Thirteenth Annual Discussion on State of Parliamentary Democracy in India 

 

Speakers: Shri Subhash Ghatade, Writer and Activist; Prof. Nivedita Menon, Professor, Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, JNU and Shri D. Raja, Member of Parliament

 

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, CFTV  NEWS

 

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Public Service Broadcasting Day – 2017 (Jan Prasaran Divas)

12 November – the day Gandhiji made his first and only live broadcast on All India Radio is commemorated as Public Service Broadcasting Day. On this day in 1947 Gandhiji addressed more than 2 lakh refugees at the Kurukshetra Camp from Broadcasting House, New Delhi. Gandhiji held no public office or position in Government and it was truly a public service broadcast 

 

Gandhi - King Memorial Plaza & CD Deshmukh Auditorium

 

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

Commemoration Choirs from Schools of Delhi NCR

Followed by discussion from 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at CD Deshmukh Auditorium 

Usha Mehta's tryst with freedom: Reliving the moments with Rita Mukerjee, former Chief Producer, All India Radio

Usha Mehta was arrested on 12 November 1942 and the Underground Radio Transmitter confiscated in Bombay

 

Discussion on Public Service Broadcasting and Voices of the Powerless

Lead Presentation: Suhas Borker 

 

(Collaboration: Jan Prasar and Gandhi Yuva Biradari)

 

MID-YEAR REVIEW OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY

 

Presented by the National Council of Applied Economic Research
(Collaboration: Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust and NCAER)

 

 

Sociology and Social Anthropology in South Asia: Histories and Practice

 

Welcome comments: Sanjay Chaturvedi (Dean, Social Sciences, SAU) 

Panelists: Satish Deshpande, University of Delhi;  Nandini Sundar, University of Delhi; Maitrayee Chaudhuri, JNU; and Dev Pathak, South Asian University

 

Chair: Ravi Kumar, South Asian University

 

(Collaboration: South Asian University)

BIJOYA  SAMMELAN

 

Banglar Gaan

An evening with Srikanto Acharya, Kolkata based contemporary Bengali singer, songwriter and music director

 

(Collaboration: Impresario India)

The Photographs of Dr. Verrier Elwin

 

An exhibition of rare historical photographs  taken by Dr Verrier Elwin during the late 1940s-1950s in the North East region of India, while he was Advisor for Tribal Affairs to the Governor of Assam

 

Presented by his son, Ashok Elwin

 

 

 

On view in the Foyer adjoining the Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex

11:00 am     New Cinematic Voices: A Festival of Films

 

                   The Raid of Khawnglung (Khawnglung run; Mizoram)

                   (122 min; 2012; blu ray; English subtitles)

                    Director: Mapuia Chongthu

 

 

2:00 pm      Maj Rati Keteki (Assam)

                   (116 min; 2017; dvd; English subtitles)

                   Director: Santwana Bordoloi

 

                   Recipient of the 64th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Assamese; Special Mention for Acting,
                   National Film Awards 2016 

 

 

4:15 pm    Vestiges (Sulhnu; Mizoram)

                 (87 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)

                  Director: K.C. Zoherliana

  

                 Recipient of the Best Mizo Film Award, Mizo Feature Film Competition 2016

 

6:30 pm    Raas Leela from Manipur

                  Presented by artists of the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Imphal

 

                  Chief Guest: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

 

 

8:30 pm     New Cinematic Voices: A Festival of Films

 

                 Premiere of 
                  Nabon: A Journey of Faith (Meghalaya)

                  (98 min; 2018; dvd; English subtitles)

                   Director: K.K. Kharlukhi