Winter Festival of Hindustani Music

 

At 6:00 pm

Sitar Recital

By Debojyoti Mukherjee from Delhi, disciple of Pt Barun Kumar Pal

 

At 7:00 pm

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By  Amrita Dutta Mazumdar from Delhi, disciple of  Pt Dinanath Mishra and Pt Bholanath Mishra

 

Speaker: Mr. Michael de Saint-Cheron, specialist on Jewish theology; has taught at the University of Sorbonne and the Elie Wiesel University, Paris; and author of several books, including Gandhi: Anti-Biography of a Great Soul

 

(Collaboration: Social Science Press and French Institute, Embassy of France)

 

 

 

Ideology of Mahatma Gandhi on Peace, Compassion and Nonviolence

Speaker: Smt Shobhana Radhakrishnan, Gandhian Forum for Good Corporate Governance

 

There are few among the 20th century leaders who can measure up to the standards set by Mahatma Gandhi in the practice of ethical leadership. Mahatma Gandhi proved that moral and ethical behavior is inexorably linked to the sincere understanding and practice of the philosophy of truth, nonviolence, compassion and purity of means. The value based leadership espoused by Mahatma Gandhi in public life is a perfect model to be emulated in all spheres of life. Mahatma Gandhi was the conscience keeper of our country and he can inspire us all at all times and in every age through is ethical leadership practices

 

(Collaboration: Tibet House)

CANCELLED

 

Kavita Nayar in dialogue with Geeti Sen

 

 

 

Speakers: Sadanand Menon, Meera Nanda and Sundar Sarrukai 

The aim of the panel discussion is to bring the focus upon the “material” body, examine the body-dismissive idealisms that are culturally abound and which in turn not only influence our embodied practices of yoga and dance but also the making of our body-unfriendly cities 

 

(Collaboration: Studio Abhyas)

 

 

Tibet: Theocracy to Democracy

Edited by Dagmar Bernstorff (New Delhi: Har-Anand, 2016)

 

 

Chair: Prof. Partha S. Ghosh, ICSSR National Fellow and formerly Professor of South Asian Studies, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Presented by The Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK), Ambedkar University, Delhi

 

An exhibition of photographs from the personal holdings and amateur photographers of Delhi. Called the Narain Prasad Collection in memory of the late Narain Prasad (1924 – 2016) resident of Haveli Haider Quli, Chandni Chowk, Delhi whose photo donation started off this journey. A unique collection that presents a centred view of the metropolis in its growing years and draws attention to how city spaces – public and semi – private, were used and remembered by those who live there. The themes that these photographs explore make them evocative, textural and emotional, and takes viewers back to moments in their own lives

 

Inauguration on Tuesday, 20 December 2016 at 17:00

 

As part of this exhibition there will be a talk on 23 December 2016 at 18:30 in the Art Gallery

Building the Camera Dilli – Ka Archive

Illustrated lecture by Surajit Sarkar, Parul Malik and Ranjani Prasad

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University, Delhi)

 

 

 

On the Raza Path

Ashok Vajpeyi in conversation with Saba Hasan

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

 

 

Technology, Management and Institution-Building

Speaker: Shri G. Vijaya Raghavan, CEO of Technopark. Thiruvananthapuram, the first software technology hub in India

 

Chair: Dr. Kiran Karnik

 

(Collaboration: Lila Foundation for Translocal Studies)

 

Slash & Burn Dialogues (30 min; dvd; English)

Director: Partha Sarkar

 

Slash and burn cultivation, the dominant agriculture practice in North East India is deeply tied up with the culture and traditions of the region. However, it is increasingly posing a threat to the rich biodiversity there. The film explores the fault lines between traditions, the environment and the rural community

 

The Last Refuge – Golden Langur (30 min; dvd; English)

Director: Gautam Bora

 

A heart rendering highlight of the plight of the golden langur which is on the brink of extinction. The Chakrasilla Wildlife Sanctuary which falls in the districts of Dhubri and Kokrajhar in Assam is famous for its golden langur habitation, but the  is under severe threat from forest destruction and species extinction

 

Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)