FRONTIERS OF HISTORY

 

Cosmopolitan Dreams: the Making of Modern Urdu Literary Culture in Colonial South Asia

Speaker: Prof. Jennifer Dubrow, Associate Professor of Urdu, Asian languages and Literature, University of Washington

 

Chair: Prof. Mohammed Asaduddin, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia

 

This talk introduces the world of late 19th century Urdu print, in which a dynamic and interactive literary culture flourished. Readers and writers cultivated cosmopolitan affiliations in the pages of Urdu – language periodicals and newspapers such as Avadh Akhbar and Avadh Punch

 

 

Beyond Regimes: China and India Compared

Discussion around the book edited by Prasenjit Duara and Elizabeth J. Perry

 

Discussants: Prof. Prasenjit Duara; Prof. T.G. Suresh, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Propf. Sonika Gupta, IIT Chennai

 

Chair: Ambassador Shiv Shankar Menon 

 

(Collaboration: Institute of Chinese Studies)

Are Print Resources Lifeline for the Libraries?

With a wider question: whether in the age of ICT the survival of print media is synonymous  to survival of libraries

 

Panelists: Prof Neera Chandhoke; Dr Sukrita Paul Kumar; Dr. Babli Moitra Saraf; Dr.  HK  Kaul; and Ms Shafina Segon

 

 

CULTURE AND HERITAGE

Coordinated by Amita Beig

 

Reviving Char Bagh at Itimad ud Daulah’s Tomb in Agra  

Speaker: Dr. Amita Baig, Representative, India, World Monuments Fund and author

 

Chair: Dr. Shikha Jain, founder Director, DRONAH

The Rise of China in the International Monetary System
 

Speaker: V. Srinivas, IAS, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions, Govt. of India
Chair; Dr. Indira Rajaraman

 

 

A Fantastic State of Ruin: The Painted Towns of Shekhawati

 

Illustrated lecture by Dr. David Zurick, American geographer and photographer, author of numerous award-winning books on South Asia and Tibet. A recipient of the Association of American Geographers “Mt. Everest Award” for lifetime achievement in Himalayan Studies and is a Fellow of the Explorers Club

 

Lecture based on the new book of the same title which portrays the fascinating ruinous beauty of the painted towns of Shekhawati in Rajasthan. The talk will also present an intimate look at life and landscape on the arid fringes of Rajasthan

 

WEDNESDAY 16

 

PLAY  ? C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:00

Ek Mamooli Aadmi (90 min)

Playwright/Producer: Ashok Lal

 

2018 marks the silver jubilee year of this iconic Hindi play inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s film Ikiru. Ek Mamooli Aadmi underlines those features of an urban middle class setting which make the yearning for real happiness an agonizing experience. The play also accentuates the contours of a system in which even biological relations are bound to breed loneliness and family becomes fatal to an individual

 

A Tribute to Shri R.P.Jain

Coordinated by Shri Sunit Tandon

 

Details will be announced later

 

Dr. C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2019

 

C.D. Deshmukh: Reorganisation of States and Thereafter
 

Speaker: Shri Jairam Ramesh, MP and former Union Minister

 

Chair: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

 FROM 14:30 TO 17:00

Exploring Sounds, Sights, Motion

With Shankar Barua, writer, artist, curator; Rahul Dutta, design professional & consultant; Akash Sharma, sound coder/mapper & musician; Vinny Bhagat and Ayesha Hassanwalia – Vinny Bhagat is audio/video technologist & webcaster; Ayesha Hassanwalia is a choreographer, dancer, &teacher

 

From 18:30 to 20:30

Chintan Kalra, producers, composer, musician; Ashhar Farooqui & Neha Dixit – Ashhar Farooqui is a composer, musician & producer & Neha Dixit is a filmmaker, travel journalist & television anchor; and Lionel Dentan, composer, musician, producer

 

(Collaboration: Academy of Electronic Arts)