empires, 1500-1800
By Sanjay Subrahmanyam (London: Harvard University Press, 2017)
Panelists: Prof. Kavita Singh, School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Rahul Govind, Assistant Professor, History Department, University of Delhi; and Prof. Denys P. Leighton, School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University
Chair: Prof. Sunil Kumar, History Department, University of Delhi
In His Inner Voice: Kuldip Nayar
20 September 2017, 05:30 am
In His Inner Voice: Kuldip Nayar
(60 min; 2017; dvd; English)
A film by Meera Dewan who will introduce the film
Produced by Films Division of India
Screening will be followed by A Conversation between Kuldip Nayar and Seema Mustafa
An advance preview in celebration of Nayar Sahib’s 95th birthday. With extracts and insights from Kildip Nayar’s memory bank: politics, partition, prose, poetry – in his own words. This documentary biopic tributes the life, the times and dreams of post-Independent India’s beloved chronicler and conscience-keeper
Conflicts Post Conflicts and Peoples Memory
20 September 2017, 05:30 am
Conflicts Post Conflicts and Peoples Memory
Programme Type
Discussions
Conflicts, Post Conflicts and Peoples’ Memory
Any crisis in any society leaves behind a huge burden of memory and a general mass of people as the main actors/sufferers during the crisis and survivors of the same have to carry this burden on their mind for a long period of time. This is true of the post Nazi period and survivors of the holocaust in Germany, as is true of the post-Civil War Spain, the post dictatorship Latin America or closer home the aftermath of the partition. Society in general and writers, poets, artists, filmmakers in particular negotiate the situation in a special manner. On the other hand in the post-conflict situation the State/Government sets a different agenda. If the peoples’ endeavor is to resist the forgetting, a democratic State that takes over the state power after the crisis aims at having a calm and quiet atmosphere by using such methods as pact of Silence or of forgiving and forgetting.
The series will include talks, discussions and will also look at texts (fiction/nonfiction), films, paintings and other art production
The panel discussion on 20 September will focus specifically on Post Dictatorship Latin America and Post Partition and Post 1984 Sikh Riots situation
Series Coordinator: Prof. Vibha Maurya who will give an introduction
Panelists: Vijaya Venkataram, Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies, Delhi University will speak on The Question of Memory and Post Memory in Post Dictatorship Latin America
Krishnan Unni, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Deshbandhu College will speak on Memory and Time as manifested in Literatures
Balwant Kaur, Assistant Professor, Department of Hindi, Miranda House will speak on Journey through Memory and Post Memory from 1947 to 1984
(Collaboration: Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi)
Concert
26 September 2017, 05:30 am
Concert
Programme Type
Cultural
Concert
By Varsovia Piano Trio – Ewa Skardowska on piano; Adam Zarzycki on violin; and Piotr Hausenplas on cello
The artists will present music by Polish composers of the 1st half of XX century in a programme of works by Ludomir Ró?ycki, Karol Szymanowski, Andrzej Panufnik, and Grzegorz Fitelberg
(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi)
Warsaw Uprising (Poland)
22 September 2017, 05:30 am
Warsaw Uprising (Poland)
Warsaw Uprising (Poland)
(87 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)
The film will be introduced by Dr. Pawe? Ukielski
Made entirely from original newsreel footage from the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, the film has been reconstructed frame by frame. It tells the story of the Uprising through the eyes of a US airman, an escapee from the Nazi camp and two young reporters, witnesses to insurgent fighting. A touching film which shows the Warsaw Uprising with unparalleled realism
A Phoenix from the Ashes: The Destruction and Reconstruction of Warsaw 1939-1955
20 September 2017, 05:30 am
A Phoenix from the Ashes: The Destruction and Reconstruction of Warsaw 1939-1955
A Phoenix from the Ashes: The Destruction and Reconstruction of Warsaw 1939-1955
The exhibition revisits one of the most critical chapters in the history of Poland, the destruction of the capital city of Warsaw by German troops and the inspiring reconstruction of the city after World War II. World War II and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 in particular, left the city with almost nothing to define its identity. Warsaw, the centre of cultural, political and social life, almost ceased to exist. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Warsaw was rebuilt and gradually brought back to life. This unique and pioneering nature of the reconstruction of the city was given its due recognition when Warsaw’s Old Town was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1980.
Inauguration by Dr. Pawe? Ukielski, Deputy Director of the Warsaw Rising Museum on Tuesday, 19th September 2017 at 18:00
Following the inauguration there will be a lecture and film screening in the Lecture Room II adjoining the Art Gallery at 18:30
Warsaw Rising 1944 – Battle for Freedom
Talk by Dr. Pawe? Ukielski
Film – A Brave Bunch. The Uprising Through Children’s Eyes (Fajna Ferajna; Poland)
(30 min; 2015; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Tomasz Stankiewicz
When the Warsaw Uprising started in 1944, thousands of children were living in the city. A Brave Bunch is about those who survived
FRIDAY 22
FILM ?ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 18:30
Warsaw Uprising (Poland)
(87 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)
The film will be introduced by Dr. Pawe? Ukielski
Made entirely from original newsreel footage from the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, the film has been reconstructed frame by frame. It tells the story of the Uprising through the eyes of a US airman, an escapee from the Nazi camp and two young reporters, witnesses to insurgent fighting. A touching film which shows the Warsaw Uprising with unparalleled realism
TUESDAY 26
PERFORMANCE ?C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:30
Concert
By Varsovia Piano Trio – Ewa Skardowska on piano; Adam Zarzycki on violin; and Piotr Hausenplas on cello
The artists will present music by Polish composers of the 1st half of XX century in a programme of works by Ludomir Ró?ycki, Karol Szymanowski, Andrzej Panufnik, and Grzegorz Fitelberg
(Collaboration: Polish Institute, New Delhi)
Inside the Bell-Jar Existence, Essence and Exit: Within and Without Eurocentric Modernism (EM)
19 September 2017, 05:30 am
Inside the Bell-Jar Existence, Essence and Exit: Within and Without Eurocentric Modernism (EM)
Programme Type
Talks
Inside the Bell-Jar Existence, Essence and Exit: Within and Without Eurocentric Modernism (EM)
Speaker: Professor Rajani Kanth, economist, philosopher, and social thinker. Presently an Affiliate at Harvard University, he is Trustee of the World Peace Congress. His most recent books are: Farewell to Modernism (Peter Lang, NY, 2017) and The Post?Human Society (De Gruyter, Warsaw, 2015)
Chair: Dr Sudhir Kumar Sopory is an Indian educationist, plant physiologist, scientist and former vice chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University
Around the 17th century, post-Renaissance Europe struck upon a brand new model of Societal Being, best described as Eurocentric Modernism. This was first foisted upon itself, and then imposed, largely by force, across the globe that lay within its sphere of influence. It was both a prescriptive ontology and epistemology, i.e., a philosophy, a politics, a societal framework, an economic modus, and a way of living, thinking, and interacting. It is this Paradigm that has brought the entire world today to the brink of various kinds extinctions that we know, or anticipate, so well today: of civility, of legality, of the environment, of the species, and the planet itself. The talk, in broad outline, defines this fateful system, traces its trajectory points to its likely EndGame: and suggests, implicitly, possible salves and escapes